17 JANUARY 1936, page 3

Public Services And Strikes The Action Of The Traffic...

in the East Midland area during this week has been swift, drastic, successful, and on the whole justified. They have, in effect, compelled the settlement of a busmen's strike,......

To Save Country Houses Some Time Ago, Lord Lothian Made

the proposal that owners of country houses of historic interest or archi- tectural merit should be accorded a remission of death duties on their properties on condition that......

The Cabin Ship Controversy The Dispute Over The Rating Of

the Queen Mary ' has been clarified by the letter which appeared on Wednesday in The Times, from Sir Percy Bates, the chairman of the Cunard White Star Company. From his......

Conflict In Spain In Spain The .restoration Of...

suspended since the 1934 revolt, has not soothed political passions. Newspapers, after over a year of enforced silence, do not know where to begin with their attacks. The Right......

The Still Falling Birth Rate The Registrar-general's...

published this week, show that the birth-rate has fallen to the lowest level recorded in this country, except for the last year of the War. The figure, 14.4 per thousand, is......

The Veterans' Bonus Last Week The American House Of...

passed the Pittman Bill which authorises the issue of 811.000,000,000 (E2,200,000,000) of new currency to be paid in bonuses to the American war veterans. On Tuesday the Senate......