13 MAY 1966, page 22

Maigret On The Defensive, By Simenon 11-tarnish Hamilton,...

We are shocked to read that the respected Maigret has been mis- conducting himself—at his age, and with a young girl. But has he in fact? Maigret on the defensive brings all his......

Company Meetings

REFUGE ASSURANCE COMPANY LIMITED THE Chairman in a statement submitted with the 1965 Accounts reported that in the Life Branches new policies had been issued assuring benefits......

Six-day Week, By Alan Gardner (muller, 18s.). Recipe For An

exciting book : one foreign correspondent in Rome, one missing colleague, one beautiful girl, and a vicious Communist plot. Shake violently together till a chain reaction sets......

Rugby Portland Cement

THE Annual General Meeting of The Rugby Portland Cement Co. Ltd., will be held on June 3rd. The following is an extract from the speech of the Chairman, Sir Halford Reddish,......

Zulu

The Washing of the Spears : The Rise and Fall of the Zulu Nation. By Donald R. Morris. (Cape, 55s.) SIXTY years before Dr Verwoerd was born, the Boers in Natal resolved at a......