18 JUNE 1927, page 3

Mr. Clynes Welcomed The Proposal For Fresh Means Of...

as such, but absolutely refused to sanction its incorporation in the Bill. If the Bill were abandoned, Labour would welcome Sir Leslie Scott's proposal. Mr. Lloyd George......

For A Short Time During The Debate On The Trade

Unions Bill in the House of Commons on Tuesday it looked as though the whole character of the Bill might be changed. The opportunity passed, but the debate was an extremely......

Although It Is Satisfactory That There Is So Large A

majority for the Treaty, the fact has been considerably obscured. Parties which do not seriously think of disputing the Treaty have showered so much abuse upon Mr. Cosgrave that......

* * On Tuesday At Oxford The Principal Of Hertford

proposed that in future the ratio of women to men in the University should be fixed at a maximum of one to four, and that no new women's society should be founded if such......

On Wednesday The Complete Returns Of The Free State General

Election had been received. The state of the parties is :- Government .. 46 Fianna Fail . . 44 Sinn Fein .. 6 Labour 22 Independents • • 15 Farmers .. 11 National League .. .. 8......

The Promising Fact Remains That There Was Agreement About...

need for more conciliation. Everyone admits that strikes and lock-outs are obsolete. Even the stensible victors in an industrial dispute may exclaim ith Pyrrhus, " Another such......

While We Acknowledge That There Is Point In All These

arguments, we are not convinced that the Principal of Hertford's proposal was desirable. Since the great increase of women at Oxford after the War the number has been steadily......

We Regret To Record The Death Of Mr. Jerome K.

Jerome, the well-known novelist and playwright. His books, The Idle Thoughts of an Idle Fellow, Three Men in a Boat, and On the Stage and Off, brought him an enormous public.......

Bank Rate, 41 Per Cent., Changed From 5 Per Cent.,

on April 21st, 1927. War Loan (5 per cent.) was on Wednesday 100 I6 ; on Wednesday week 100 ; a year ago 100A. Funding Loan (4 per cent.) was on Wednesday 86k ; on Wednesday......