19 DECEMBER 1931, page 3

Protecting British Shipping Mr. E. H. Watts, Speaking For...

steamship. owners, has advocated in The Times the adoption of a preferential tariff for goods imported in British ships. He instanced a rebate of a shilling a ton out of a hypo-......

Pall Mall Luxury Lord Parmoor Has Resigned His Membership Of

the Athenaeum on the ground that "at this time a club subscription is an unnecessary luxury expenditure,' and either Lord Parmoor or the Athenaeum has com- municated that......

Mr. Churchill's Misfortune Mr. Winston Churchill Is Not...

Englishman to fall victim to the Fifth Avenue traffic stream, nor will he be the last. You cannot develop the habit of per- petually looking left in your first week in New York.......

Our Own Trumpet The Prince Of Wales Has A Singular

knack of hitting the right nail squarely on the head. His address to the Travel Association on Wednesday was an admirable example of that. Foreign countries ought to understand,......

A New Japanese Ministry The Japanese Cabinet Headed By Baron

Wakatsuki, F the Minseito party, resigned last week. Mr. Adatchi, the Home Minister, had declared in favour of a national Ministry and left his party, and this defection......

It Is Significant That The New Ministry's First Act Was

to prohibit the export of gold and thus to send Japan 4)ff the gold standard in company with ourselves and the majority of the other nations. The late Finance Minister, Mr.......

Bank Rate 0 Per Cent., Changed From 41 Per Cent.

on September 21st, 1931. War Loan (5 per cent.) was on Wednesday 95 1; on Wednesday week, 93; a year ago, 102 . Funding Loan (4 per cent.) was on Wednesday 831; on Wednesday......