10 JANUARY 1947, page 4

A Spectator 's Notebook

T HE unkind remarks I made the other day about Disability Pensions for ex-Service men moved the Minister of Pensions to send the Editor a copy of some " Notes on War Pensions."......

A Plan For Britain

T HE great virtue of the Town and Country Planning Bill, the text of which was published on Wednesday, is that it repre- sents a practical attempt to do a job which is......

A Lawyer Of My Acquaintance, Returning To His Chambers Last

week after a fortnight's holiday, sat down to open his mail. The first envelope contained a harsh and exigent communication from the Commissioners of Inland Revenue ; the second......

The Snow Which Fell On—or, As Fleet Street Almost...

put it, the blizzard which hit—London early this week brought out once more the Englishman's staunch refusal to equip himself against his climate's extremes' moods. Those......

I Suspect, As A Matter Of Fact, That The More

completely you are disabled the nearer you come to getting a square deal. If your injuries are such that you cannot compete at all in the struggle for existence, the authorities......

If, As Seems Probable, Field-marshal Montgomery Is Taken...

hosts to visit the Red Army Museum in Moscow I expect he will find the exhibits both more various and more impressive than they were when I looked in there in the early '30's.......