Notes

The question: "Should Cabinet Ministers write newspaper articles ?" has become : "Why does Lord Birkenhead do it?" In an article entitled "Murder," the noble lord expressed much philosophical sympathy with a man who kills a blackmailer to save himself and his family. In the Commons, the Premier was asked: ''Have you read the article?" and: "Considering that there is a bill before the House to abolish capital punishment, is not the article a matter of public policy?" The Premier laconically replied : "I very seldom read the afternoon papers," sat down.

Sir Esme Howard, British Ambassador to the U. S., journeyed to England on the Aquitania, accompanied by his sons Henry and Edmond.

After the Roehampton Polo Club had beaten the U. S. Army team by 8 to 4, Ambassador Alanson B. Houghton gave a dinner to both teams at Crewe House, his London residence.

The latest figures on unemployment revealed 1,247,300 people out of work,, an increase of 244,385 over the corresponding figures of last year.

An immense throng of people gathered round the Duke of York at Richmond, where he had gone to open a public golf course by driving the first ball. To caddies, the Duke said: "I'll give a gold sovereign (-L-1) to the caddy who retrieves the ball." Off scampered the caddies. Some stopped 75 yards away, others at the 100-yard mark, a few, out of compliment to the royal golfer, went a yard or two farther. "Smack," went the Duke's club. "Click. Clack," snapped a score of cameras. "Hooray," roared the crowd. The ball cleared the caddies by yards, bounced, came to a halt 210 yards from the tee.