13 JULY 1934, page 6

I Should Like To See Some Figures, If They Could

be obtained, of the respective subscription sales of the penny papers, and their sales on the book-stalls. The latter would be a much better indication of real pulling power......

In How Many Parts Of England May We Not Hear

the same lament and the same appeal ? From Surrey we turn our eyes northwards to Buckinghamshire, where a group of neighbours living round the Whiteleaf Cross are intent on......

There Was Substance In Sir Stafford Cripps' Complaint On...

in the shipping debate in the House of Commons, that owing to the Government's refusal to grant a special day for the discussion of their important proposals, the Opposition had......

This Week's Enduring Passion :—slightly Over A Hundred...

Zaro Agha, the Turk who died the other day aged 157, proposed to Amfe Amet Mustapha. The marriage was forbidden by her parents, who enlisted i her in a Turkish merchant's harem.......

Farming And Politics

M R. WALTER ELLIOT'S activity at the Ministry of Agriculture may be admired both as achieve- ment and as example. In the latter respect it is more than a little timely. Since......

A Spectator's Notebook

A T the beginning of the week all the papers, and with good reason, were congratulating this country on a series of brilliant sporting achievements—in rowing, in yachting, in......

I Have Had An Opportunity Of Looking At The Book

of the words—the programme notes and Narrator's speeches —for the Pageant which will take place at Abinger on Saturday. I read them carefully, for they are by Mr. E. M. Forster,......