19 APRIL 1935, page 6

A Spectator's Notebook

T HE gaps and seams in the fabric of the National Government yawned rather wide at the end of last week. It was a comparatively small matter that four days after Mr. Baldwin had......

* * * * The Assembly Of The Church Of

Scotland next month should be a notable affair with the Duke of Kent as High Commissioner. The presence of royalty will add a more than usually festive note to the occasion, and......

Budget Considerations T He 'first And Appropriate...

:Speech is a gracious expression of thanks for the blessings we are about to receive and those which we have received. The doctrine of sound finance demands gratitude for the......

Lord Hewart Is, Of Course, Pre-eminent In His Own Sphere,

and so is Miss Gracie Fields in hers, but the two spheres are, after all, distinct, and whether the dignity of the law is enhanced by the publication of photographs of the Lord......

Actually The Statement Emanated From Mr. Neville...

for this Treasury incur- sion into the field of foreign policy remains un- revealed. It may, no doubt, have been a desire to placate Conservative isolationists, but the effect......

The Latest Ministry Of Labour Figures Shoived That One Of

the largest increases in employment was in the building trade. The improvement is no doubt largely seasonal, but it is a good deal better than in recent years. A builder in a......

British Hotels, We Are Pretty Constantly Being Reminded,...

and indifferent as . well as good. I doubt whether they deserve serious criticism as a whole, except perhaps by comparison with those of a purely tourist country like......

The Assurance Given By The Municipal Authorities At Rome...

there is no truth in the rumours of a menace to that corner of the English cemetery outside the San Paolo gate where Keats and Joseph Severn and Shelley's heart are buried, will......