21 JANUARY 1928, page 3

,monday The Ashes Of Thomas Hardy Were Laid In Poets'

Corner, Westminster Abbey. They lie by the side of 'Dickens and are surrounded by the tombs of Johnson, Thickeray, Macaulay, Tennyson and Browning. The pall bearers were the......

By An Army . Order The Lance Has Been Abolished As

a weapon of war. The decision to keep lances for cere- monial purposes is, however, wise, for in the whole realm of. military spectacle there is nothing finer than an advance of......

On Thursday, January 12th, The Conference 'between...

General Council of the T.U.C. and Sir Alfred Mond's group began its work with earnestness and enthusiasm. Only one dissentient voice was raised: Mr. Cook denounced the whole......

When The Employers Discovered That Mr: Bell Had 'pub- Lished

this - statement they issued a statement 'of 'their own to the effect that it had been "recommended that a Small sub-Committee should be ferined to &insider all the proposals......

On Monday A Conference, At Which Sir Kingsley Wood Presided,

was held to consider means of preventing disaster , from flood in London. A- sub-committee repre- senting the London County Council, the Thames Con- servancy, the Port of London......

Mccartney "joined Up" In The War When He Was Only

fifteen and seems to have been both capable and gallant. Afterwards he became a Communist. Perhaps politics went to his head. Perhaps he lost his money, of which he had......

On Wednesday The Lord Chief Justice Passed Very Heavy...

on W. T. McCartney, an Englishman, and George Hansen, a German, who were convicted of spying on behalf of the Soviet Government. Both were sentenced to ten years' penal......

As Had Been Expected, Several Changes In The Ministry Were

announced at the end of last week. Sir George Hennessy becomes Treasurer of H.M. Household in the place of Colonel George Gibbs, who has been created a Peer. Major William Cope......

Bank Rate, 41 Per Cent., Changed From 5 Per Cent.,

on April 21st, 1927. War Loan (5 per cent.) was on Wednesday 1011; on Wednesday week 101 f d - ; a year ago 1011. Funding Loan (4 per' cent.) was on Wednesday 891; on Wednesday......