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Our Attention Has Been Called To The Fact That The

Academy of Saturday, January 9th, p. 652, contained the following statement :—" Mr. Bottomley is either a rich man or he is not. If he is rich he should pay his own way. If he......

On Monday Mr. Haldane Addressed A Large Meeting Of Employers

of labour at Glasgow in support of the Territorial Force. The provision for home defence could not be adequately made, he declared, without the co-operation of the nation. It......

On Monday Mr. Tillman, The American Senator Who Was Charged

by Mr. Roosevelt with having been concerned in a questionable land transaction in Oregon, defended himself in a speech before the Senate. The charge was made by Mr. Roosevelt by......

On Thursday Both The House And The Senate Carried On

a general hue-and-cry against the President in what the Times correspondent says were excessively bitter terms, charging him with "Executive usurpation." Autocracy was......

We Do Not Think We Are Misrepresenting Mr. Haldane When

we say that the tone of his speeches inclines one to the belief that he is not very far from the ideal of universal training. To insist that it is the essential duty of our......

Monday's Papers Contained The Text Of The Important...

provisionally signed by the representatives of employers and men in the shipbuilding trade. This agreement immensely strengthens the guarantees for the avoidance of strikes in......

Bank Rate, 3 Per Cent., Changed From 21 Per Cent.

Jan. 140. Consols (2i) were on Friday 83i—Friday week 8311.......

Itr. T. M. Healy, M.p., Has Written A Characteristic Letter

to the Rev. P. Finegan. After stating his readiness to sign a memorial protesting against the "importation of distant u ndesirables " into County Louth at the public expense, l......

A Valuable Article On The Working Of The Prevention Of

Corruption Act (1906) appeared in Thursday's Times. Under this useful Act only fifteen prosecutions have so far been authorised. In twelve cases convictions have been......