17 MARCH 1928, page 3

The Elections Of The County Councils Have Passed With Very

limited excitement. In London it is -reckoned that only 88 per cent. of the voters did their duty, but this is higher than in 1919 or 1925. Here the Municipal Reform Party......

The Offer Of A Very Generous Anonymous Donor To Bear

the cost of 'building a new Sacristy for Westminster Abbey has provoked some controversy upon the archi- - tectural style - demanded by the site. It is proposed to set it......

In The Late War We Regretted The Necessity, In Which

we were bound to acquiesce, of ending the truce with German missionaries whom Great Britain had tried to allow to carry on their good work in India and Africa in spite of their......

After The Most Meagre Warning And Negotiation As To Terms

the Cabinet has decided that the properties on the Gold Coast must be returned to the Basel Trading Company. The Directors of the Commonwealth Trust cannot on behalf of the......

During The War The Personnel Of The Company Was Found

to be wholly German, and it was considered unsafe to allow them liberty of action ; but the spiritual and trading operations were large and successful, organized with German......

America, North And South, Has Been Visited This Week By

'calamities which call for our syinpathy with our friends in the United States and in Brazil. The waters of the Santa Clara river; which are 'dammed in the St. :Francis......

We Fear That We See No Advance Towards Any Solution

of the troubles in the Cotton Industry. On the em- ployers' side there is not even agreement between the spinners and manufacturers. It is now suggested that the arrangement of......

- Bank Rat" 41 Per Cent, Changed From 5 Per

cent, on April 21st, 1927. War Loan (5 per cent.) was on Wednesday - Bank Rat" 41 per cent, changed from 5 per cent, on April 21st, 1927. War Loan (5 per cent.) was on Wednesday......