... To-day's Value of Poultry Stock and Appliances Remarkable Prices at the Stanbridge Earls Dispersal Sale THE AUCTION Bidding at the sale, which teas held on two days and at ivhich 1,000 lots were catalogued, was keen, and prices were good. Poultry breeders from all parts of the country attended. The auctioneer was Mr. G. L. Coxall. BROODY COOPS Three in one lot made £4 10s. There was ...

... RICHARD CARVER, the English-born racehorse trainer resident in Chantilly, has ninety- two horses in his yard this season, about half as many again as the average top-class trainer in this country. Chantilly, the great French training centre, will once again issue its challenges to our best horses, although it is hoped that we have a better chance this season of keeping our big prizes at home. ...

... A MR. HARRY LLEWELLYN, Britaiu's leading horseman in the international show-jumping world to-day, won the Prix de 1' Europe for the best individual performance, gained on points, at the International Horse Show in Paris. He was riding his well-known Fox Hunter. The photograph shows Mr. Llewellyn being presented with what the French photo grapher described as une monumentale bouteille de Cognac ...

... Accommodating u The Royals THE suggestion by the Royal Agricultural Society of England that they would like to hold the Royal Show of 1951 of Cambridge, and the warm welcome that the proposal has received from the Cam bridgeshire and Isle of Ely Agricultural Society, makes it almost certain that Cam bridge will be chosen. Thus the ancient rivalry between the two University towns will, come ...

... Mainly About Melons By Our Horticultural Correspondent A Crop for Greenhouse, Frames or Cloches MELONS might well be added to the list of food crops a little off the beaten track, about which I wrote a fortnight ago. In seeking a greater variety of produce which may be obtained from the garden, fruit as well as vegetables must be considered, and nearly everyone will agree that melons are a ...

... THE proposed venue for the Royal Show in 1951 is Mr. F. W. W. Pemberton's estate at Trumpington, just outside Cambridge. Since 1951 is the year of the Festival of Britain, Cambridge is a particu- larly suitable spot, for it has a good road and rail (or it could be good) service with London. Many of the visitors who will be coming to London for the Festival have already written to ask if they ...

... f ToCommemorate the of William Younger CoXtd^ William Younger Co. Ltd., are proud E_ to announce the celebration of their 200th Er anniversary. In 1749, William Younger Ef founded the firm which bears his name a firm which has achieved greatness through two centuries by its fine record of superlative brewing. atid BREWERS EDINBURGH 74 9-7949 ...

... REF 'ED BY THE ELECTORS OF WANDSWORTH CENTRAL AND BROUGHT IN AS CHAIRMAN OF THE LONDON COUNTY COUNCIL FOR THE NEXT rHREE YEARS Mr. J. W. Bowen, who, at the first session of the ondon County Council after the dead-heat 'ection, was nominated as Chairman by the ibour Members and by the remaining bour Aldermen. Mr. Bowen was elected by votes to the 64 cast for Dame Barne Lambert, e Conservative ...

... A Ri'/AL TO THE QUEENS --THE MODEL FOR THE NEW 48,000-TON SUPER-LINER, THE LARGEST EVER PROJECTED IN AMERICAN SHIPYARDS, WHICH HAS BEEN K THE PLANNING STAGE FOR THE PAST THREE YEARS AND AN OFFICIAL ORDER FOR WHICH HAS NOW BEEN GIVEN Last week The United States Maritime Co mission notified the Newport News Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Company of Virginia that they could proceed with construction ...

... CHARCOAL FOR NYLONS Filling a portable kiln with logs at Harting, on the Sussex Downs. The portable, metal kilns have replaced the old brick type. They hold about 3i tons of wood and produce just over half a ton of charcoal. Sixty per cent, of the out put of charcoal from the Harting kilns goes to factories making Nylon products, and the demand is increasing. The greater part of the remainder ...

... Three hundred and thirty-three years ago to-day William Shakespeare, recognised in London as the leading dramatist of his age, died at New Place, Stratford-on-Avon. Some say that on the same day, April 23, in 1564, Shakespeare was born at Stratford, and at any rate it is now accepted as the day of his birth and the day of his death and the day on which the pilgrims who flock to Stratford shall ...

... DANNY KAYE RETURNS TO TOWN the biggest name of the day on the variety stage begins a six-weeks season at the London PALLADIUM NEXT MONDAY Every seat for every performance has already been sold. Brooklyn-born, thirty-six-year-old Danny Kaye had a stupendous success last year when he appeared at the Palladium. He was little known to English audiences, having been seen only in three films apart ...