24 MARCH 1933, Page 15

A Hundred Years Ago

"Tax 8rzere.Ton," Masan 23rin, 1833.

Within the last few days, several vessels have been taken up at Newcastle to go to Memel to take in a cargo of timber ; from thence to proceed to Canada, where the cargo will be delivered, and imme- diately re-shipped and brought to this port as American timber What an absurd state of law it must be that can render such a system profitable, and yet what an outcry was raised against the Ministers when they attempted to alter it.