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The 1928 Prayer Book Sts,—the Remarks Of The Dean Of

Chichester relating to the 1928 Prayer Book are incomplete without reference to the historical background of prayer books in general. Incidentally, prayer books are in......

Eliminating The Drone

Sta,—In Janus's Notebook, published in the Daily Mail on February 27th, which has just reached me, he says, "The statement that an extra ton of steel per man a year would buy......

T - Ie Tax On Paraffin Sig,—when The Duty Of Id. Per

gallon was first imposed in 1933 on all heavy hydrocarbon oils the object was to help the coal industry by making it more expensive to burn fuel, diesel and gas oils. 41though......

The Skolt Lapps

Sta,—A small tribe of Lapps is being destroyed by the consequences of our wars. Out of 400 people, 200 have died. The herds of reindeer, by which the Lapps lived, were killed to......

Queen Mary

Sra,—You say in The Spectator that Queen Mary is the first British consort of a British king since the sixteenth century. But surely this is not so. Queen Mary is the daughter......

"confound Their Knavish Tricks"

Sta,—Janus, whom God save, describes the lines in the National Anthem, "Frustrate their politics, Confound their knavish tricks," as "contemptible." Why? Is it wrong to pray......

The Church In France

Sra,—A sentence in the article by Canon Lloyd requires some modifica- tion. The article was Pays de Mission ? and the sentence: (in France) "everyone who is trying to work for......

Cinemas Or Houses?

SIR,—It was recently announced that no further licences are to be issued to private builders for the time being to start work on new houses. More recently still the......