29 JANUARY 1983, page 13

The Murder Of Mr Smith

Richard West D uring my stay last month in Johannes- burg there was, as usual, no shortage of startling news: South Africa's raid on Lesotho, the verdict on Neil Aggett, found......

One Hundred Years Ago

The Times gives some curious ,statistics of the Quaker body, or, as they call themselves, 'The Society of Friends'. They are now reduced to 17,977 members, or probably 7,000......