4 JULY 1998, page 34

True And Fair

I AM sure that the Paymaster General was never paid £200,000 as chairman of Hollis Industries, even if the accounts say he was, and even if he wrote a letter (reprinted this......

A Cultured Pearl

BOONDOGGLE alert: all eyes on Ottawa, where a new specimen is struggling to be born. Its midwife is Christine Copps, who is minister of the Canadian heritage and thinks that......

A Cat Writes

MY feline correspondent, Bustopher Jones, adds: After half a century, how much longer must we cats wait for a National Veterinary Service? We are still at the mercy of market......

Shutting Up Shop

WHEN I came to the City, it was considered bad form to talk shop over lunch. Cricket or grouse would be the order of the day until the port came round, and a nap would fol- low.......

City And Suburban

Marching proudly on into a new half-century, Britain's answer to the Russian army CHRISTOPHER FILDES P eople are the National Health Service's greatest resource. So Frank......

In The Pound Seat

AS the Governor of the Bank of England should be, Eddie George is in the pound seat. This week he begins his second term of office, and for the next five years he can- not be......