1 MAY 1926, page 11

In The Old Days We Were Told That In Imperial

matters Downing Street never considered the wishes of " the man on the spot." Such a criticism certainly cannot be made • nowadays. In Mr. Amery we have a Colonial Secretary who......

Why Is It That In Great Britain, A Country So

favourably endowed by nature, we understand so little about the " canning " of fruit and vegetables ? An inspection of the average grocer's shop reveals that most of our tinned......

Spectapilia.

IN the campaign for a " Brighter London " cannot anything be done to induce Londoners to make greater use of their squares ? A real improvement has been made in the display of......

* * At The Annual Meeting Of The London Society

a speaker asked why our museums and galleries were available only for the leisured people of London. I suppose the answer is expense. To keep our galleries and museums open to......

British Ratepayers Who Are Dissatisfied With Their Plight...

of our larger cities might study what the City Manager has achieved in the United States. On this side of the Atlantic we have the example of Dublin. Municipal affairs were in a......

Proud Cats And Double Tulips.

A CAT show is a humiliating business. At no time do we shOw ourselves such pitiful creatures as when we set out to exhibit our cats. Even if at home Champion . Surbiton Blue......

I Wonder Whether We Shall Come To The Introduction Of

the City Manager in this country, a person: who has a prominent position in the administration of many leading American cities. There is much to be said in his favour in fact if......

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