24 OCTOBER 1947, page 16

P.o.w Needs

Sta,—While the repatriation of German P.o.W.s goes on steadily, though slowly, it is clear that a large number of these men will still be in this country during the winter and......

Germans And The Mark

Sta,—With reference to your , paragraph German • Complaints in the News of the Week for October 17th, may I suggest that, human nature being what it is, it is fantastic to......

Sm,—janus Attributes The Good Teeth Of The Lewis...

the chewing of hard mutton - bones. Are not the teeth of the inhabitants of the Aran Isles and Tristan da Cunha nearly perfect on the entirely soft diet of fish and potatoes ?......

Sir,—i Am Not, Nor Am I Likely To Become, The

Member for the Western Isles, but nevertheless I am constrained to expostulate against the aetiology propounded by Janus to explain the former glories of the teeth of the......

Day Nurseries And Industry

Sia,—Barbara Castle, M.P., in her most interesting review of the cotton crisis, writes, " On the very doorsteps of the mills are women who I believe could be attracted back to......

Prosperity And The Five-day Week Sm,—it Must Be Very...

to sit in a comfortable office and verbally chastise the workers from the fastnesses of Bloomsbury because they aspire to a five-day week. Do you and your American friends ever......

The Happy Islanders

Snt,—I suppose you uphold Dr. Johnson about the conglobulation of the swallows. For he was just as accurate about that as he was about the St. Kilda cold. That was a scientific......