17 JANUARY 1976, page 3

Dissatisfied

Sir: The British and Irish Governments may feel quite satisfied with the security situation in Northern Ireland now, and particularly in South Armagh, with their hot-line......

Misread

From Dr T. D. M. Martin Sir: How odd of the reviewer of The Victorian Public School (December 27) to take Kipling's lines • • Then ye contented your souls With the flannelled......

Non-event

Sir: N 1 9 , ancy Mum, in her comprehensive review of c. as far as women were concerned, denies that the Inte rnational women's year' was after all a non!vent, and proceeded to......

Special Information

Sir: Richard West states (in his article on Ireland) that eighty-eight executions were carried out by the wartime Irish government. Professor Lyons (himself citing T. P. Coogan)......

Immigration

Sir: I was encouraged to read that Mr Patrick Cosgrave is facing up squarely to the uncomfortable problems brought about by the immigration policies of successive governments......

Feudal View

Sir: Mr Witcombe's letter (December 27) is none the less interesting for failing to touch upon the subject of my letter which you kindly published in your December 13 issue,......

Passing The Buck

From Mrs M. E. Smith Sir: Dr Rhodes Boyson in his article 'Passing the buck' (January 3) pointed out that the influence of school governors in spheres other than appointments is......

Not Quite Right

Sir: No doubt it is Scrooge-like and pompous to complain of inaccuracy in a question in your Christmas Quiz (December 27). Nevertheless, Vaughan Williams did not say that Mahler......