10 FEBRUARY 1912, page 3

We Deeply Regret To Have To Record The Loss Of

the sub- marine A 3,' which foundered, with four officers and ten men at noon on Friday week. During the course of instructional evolutions off the Isle of Wight the submarine......

We Record. With Very Great Satisfaction The Announcement...

Tuesday that the sum of 2100,000 required for the Queen Mary's Hostel has been raised. It may be remem- bered that the scheme is based on the excellent work in con- nexion with......

Bank Rate, 31 Per Cent., Changed. From 4 Per Cent.

Feb. 8th. Consols (21-) were on Friday 78 ; 1—Friday week 77i.......

The Result Of The By-election In East Edinburgh To Fill

the vacancy caused by the death of Sir James Gibson was declared on the night of Friday, the 2nd inst., the figures being as follows : Mr. J. M. Flogge (L.), 5,064; Mr. J. G.......

We Have Not Space, Unfortunately, To Deal At Length With

the Dickens Centenary, but we must at least record our sense of what the nation owes to Dickens. When everything has been pleaded against Dickens on the score of his vulgarity,......

The Coal Crisis Remains Acute, The Outlook Having Been...

less hopeful by the failure of the National Con- ference between owners and workmen on Wednesday. The South Wales coal owners withdrew from the Conference on ascertaining that......

Salvage Operations Were At Once Begun, But The Lost...

was not located until 7 p.m., and, owing to the rough weather and strong tides, the efforts to raise her have not yet succeeded.. It is also noted that the absence of adequate......

Mr. Lloyd George Is A Very Ingenious Controversialist,...

Boner Law, no doubt in certain matters of detail, did not put his case very happily. When, however, every allowance is made for this the fact remains that Mr. Lloyd George's......

The New Taxes, According To Mr. Bona]. Law, Were Estimated

to produce £500,000 and only yielded £20,000, while the coati of collection was half a million. As a matter of fact, they yielded 2327,000 and cost 216,000 to collect.—Here we......