12 NOVEMBER 1937, page 3

Five Years Ago Mr. Clement Davies, K.c., Having Attained...

of that select band known to newspaper readers as " eminent counsel," abandoned the Bar for the board- room. As he himself has been known to express it, he is now engaged in......

The Desire Having Been Expressed In Different Quarters...

article " Nationalism and God," which appeared in The Spectator of October 22nd, should be reprinted, arrangements have been made for that to be done. Reprints are obtainable......

The Lawyers Have Had Two Field Days. Last Friday On

Mr. Holmes' Inheritance Bill no fewer than eight barristers (practising and dormant) and one solicitor succeeded in catching the Speaker's eye. On Monday, when the House......

The Unemployment Figures The Increase Of Over Fifty...

the number of the unemployed in October is not surprising, and should certainly not necessarily be taken as a signpost pointing to depression. The change is almost wholly......

The Week In Parliament Our Parliamentary Correspondent...

underlying unity of the House, of Commons is always most apparent on the death of one of its leading members. Even those who had no personal acquaintance with the dead man, and......

The Christmas " Spectator " Next Week's I S Sue Of The

Spectator will be a special Christ- mas number of 120 pages, containing in addition to all usual features a series of articles on the general theme " Reaching the Public." The......

It Was Probably A Mistake On The Part Of The

Labour Party to spend so much time attacking the decision to send commercial agents to those Spanish territories which are now under the control of General Franco. Even under......

The Air Raid Precaution Controversy The Long-drawn...

Government and local authorities over the division of the cost of air raid precautions is cut short by the Government's decision to introduce a Bill into Parliament next week......

Family Inheritance Many Will Probably Sympathise With The...

of the attitude of the Government to the Inheritance (Family Provisions) Bill—as one of " strict non-intervention." The object of the Bill, which received a second reading last......