11 JANUARY 1946, page 15

Ideas Of Economy '

Sta,—We are asked to economise to the best of our ability, so it seems strange and quite inexplicable why the Government or the Q.A.I.M.N.S. should decide at the end of the war......

Is This Art Cricket?

Sta,—If I could persuade Mr. Harold Nicolson to accompany me to Lords to give cricket a last chance, I might be able to explain to him some of the finer points of the game, both......

Laws And The People

SIR,—I have recently returned from abroad, and have noticed the great incursions which the Ministries of the Crown have made into our national life, although, perhaps, these......

Job Hunting

SIR,—When I was in the Army overseas, I .remember reading a rather lively correspondence in your columns on the subject of "What the soldier thinks." I think the occasion may......

Dead Toulon

SIR,—In my experience, tolerance has been the greatest quality that the war has developed in the English. It was, therefore, with great surprise that I read "British Officer's"......