13 APRIL 1974, page 15

Press

Copy rights Bill Grundy I remember as a boy being frequently puzzled by that newspaper column known vulgarly as 'Hatched, Matched, and Despatched' — Births, Marriages and Deaths......

Science

Technumaniacal failure Bernard Dixon I'm happy using a credit card td buy petrol and settle restaurant bills, but not to purchase a packet of Rawlplugs, a Scotch, or the evening......