4 MAY 1934, page 18

The Rope Trick

[To the Editor of THE SPECTATOR.] SIR,—Some thirty odd years ago I was serving at Johannesburg on the Railway Committee of the Intercolonial Council. The Secretary to the......

A Racial Conflict Settled

[To the Editor of TIIE SPECTATOR.] Sm,—It is now possible to draw public attention to one of the most remarkable incidents in the history of racial con- flicts—remarkable alike......

Scottish 'poetry

[To the Editor of THE SPECTATOR.] Sni,—No member of the so-called Scottish Renaissance literary group commands nearly so much confidence as Mr. Edwin Muir, and his review of Mr.......

Air, Mail Rates

[To the Editor of THE SPECTATOR.] SIR,—I heartily endorse the plea put forward by Lord Elibank, in your last issue, for cheaper air mail rates for the Empire. Civil aviation is......

The Middle-class Unemployed

[To the Editor of THE SPECTATOR.] SIR,—The position of the middle-class unemployed is arousing much concern. These people, if they have earned over 2250 per annum, are neither......