16 OCTOBER 1964, page 15

Recruits For Nursing

SIR,-1 must appeal to those of your 'readers whose daughters wish to become nurses, but who constantly find themselves discouraged by well-meaning but misguided parents. If only......

The War That Cannot Be Won

SIR,—Mr. Hashim B. Ambia in hi S letter on 'The War That Cannot Be Won' (in North Borneo) says he is surprised that there is much speculation about the UN 'referendum' held in......

Why Not Scotch?

SIR,--If Mr. James Loose has recovered from the shock administered to him by the pen of Mr. D. Eirwin Morgan, I wonder if he would be kind enough to tell us what I have never......

Railway Closures

SIR,--Mr. Hancock's letter about railway closures: speaking as the general public, all I care about is that Mr. Hancock's subsidised travel should not be paid for out of my......

A Question Of Rank

Sia,—Your film reviewer should know that there is a difference between a non-commissioned officer and a warrant officer. KENNETH J. MILNER 84 King's Avenue, Woodford Green,......

In The Gorbals

Sia,—'Why is it always the rat-infested houses that get the headlines?' This question was recently posed in the introduction to a programme on BBC TV con- cerning the new......

Sir,—an Event Of Historic Significance Is Due To Take

- place on October 18 when a Holy Relic of the Buddha is enshrined at the London Buddhist Vihara in Chiswick. As it is the first enshrinement under official auspices of a Buddha......