16 OCTOBER 1909, page 15

The Merchant Service.

[To TRY EDITOR 01 THE "SrEcraToa."] SIR,—I cannot say why, but somehow or other the last thing I should have expected was to see an attack upon shipowners in the Spectator. I......

The Budget.

[TO THE EDITOR OF THE "SPECTATOR.") SIR, I should like to add my voice in support of the appeal made to moderate Liberals against the Budget. Both the principles and the......

Mr. Lloyd George On Railway Construction And The Cost Of

LAND. [To ram EDITOR OW TEE "SraCraTOa. "] BM — At Newcastle on Saturday last Mr. Lloyd George stated "that be had been too hard worked to prepare speeches," and it would have......