23 AUGUST 1940, page 14

Indian Home Rule

SIR,—May I be so rude as to say that the article in your last issue by Ranjee G. Shahani is one of the very few sensible communications on India that have appeared in your......

C.o.s And The Law

SIR,—The Surrey County Council, in common with some other councils, has just informed its employees that any who are placed on the register of Conscientious Objectors will be......

An Income Tax Anomaly

Sia,—Farmers have always done well in war-time, and it is only right perhaps that every dog should have his day. In the last war the capital value of stock was nearly trebled.......

War Aims

Sm,—We have now been at war nearly a year, but not one of us knows exactly what are our war aims. It is true we have been told that the object of the war is to stamp out......

Evacuation And Taxation Sia,—may I Be Allowed To Comment On

one problem in evacuation areas that is gravely affected by the rapidly increasing taxation—tha t of the education of one's children? Let me, to be precise, cite my actual......

A Check On Expenditure

SIR,—The Government are asking us to reduce our expenditure upon luxury and non-essentials. The Chancellor of the Exchequer wishes to avoid inflation. The Minister of Labour is......