4 JANUARY 1963, page 3

Outlook Uncertain

T HE New Year brings a dubious economic prospect. We must therefore be thankful that we have at the Treasury a Chancellor of the Exchequer who not only knows his job, but has......

— Portrait Of The Week— A Few Inches Of Snow, One

degree of frost, and Britain wilted. Trains were stopped, planes were grounded, tempers were frayed, sport was can- celled. power stations were overloaded, car workers were laid......