16 FEBRUARY 1968, page 27

On The Dole

Sir: Lady de Zulueta (Letters, 9 February), like many people, is disturbed to discover that there are men with large families who choose to draw National Assistance and......

Right-minded

Sir: Your correspondent Mr Man Smith (Letters, 2 February) was clever to notice that many who supported the Abortion Bill also seek to prohibit hare coursing; but in drawing the......

The War Of Mr Jones's Teeth

Sir: In an article in your issue of 2 February, Mr Auberon Waugh makes the statement that the salaries of university teachers have just gone up by 7-} per cent. This is wholly......

The Revenge Of Failure

Sir: It is unfortunate that in Mr Simon Raven's latest outburst against the unspeakable non-public- school population (9 February) any valid points that he may have had have......

Poetry For You

Sir: I was much amused by the Rev Fred Adams's letter in your issue of 2 February. I am almost certain that it was in the SPECTATOR about thirty- five years ago that I read a......

Backing Britain

Sir: As an ex-serviceman, 1914 vintage, I am still a sucker for a patriotic call to sacrifice. In my seventy-fourth year I am useless on the production line yet I find it......

The Great Exchange Fraud

Sir: Being neither train robber nor Prime Minister, I have none of those financial facilities which my name might seem to command. I, therefore, read with considerable......

Twilight Of Umpire

AFTERTHOUGHT JOHN WELLS Yes indeed, writes breathless, brittle-moustached man with his mouth to the microphone and his ear to the ground, beer-sodden Alf Burbage, it was cough,......

Letter To Britannia

Sir: May I add a small postscript to Strix's ad- mirable `Letter to Britannia' (2 February)? Upon my recently upending a collection bag, thought to contain only West German five......