14 FEBRUARY 1936, page 3

The Debate On Maintenance Allowances On Wednesday Was A...

affair. But the proceedings were enlivened by a closely reasoned and cogent maiden speech by Mr. Strauss, the new Conservative Member for Norwich, who made as good a debating......

The Minister For Agriculture Recovered Something Of His...

powers in introducing the 13111 for the reorgan- isation of the sugar industry, though some of his argu- ments for it, especially his claim that the sugar subsidy had been an......

The " Crowner's Quest " The Report Of The Departmental

Committee, presided over by the Master of the RAS, on Coroners'Courts contains drastic recommendations. And so it should. The office of coroner is ancient and there is no good......

Members Are Not A Little Shocked By The Terms Of

Mr. A. P. Herbert's Bill to amend the laws concerning public refreshment. The main clause - is to the effect that " the laws of England concerning the provision of public......

The Week In Parlianient Our Parliamentary Correspondent...

Walter Elliot had to face a severe cross-examination on Monday afternoon on his action in withholding for two months the Report _ of the Royal Commission on Tithe Rent- charge.......

Neglected Science Today We Are Always Calling Ourselves,...

called, scientific, but Professor - Julian Huxley in a lecture on Tuesday raised serious doubts whether we deserve the name. Just as we have bread and burn it, so we have......

Fourteen Or Fifteen ?

The Government's Education Bill has come under hot fire during the last week at the hands both of the National Union of Teachers and of the Association of Education Committees.......