2 FEBRUARY 1940, Page 6

No one will object very seriously to the cancellation of

the 4 o'clock news bulletin. We get quite enough news to satisfy most of us as it is. But better spacing would improve matters. One, five and nine is much better than one-, sx and nine, for two four-hour intervals are better than one five- hour and one three-hour. If it is argued that office-workers are not home by five, the answer is that most of them are