10 SEPTEMBER 1988, page 23

Monopoly Money

OF the various standard falsehoods in business, 'There's a cheque in the post' is the most polite and, on the face of it, credible. It might even be pressed into service as an......

City And Suburban

No prize for floral decorations in the City's beauty contest . . . CHRISTOPHER FILDES T he Lord Mayor and Corporation of the City of London have a message for you. In these......

First Section

I AM relieved to find City and Suburban still attached to the parent Spectator by its umbilical staple. Anywhere else it would now be a separate flop-out Financial Sec- tion.......

. . . And How To Win It

MY ADVICE, which comes at no extra charge, is that the Corporation should speak up for and to its ratepayers, and so make itself heard to others. It should not be too genteel to......

Roughing It

THE . City, I must say, has always been fond of its flowers. A Victorian occasion saw the City Horticultural Society addres- sed by the Rothschild of the day. Clerks in their......