20 DECEMBER 1935, page 3

The Trials Of Peers Lord Sankey Has Lost No Time

in giving notice of a resolution in the House of Lords submitting that " the present system of trial of peers by peers has outlived its usefulness." No one will dispute the......

Will Sir Samuel Hoare, Realising The Tornado Of Criticism...

his action has caused in the Commons and the country, spontaneously offer his resignation ? That is the question that members have been asking one another each day, from the......

I Have Never Known The Threats To Disobey A Three-line

whip on a Vote of Censure by abstention in the lobby or a vote with Opposition more widespread than they have been this week. Members have realised that their correspondence is......

The Week In Parliament Our Parliamentary_ Correspondent...

this week all political interest has been concentrated, not in the Chamber, but in the lobbies and smoking rooms. Not since the General Strike has there been a political crisis......

The Increase In Drunkenness The Home Office Licensing...

an increase of 3,463 convictions (or over 9 per cent.) for drunkenness in 1934 compared with 1933, which, in its turn, showed an increase of 20 per cent. over 1932, when the......

Organising Eggs

'1'1►e report of the Eggs and Poultry Reorganisation Commission for Great Britain, published on Tuesday, is mainly concerned with the fiscal arrangements affecting the industry.......