24 JANUARY 1947, page 16

Mr. Silkin's Bill

Sts,—In your issue of January Toth, under the heading of A Plan for Britain, you comment on the new Town and Country Planning Bill, and you very properly draw attention• to its......

A Curb On Betting Sm,—with Reference To Janus' Note In

The Spectator for January 17th concerning Mr. Seebohm Rownuee's comments on the man-power shortage and the number of people employed in the betting trade, I am of the opinion......

Hymns Modern

Sta,—The Church Missionary Society was founded in 1799, and has since come to be the largest missionary society of the Anglican com- munion. The third jubilee of the society......

The Plight Of The Aged

Snt,—In 1943 the Methodist Church, after receiving the report of a commission of enquiry appointed by the previous conference, directed a committee to establish homes for the......

The Rate For The Job

Sut,—Having read the tedious, verbose and inconclusive Report of the Royal Commissicn on Equal Pay, those people who believed that the setting up of this Commission was......