18 AUGUST 1906, page 3

We Note With Concern A Reuter Telegram From Durban Which

appeared in the Times and Daily Telegraph of Saturday last. It is to the effect that an Ethiopian preacher has been sentenced to six months' imprisonment and twenty-five lashes......

The Vacancy In East Denbigh Was Filled On Wednesday By

the return of the Liberal candidate, the figures being :—Mr. E. G. Hemmerde (L.), 5,917 ; Mr. A. G. Bosoawen (U.), 3,126 ; Liberal majority, 2,791. In 1900 and at the last......

There Are Signs That The British Party In The Transvaal

will follow the path of wisdom, and, loyally accepting the new Constitution, make every effort to win at the coming elections, A speech delivered at Pretoria last week by Sir......

A Correspondence In The Times, Started By Mr. Lionel Oust,

emphasises the inadequacy of the accommodation available for housing the art treasures of the nation. It appears that the Government intend to utilise the vacant space at the......

In Thursday's Times Was Published A Summary Of The Report

of the Committee of Imperial Defence which has been laid on the table of the Australian House of Represen- tatives. The scheme which the Committee have prepared recommends the......

The Correspondence Evoked By The Education Judgment...

divergence of opinion as to its significance, not merely between Churchmen and Noncon- formists, but also in the ranks of Churchmen themselves. While some regard the judgment as......

After A Ten Days' Hearing, The Inquiry Direoted To Be

held into the state of mind of the Marquis Townahend was con- cluded last Saturday afternoon. The jury found that the Marquis was a person of unsound mind so as to be incapable......

We Regret To Note The Death On Monday, From Sudden

heart failure, of Mrs. Craigie, better known under her pseudonym of "John Oliver Hobbes." Mrs. Craigie, an American by birth and parentage, though educated chiefly in Europe,......

Bank Rate, 31 Per Cent., Changed From 4 Per Cent.

June 21st. Consols (24) were on Friday 88—on Friday week 88f.......