7 JANUARY 1949, page 7

Victory Over Tsetse ?

Whether or not the victory over the tsetse fly claimed by the Under-Secretary for the Colonies in announcing the discovery of the new drug antricyde by a group of I.C.I.......

Mr. Tomlinson's Defence

When the Minister of Education appeared before the Incor- porated Association of Headmasters last week to defend his proposed new Secondary School Examination, he said, as was......

Swollen Shoot

The Gold Coast produces about half of the world's cocoa, but this vast industry could be entirely destroyed if the insidious disease known as swollen shoot was allowed to spread......

Production—good And Bad

On Tuesday it was announced that industrial production, as shown in the index of the Central Statistical Office, had reached a record high level in October, 1947, the latest......

Bus Drivers And Public

The decision of the London busmen's delegates not to strike again this week but to send their dispute to arbitration—a decision still to be confirmed by the several garages—puts......