2 AUGUST 1946, page 14

Which Workers ?

SIR,—A question in Parliament by a Labour Member anxious to con- secrate May 1st in tribute to the efforts of " the workers " indicates an old grievance, which I share with......

Sir,—although Fully Aware Of The Critical Shortage Of...

publish a write-up, a puff, a blurb, an examination of Who's Who written by a most distinguished writer. In the book there are 34,000 (approx.) entries printed on 3,000 pages.......

In My Garden By Far The Most Satisfactory Spectacle In

one country-house potager is the patch of cabbage of the variety Flower of Spring. The heads are enormous, but by no means coarse. A cabbage, after all, should be both......

The Farmer Was Enjoying His Sunday Leisure, Though Work Was

going on and a tractor with a patent hoe active in a large root-field. He was singularly happy (for a farmer) in the prospects for harvest, and I had walked past both oat and......

Census Of Birds And Flowers In Palestine

While murder and outrage have been making all the news from Palestine, our soldiers with some civilians have been engaged in taking a census—and it is of peculiar interest to......

• Travel Made Easy

SIR,—A short time ago I received an _invitation to take a party of my senior pupils to the U.S.A. this summer so that the boys could form their own judgement as to life and......

The Circulation Of Birds

Within the space of three days astonishing evidence of the international interest in birds reached me. The coming of the survey and census of Palestine arrived simultaneously......

Familiar Quotations

SIR,—As I was never educated, perhaps you will be so good as to let me know the meaning of "soltsitur anzbulando." I enjoy your articles when I can understand them.—Yours......

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