16 NOVEMBER 1956, page 28

Company Notes

BY CUSTOS THE sharp fall in oil shares which marked the end of the Stock Exchange account this week suggests that fresh bull positions had been taken up when the cease-fire......

Starling Solo

Each morning, between nine and ten o'clock, and in the afternoons from three until abobt four, for the past ten days or so, 1 have been entertained by a starling that perches in......

Chrysanthemums

When it is intended to take cuttings from chrysanthemums the 'stools' should be brought into the greenhouse and covered with an inch or so of mulch to encourage suitable young......

Chess

By PHILIDOR No. 76 S. C. DUTT (Calcutta) lit Prize, B.C.F. Tourney No.80 BLACK (8 men) WHITE (11 mon) Wurra to play and mate in two moves: solution next week. Solution to last......

Ideas For An Oil Pact

BY NICHOLAS DAVENPORT FOR thirty years—on and off—I have been using my pen (in articles and books) to warn people of the dangers of mixing oil and politics. When the Labour......