3 APRIL 1926, page 11

It Was An Eminently Satisfactory Story Which Sir...

the Governor of the Gold Coast Colony, had to tell at the opening of the Budget Session at Accra. The exports, imports and revenue are the greatest in the history of the Colony.......

Mr. Arthur Towle, Controller Of The L.m.s. Hotel...

been discussing in the Daily Mail the reasons why Great Britain as a whole has not a larger tourist traffic. It is a subject which _ has often been referred to in the Spectator.......

A Novel Form Of Tax Has Been Introduced In The

Quebec Legislature which provides that on every meal in a restaurant costing more than one dollar a surcharge of five per cent, shall be imposed for the support of the hos-......

A Canadian Correspondent Informs Me That The His- Torical...

of Annapolis Royal has appointed a Committee to arrange for the commemoration of the birth of the drama in North America, which happened at Port Royal in 1606. The commemoration......

At The Annual Meeting Of The Royal Society For The

Protection of Birds, presided over by the Duchess of Portland, a speaker made an eloquent plea far an educa- tional campaign against the folly of collecting birds' eggs and he......

A Friend Asked Me For A Cure For Sleeplessness The

other day, here it is. As soon as you wake up, turn on the light and start reading some bedside book such as Dickens, Thackeray, Jane Austen or Trollope. After reading for half......

An Unforeseen Result Of The Great Development Of The Motor

industry in the United States is referred to in the Daily Science News Bulletin of Washington. The great army of motor tourists carrying home trees and bushes have been the......

Twenty Years Ago The Average American Hotel- In The...

was no better than its "opposite number" in this country. It was the coming of the motor-car in the United States which revolutionized the American hotel industry. Let us hope......

Travellers In Greece

T RAVELLING can be an art as well as a hobby. Travellers, like artists, can have their styles, their theories and their ideals. They need not be mere photographers who expose......

Spectabilia

THERE is to be no Government intervention in the British film industry for the next year. The President of the Board of Trade informed the deputation which waited on him......