... IMPORTATION of agricultural machinery from dollar sources in 1950 must be kept to a minimum, says the Ministry of Agriculture. The permitted imports will consist mainly of harvesting machinery 5-ft. and 6-ft. cut combined harvesters, pick up balers, and a few pea harvesters there will also be some 7-ft. cut combined har vesters and 6-ft. gut binders from Germany. There will be no tractor ...

... 'cVL ^KoT THE Newmarket December Sales are in progress as these notes are being written, and I can only surmise that the total will be much as usual, and that it will bring the year's total of Messrs. Tatter sails' Sales up to, and probably beyond, the £2,000,000 mark. The key to bloodstock prices, however, is found in the averages for yearlings, and here we find, on the surface, a ...

... , AN INDISPENSABLE UNIT for all large country estates jl J i| 1 1 I |M pi vi |i HIGH EFFICIENCY LOW OPERATING COSTS Enquiries also invited for timber-impregnating and creosoting plants DENTON IRONWORKS CARLISLE I 51 , ...

... - and Shops the go-between for Good Fellowship and Generosity SPORTING BROOCHES Trout fishing-rod brooch in gold with enamelled fish (£13 10s.) fox and crop in 9-carat gold at £9 duck in enamel with pearl, the brooch in gold (£7 10s.) running fox in 9 carat at £7 10s. bird brooches are priced at £65 for the swallow, of rose diamonds set in silver with ruby eye, and £25 for the robin, also in ...

... THE DE-MISTER This is indeed a gift which will bring gratitude out of all proportion to its modest cost. The makers of the de-mister and de-froster do not claim that fog is conquered but that it does make driving in the fog easier and infinitely safer. Fitted in a few minutes to any car by any garage- hand or by any driver who can follow simple instructions, this is a present for a motoring ...

... THE art of handbell-ringing is an ancient one, and now is prac tised chiefly in the North of England, where bands ringing as many as 170 bells are to be found. The team of seven ringers in the famous village of Selborne, Hamp shire, use 36 bells covering a range of over two octaves chromatic. This gives them a fairly comprehensive repertoire, but traditional music sounds better than the more ...

... By A. CROXTON-SMTTH THOMAS TUSSER was re sponsible for the profound thought that Christmas comes but once a year. But we will forgive him such a sententious truism for the homely wisdom that appears here and there in his Hundredth Good Points of Husbandrie. When one sees his name, a couplet from Byron s English Bards and Scotch Reviewers comes into mind Oh Amos Cottle Phoebus What a name Tp ...

... dJetaitluuiv. Si ^lectadg dJetaitluuiv. Si ^fcUdg v off^t 5. ALL FROM THE GROUND FLOOR 2. Companion Set consisting of an imitation pearl necklet and bracelet to match. The bracelet can be joined by means of its clasp to the necklet, thus making a long necklace showing a clasp on either side of the neck. Two rows of pearls £7.8.3 complete Three £9.13.2 iFour 1 2.9. i 0 A Paste brooch and ear ...

... THE St. Andrew's Day celebrations are alivays welcomed by Etonians and Old Etonians alike and many parents once again visited the college to see their sons for the day. The Wall Game in the morning was followed by the unveiling of a tablet in Cloisters to the five masters who died on active service, by the Provost, the Rev. C. A. Elliott, O.B.E., M.A. Jennifer gives an account of the day on ...

... The second of Fred Daniels's personal choice of his own work shows Florence Read, the dancer, embodying a composition by Albeni%. She came into my studio, says the photographer whilst I was running over the movement entitled 'Triana' from the Iberia Suite, a little theme marked 'tres douce et nonchalant.' It suggested the corner of a Spanish courtyard to which a dancer might escape to rest. ...

... NORTHERN COMMAND DINNER With the 50th Division, R.A. Major E. C. Mansell, M.C., of the 45th Field Regiment, sat next to Major R. J. C. Plumlre of the 50th Infantry Division Col. R. Chapman and Col. B. Peatfield with the principal guest, Lt.-Gen. P. M. Balfour, G.O.C.-in-C. Northern Command Major C. W. Hurley, O.B.E., Capt. G. E. T. Holmes and Major R. M. Tierney in the ante room after dinner ...

... Golden Jubilee Dinner of fhe Men of Kenf and Kentish Men Lord Cormvallis, Lord-Lieutenant of Kent speaking to the gathering of the Association of which he is Presi ■'nt. Also at the high table are Major-Gen. the Hon. P. G. Scarlett Lady D1 Avigdor-Goldsmid Lady Cornu lis Major-Gen. P. G. S. Gregson-Ellis G.O.C. Home Counties District Mrs. Gregson-Ellis Admiral Sir Henr R. Moore y Major C. E. ...