11 APRIL 1931, page 3

Wages And Tariffs Last Saturday Mr. A. V. Alexander, First

Lord of the Admiralty, made a speech which has got him into trouble. He said that the Economic Council had been advising the Government to put a tariff on the goods which the......

Reclaiming The Slums A Really Heartening Account Of What Can

be done for the slum dweller by wise philanthropy was given by Mr. R. P. P. Rowe, a famous Oxford oarsman, in Wednes- day's Times. The little society which he has guided for a......

The R101 ' Report The Court Of Inquiry Under Sir

John Simon presented a unanimous Report on the R101 ' disaster. The Report is a brilliant piece of work. Its main conclusion —that a sudden loss of gas in one of the forward......

By Air To The Cape By Flying A Single-engined American

aeroplane from Wiltshire to Capetown in six days and ten hours, Lieu- tenant-Commander Glen Kidston lowered by two days a " record " of some immediate relevance to commercial......

Bank Rate 3 Per Cent., Changed From 8} Per Cent.

on May 1st, 1930. War Loan (5 per cent.) was on Wednesday 1041; on Wednesday week, 104} ; a year ago, 102U. Funding Loan (4 per cent.) was on Wednesday 93x.d. ; on Wednesday......

The Independent Labour Party The Independent Labour Party...

at Scarborough, and though it is a rapidly dwindling body it spoke with a loud voice—loud though uncertain. The Manchester Guardian estimates, though figures are not available,......

The Mediterranean Collision On April 1st H.m....

came into collision with the French liner Florida' (9,300 tons) while manoeuvring with the Fleet off the Spanish coast between Gibraltar and Malaga. More than thirty lives were......

Mr. Churchill And Mr. Baldwin Mr. Churchill Conceived...

was treated with some discourtesy when Mr. Baldwin announced, without warn- ing Mr. Churchill, that Mr. Neville Chamberlain would speak for the Unionist Party in criticism of......

Mr. W. L. Wyllie Mr. W. L. Wyllie, Who Died

last Monday in his eightieth year, had been since 1889 an Associate and since 1907 a Member of the Royal Academy. He achieved great popularity and—within certain......