... By A. CROXTON-SMTTH I Dachshunds have passed through several phases since I first knew them, and before that time they also experienced changes of condition. Starting life as allies of sportsmen, they were put to various uses by Austrian and German noble families, going underground after badger or smaller quarry, tracking on the surface or destroying vermin, and they would do the work of ...

... NUARY 11,1950 3*14^ TrM&leX Mut (te Safe FORTNIGHTLY (5f H0B9 ILLUSTRATED SPORTING AND DRAMATIC NEWS ...

... THIS new hive for bees, invented by Mrs. Denise K. Wren, of Oxshott, is now being tested out for migratory beekeeping at Kongwa in connection with the sunflower side of the groundnuts scheme. The tens of thousands of acres of sunflowers will set a problem of pollination far too vast for the local stocks of bees, for every sunflower head may have thousands of individual seeds, each of which ...

... The Cooper's Craft Its Traditions TN Great Britain, records of the craft go back to the fourteenth century, J- when it was a common sight to see the journeyman cooper trudging the streets of London and other cities. His cry was Any work for the cooper and hence he earned the trade title of journeyman cooper. His apprenticeship of seven years ended with the picturesque ceremony which we show in ...

... AVERAGE prices at the January sale of British Friesian cattle at Reading were in keeping with the well-known herds repre sented in the catalogue. Fifty attested cows j and heifers averaged ^182 8s. 6d., and thirty-four attested bulls, ^261 14s. 6d., the eighty-four head averaging £214 10s. 6d. The Elmwood herd showed the highest-priced female, and a Lolham bull reached the top figure among the ...

... HUNT fixtures fields and larj season, too, when tt numerous youngstet introduction to foil for an all-too-brief p satisfaction of welcoi signs of an increasii difficulties of the ti be long before the completely replaces BATTLE ABBEY was the background of the Boxing Day meet of the East Sussex Foxhounds, of which Lord Burghley is Joint-Master with Mr. F. J. Parsons. As is usual at this ...

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... sf V B Wi i. r The Model illuslrated is in finest Peschaniki italogue will be sent on request i cirFSTE Specialists in /me furs since 1878 Also at CARDIFF NEWPUK. 193-195 BROMPTON RD.# LONDON, S.W.3 Birmingham Carmarthen sv/ANst. ...

... Win against the weather in a well-bred country raincoat of sturdy woollen gabardine. Neatly single-breasted, its loose back, raglan sleeves and rayon lining enable it to slip easilv ovcr winter suits. Collar turns up for added protection. In stone colour, perfect ground for bright accessories. Sizes bust 34 ins., length 45 ins., £21 13 6 36/47, £21 13 6; 38 48. £21 17 6; 40 50. £22 4 6 ...

... Scottish reels i DANCED AT A ST. ANDREWS NIGHT BALL HELD AT HURLING HAM Miss Jane Woodford with Mr. Robert Hay Drummond (he is training to be an accountant) Miss Auriol Pares and Mr. Martin Ferguson (he is on the Stock Exchange). The ball is an annual one for Scots Mr. Mrs. Phillip Davidson, Capt. John Johnston, R.N., and Mrs. Johnston. The band played a succession of reels Lady Lowther and ...

... 0 ther People's B abies FRIDAY, 12 JUNK Mrs. David Colville and Mrs. Gougli for Miss Sara Colville and Miss Thalia Goagh also coming of age of Mr. Benjamin Goagh SATURDAY, 13 JUNK Mrs. Robert Taylor for Miss Maria Taylor in Oxfordshire Mrs. O. Crosthwaite-Eyre for Miss Phillipa Crostliwaite-Eyre at Warrens, Bramshaw, Lyndhurst FRIDAY, 19 JUNE Mrs. Rieben and Mrs. Bromley Davenport for Mrs. ...

... AUTUMN FOG fails to keep the guests away from the Bal d Automne held at Quaglino's to help refugees t: Fraulein Sanny Schittkowsky of Munich, modelling one of the evening gowns in the hlon show at the ball. Among the debutantes who were models for the evening were ntre) Miss Sarah Plunket, Miss Harriet Nares, Miss Alexandra Versen and (right) s s Elfrida Eden. The ball helped distressed ...