3 OCTOBER 1947, page 4

The Press Is Well In The News This Week—in Rather

a diverse collection of scraps. The Institute of Journalists has adopted a resolution deploring the recent cut in the paper-ration. It could hardly let its annual conference......

The Death Of Earl Nelson At The Age Of 89

leaves his brother, who is 87, as the last beneficiary of the perpetual pension granted to Admiral Lord Nelson's brother, the Rev. William Nelson, and his descendants in 1806,......

A Spectator 's Notebook

T HE newest word for us to get used to is electronics. I don't suppose it is at all new to scientists, but the general public has hardly assimilated it yet. It will now. The......

Russia And The World

T HE first ten days of the United Nations Assembly have left the solution of the problem of Russia further off than ever. The problem is twofold, and it needs to be restated......

It Is Not Often That I Recommend A Book In

this column, and when I do it is for the benefit of readers, not the author. I have this week been reading Sir Norman Angell's new volume, The Steep Places (Hamish Hamilton, 8s.......

The Attempt To Draw Lessons From West Islington Follows The

attempt to draw lessons from Edge Hill. It can't be much of an attempt at best, for only sx per cent. of the electorate voted, and it by no means follows that a 70 or 8o per......

A Letter From A British Business Man In Pakistan Paints

a grim picture of the scenes there, notably at Lahore. One aspect of which the newspaper reports have said little is indicated in one pregnant sentence: " About half the town......