16 JUNE 1928, page 3

A Correspondent Has Pointed Out To Us That When We

said that the Land Value Duties of the 1909 Budget did not pay for the officials who came into existence to administer them, we understated the case. He says that according to......

On Thursday, June 7th, In The House Of Commons, The

Rating and Valuation (Apportionment) Bill, the second step in the Government's scheme for relieving industry, received its second reading by 308 votes to 140. The debate......

We Regret To Record The Death Of Lord Lincolnshire On

Wednesday. He was eighty-five a month ago. There was no more loyal member of the Liberal Party, though his " allegiance was perhaps determined as much by tradition as by reason.......

• In The House Of Commons On Tuesday Sir Philip

Cunliffe-Lister reviewed the state of British trade and pointed out that the figures for the first quarter of 1928, compared with the corresponding figures of 1927, showed that......

It Seems To Be Almost Certain That Captain E. A.

Fitzroy will succeed Mr. Whitley as Speaker. On Tuesday a large meeting of Unionists passed a resolution that they would welcome the appointment of Captain Fitzroy if neither......

Sir Philip Cunliffe-lister Then Developed The Subject Of...

would like, he said, to see selling agencies combining in such a way that they would ultimately become productive amalgamations. He in- vited the-Socialists to decide whether......

Bank Rate, 41 Per Cent., Changed From 5 Per Cent.,

on April 21st, 1927. War Loan (5 per cent.) was on Wednesday 1011; on Wednesday week 101*; a year ago 100 1r. Funding Loan (4 per cent.) was on Wednesday 901 ; on Wednesday week......