31 JANUARY 1958, page 14

Gps And Specialists Sir,—pharos Criticises (january 24)...

Lord Moran recently gave before the Royal Commission. He goes on to deprecate 'the current adulation of the specialist at the expense of the family doctor.' He says that the......

D'annunzio's Italy

SIR,—Might I use your correspondence column to make a request for D'Annunziana? i am finishing a book called D' Annunzio's Italy, which deals with Italian bravura during the......

Gallup Poll Sir,—for Three Or Four Weeks Consecutively...

attacked various aspects of our polls. We have shown that there was no substance in any of your complaints. Now you play the move usual in such circumstances, you shift your......

De-federating In Central Africa Sir,—mr. Fox Pitt Asks Why I

describe dissolving the Central African Federation as a gigantic task. . (1) I do not think it would be easy to per- suade the Federal and Southern Rhodesian governments, or the......

Christian Names

SIR,—The article by Strix on Christian names has emphasised the point that Mr. Leaver's researches are conducted in a rather small world—the world of those people whose......

The Monorail

SIR,—Of course Pharos is entirely right on the mono- rail matter. If any commercial undertaking thought of adopting the system all they would do is to send over their engineers......

Registration Of Estate Agents

Stn, — The years since the war, because of the inflated price of house property, have seen the rise in this country of many so-called estate agents who are men without business......