18 MARCH 1922, page 3

The Navy And Army Estimates Were Published On Tuesday. The

Navy asks for £64,883,700, as compared with £82,479,000 last year. The Army asks for £62,300,000, as against £77,815,000. The Vote for the Air Service will, it is thought, be......

The Howe Of Commons On Tuesday Debated The Egyptian...

and approved of it by 202 votes to 70. It was charac- teristic of the Independent Liberals and Labour men who took part in the discussion that they minimized the extremely......

The Employers' Federation Agreed With The Other Unions...

the engineering industry that the lock-out should not apply to their members at once. These Unions are to take a ballot by March 25th on the question whether they will accept......

In Spite Of Sirhenry Wilson's Very Able And Interesting...

we feel that there' is more danger in spending than in saving. If our greatest danger is national bankruptcy, as we believe it is, why accept certain extermination, owing to......

Lord Lansdowne Explained That He Was, In Theory, An Ea.

'repentant Unionist, but he admitted that it had become necessary to accept the Irish Settlement and he hoped that everyone would try to make it work. He regarded the failure to......

Captain Owen Peel, Who Had Pleaded Guilty To The Charge

of fraud in connexion with betting telegrams to book- makers, was sentenced on Tuesday at the Central Criminal Court to twelve menthe' imprisonment. Mrs. Peel was acquitted, by......

In The House Of Commons On Wednesday The Secretary For

War made a statement on the Army Estimates and explained, in accordance with his recent memorandum, that these would be reduced by £16,500,000. The Geddes Committee had pro-......

Lord Lee, In A Memorandum On The Navy Estimates, Stated

that the number of officers and men would be reduced by 20,000 to a total of 98,500 during the year. Over 10,000 men would be discharged from the dockyards. Two small......

The Engineering Employers' Federation Declared On...

of members of the Amalgamated Engineering Union. All the efforts of conciliators had failed, largely because the Union Executive had been thrown over by the men in their recent......

Bank Rate, 4i Per Cant., Changed From 5 Per Cent.

Feb. 16, 1922; 5 per cent. War Loan was on Thursday, 961; Thursday week, 97k; a year ago, t61......