3 APRIL 1953, page 4

And Now The Page That Janus Has Occupied For Twenty

years will know him no more. There are reasons for saying no more than simply Valedico. Parting, Juliet said, is such sweet sorrow. I deny the adjective and double-stress the......

Who's Who Grows Yearly In Bulk, And In Consequence Obviously

in value. That stands to reason, for there is greater bulk because' there are more entries, and the more entries there are the more useful the volume will be to those who haite......

A Spectator's Notebook

ET me not be misunderstood when I say I am very glad that Mr. Michael Blundell has gone back to Kenya. I am glad he has gone because he is so much needed there. No one who heard......

Boat Race Predictions Are Notoriously `unreliable, But...

often been quite as wide of the mark as they were last week. Cambridge won by eight lengths, and could no doubt have improved on that if there had been any reason to. The......

* * In The Debate On The Third Reading Of

the Transport Bill in the House of Lords last week the Marquis of Salisbury, who was in charge of the Bill, suffered from (or benefited by) frequent interruptions from Lord......

The French Government's Adoption Of A Special Rate In....

for tourists less than a week after Mr. Butler's announcement of the increase of the tourist allowance from £25 to £40 puts the British tourist in France in a relatively......

Easter Hope

A N OTHER Good Friday wears to its sunset. Another Easter morning dawns. It happens this year to fall in the first week of what the Rothans called Aprilis, the month of opening......

A Week Or Two Ago I Commented With Respect On

the Dean of Canterbury's rather unexpected mechanical qualifications as an Associate Member of the Institution of Civil Engineers. My authority was the entry under the Dean's......

" The Public Should Never Have Been Given The Opportunity

to know whether they wanted a Glasgow-Birmingham . luxury coach service, it was stated on behalf of British Railways at a Ministry of Transport appeal hearing in Glasgow......