2 MAY 1970, page 26

Vcs In Vietnam

Sir: As one who has had a vc in the family, I feel it wholly deplorable that the Queen should have been put in the posit;on of awarding two vcs to Australians fighting in the......

Penny Foolish

Sir: Mr Bill Grundy (25 April) accuses the Daily Telegraph of dropping circulation 'to today's figure of 1.390.000'. It is in fact Mr Grundy who has dropped 20,000 or more, not......

Red Hands Across The Sea

Sir: In your issue of 25 April Mr Quintin Hogg in his article on Ulster stated that 'the treaty represents a compromise desired by, literally, no one'. Surely the situation is......

The Dwarfs Of Lime Grove

Sir: Yvonne Brock in her letter to you (18 April) says—'What matters in broadcasting is not whether programmes are left, right or centre or "clean" or "dirty"; these are wholly......

Trouble In The Pit

Sir: It is tempting to pursue Gillian Wid- dicombe's metaphor of `the. grazing cham- pion' a little further. When champion bulls are grazing, heifers in neighbouring fields tend......

Going On Before

Sir: The spelling `Liege' was changed to 'Liege' by act of the Prince Regent of Belgium, Prince Charles, in 1945 or 1946. 1 remember seeing the Act published in Le Moniteur......

Policy For The Environment

Sir: Mr Heath's policy for the environment (11 April) is admirable in its intent to reduce noise and industrial filth and in its affirma- tion of protection from erosion of......