16 JUNE 1923, page 12

[to The Editor Of The Spectator.]

SIR,—The best plan would be to do away with all bookmakers and have the " Pari-inutuel " or " Totalisator." Betting now in this country is a national curse, and should be......

The Ruhr And Trade Development [to The Editor Of The

SPECTATOR.] Sia,—We are told that the . French Government will not agree to any settlement of the Reparations question which does not include an abject surrender of German......

A Tax On Betting. [to The Editor Of The Seeczwroa.]

SIR,—I hope you and the Dean of Durham will have patience with me if I crave leave to deal with one or two points. Dr. Welldon's influence is, rightly and naturally, too wide-......