14 SEPTEMBER 1912, page 3

A Meeting Of Members Of The Theatrical Profession...

the Actors' Association was held on Tuesday to discuss the opening of theatres and music-halls on Sunday. Sir H. Beerbohm Tree, who presided, said they had to ask themselves......

In The Agricultural Section Mr. Rew, Assistant Secre-...

the Board of Agriculture, surprised his audience by statistics showing that the United Kingdom produces rather more than half of its total food supply. To the layman fur the......

It Is Impossible To Do More Than Briefly Mention Some

of the subjects discussed by the British Association since our last issue. The burning subject of the origin of life raised in Professor Schafer's Presidential address kept......

The Changes In Naval Discipline Are Based On The Recom-

mendations of the Committee presided over by Rear-Admiral F. E. Brock. We cannot even summarize them, but the tendency is to get rid of punishments which are thought to be......

M. Yves Guyot's Paper On The Effect Of The Nationalization

of the Western Railroad of France proved most instructive. The result of State management had been increased expendi- ture; the working expenses had increased from 1908 to 1912......

The Returns Of Foreign Trade For August Show Large Increases

in value in imports, exports—in which the previous "record" for a single month has been surpassed—and re- exports. We quote from Monday's Times the comparative table showing the......

The Papers Of Monday Published Four Important Documents...

Admiralty dealing with administration and discipline. The first two documents state and explain a new distribution of Admiralty business. The third provides for the better......

The Week Has Been Saddened By Another Terrible Flying...

Lieutenants Hotchkiss and Bettington of the Army Air Corps, both expert airmen, while on their way from Salisbury to the manceuvres, were killed instantaneously by the collapse......

The Times Of Wednesday, In An Article On The High

shipping freights, says that probably there has never been a time when freights were so uniformly good. Shipbuilders are unable to supply cargo vessels fast enough to meet the......

Bank Rate, 4per Cent., Changed From 3 Per Cent. August

29th. Consols (2i) were on Friday 741—Friday week 741.......