1 JANUARY 1927, page 7

Germany Is The Land Of Hoaxes Which Have A Satirical

value if not exactly a satirical intention. Nobody will ever forget the hoax perpetrated upon the dull militaristic spirit of pre-War Germany by the shoemaker who called himself......

Everyone Who Cares For The Decencies Of Political Life...

hopes that the incidents of the Smethwick election will not be repeated elsewhere. There was not only vilification, rowdyism and suppression of free speech, but on the part of......

We Greatly Regret To Record The Death Of Lord Monteagle

of Brandon at the age of seventy-seven. Lord Monteaglc was as fine a type as it is possible to imagine of the resident landlord in Ireland. He helped all the causes in which he......

This Prospect Is Not Altered By The Fact That Mr.

Mosley ,himself inclines to belong at present to the left wing, This prospect is not altered by the fact that Mr. Mosley ,himself inclines to belong at present to the left wing,......

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

on December 3rd, 1925. War Loan (5 per cent.) was on Wednesday 100* ; on Wednesday week 1001 ; a year ago 1004. Funding Loan (4 per cent.) was on Wednesday 841 ; on Wednesday......

The Post Office Will Soon Open Wireless Telephone...

America at the rate of £5 a minute. One fancies that conversation at this rate will make people feel that their words are distilled gold. Probably new methods of talking will be......

If The Labour Party Stands For A Definite Political Point

of view, there is no reason why persons who are comfortably provided with this world's goods should not belong to the Party. The test is not one of wealth or position, but of an......

Was As Mr. Oswald Moslem (lab.)

Mr. J. Marshall Pike (Unionist) Mr. E. Bayliss (Lib.) • • Labour majority The result of the 1924 election was :- Mr. J. E. Davison (Lab.) .. Mr. J. M. Pike (Unionist) .. Labour......