5 NOVEMBER 1937, Page 6

Hic and Hoc " In the report of Monday's hearing

of the case against Miss — it was inadvertently stated that Mr. Cartwright Sharp, for the prosecution, alleged that during dinner at a club before the accident Miss — ' had hiccups' This should have read ' had hock cup.'—The Daily Telegraph.

Reassuring. It might have been both ; post hock et propter