12 AUGUST 1916, page 3

Zeppelins In Larger Numbers Than Before—there Were From...

ten of them—visited the East Coast early on Wednesday morning and dropped one hundred and sixty bombs. In one North-East town the raiders killed two women and three children,......

The Army Council Have Announced The Formation Of A Training

Reserve for providing drafts. The regimental reserves will be maintained, so far as possible, at their full establishment, but behind them there will be the Training Reserve,......

The Army Council Are To Be Congratulated On Tackling An

extra- ordinarily difficult question with good sense and decision. The regimental system is like the Ark of the Covenant. A man might well be terrified of touching it. But the......

The Figures Of Our Exports And Imports For July Recently

pub- lished by the Board of Trade are decidedly encouraging. Trade is prosperous enough to send the exports up, while the Government restrictions and appeals tend to keep......

Mr. Boner Law Admitted That " This House Of Commons,

which is rather tired itself, is getting rather tired of this Government." But vague discontent alone would not justify a change. He likened Ministers to the men in the......

We Congratulate The Unionist Business Committee, Of Which...

is Chairman, on the resolution passed on Tuesday. The Committee suggest that, with a view to lessening the time and labour spent during the war by Departmental officials in......

Mr. Boner Law, Addressing A Unionist Conference At...

on Wednesday, gave a very frank account of his reasons for joining the Coalition Ministry. Mr. Bonar Law's habit of thinking aloud was never more happily illustrated. Having......

Ireland Has Not, After All, Had To Wait For Long

without a Lord- Lieutenant. On Monday it was announced that Lord Wimborne had been reappointed to the office which he resigned in May. A week before Mr. Asquith had declared his......

It Was Announced On Wednesday That Mr. Arthur Henderson, The

Labour M.P. for Barnard Castle, had tendered his resignation as President of the Board of Education. Mr. Henderson has been criticized in some quarters for devoting most of his......

Mr. Tennant, Now Secretary For Scotland, Announced On...

night that the Duke of Sutherland had offered to 'the State the gift of an estate of twelve thousand acres for the settlement eel soldiers and sailors, and that his generous and......

Mr. Harcourt, On Behalf Of The Board Of Trade, Supplied

an instructive answer on the increased cost of living to Mr. Barnes on Monday. The statement concludes with the following sum- mary :-- " Assuming no change in the standard of......

Bank Rate, 6 Per Cent., Changed From 5 Per Cent.

July 13th........