22 JUNE 1956, page 11

Sodium Intelligence

SIX MEN were overcome by gas yesterday in the submarine Tapir ... a dummy mine was about to be fired into the sea when the marker °I) it sxploded too soon and gave 'off sodium......

City And Suburban

BY JOHN BETJEMAN I WAS in Burton-on-Trent last Saturday, a much more attractive town than people who haven't been there might suppose. It is an old place, Georgianised, built of......

Crockett Of Gold

By ROBERT HANCOCK T HERE are one hundred and eighty-six Crockett days to Christmas. It is unlikely that any parent does not feel the full terror of these words. I will amplify......