12 SEPTEMBER 1908, page 3

Yet, As The Westminster Gazette Points Out, Even Now The

exports for the first eight months are six and a half millions more than in the corresponding period in 1906, and it is only with the " record " figures of 1907 that those of......

Perhaps The Most Helpful Commentary On These Figures, And On

the gloomy reports of unemployment in our great industrial centres, is to be found in the admirable speech of Mr. Franklin Pierce, the distinguished American Free-trader, who......

The Week Has Been Remarkable For The Activity And Achieve-

ments of aeronauts and aviators. On Sunday last the French, military dirigible balloon 'Republique' made a journey lasting six and a half hours from Chalais-Meudon vid Paris to......

The Eucharistic Congress Was Opened On Wednesday By A Solemn

service in Westminster Cathedral. Cardinal Vincenzo Vannntelli, the Papal Legate, was met at the great door by the Archbishop of Westminster, and was conducted to the' high......

The Prevention Of Tuberculosis Was Under Discussion At...

Association on Tuesday, when Sir Robert Matheson, the Registrar-General for Ireland, described the campaign started in that country at the instance of Lady Aberdeen. On the same......

The Impending Sale Of Lord Devon's Estate In County Limerick

has led to friction between the rural occupiers and the town tenants, who wish the sale to be delayed until they are included. A meeting at which four Members of Parlia-......

The Board Of Trade Returns For August Show Greatly Decreased

values in both imports and exports. The &dins in imports amounts to 26,544,396, while exports have decreased by 27,012,368, the decline in articles wholly or mainly manufactured......

Bank Bate, 24 Per Cent., Changed From 3 Per Cent.

May 28th. ()wools (24) were on Friday 86—on Friday week 85g.......