31 OCTOBER 1970, page 18

Letters To The Editor

Death by merger Sir: May I correct two serious errors in Dr Peter Smith's account (24 October) of the New Scientist- Science Journal merger? First, we do not have a 'press......

Whiter Weddings In Black Africa

Sir: In her interesting article on Botswana (10 October) Miss Mortimer called Sir Seretse Khama 'the first African leader to marry a white woman . . which is in- accurate. Sir......

Shakespeare And Dr Rowse

Sir: It is a pity that Dr Rowse should have gone out of his way to be so offensive in his article to those who hold different views from his own as this has the inevit- able......

Bus Stop

Sir: Peter Quince may be in- terested in the Israeli system of 'communal taxis'. These run on tha regular bus routes, charging a few pence more than the buses. Usually they wait......

Spider In Loo Sir: What Makes Mr Armwrighter Deny (letters,

10th October) that the lavatory bowl is what one washes one's hands in after using the w.c. (sc, water-closet)? G. Corderoy Oxford & Cambridge University Club, Pall Mall, swl......

Heath's Silent Verdict

Sir: Greatly daring, I venture to take issue with my friend, up to this moment and I hope after, and my former colleague Enoch Powell on the subject of the appointment of John......

Towards China

Sir: Following embattled Canada': agreement with China on mutual recognition and an early exchange of ambassadors, China now has diplomatic relations with fifty-one out of the......

Heard From The Listener

Sir: One of your readers has w ritten to me regarding my sug- gestion in the SPECTATOR two weeks ago that The Listener had shown bias in 1968 in not reproducing a talk part of......

Stalin And Hitler

Sir: May I comment on the letter in which Mr Edgar P. Young criticises Ronald Hingley's review of Strik-Strikfeldt's Against Stalin and Hitler. Mr Young accuses Dr Hingley of......