5 AUGUST 1955, page 5

Portrait Of The Week

I N the dearth of real news which marks the beginning of the silly season the newspapers have had to do as best they may with the annual vicissitudes of Bank Holiday crowds and......

The Malayan Elections

Mr. A. D. C. Peterson writes : HE elections in the Federation of Malaya last week pro- duced two surprises : the overwhelming nature of the Alliance victory and the size of the......