Sir,—" Janus's " Story Of The War-time Takings At A
small inn " some- where between Cumberland and Cornwall " has yet further implica- tions. It has been pointed out that if the brewers' grain allowance were halved, the remainder......
Gimcrack Houses
SIR,—Is there not a danger that in the planning of housing schemes to come into being after the war in town and country the necessity of planning the actual house may be......
Magna Carta Of Wisdom
Sm,—I had wished to be brief, and not unfriendly; but I am obliged to remark, what Mr. Cave might perhaps have guessed for himself, that the substitution of "domestic " for......
German And British Soldiers
SIR,—In my last letter I drew attention to what seemed to me to be the outstanding difference in training and equipment between the Ger- man coops and our own. Major-General......
Liquor Restrictions
Sta,—Last week, " Janus " referred to the advisability of reviving the 1914-18 liquor restrictions. An experience or recollection of those restrictions may be interesting.......
The Vocabulary Of War Sir,—the Valuable And Interesting...
military terms which Sir William Marris contributed to your issue of December 19th omitted two important words: dragoon and carbineer. Dragoon is from the Greek word for serpent......
The British Commonwealth
Sta,—Mr. Nicolson is surprised that an American audience should query the statement of a British lecturer that Australia was com- pletely independent. The only way that a......
Sia,—was The " British Government Lecturer " In America,...
to in Harold Nicolson's article in your issue of December 26th, strictly correct in telling his audience that " Australia had been completely independent since 1855 "? Surely "......
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