Owners Of Historic Ruins Used To Be Reluctant To Hand
them over to the State, under the provisions of the Ancient Monuments Protection Acts. But now that landowners are all crippled by heavy rates and still heavier taxes, the......
Mr. Bottomley Moved The Rejection Of The Bill As "
economic- ally unsound, politically mischievous, and commercially im- practicable." He would prefer to occupy Berlin and seize the German Customs " and everything else " ;......
The Prime Minister, In Reply, Said That Mr. Clynes's Speech
would only stiffen the German resistance to the Allies' just demands. Mr. Clynes admitted that Germany ought to pay and that she was not paying ; what was the use of treaties if......
In The House Of Commons On Tuesday Sir L. Worthington
Evans said that the Army Estimates were two and a-half times as large as in 1914 because the value of money had declined to that extent. The numbers of officers and men would by......
The Army Estimates For 1921-22 Were Published Last...
net total expenditure is set down at £106,315,000, as com- pared with £164,750,000 for the year now ending. The Army at home and abroad, except in the mandate territories, is to......
Lord Lee Said In His Memorandum That The Need For
the gradual replacement of the older battleships by " modern ships embodying the lessons of the war" could no longer be dis- regarded. No capital ship had been laid down and......
The German Reparation (recovery) Bill Was Read A Second Time
in the House of Commons on Monday. Mr. Chamberlain asked for the unanimous support of the House in carrying out the decisions of the Allies. Dr. Simons had challenged the whole......
We Hope That The National Gallery Trustees Will...
decision to charge an admission fee on four days of the week, instead of on only two days as at present. In the interests of students, the charging of a fee on two days of the......
The Navy Estimates Were Issued On Monday. The Admiralty...
for £82,479,000 net for the coming year—a reduction of £8,393,300 on the current year's expenditure. Lord Lee, in his explanatory statement, said that the number of capital......
Bank Rate, 7 Per Cent., Changed From 6 Per Cent.
Apr. 15, 1920; 6 per cent. War Loan was on Thursday, 87i; Thursday week, 85}; a year ago, 87i.......
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