26 JULY 1935, page 18

B.b.c. News

[To the Editor of THE SPECTATOR.] SLR, —With reference to Mr. Fleet's admirably lucid exposition of the causes of opposition to the method of the B.B.C. news bulletins, I would......

The . Role Of Aninternational Language

[To the Editor of THE SPECTATOR.] S1R,—As the first of the three chief reasons why ,Basie English is important, Mr., W. Empson mentions its usefulness as an auxiliary......

Education For Life [to The Editor Of The Spectator.]

have recently read a - small book, by the Headmaster- of Worfield School, which is situated in Shropshire, just over. the border of Staffordshire. The system adopted - there is......

Tennis Balls [to The Editor Of The Spectator.]

Sin,—In many homes all over the country them must be tennis balls which are not quite good enough for play on the courts. May. I -suggest to, your readers that they should send,......

Unions And Unemployed Men

[To-the. Editor of THE SPECTATOR.] S1R,—Are the Trades 'Union§ really sympathetic to the men in the 'derelict areaS'? rasked this question Of one of the leaders hist week 'at......

Maternal Mortality And A Remedy

[To the Editor of TIIE SPECTATOR.] SIR,—The undeniable connexions between unskilled abortions, septic conditions and the maternal death and damage rates. have been mentioned in......

Air-bombing In The Napoleonic War [to The Editor Of The

SPECTATOR.] Sin,—It would be interesting to know when the idea of bombing from the air first occurred. In The Letters of Napoleon to Marie-Louise, on pages 101 and 102, dealing......