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... WILD MOUNTAIN COUNTRY A view, characteristic of the Welsh mountains, which clearly shows the rough, boulder-strewn hillsides on which the hardy sheep exist for much of their lives. The dogs are driving a group towards a mountain gate on their way to the dipping pens. IN TJIE VALLEY, the large flock wends its w y 0 The trained sheep-dogs save the farmers weeks of d 'leu season. One dog may be ...

Crewe and Shifnal Sales

... TWO bulls were sold for iooo guineas each and twenty-nine bulls averaged £382 at the seventh annual sale of animals from Mr. W. H. Slater's Ayrshire herd. Bargower-bred bulls have been used by Mr. Slater since the formation of his herd, and fifteen sons of Bargower Cup Tie, who was sired by the famous Bargower Rothesay Bay, made an average of £529 4s. at the sale, which was attended by over ...

From Private to Commercial--II

... From Private to Commercial II By Our Horticultural Correspondent A FORTNIGHT ago I drew attention to the fact that the professional gardener who has always worked in a private establishment does not take easily to commercial work. There are, of course, thousands of good men who can run a garden really well, supply all the produce required by their employer, and, in addition, hand over a ...

Ten Years Tubercle-free: A Successful Experiment in Homœopathic Treatment

... Ten Years Tubercle-free A Successful Experiment in Homoeopathic Treatment CAPTAIN G. C. MORTON inherited the family estate at Pembury in 1932. At that time the home farm carried a small herd of mixed dairy cattle. There were a number of pedigree Guernseys with some non-registrable cows of the same type and a few cows of other breeds. Captain Morton devoted himself to the task of grading-up the ...

Tite Street's 1947 Prospects

... j By THE publication of the Free Handicap for two-year-olds of 1946, to run as three-year-olds next season, has now been effected. We are all thus privileged to have the most expert opinion there is on the merits of this season's juveniles in relation to their expected form over seven furlongs at Newmarket in the Spring. Mr. Freer, who has compiled the handicap, has performed his task with his ...

Ready For The Market: Neat Appliances For Gas Cooking and Heating

... Ready For The Market Neat Appliances For Gas Cooking and Heating THE FIRST is a neat little double-burner gas ring, in pressed steel and vitreous enamel, on which can be cooked an entire meal. It can stand on any ordinary table, and the gas burners which are of a special type cannot in any circum stances fail to light or be ex tinguished by a gust of wind, even when reduced to a pin-point. ...

When Praise is Due

... By ASHLEY COURTENAY ABOUT one hundred and fifty years ago the poet Crabbe burst into verse on the Decaying Inn, and, though our hotels and inns are to-day much on the upgrade, hardly a week goes by without some member of the public writing to the Press and complaining about the deficiencies of hotel service. In a recent oroaacast 1 empnasisea mat u is ciiaiacLcnotic ui uui lait iu criticise ...

THE STUDENT RIOTS IN CAIRO: And Other Foreign News Pictures

... CAIRO STUDENTS MAKE THEIR PRESENCE FELT Police and armoured cars line a street leading from the University of Fuad Awal to the centre of the city when checking an anti-British demonstration. The demonstrations started on November 18 and continued over a week CAIRO STUDENTS OVERTURN A TRAMCAR A typical incident during the week and more of rioting which was large y concentrated in the area of ...

Published: Saturday 07 December 1946
Newspaper: The Sphere
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 855 | Page: Page 14, 15 | Tags: Graphic  Photographs 

POND'S

... CREAMS j MRS. DAVID rawnsley, whose portrait is in this year's Royal Academy, has the delicate pink-and-white colouring of an English rose. The artist has caught all the glamour of her shining hair and satin-soft skin. I always use Pond's for my skin, says Mrs. Rawnsley, Pond's Cold Cream for cleansing and keeping the skin soft, and delightful Pond's Vanishing Cream as a powder base. ...

LAVENDA

... beautiful pure round wool of steadfast My quality ...

Published: Sunday 01 December 1946
Newspaper: Britannia and Eve
County: London, England
Type: Advertisement | Words: 8 | Page: Page 6 | Tags: Photographs 

B.O.A.C

... BO AC BO AC Your Short Cut to Anywhere Trouble-free air travel starts where you see this sign. Behind it is a . Appointed Agent whose job is to iron out all the little worries of overseas travel to-day. He knows exactly what needs doing and how to do it. Accept his help and you'll find the path to the Airport much shorter and easier than you thought. Later, as you step from the . Speedbird at ...

Published: Sunday 01 December 1946
Newspaper: Britannia and Eve
County: London, England
Type: Advertisement | Words: 145 | Page: Page 6 | Tags: Photographs