... GOOD weather favoured the twenty-sixth annual show of the Alresford and District Agricultural Society at the Manor Stud, Bishop's Sutton, by permission of the President, Sir William Collins. Sir William's entries and those of Mrs. K. E. R. Butchart and Mr. G. i Charnaud were among the most successful i cattle at the Show, and Lord Northbrook's i Hampshire Downs and Sir J. Colman's Clun Forests ...

... By Land Agent WORLD war number one reminded us in no uncertain manner of the value of our native woodlands, and world war number two brought the lesson home with even greater emphasis, the result being that we are, at the present time, probably more tree-conscious than we have been for many a long day. We are, in fact, returning to some degree to the outlook ot our tore fathers who, before the ...

... Photographs taken at the gay and amusing party given by Mr. and Mrs. Charles Pretzlik for their son-in-law and daughter, Viscount and Viscountess Scarsdale, in their London home Viscountess Scarsdale Lady Lever and Viscount Scarsdale who succeeded his uncle the Marquess Curzon in the title in 1925 Lady Rose McLaren a daughter-in-law of Lord Aberconway and Mrs. Charles Pretzlik jun., sister o/ ...

... SEPTEMBER SUES OF YEARLIICS AT NEWMARKET IF ever any doubt existed as to the continuing importance of the British bloodstock breed ing industry, these recent September sales at Newmarket ought to dispel it. There have been indications of a tendency to decry British blood, and to suggest that the salt has lost its savour, and at the same time to extol that of other countries. Yet here, a year ...

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... PRISCILLA in PARIS A few minutes at the salons A FRENCH paper indignantly states that the English and U.S. Press are vividly criticising the autumn fashions now being shown in Paris; at the same time I have read far more disparaging remarks penned by Gallic writers about British and American fashions. This being the case, one may as well write it all off as a love game, moisten the lips ...

... Af Blakesley Show, Northants mmm'. i ii i i i v W/Cdr. Sir Archibald James, K.B.E., M.C., of Brackley Grange, and Mrs. C. Sheppard The Hon. Mrs. Sale with her eleven-year-old daughter Caroline, who competed *in the juvenile events at the Gymkhana Captain Guy Lucas, one of the judges, chatting with Mrs. J. Brittain-Jones, Lady Veronica Hornby, Viscountess Erleigh and Miss Mariette Hornby Holloway ...

... i, New Oxford Street, W.C.i. The Business of Govern ment.-- The first business of any Government is to govern; that is, to uphold the rule of its country's laws and to pass or enforce such legislation as is necessary to ensure the maxi mum of order and reform which the conditions of the day require. Mr. Attlee's Government came to power at a time when most of the country's institutions were in ...

... The first liaison flight to go overseas from the recently-formed Empire Radio School at Debden, near Saffron Walden, began last week when the Mercury started on her 25,000-mile tour. The Mercury is fitted with radar night-fighter equipment and bombing and navigational devices of the latest pat tern, and in her flying classroom she will be able to take three pupils at a time in practical ...

... IN a trifle over a month-- on November 1, to be exact-- our basic allowance of £75 English currency will once again be available to take abroad. The Swiss and other foreign hoteliers are hoping fervently, like us, that this basic allowance will be substantially increased-- possibly doubled. The reason for this is not far to seek. Hundreds of British tourists in Switzerland this summer have ...

... SIR THOMAS BEECHAM CONDUCTING THE ROYAL PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA The newly-formed, all- I English orchestra is giving a fortnightly series of concerts at the Davis Theatre, Croydon. Sir Thomas Beecham has collected ninety-six English musicians, led by John Pennington, for his new concert orchestra. It will come to London next month for the Delius Festival at the Albert Hall and has been booked ...