20 OCTOBER 1939, page 3

The Cost Of A Soldier

General dissatisfaction was expressed in the House of Commons last Tuesday about the scale of separation allow- ances for the wives of soldiers with children. The married......

Peril On The Roads

The enormous increase in deaths and injuries on the roads since the war began is in the main attributable to the black- out. We are paying a heavy and certain toll in deaths now......

The First Raids On Britain

The air attack on the Firth of Forth, the first enemy attempt to reach objectives in this country, and the attacks on warships at Scapa Flow, were strictly legitimate acts of......

War Risks To Buildings

All those who are interested in houses and other fixed property have been long waiting to know what compensation they will get in the event of destruction from enemy action.......

To " Spectator " Readers It Is Urgently Necessary That

wherever possible readers of The Spectator should place a regular order for their copy either with a newsagent or with the office of the paper, 99 Gower Street, W.C. 1, since......

Against Profiteering

The Government is pledged to stop profiteering, and the promise is likely to be fulfilled, at least in the cases of certain essential commodities, by the Prices of Goods Bill......

An Astonishing Appointment

IT lays no ordinary strain on the country's fortitude to hay , : to face within 24 hours two such blows as the loss of the Royal Oak' and the appointment of Sir John Gilmour as......