13 JUNE 1931, page 12

A Penny Of Observation

THE EARTHQUAKE The Times' account of last Sunday's earthquake makes grim reading. In Dover a small clock fell on to its face. The bed of a correspondent on Hampstead Heath was......

The Newer Cricket.

We approve unreservedly of the methods adopted to force a decision in the match between Yorkshire and Gloucester- shire at Sheffield, when four innings were telescoped into the......

In The Rough.

Last week, on the very day when yet another proof of the inability of British golfers to win any championship open to competitors of other nationalities was bringing down grave......

Gramophone Notes

GREGORIAN CHANTS. IF a Martian were to inquire where on the face of this distraught globe he could find human activities bringing, any form of happiness to the many without......

Incredible Sagacity Of The Times Newspaper.

From an article in The Times of June 6th, in which the centenary of Mrs. Siddons' death was celebrated : " When Mrs. Siddons died there should have been convulsions of nature,......