Shareholders And Directors

havo just read Command Paper 8318 on Control of,Dividends, and find in it grounds for pity _for a Chancellor who knowi better but who has not got the backbone to resist ignorant......

Rousham Is On The West Bank; Palladian In Plan But

Gothic in eleva- tion, an odd example of the blend of two styles in total opposition. But a good limestone like the oolite will reconcile extremities of contrast, and the......

Post Office Howls

Sut,—On page 210 (last paragraph) Mr. Nicolson suggests leaving the -receiver off to obtain quiet. Let him try ! The post-office people connect what they call a " howler" to his......

Church And Welfare State

SIR,—Canon Roger Lloyd's article, Church and Welfare State, contains two warnings and one fallacy. Is he sure that a Welfare State which fails will be succeeded by a......

Breech-loading Rifles

SIR, —In the interesting article Shooting It Out in your issue of August 17th ,the writer says: " In 1871 the British Army adopted the Martini-Henry, its first breech-loading......

Country Life

MY reference to Great Tew a Week ago reminds me of how little known is its countryside and yet full . of interesting mementoes, l hardly any of which appear in guide books. It......

Lilies And Saws

SIR,—In your last issue Mr. C. H. Butler asked you if he might " gild the lily with a simple saw." You did your best to comply with this most extraordinary request. Without a......

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In The Garden

The breaking of the weather has been like an electric shock to the kitchen garden. To stand in it is to hear and see and smell the process of growth. And at last-my melons have......