16 MARCH 1951, page 2

Twenty Pounds An Egg

All the lessons of the Gambia poultry scheme are elementary lessons. It is elementary economics that there are no automatic benefits and plenty of obvious dangers in large-scale......

General Ridgway's Achievements

As the United Nations' advance towards the 38th Parallel continues against light and ineffective opposition, it becomes increasingly clear that General Ridgway's appointment to......

Australian Experiment

Mr. Menzies' decision to ask the Governor-General for a dissolution of both Houses of the Australian Parliament is obviously right. The Senate's refusal to pass the dis- puted......

The Privilege Controversy

Parliament is an august body, but it can sometimes be unduly touchy. The wrangle on a question of privilege in the House of Commons on Tuesday did no one any credit. Since the......

Persian Oil

There has never been in this country much disposition to take seriously the demand of Persian nationalists that their oil industry should be nationalised. The Persian......