11 APRIL 1947, page 3

At Westminster

W ORDSWORTH defined poetry as emotion recollected in tran. quillity. I do not know whether there is much poetry about Parliament, but my recollection in the temporary......

Soft Woods And Hard Times

On December 31st, 1946, stocks of softwood timber in this country were less than half what is normally regarded as the safe working minimum, and they continued to fall after......

International Horse Trade

The meeting of the Preparatory Committee of the United Nations Conference on Trade and Employment which opened at Geneva on Thursday is probably more important than its earlier......

Manoeuvres In Spain

The official reaction of the Spanish monarchists to General Franco's have proclamation regarding Spain's political future is what might have been expected. The suggestion of the......