18 NOVEMBER 1922, page 3

A Strange Attempt To Kill Sir William Horwood, The...

of Police, by means of poisoned sweets, was made on Thursday, November 9th. Sir William Horwood was preparing to go to the Lord Mayor's Banquet when a box of chocolates arrived,......

Bank Rate, 3 Per Cent., Changed From 3i Per Cent.

July 13, 1922 ; 5 per cent. War Loan was on Thursday, 99 Thursday week, 98f ; s. year ago. 88.......

The Times Of Friday, November 10th, Published From Its...

correspondent a fascinating account of an English venture in fur-farming on Dartmoor. There are similar enterprises in Northumberland and Ross- shire, but there is no other so......

The Dissolution Honours Were Published Last Saturday....

Lord Farquhar become Earls and Lord Lee and Lord Leverhulme Viscounts. We should be more pleased if Lord Birkenhead had 'received an earldom for the legal work he has done as......

A " Fog Expert," Dr. J. S. Owens, Writing In

the Daily Express of Wednesday, stated that the fog which has been with us for almost a week, though by no means one of the worst, had already cost London more than £500,000 in......

Just Before Midnight On Friday, November 10th, There Was A

violent earthquake in Chile, which affected the whole country between Antofagasta and Valdivia, a distance from north to south of more than a thousand miles. The shock was much......

Mr. Stanley Baldwin, The New Chancellor Of The Ex- Chequer,

speaking at Newcastle last Saturday, was distinctly encouraging. He said that he was " quietly confident " of the future and was certain that the Government would be able to cut......

Another Interesting Point Is That Colonel Chute, The...

the farm, hopes by Mendelian principles to remove all white from the fur of the skunks. The correspondent points out in effect that the skunk is a most labour-saving animal. It......

The Ninety-second Quarterly Report Of The General...

Unions states that the decline in the number of members is still causing anxiety, though possibly the defections are more apparent than real. Mr. W. A. Appleton, the wise and......