27 JULY 1951, page 9

Platform One (earthbound)

WIIERE it is always and is never, day, Vistas are sharp with spairks on stone and track And desolation's quays a,te stroked with wind Warm from the metals, then a listening......

Miners In The Sun

LI, 3. P. W. MALLALIEU, M.P. • O LD Elvet is a gentle backwater of history. For most of the year, except perhaps on race-days, the world leaves it basking in memories or gazing......

A Century Dies

. 1 fly DAVID THOMSON D OES it matter very much when an old man of ninety-five breathes his last? Especially when he dies in an obscure Island fortress, six years removed from......