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The First International Road Congress Will Meet In Paris On

Monday. Although there hare sometimes been informal international meetings of those interested in the making and maintenance of roads, this Congress will be the first meeting on......

On Wednesday Sir Christopher Furness proposed to a Conference of Trade-Union representatives a scheme of co-partnership in his shipyards. He suggests that the workmen should......

The Times Of Monday Published From Its Constantinople...

of the new Turkish loan. The Ottoman Bank engages to issue the loan, at option, at 85. The loan is for the nominal total of £T.4,711,124. When all the deductions have been made,......

The Manchester Guardian Of Monday Publishes The Official...

the flogging in Natal of Mabeketshiya, a cousin of Dinuzulu. Mabeketshiya was in prison at the end of December, 1907, awaiting his trial on a charge of sedition. He was......

We Note With Regret The Death Of Sir George Livesey,

one of the strongest and ablest figures in the industrial world. There never was a more striking example. of the success of specialisation. Entering the South Metropolitan......

Now From The Very Quarter On Which So Much Of

the philanthropy of the past had been lavished came the demand not for philanthropy but justice, and also what purported to be a message of hope, based upon schemes of a great......

Oii Monday The Prime Minister Received The Freedom Of The

burgh of Kirkcaldy. Speaking of the British tradition of public service, he said :—" If this work is to reach its highest level, there are, I think you will agree with me, two......

The Church Congress Opened At Manchester On Tuesday, When A

presidential address remarkable alike for its earnest- ness of thought and its energy of expression was delivered by the Bishop of the diocese. After welcoming the members of......

Bank Hate, 21 Per Cent., Changed From 8 Per Cent.

May 28th. Console (2k) were on Friday 841--on Friday week 65g.......