28 DECEMBER 1962, page 9

A Difference Of Opinion In The Celtic Cocktail Bar I

asked for 1 . 14 :: whiskies. 'Yes,' said the barmaid, 1°°1‘17t strangely at the Highlandman. 'Yes, but I ° p ri n t know about him.' She came back in a 111°171- 4., e with the......

Ceud Mile Faille

So. cutting my losses, I shouldered my : pack and went out, with some dignity, into the dark- ness. It was now close on midnight. The door of the Lady of the Lake Hotel was......

Out

The manager was fizzling with rage. 'No friend of M acLachlan's will spend a night under my 1.°0 f.' 'Look,' said I as mildly as any saint could Say it while being heaved into......

Not A Damned Thing

Outside the Clachan Hall stood a police sergeant and a constable. 'Yes, MacLachlan, said the sergeant; 'just so : you've been at it a gain , ' 'You've been creating in the......

Australia Obsolescent

By DONALD HORNE 0 NE of the embarrassments of being an Aus- tralian comes when a visitor from a 'new' nation tries to bring you into the conversation with a brotherly: 'Of......