23 JUNE 1939, page 6

" The Centenary Of All Saints Church, Margaret Street, Will

be celebrated by a series of services from July 2nd to 12th. . . . The Bishop of London will assist on High Mass on the centenary day, July 5th."—The Times. Many readers of this......

A Spectator's Notebook

A LONDON business man who has just been travelling in Germany and Italy and other European countries has given me an interesting résumé of his impressions. One was the general......

" Gifts To Cerberus Nourish, But They Do Not Appease.

When placatory offerings are digested the monster's triple maw yawns wider."—Mr. J. L. Garvin. Maw—stomach.-0.E. Dictionary. Can it yawn? And were there three? * * * *......

The Regulations Forbidding Alien Refugees To Take Paid...

this country are intelligible enough, but the anomalies they sometimes lead to may well provoke reflec- tion—and perhaps some modification of policy. In one rural district in......

With The Death Of Mr. Theobald Mathew The Inns Of

Court lose one of their wittiest frequenters. Much of that wit, well seasoned with ripe wisdom, is preserved in the four volumes of Forensic Fables and For Lawyers and Others.......

I Have Never Had Much Sympathy For The Critics Who

com- plained that the B.B.C. in its news bulletins on Saturdays and Sundays give undue publicity to the speeches of Opposition leaders, because the Labour Party, much more than......

All Europe Will Wait With Anxiety To Know Whether The

Austro-German football match described in Tuesday's Times was filmed. If not, the world is very much the loser. The teams were the Gelsenkirchen Schalke (Schalke may be......

Money And War

A P.D.—Armaments Profit Duty—the Government's • new tax on armament profits, has been received with a mild approval hardly to be distinguished from indifference. In some form or......

Appearances Mislead " In Announcing The Engagement Of The...

X. to Miss Y, the Daily Express inadvertently stated that Miss Y. was 28 years of age, whereas she is 49 years of age."—The......