19 MARCH 1910, Page 3

The Aldermen nominated by the Moderates in the London County

Council on Tuesday include Mr. Geoffrey Drage, formerly Unionist M.P. for Derby, secretary of the Labour Commission, 1901-4, and president of the Central Poor Law Conference in 1906 ; Mr. Bernard Holland, C.B., secretary to the Port of London and other Royal Commissions and private secretary to the Colonial Secretary from 1903-8 ; Mr. Harold Cox ; and Mr. Frederick Rogers, late secretary of the Committee for the Establishment of Old-Age Pensions. Mr. Geoffrey Drage is a mine of information on all political and economic subjects, while Mr. Bernard Holland is a brilliant writer and an independent thinker. In the case of Mr. Cox, the short-sightedness of Preston has proved the opportunity of London.