21 SEPTEMBER 1929, page 3

Roman Catholic Emancipation As Part Of The Centenary...

Roman Catholic Emancipation there were two very striking processions in London last Saturday and Sunday. On the Saturday afternoon about 12,000 school children marched from the......

The Optional Clause Last Saturday The Representative Of...

Free State at Geneva unexpectedly signed the Optional Clause of the Statute of the World Court. The other Dominion delegates knew nothing of the Free State's intention and were......

Sir Edward Thompson The Late Sir Edward Maunde Thompson...

from the Directorship of the British Museum so long ago that he was little known to the rising generation, but he was not only a great palaeographer, but a practical man of......

The Government And The Coal-owners The Most Important...

Parliament in the autumn session will be in connexion with coal. The coal-owners have done well in speeding up their marketing scheme, and the Government seem to be duly pleased......

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

on February 7th, 1929. War Loan (5 per cent.) was on Wednesday 1011; on Wednesday week 101* ; a year ago, 10211 ; Funding Loan (4 per cent.) was on Wednesday 84} ; on Wednesday......

Australia When The Australian House Of Representatives...

on Thursday, September 12th, Mr. Bruce announced that Lord Stonehaven had granted his request for a dissolution. The House then passed a vote of supply for three months. Mr.......

Professor Perkin We Regret To Record The Death Of Professor

W. IT. Perkin, Waynflete Professor of Chemistry at Oxford. He used to say that he owed nearly all his inspiration to his education in organic chemistry at Munich. He there......

Everyone Admits That The Industry Must Be Saved, Not...

The Times correspondent says that the Government do not dream of an immediate restoration of the seven-hour day. What they are anxious to do is to secure that any improvement in......