A Spectator's Notebook
I 44 T is hoped the book may be of interest," says a covering note from the Railway Executive. Your British Railways, the publication to which the note refers, is not, as a......
They Also Put In A Good Word For Stoats And
weasels (the former, surely, are unusually numerous this year ?). "It is signi- ficant" (says the Report), "that, although several of the animal welfare organisations pointed......
A Very Different Class Of Official Publication Is The Report
of the Committee on Cruelty to Wild Animals (H.M.S.O., price 3s. 6d.), of which until this week I had only read the summaries that appeared in the Press. This is a most able and......
By The Waters Of Jordan
T HE murder of King Abdullah leaves Ibn Saud as the last survivor among those Arab statesmen who, for good or ill, helped by their personal endeavour to shape the map of the......
The Most Important Of Its Recommendations Is That The Sale
and use of the gin-trap (" a diabolical instrument ") should be made illegal. The Committee is convinced that the gin is far the most efficient type of trap so far devised, but......
The Other Day An Actress's Small Nephew Was Taken Round
to her dressing-room after seeing the performance. After some general conversation about the production he raised a point which had obviously been worrying him. "I say," he......
The Advertisements Which Proclaim That All Successful Men...
certain make of cigarette-lighter fail to arouse in me the suspension of disbelief. They have indeed an opposite and slightly irritant effect, causing me to run pettishly over......
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