14 MARCH 1952, page 22

Life On The Moor

SIR,—Ian Niall errs in his description of the black cock. This kind, properly known as the British black grouse, does not utter the call of Go back, Go back." This call is, in......

Sir, —there Can Be No Doubt Whatever That " The Lawful

authority " mentioned in the Book of Common Prayer is the Bishop in personal?). It is stated in the preface to the book under the heading " Concerning the Service of the Church......

Service Men's Parcels

SIR.-1 recently received a small present from my son who is serving with the army in Singapore. On this I was called upon to pay 6s. 3d. Customs duty, 6s. 9d. purchase tax,......

Home, James

SIR,—Poor Henry James ! He was jealously proud of his invented names, for houses as well as for families. "Summersoft " was a stately home, set in a lordly park, in his story......

A Gun-dog's Intelligenee

SIR,—Mr. Ian Niall's reference to the cleverness of Labrador retrievers brings to mind an incident many years ago in Norfolk. We were driving partridges over a high belt, and......

The Threat Of Unemployment

SIR,—The Spectator of March 7th.contains some remarks on unemploy- ment that are almos,t alarming in their complacency. We are told that some redistribution of labour is......

Cutting Down Sir.—was It Patriotic Of ;ir. Nicolson To Cut

down his daily consump- tion of cigarettes from fifty to five ? I cannot understand how he.can " breathe more freely." as he says he does, when he realises that the £120-odd......

A Bear. However Hard He Tries ; Grows Tubby Without...

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"ely )13retator," Sitarcb 13tb, 1852.

IN France, the elections of the Legislative Body have been completed; a President appointed; and the 29th of March fixed for the meeting of that Assembly and the Senate. The.......