14 JUNE 1930, page 19

Reports Upon Competitions

The Essays on Capital Punishment THREE hundred and forty-two essays were received, including several from Canada, the United States and foreign countries in Europe. After......

The Five Best Brains The Results Of The Voting In

this competition are as follows :- G. B. Shaw, 214 ; Sir Oliver Lodge, 183 ; Lord Birkenhead, 162 ; Winston Churchill, 95 ; Dean Inge, 91 ' • H. G. Wells, 86 ; Lord Melchett, 62......

A New Competition Whenever The Question Of Betting Is Made

prominent— very often in relation to the Budget—someone is almost sure to bring up the suggestion of a National Lottery, such as is the common practice of Spain and several......