1 JUNE 1912, page 3

Two Interesting Pieces ,of University Intelligence...

One relates to the proposed professor- ship of town-planning at London University, an idea which originated with Mr. John Burns, who suggested some time ago that some wealthy......

The Men For Whom The Welsh Miners Worked Grudged Them

every inch of sunlight and breathing space. In the thinly popu- lated districts of Wales they could deprive a man of his liveli- hood for his opinions and exile him from the......

Mr. Lloyd George,.who Was The Principal Speaker At A Great

demonstration in favour of Disestablishment at Swansea on Tuesday, said that the connexion of the State with religion was an injury to the spiritual life of the country. Turning......

We Note With Deep Regret The Death, From Typhoid Fever,

on Thursday last, at the early age of forty-five, of Mr. Wilbur Wright, to whose experiments, in partnership with his brother Orville, the present development of the aeroplane......

The All-for-ireland League Held Its Convention At Cork On...

last. The main resolution, proposed by Mr. William O'Brien, welcomed the Government Home Rule Bill as offering a reasonable basis of permanent reconciliation between the two......

On Wednesday Night Mr. Balfour Spoke At The Commemora- Tion

Feast of the Grocers' Company. In the course of his speech he raised the question why it was that the Restoration was received in England with almost universal satisfaction. The......

The Protected Cruiser Melbourne,' Which Is Being Con-...

the Royal Australian Navy, was launched at Birkenhead on Thursday. This ship is the second to be launched of the four cruisers which, with six destroyers and three submarines,......

The Result Of The Polling In The South Hackney Division

was declared late on the evening of the 24th ult., the figures being Mr. H. Morison (L.) 5,339, Mr. J. C. Gibson (U.) 4,836, or a Liberal majority of 503. Compared with December......

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Mr. Keir Hardie, Who Presided At A Woman Suffrage Meet-

ing on Saturday night at Merthyr, referred to a fresh develop- ment on the part of the National Union of Women's Suffrage Societies. Hitherto the Union had not taken any......

The Royal International Horticultural Exhibition At...

on Wednesday week, is generally admitted to be the most wonderful ever seen in London. Indeed, one of the foreign jurors declared that a similar exhibition had never been seen......