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... AGRICULTURE does not often figure in the New Year's Honours, so the names of Sir John Boyd Orr, Dr. W. G. Ogg and Mr. James Turner in this year's list, will be specially welcomed. Each in his own sphere has accomplished much. Sir John, who now becomes a Baron, has long been an authority of international renown on nutrition. Till recently he has been Director-General of the Food and Agriculture ...
... CYPRUS is economically dependent on agriculture, but neither in food supplies nor in raw materials for clothing is the island self-supporting. The correction of this situation is the main concern of the British Colonial administration. The story of Cypriot agriculture is one of improvidence and thoughtless exploitation until the British took over from the Ottoman Empire in 1878, but the vital ...
... The Tsetse Fly and Sleeping Sickness In Africa They Have Sought to Exterminate I The Fly Itself THE announcement by the Colonial Office of the discovery of the new drug, Antrycide, which protects cattle from the effects of attacks by the dreaded tsetse fly, gives hope at last that vast tracts of that continent which have hitherto been virtually wilderness may in the course of years become one ...
... I HAVE sometimes been sufficiently optimistic, or foolhardy, at the end of a year, to attempt to forecast the winner of the next season's Derby. When I recall, however, how wrong one usually is, and how equally wrong one may equally be on the very eve of the race, it seems hardly worth while. This applies with even greater force to the Grand National, although for a different reason. One can, ...
... The Late 1948 EXCEPT for my own personal success in 1948, I look upon this past year as a black year for British golf, for we find ourselves at the beginning of 1949 with only the Open Championship Cup in our possession. The coming year, to which we turn hopefully, is going to be a busy one in fact, there has never been quite such an exciting programme, for the Walker and Ryder Cup matches ...
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... THE JESTER (W. SOMERSET MAUGHAM, 1911); by Sir Gerald F. Kelly, R.A. Purchased 1933. I hese are outstanding examples of the art of the Chantrey Collection, now on view at Burlington House a third appears on another page. I he purchases were made almost yearly since 1877, and a visit to the show is a lively trip through seventy years of academic art. By Courtesy of the Tate Gallery. ...
... NOW is the season of the young. Their enthusiasm for enjoyment in these early weeks of the year sets an example of how to take sport seriously without worrying. At Hogmanay the Scottish boys rightly trounced England's boys at Rugby, but now international rivalry is forgotten awhile. Yet the way ahead is clear. Youth, as energetic as ever, is proving more skilful than lie fore, and Britain has ...
... . At the Schoolboys' Exhibition, Horticultural Hall, Westminster the Railway. At the Lyric Theatre, Hammersmith the Hogarth Puppets. At Olympia Nikki, the 3-ft.-10-in. clown. At the High Table medals. ...
... One of the parties at the recent ball given at the Dorchester in aid of the funds of the Red Cross Chelsea Division). Clockwise round the table are Mrs. Ekin Mr. J. W. Ekin and Miss Ekin Mr. John Crumpton Miss Judy Loveday Mr. Tom Wallis. Miss Eve Ekin Mr. M. H. Withers Miss Jill Hughes-Hallett and Mr. G. Dennis Miss Olivia Lewis and Mr. H. Mitchell-Bush enjoy a laugh over their refreshments ...
... A Ball at Hounslow Barracks Eastern Command H.Q. Hold Their Winter Festivity Following their very successful ball last winter, Eastern Command gave another at Hounslow Barracks recently, which turned out to be an equally happy and well-attended occasion. Mrs. D. W. Neilson, one of the guests, is seen talking to Lt.-Gen. Sir Evelyn Barker, G.O.C.-in-C., Eastern Command and Mrs. G. W. E. Heath A ...
... LAUNCH THE BERTSAI MILLS CIRCUS AT 0LY1PIA Many Public Figures Attended the Recepfit id Luncheon Held Before the First Performance Lord Burghley, chairman of the luncheon, laughing with the Lady Mayoress of London (Lady Aylwen at a remark made by one of the speakers Sir Archibald Weigall, Bt., the agriculturist, who is a Deputy Lieutenant for both Lincolnshire and Berkshire, was there with ...