... Plain Speaking IN his speech to the National | Union of Mineworkers’ conference | yvesterday, Sir Hubert Houldsworth, i chairman of the National Coal | Board. reminded the miners of their | responsibilities to the country in | forcible terms. His emphasis ...

... TRIED TO SPEAK Laughter interrupted the exchanges | when Bailie Bias, who is 4 small, plump | man with white hair, shouted lrom' behind the chairman’s desk to Councillor Graham: “1 am actually on my feet, although maybe you don't think so. 1 am actually ...

... Speaking of English London, Auguét 23, 1954 Sir~Dr W. B. Moonie says that we Scots speak th- English language I have recently spent a week in Glasgow, and I do not agree with him.—l am &e, London Scot. Aberdeen, August 24, 195{ Sir—~Commenting amusingly ...

... Roughly Speaking Last vear we attempted to take a vow, partly as the result of domestic pressure that we would drop public speaking. As it turned out we were much too half-hearted, with the result that, now that the lugubrious season of unwise utterance ...

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... Speaking of plastics At last someone has come forward to help the narassed housewife in her campaign against blue-bottles, flies and moths in the interest of hygiene and to save waste. The name is Spicers, and the gimmick that works the oracle is a range ...

... “SPEAK FOR BRITAIN” Mr Willis also has a banner heading: “ Let East Edinburgh speak for Britain.,” He declares that the election takes place at a time when many are feeling the full effects of Tory policies upon the cost of living. Whilst prices of some ...

... THE CHAIRMAN SPEAKS / / ‘Recovery has confounded the pessimists’ SAYS KENNETH M. CHANCE el “Nogwre 66When the second world war came to an end, this country had spent its all in its efforts for victory and there were many who could see no future for Britain ...

... THE CHAIRMAN SPEAKS is as follows:—v, bargains at spec done during unofficial hours. FOREIGN RAILWAYS (1) Antofagasta 1013; 5% Pf 6013 z 1 2. Armavir 4127 “z‘ Brazil 8. Costa Rica 123%. Midi 9314. Utd Havana 43%v; 5% 354 z 5 BANKS AND DISCOUNT COMPANIES ...

... Speaking of Enclish Edinburgh. September 4, 1954 Sir,—Here is a companion story to the one in your issue to-day from Mr Victor de Spiganovicz about the cockney landlady: it must be nearly a century old. At the time of the makinphof the Elgin Rothes. and ...

... Speaking of English Crookston Old House, Heriot, . August 29, 1954 Sir,~Local accents in the British Isles will alwafrs remain so, but a standardised English should be recognised by the absence of an affected accent. Consonants such as r, ch (loch), &ec ...

... TIME TO SPEAK To-night Sir Anthony Eden will have an opportunity to say more about the Commander Crabb incident: and he ought to do so. Since last Wednesday, when he told the House of Commons that it would not be in the public interest to disclose the ...