12 SEPTEMBER 1930, page 3

The Race For The America ' Cup On The Day

on which this issue of the Spectator is dated the first race between the yachts representing Great Britain and the United States for the America ' Cup is due to be sailed. For......

The ' Egypt ' The Progress Of Deep-sea Diving Is

finely illustrated by the feat of Signor Gianni and his helpers in finding the wreck of the P. & 0. ship 'Egypt,' which has been lying at the bottom of the sea off Ushant since......

* * * * This Boom, Which Is A Very

heavy triangular spar, has transverse slides for adapting it to the exact shape of the sail at every one of the various points of strain. Upon receiving this opinion, Mr.......

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The collapse in the price of rubber has been spectacular enough to excite attention far beyond the Stock Exchange and the circle of unhappy shareholders. The Government of the......

Rationalization At The British Association One Of The...

addresses delivered to the British Association was that on Rationalization, by Professor T. E. Gregory, Cassel Professor of Banking in the University of London. If it contained......

Bank Rate, 3 Per Cent., Changed From 31 Per Cent.

on May 1st, 1930. War Loan (5 per cent.) was oa Wednesday 10311 ; on Wednesday week, 1931: ; a year ago, 101 f e ; Funding Loan (4 per cent.) was on Wednesday 921 ; on Wednesday......

* * * * One Passage In This Address Might

have been specially written for the benefit of the Trades Union Congress, whose proceedings we have discussed elsewhere :— . " A balance must be struck between the demand for......

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Professor Gregory next explained that in the short run Rationalization was not a remedy for unemployment, but, on the contrary, at first must increase unemploy- ment—except in......