16 AUGUST 1940, page 2

Further Rise In Railway Fares ?

A public inquiry is to be held in London on August 26th to consider proposals for increasing the charges of the railway companies and the London Passenger Transport Board. It......

Compulsory Arbitration On Wages

The removal of the right to strike in war-time has .made it necessary in cases of dispute to have recourse to compulsory arbitration. On Tuesday the National Arbitration......

Taxes On Knowledge Rescinded

Sir Kingsley Wood has wisely yielded to the demand that newspapers, books and periodicals should be exempted from the scope of the Purchase Tax. In announcing the concession......

Skilled Men For War Work

Next week more than a million craftsmen, mostly engage d in engineering trades, are required to register for war - v 70 under an Order issued by the Minister of Labour last......

Italy, Albania And Greece

While the negotiations between Rumania and Bulgaria still lag and no progress has been made in those between Rumania and Hungary, and violent cross-currents of nationalist......

The War In Somaliland

The intensity and the nearness of German air attacks on the English coast must not lead us to underestimate the Italian attack on our forces in Somaliland and the threatened......

If Eire Is Invaded

In an interview published in the Christian Science Monitor Mr. de Valera is reported to have said that the geographical position of Eire presents considerable difficulties for......