20 MARCH 1959, page 22

The Great Ship

SIR, —Lord Kinross, in his letter published by you on March 6, asks what has become of Mr. Duncan Grant's rejected decorations for the Queen Mary. The three principal......

An African Appeal ' •

Sitt,—The Africa Barenti ' has :launched all urgent appeal for funds to enable it to contribute towards the alleviation of distress and bitterness in Nyasaland and to provide......

Taper Off Sir,—even Though Your Printer's Devil Got At The

,spelling of our name, it was a privilege to feature, with Mr. Julian Amery's braces and the Earl of Perth's bedsocks, in Taper's 'Westminster Commentary' (March 13). It may be......

Yangtse Gunboats

SIR,—As a lover of nostalgic memories, however contradictory, I have perused Strix's recollections of the Yangtse gunboats amended by Mr. G. R. Fuller with the delight that......

Male Or Female?

SIR,—Here in darkest Timmins, on the same parallel as Paris (France) but beyond the Arctic watershed and at present enjoying a warmer spell (luxuriating in —25° F. instead of......

Head Of The Commonwealth

Sue,—Surely, an important late of action has been made open to the Queen by the fairly recent develop- ment of an elasticity in the British Commonwealth. A country can now......

Censorship In Ireland

SIR,—Referring to the letter in your issue of March 13 from Mr. B. MacMahon, Secretary, Office of Censorship of Publications, Dublin: I purported to quote and did quote from the......