13 FEBRUARY 1959, page 34

Spectator Competition No. 470 Set By H. G. Button

At Question Time in the House of Commons a Minister has been known to read out, as the answer to one of the questions put to him, the reply prepared for a different question.......

Company Notes

L EYLAND MOTORS have, like ACV„, experienced a difficult trading year to Sep- tember 30, 1958. The booming conditions in the motor industry for private car manufacturers have......

Solution Of Crossword 1,029 Across.-1 Cantrips, 5 Passed....

basis. 10 Harris. 12 Patrico. 13 Rcntier. 14 Reformations. 17 Afterthought. 22 Holster. 23 Pivotal. 24 Litter. 25 Spurious. 26 Troyer. 27 Gladness. DOWN.-1 Champs. 2 Near-to. 3......

To Be Continued?

SPECTATOR COMPETITION No. 467: Report by Russell Edwards Competitors were asked to suggest the opening sentences of the as yet unwritten book they would read without hesitation......

Spectator Crossword No. 1,031

ACROSS 1 Hard to summon us about noth- ing (7) 5 ' He is a —; let us leave him; pass ' (Shakespeare) (7) 9 Put her on the river (5) 10 Cowboy film addict? (9) 11 Ruins the......