15 NOVEMBER 1919, page 3

Before The Lord Chief Justice On Wednesday A Settlement Was

announced of the libel actions brought against the Daily News by Mr. Austen Chamberlain, Sir Eric and Sir Auckland Geddes, and Mr. Walter Long. The Daily News had insinuated......

The Industrial Courts . Bill, Both On The Second Reading In

the House of Commons last week and in the Committee stage this week, was opposed by the Labour Party, who were suspicious of the proposed Court of Arbitration and Court of......

Sir Eric Geddes Issued On Friday Week A Statement Of

the results of the State control of the railways during the war. It would seem that, after paying the guaranteed dividends to the shareholders, the Government made a net profit......

At The End Of The Inquiry Into The Dismissal Of

Miss Violet Douglas-Pennant from the Women's Royal Air Force, the Chairman, Lord Wrenbury, made public certain immediate conclusions. These were that the accusations of......

On Thursday Week Sir Frank Dyson, The Astronomer-royal,...

address on the results of the photographic observations taken at a recent eclipse of the sun. During the eclipse it was photographically recorded that the light from certain......

It Must Be Added That Sir Eric Geddes's Figures Have

been subjected to severe criticism. Mr. J. M. Fells pointed out in Tuesday's Times that the expenditure for 1914-18 included a sum of no loss than £33,482,262 assigned for......

The Morning Post Of Friday Week Published A Letter From

Mr. John Fortescue in which he explained that he had not, as reports in several newspapers had asserted, been dismissed from his post as official historian of the war on account......

The Departmental Committee On Old Age Pensions Have...

favour of raising the pension to ten shillings a week while maintaining the present age-limit of seventy. It recom- mends that pensioners should no longer be disqualified for......

It Seems Paradoxical That The Miners, Of All People, Should

be pressing for a reduction in the price of coal, which they have helped to increase by insisting on very high wages for a shorter working day and by indulging in incessant......

Bank Rate,6 Per Cent., Change Z From 5 Per Cent.

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