Slow Post
Sta,—Before August, 1914, is was possible to post a letter in London in the morning to other parts of London and to receive a reply by post the same evening. We were justly......
Glubb And Southern Iraq
Stit,—I am impelled to comment on Colonel Elphinston's interesting letter contained in your last issue. Colonel Elphinston refers to the Ikhwan raid on Busaiya of November,......
O.m.s. In The Mines
Sta,—Your correspondent, Col. Minshall, asks me to explain the statement appearing in Report to the Nation No. 17, that: " Output per manshift is lower than pre-war though there......
Rainfall Statistics
Sta,—Janus's remarks on the Central Office of Information's publication Harvest Home roused my indignaticn. I cordially agree with all he says, but I have another grievance. If......
The Bright Years
Sta,—My copy of this week's Spectator has only just reached me, and with it Sir Osbert Sitwell's latest acrimonious lecture. Ignoring the other egotistic trivialities, I confess......
Sot,—mr. Mallalieu Writes That In 1902 Jessop Hit 104 In
75 minutes. According to Mr. Neville Cardus, in his Autobiography, Jessop made 104 in 65 minutes , the last 54 of them in ten minutes. I imagine they are referring to the same......
Blood Donors
SIR,—Mr. Skinner's letter calls attention, although with insufficient vigour, to the shortage of blood for transfusion. And, although he seems to think that exhortation by......
Trapping Rabbits
Sm,—Happily for the tortured rabbits there are many who do not agree with Sir Edward Pease that they must be killed by cruel means. To rely on all traps being visited night and......
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