... Members of the Royal Corinthian Yacht Club, Who Sail at Burnham-on-Crouch, Essex, Celebrate a Most Successful Season at Their Annual Dinner WjC.dr. A, J- Briddon, Secretary of the Club and Mr. A. E. Lindsay, of West cliff-on- Sea owner of the cruiser Sandy Mac pledge the health of Mrs. Lindsay before dinner Mr. Bud Mitchell son of the Com modore, with Miss Gaby Welford, the actress Miss Daphne ...

... imtraite im Print; Being the lucubrations of your molt obedient fcribe, Mr. Gordon Beckles FOUR more days and we will be into the fifties and I suppose that someone is bound to revive the old question as to when the turn of the century occurs. Anyone can have their choice of January I. 1900 or January 1. 1901. but there is a school of thought that argues for the middle of the century as ...

... GALA AT HIGH WYCOMBE The Old Berkeley (West) Has Its Annual Ball Col. W. C. Devereux late Master of the Old Berkeley (West), dancing with Miss Pat Wykes Mrs. H. T. Morton, the present Master of the Hunt, with Col. T. R. P. Warren, the Chief Constable of Bucks Mrs. Hunter chatting to Major II. T. Morton J. P., in the ballroom which was gaily decked with Jloivcrs Lord and Lady Carringlon brought ...

... POPE PIUS CELEBRATES MASS IN THE BASILICA OF ST. PETER'S-- THE CEREMONY ENDING THE YEAR OF JUBILEE WHICH MARKED THE FIFTIETH ANNIVERSARY OF THE PONTIFFS ORDINATION Left The Pope kneeling in prayer before the shrine of the Madonna, which was carried for the occasion into St. Peter's from the Church rof St. Mary Major. It was before this very same shrine that the Pope said his first Mass half-a ...

... HOW THE RESCUE KNIFE UN PLAY ITS PART IN FREEING TRAPPED PASSENGERS FROM AN AEROPLANE WRECK This equipment, which is being -tried out by the Melbourne Department of Works arid Housing, consists of an 8-ft.-hieh razor-edged steel SDearhead mounted on an armoured car chassis with a four- wheel drive. It is designed for use on airfields when an accident has occurred and aircraft wreckage has to ...

... NORWAY'S CHRISTMAS GIFT TO LONDON ARRIVES AT TRAFALGAR SQUARE The 57-ft.-high Norwegian spruce was brought from the freighter Brisk at Deptford by a lorry decorated with the flags of Norway and Great Britain. With it were several small parcels sent by the children of a school in Oslo. The tree had previously been inspected by an officer of the Forestry Commission, as the importation of certain ...

... THE VILLAGE OF FINGERS IN THE SPANISH MOUNTAINS Here at Cervera de Buitrago the inhabitants are known to have up to eighteen fingers each Almost everyone has at least six fingers per hand A HUSBAND AND WIFE WITH TWENTY-EIGHT FINGERS BETWEEN THEM The fingers on the man's left hand differ from those of the woman,, which appear to be joined together in several places THE MAYOR OF THE VILUGE ...

... HITLER TAKES THE SALUTE FROM THE BALCONY AS THE NAZI COHORTS MARCH PAST WITH TORCHLIGHTS Hitler (Georg Thomalla) in a scene from the musical comedy, I Was Hitler's Moustache, which has been drawing crowds to Berlin's Kabarett der Komiker. The skit deals with a postman, Christian Nothnagel, who has been chosen to play the part of Hitler in a film of the Fiihrer's life. He plays it so well that ...

... J t would be hard to say who proved the bigger attraction at the opening of the polar equip ment exhibition aboard Discovery Lieut.- Commander Peter Scott, son of Captain Robert Falcon Scott, of Antarctic fame, or Mr. John Mills, the film actor, who played the title-role in the film Scott of the Antarctic. The Discovery which was presented to the Boy Scouts Association for training sea scouts, ...

... The Elmwood Herd The Record -Breaker's Home IN the autumn of 1940, Messrs. R. E. Jenkinson heard through Mr. Harry Hobson that Mr. George Odium wished to dispose of the older portion of his herd; a meeting was arranged and terms were agreed then and there, Mr. Odium being most anxious that the herd should remain as intact as possible, in order that his construc tive breeding policy be ...

... THE man who breeds poultry on a large com mercial scale, the farmer who runs a flock as a sideline, and the small man who keeps only a few head, all found much to interest them at the fifth National Poultry Show at Olympia. Entries again constituted a record, and many others had to be refused for lack of space. Of the total of 4,300, about 700 were from women poultry-keepers. In addition to ...

... By Our Horticultural Correspondent IS it a practical proposition to try and grow figs outdoors in this country? I have a fig-tree which makes very vigorous growth every year but never seems to produce a decent crop of mature fruits; what can I do about it? These are questions I am often asked, and interest in the subject appears to be sufficiently wide spread to warrant something more than ...