6 JUNE 1952, page 16

Silencers And Speed Sir,—your Correspondent, Mr. B. D....

you to press for legislation to compel young motor-cyclists to use silencers. It is already illegal to drive a motor vehicle with an ineffective silencer. And what is more, on......

Sul,—under This Pathetic Heading Your Correspondent, "...

unsubstantiated opinion that " there seem to be many medical men today, especially in country districts, who resent patients on their panel whom they consider quite well enough......

Competition - For Scientists Snt,—your Unhelpful...

of good scientists amounts to burying your ostrich head in the sands, and killing the grammar-school sixth-form goose which has laid golden eggs. One considerable alleviation to......

The New Kingston Hospital Sm,—the Reference By Janus In A

Spectator's Notebook of May 23rd, to the proposed new hospital for Kingston and Malden was very gratifying to us, because it stresses two important points often over-......

Sir, —mr. B. D. Spencer Will Be Disappointed To Hear That

some motor- cycle silencers are so carefully designed that they actually increase the efficiency of the engine and therefore the possible maximum speed of......

Legalised Lotteries Sir,—apart From The Fact That Mr....

a mathematician and I am merely a linguist, I do not know that he is better qualified than I am to criticise football-pools; and when he says that "the forecasting of draws is a......

Nurses In The Home Sir, —i Am In Full Agreement With

Mr. R. L. Kitchin that " poorer patients (most markedly in villages) were much better cared for thirty years ago." In the days of voluntary district nursing associations in our......