30 MAY 1952, Page 22

The Frontier SIR, — In my letter on railway reform. which you

published this week, I referred to " the North Western Railway with its special Frontier responsibilities "—using a capital " F." I was sorry to note that,, in publication, this lost much of its significance by being changed to " frontier." Is this a sign of the times, and does " The Frontier " now mean nothing special to a Britisher when, at one time, it meant so