11 JANUARY 1952, page 16

What Education Costs •

SIR,—An anonymous correspondent in your issue of December 28th alleged that a school of the London County Council recently incurred a substantial loss on the production of a......

Spinsters

SIR,—Doctor Nlahony-Jones asserts that the Registrar-General's records . show that "during the marriageable years there are far more British men than women." The last exact......

Italian Miners ?

SIR,—Regarding the shortage of - miners, Mr. Comper's letter does not mention the main difficulty. This is not that miners are unwilling to accept Italians, but that Britons are......

English Books In Canada

SIR,—Sir Stanley Unwin has already explained, with his usual lucidity, the main factors governing the prices charged for British books in Canada. As the publishers of Professor......

On And Off The Zebras

Ste,—Janus, a car-owner, chivalrously takes the side of pedestrians in the matter of zebra crossings. May a pedestrian do a like service for car-drivers ? 1. If pedestrians used......

The Death Of St. Paul

SIR,—Janus refers to a "fairly early tradition that St. Peter and St. Paul were both crucified at Rome." This may well have been the eventual fate of St. Peter, but we may, I......

Letters To The Editor

Federal or Confederal ? SIR,—In the article Federal or Confederal? you stress the unity and strength of the British Commonwealth. I very willingly support you in this. I do not,......