Mr. Boner Law Summed Up The Questions At Issue As,
first, whether the hours of miners were so excessive as to call for the immediate intervention of Parliament ; and, second, what the effect on the rest of the community would......
The Teheran Correspondent Of The Times Reports That...
ceased at Tabriz. This is important news, for Tabriz is the home of the revolutionary movement. The Russian Consul-General is said to have been the peacemaker. He induced the......
The House Of Commons Has Been Occupied During The Week
With the report stage and the third reading of the Old-Age Pensions Bill. On Tuesday Mr. Harold Cox attempted to induce the Government, but without success, to abandon the......
On Monday The Commons Debated The Miners' Eight Hours Bill.
Mr. F. E. Smith said that originally the demand for an eight-hours day was made in order to limit the output, and consequently raise wages, and when this alarmed the con- sumers......
On Thursday The Debate On The Third Reading Of The
Old- Age Pensions Bill was chiefly importaut owing to the speeches of Mr. Snowden, the Labour Member, and Mr. Balfour. Mr. Snowden, whose speech was described by Mr. Lloyd......
Later In The Evening Of Tuesday The Chancellor Of The
Exchequer accepted an amendment standing in the name of Mr. Soares, which in effect enacts that no pauper shall be excluded from the benefit of the pensions scheme after......
The King Has Been Very Busy With Public Work This
week. On Monday, accompanied by the Queen, he opened the new buildings of the Leeds University, and on Thursday their Majesties visited Bristol, steamed into the new dock at......
On One Point We Are In Agreement With Mr. Snowden.
We want to see a better distribution of wealth, and we want to make the poor not only comparatively but absolutely richer. We are convinced, however, that the way to do this is......
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