... From Our Parliamentary Correspondent THE Animals Bill, which is now before a Standing Committee of the House of Commons, has two parts. In the first, which was described in detail in these notes a fortnight ago, provision is made for an extension of the period during which payment may be made to farmers for eradicating bovine tuberculosis. Part Two amends the Horse Breeding Act of 1918 in ...

... By Our Horticultural Correspondent KEEP OFF THE GARDEN --or at any rate the vegetable plots-- would appear, at the time of writing, to be sound advice! Unless we get a spell of dry weather before these notes appear in print the present season is bound to be a late one for sowing vegetable seeds outdoors. The gardener must plan his work according to the weather; he can seldom hope to gain any ...

... By LAND AGENT IT is not surprising, when one comes to think of it, that the adherents of a great religion, so largely agricultural in num ber, should have chosen the cow, that un complaining patient friend of man, as their symbol of the fertile earth. Although we of the West may not show the same kind of veneration towards their sacred emblem as do our Asiatic friends, yet never before have we ...

... THE National Hunt meeting at Cheltenham will be held on March 2, 3, and 4. This most brilliant fixture vies with Aintree in its popularity with cross-country enthusiasts, and is expected to draw big crowds on each of the three days. Added prize money will amount to £13, 800. Our pictures are of some of the better-fancied runners for the Gold Cup, to be decided on the Thursday. COOL CUSTOMER: A ...

... . . LINCOLN RED SHORTHORN F0R DAIRY STOCK MILK PRODUCTION SPRING SALES LINCOLN April 22nd I BOSTON May 4th For cataloeues and full barticulars of the Breed abbly to 17, West Parade, Lincoln. (Tel. 10445.) ...

... . After a three-day English honeymoon, newly-married film-star David Niven and his bride, Mrs. Hjordis Tersmeden, left for America with David and Jamie, his two sons by his first marriage. The second Mrs. Niven is regarded as one' of Sweden's loveliest girls she is twenty-seven, auburn-haired, and tall, and was Model No. 1 at a Stockholm store. Photographed by ANTONY BEAUCHAMP. ...

... by Louis T. Stanley TOW-PATH gossip is an amusing diversion. Before the war the public was regaled with intimate details in the private life of a rowing Blue. By illustration and the printed word we became familiar with the whims and peculiarities of eighteen young gentlemen. Nothing was sacred. Everything was news-value. All the trivialities of a doting parent for her progeny were trotted out ...

... T*he year 1947 witnessed the start of a new period of activity in Antarctic exploration, with Britain, Australia, the United States, Argentina and Chile all organising expeditions to the Far South. America s expedition, under Admiral Byrd, produced some spectacular geographical discoveries, and now the Australians are following suit with a less elaborate but hardly less important expedition ...

... HPhe Hertfordshire War Agricultural Committee has been fighting a losing battle against hordes of rabbits, grey squirrels and foxes since open trapping was abolished a year ago. Hounds have found it diffi cult to operate in the dense undergrowth, but since Major Sir Jocelyn Lucas offered to lend his Sealyham pack, they have had a number of successful days. It is a sight to see as the Sealyhams ...

... FOR the first time since 1939 there are Under Officers at Sandhurst. This item of news may leave the average civilian quite unmoved, but must be of extreme interest to all Regular Army officers, past and present. It was just over a year ago that the first intake of future officers of Montgomery's New Army was admitted. The whole process was rather like starting a public school from scratch ...

... II* II AMBUSH IS ARCTIC BOUND-- THE !,I20-TON A CLASS SUBMARINE AT ROTHESAY ON THE EVE OF HER DEPARTURE FOR SP ITZBE ^^milar WILL CARRY OUT IMPORTANT UNDER-WATER TESTS The Ambush is a sister-ship of the Alliance, which at the turn o y tests off Sierra Leone, using the Snort device as breathing apparatus The -departure ot the Ambush for the Arctic marks a further stage in the testing of the ...

... THE OMEN OF OLNEY RACE UP THE MAIN STREET WITH PANCAKES AND PANS Some of the competitors in the historic 'ancake Race which dates from the year 1445, a Shrove Tuesday custom in this Buckinghamshire village, which has been revived by the Vicar of Olney after a lapse of ten years. The church bells gave the contestants warning of the time to fry their pancakes and of the time to assemble by the ...