4 JULY 1931, page 22

Oil From Coal

[To the Editor of the SrEcraToa..] SIR,—Apparently Mr. John Strachey considered himself justified in advocating, in your columns, the expenditure of x millions of public money......

[to The Editor Of The Srecmioa.] .

SIR,—In your issue of June 13th there appeared a critical letter from Mr. William A. Bone on the subject of low-temper- ature carbonization. While admitting that low-temperature......

Have We Made Real Progress? .

[To the Editor of the SPECTATOR.] SIR,—The interesting review in your issue of June 20th on two recently published books offering a comparison between the position of children......

The Foundling Site

[To the Editor of the SPECTATOR.] SIR,—Is it impossible to secure for all time the whole of the Foundling site as a playground for thousands of London 'children ? When I worked......