1 JULY 1972, page 39

Humphry Bash

Sir: I was somewhat surprised see that a letter from Mr Berket e had been entitled ' Humphry 8 8 . 1 , (June 24). My surprise was effect! ely dispersed on reading it. No tl......

Who Are The Masters?

Sir: One is still puzzled whether nationalisation really means public ownership of each separate industry nationalised, and whether it is legal or illegal to picket any and all......

British Insurance

Sir: Skinflint in City Diary (June 3) criticised insurance companies' attitudes to claims and what he referred to as their reluctance to pay in full on most occasions. The......

'bossy Pamela

Sir: Although I deplore the coldly cutting terms of Mr John Calvin's letter (June 10), I too have in recent months bristled at the quite unnecessary ' bossiness ' of some of Mrs......

Cost Of Property

Sir: Mr Reg Freeson (June 10) says that the cost of property is a central cause of inflation. Surely it is a result: too much money accruing frorn increased incomes boosted by......

Duke Of Windsor

From Mrs W. S. Green Sir: I must protest at the sentimental article on the sad story of the Duke of Windsor in your issue of June 3, especially on the slur cast on Queen Mary.......

Who's Who?

Sir: Does this rather unflattering caricature remind you of anybody alive nowadays? I was browsing through some books recently and same across one called A Sailor's Life in......