The present part of the Session came to an end
on Wednesday, when the House of Commons adjourned until October 7th. The last sitting was occupied partly by a statement from the Postmaster-General as to the Wireless Telegraph agreement, but chiefly by a discussion upon the Government's decision to withdraw from the Sugar Conven- tion. A statement was also made by Mr. Lloyd George upon the operation of the Insurance Act, which, according to the Commissioners, " is working very smoothly and with great success." Various rumours were current during the last days before the recess as to approaching changes in the Ministry. The only actual event, however, has been the resignation by the Master of Elibank of his post as Chief Government Whip, in which he is succeeded by Mr. Percy Illingwortb. The Master of Elibank, who has received a peerage, is temporarily retiring from politics, and has taken up a partnership in Lord Cowdray's firm. His resignation, which means a real loss of strength to the Government, for he was always swift and resolute in action but extraordinarily tactful when concilia- tion was his purpose, involves a by-election in Mid-Lothian.
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