2 JULY 1932, page 20

Points From' Letters

AN INVIT.4.770/:1 WANTED. I know many of your readers have beautiful gardens and I am wondering whether any one not living too far from London - would invite a party of sonic 25......

The Shaftesbury Homes And " Arethusa "

The eighty-ninth annual meeting of the Shaftesbury Homes and 'Arethusa' training ship took place recently in London. The chairman and treasurer, Mr. Francis H. Clayton, Lord......

Excessive Retail Price A Drawback To British Trade.

My daughter has just bought "Turkish rug wool" here at i 5s. per pound. It s British made I believe, and We get 3d. to 6d. per pound from woo,. Who pockets the difference......

London Poor Clergy Holidays.

Will you allow , us to appeal through your columns for fresh support for the London Poor Clergy Holiday Fund ? This fund was started in 1876 by Archbishop Maelagan, then Vicar......

Sedbergii And Canon J. M. Wilson [to The Editor Of

the SPECTATOR.] Sin,—The recent death of Canon Wilson at a very great age reminded me of some facts not generally known except amongst us Sedbergh lads who were still at school......

Letters Of John Freeman.

• It is proposed to collect a volume of the late John Freeman's letters for publication. If any readers have any letters likely to be of interest to the general public, will......

Buttonhole Day.

Last summer readers of the Spectator helped to make " Buttonhole Day " in Bermondsey a great success. The profits in aid of our new club in Doekhead were VI 9s. 6d., and intense......

Lord Kilbracken' [to The Editor Of The Spectator.] Sir,—" I

was fortunate enough to find in the chief of the Permanent officers of the department Sir Arthur Godley, irhose experience, judgement, character and address have made him one of......