16 MAY 1931, page 3

Adventure One May Rejoice At Proofs That The Spirit Of

adventurous progress is as much alive as ever, but the toll of life which is still taken from pioneers in the air is lamentably heavy, and in marked contrast . to the safety of......

By-elections The Results Of Two By-elections Were...

end of last week. In the Scarborough division of York- shire, where there was no Labour candidate, Mr. H. P. Latham, the Conservative candidate, defeated an excel- lent Liberal......

Sir C. P. Lucas We Record With Regret The Death

of Sir Charles Lucas in his seventy-eighth year. He had a long and honourable career in the Colonial Office and was head of the Dominions Department when he retired in 1911. He......

They Will Have Us Turn From The Continent To English

speakers across the seas. There are incentives and loyalties enough, blood, language, etc., already that predispose us to do so but without in the least insisting that we should......

Cricket Cricket Alone Among Our Home Industries Appears...

escaped the blizzard of world-wide depression. Imperial Preference bids us welcome the New Zealand XI, who have already tasted our blood. They appear to be a strong, if not a......

Lord Athlone • We With Many Others Would Heartily Welcome

home Princess Alice and Lord Athlone after his term as Governor-General of the Union of South Africa, and as the last Governor-General to be also High Commissioner, or the......

The Howard Grace Cup It Is Pleasant To Know That

the Duke of Norfolk's famous ivory cup, set in silver-gilt, is to become the property of the nation. The impoverished State would not buy it, but Lord Wakefield purchased it at......

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

May 1st, 1930. War Loan (5 per cent.) was on Wednesday 1021- ; on Wednesday week, 1C3i ; a year ago, 101 -1 9 4 -. Funding Loan (4 per cent.) was on Wednesday 941 ; on Wednesday......

The League And The Press On Discovering A Campaign To

which our attention has been drawn in the Daily Express against the League of Nations and the British League of Nations Union, our first feelings were of shame and annoyance.......