21 MAY 1927, page 3

We Have Arranged With Sir William Schooling, The...

on insurance, to contribute a weekly article to the Spectator, dealing with various aspects of insurance. The first article will appear next week, and will be entitled, "How......

The Report Of The Southborough Committee On The...

of public-houses was ssued last week. The Committee say that the various ystems of disinterested management should be en- ouraged, as they have clearly proved their value. nder......

At The Colonial Conference There Have Been Some Valuable...

A Committee has been appointed to consider whether the proposed new service of research workers and experts should be a common corps or whether each Colony should have its own......

Committee Point Out That The Carlisle Scheme Pys Special...

and that these must be remem- bered when the present sound . financial state of the scheme is judged. The evidence laid before the Com- mittee did not convince them that the......

A Pleasing Settlement Was Announced In The King's Bench...

on Wednesday when the charges brought by Captain Robert Gee against the R.S.P.C.A. were handsomely withdrawn. It will be remembered that Captain Gee declared in the House of......

The Unemployment Figure Has Once Again Fallen Below He...

mark. On May 9th the total number of . egistered unemployed was 998,300. These are the best igures since May of last year, when just before the .eneral Strike the number of......

Last Saturday, The Baptismal Day Of Thomas Gains- Borough In

1727—the exact day of his birth is unknown —was celebrated at Sudbury in Suffolk. It is a very curious and suggestive fact that those very great and characteristic English......

On Monday The King Of Italy Inaugurated The N Excavations

at Herculaneum. Now that it is the ha of Italy "to get things (lone" it may be assumed the neglect of many generations will be remedied. The minor and intermittent excavations......

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

on April 21st, 1927. War Loan (5 per cent.) was on Wednesday 100 x.d.; on Wednesday week 1001x.d.; a yea' ago 100 ix.d. Funding Loan (4 per cent.) was on Wednes- day 871x.d. ;......