25 MARCH 1949, page 18

Carriage And Miscarriage

Sta,—Dr. Allen is wrong. Mr. Pickwick was not unwise in taking the first cab on the rank for, according to The Hackney Coach Directory by James Quaife, Surveyor to the Board of......

St. Clement Danes

SIR,—Janus remarks that the Secretary of State for Air, being a Methodist, would have no place ip - St. Clement Danes (if it became the official church of the Royal Air Force)......

The Penalty Of Thrift Sni,—may I Cite My Case (only

too typical) to Sir Stafford Cripps as he broods over his new Budget ? Though my husband and I started our married life penniless we determined not only to pay our way but to......

Prostitution And The Law

Snt,—It seems somew,hat surprising that in R. H. Cecil's article on sexual crimes no mention was made of prostitution, a branch of, the law very badly in need of reform. Every......

The Government Of London

Sut,—The following figures illustrate " the encouraging tendency for local politics to follow their own rhythm," to which Mr. Hodgkin referred in his article. There have been 69......

Official Mistakes

SIR,—The second paragraph of A Spectator's Notebook this -week con- tains the diverting implication that costly mistakes never occur in private businesses. Does Janus really......

What Wales Wants

Snt—Professor Gruffydd's not unsympathetic reference in the Spectator of March 11th to the Conservative Policy for Wales includes an all too common fallacy. He refers to the......

A Young Criminal

SIR,—Some weeks ago a friend of mine came to the help of a young man whose discharge book showed that he had been out of the Army only three months. There was nothing about this......