29 SEPTEMBER 1984, page 24

Who's In Charge

Sir: I am not generally a friend of boring letters, but at the risk of sounding like Mr Pooter after the Lord Mayor's reception, I should like to point out that I am not, as you......

Breaking The Mole

Sir: Your contributor P.J. Kavanagh (Post- script, 8 September) asks for a remedy against moles. I have. in my long time, tried many elaborate schemes for disposing of these......

John Stewart Collis

Sir: I have been commissioned to write the biography of the late John Stewart Collis. I would be grateful to hear from any of your readers who can help me with information or......

Peking And Pinyin

Sir: The pinyin version of Peking is Beijing (re Geoffrey Wheatcroft's Diary, 11 Au- gust); the word in Chinese means 'North- ern Capital'. Several years ago the Chinese......

Owen And The Belgrano

Sir: Simon Jenkins is wrong (`Raising the Belgrano', 22 September) to link David Owen with Neil Kinnock's name in deman- ding a Committee of Enquiry into the Belgrano. I know......

Sir: If Mr Kavanagh Wants To Get Rid Of His

moles (Postscript, 8 September) he should buy one of those toy windmills that spin round on the end of a stick. You plant the base of the stick in the mole's run; and when the......

Letters

Bank statement Sir: Bruce-Gardyne's article of 8 Septem- ber purports to comment on my views on the international debt situation. Unfortu- nately, every material assertion of......

Cry For Help

Sir: As one who reads your journal on the principle of 'know you enemy' (male chativinist snobs) could you please inform me who are Lobbs (Diary, 25 August)? Dr Maureen Guirdham......

Adam's Rib

Sir: According to Jeffrey Bernard (Low life, 22 September) Sibelius said to an (unnamed) Observer reporter: 'Tell them I have a big prick.' According to my late father, Kenneth......