17 JANUARY 1931, page 3

The Cotton Dispute The Ministry Of Labour Has Fulfilled...

by intervening in the cotton dispute. It has sent represen- tatives to mediate in Lancashire, and there is not much doubt when we write that there will be a joint meeting. It......

Sunday Observance Laws It Is The Policy Of Some Of

those who are determined to get obsolete laws about the observance of Sunday removed from the Statute Book to make the laws as ridiculous as possible. Thus at the Manchester......

He Trade Disputes Bill And The Law Sir Thomas Inskip,

who was Attorney-General in the last Unionist Administration, wrote a pertinent letter to the Times of Monday about the duties provided for Law fficers by the Trade Disputes......

We Who Are Not Members Of The Roman Church May

have a very deep respect for the Pope's earnestness and yet feel ourselves free to reflect upon the results of the absolute refusal of divorce. In practice the law of nullity......

As The Manchester Guardian Remarks, The Object Of Most Of

those who attack the obsolete laws is to establish the right to open places of entertainment on Sunday. This matter is governed not by the Act of 1667, but by an Act of 1780,......

He School Attendance Bill Sir Charles Trevelyan Has...

a conference or expediting the School Attendance Bill. He offered, t is said, to contribute three-quarters of the money hich would have to be spent by the managers of non- •......

Bank Rate, 3 Per Cent., Changed From 31 Per Cent.

on May 1st, 1930. War Loan (5 per cent.) was on Wednesday 1031; on Wednesday week, 1031t ; a year ago, 10011. Funding Loan (4 per cent.) was on Wednesday 94k; on Wednesday week,......

The Pope Evidently Has A Recent Expression Of Opinion By

the Lambeth Conference in mind when he says that excuses for birth control, such as health or economic conditions, are not only normally but always unjustifiable. "Any use......

The Encyclical On Marriage The Papal Encyclical Upon...

which was published on Thursday, January 8th, is long and emphatic. It will be known as Casti Connubii—its opening words. It sets forth the doctrine that marriage being a divine......