2 AUGUST 1935, page 6

I Feel A Certain Melancholy Interest In The Drowning Tragedy

at Morwenstow on Sunday because I myself went to Morwenstow to bathe the previous day, but thought better of it. The remote church and vicarage in a cleft of the coast are rich,......

• Though Schemes For The Organized Transfer Of Labour From

the depressed areas are still almost non-existent,. labour is transferring itself voluntarily on a not incon- siderable scale, particularly to the London area, with its......

A Passage In A Telegram From The Daily Telegraph's Berlin

correspondent published on Wednesday seems A passage in a telegram from the Daily Telegraph's Berlin correspondent published on Wednesday seems worth underlining : " What," he......

Will The Ribbon Act Work ?

P ARLIAMENT has now passed the Restriction of Ribbon Development Bill,,and passed it in a form not substantially weaker than that in which it was introduced. The alarming......

I Am Glad To See That News Of Mr. Peter

Fleming's reappearance on the edge of civilization has come to hand. I last had direct communication from him addressed from " The Nag's Head, Vladivostock " (he has a way of......

A Spectator's Notebook T He Home Office Handbook On...

gas-raids may have its advantages. It certainly has some dis- advantages which provoke reflection. One picture paper on Wednesday splashed across its front page to a depth of......

I Asked A Week Or Two Ago What The Poet

Laureate himself was doing while Mr. Rudyard Kipling was writing verses about the Naval Review. It may be (though I doubt it) that he was busy writing verses for the Post......