22 JULY 1916, page 3

Yet None Of Our High Official Instructors Ever Dares To

mention the word " intoxicants," or to ask people to remember that, even if they take what we may call the most genial view of the uses of alcohol, it cannot be regarded as......

We Regret To Record The Death Of Professor Metehnikoff At

the Pasteur Institute, where he had done valuable work in maintaining the health of the Allied Armies. The British public readily connects his name with the " sour milk " cure.......

But How Can We Expect Them, Or Rather The Man,

for it is his job, to make that sacrifice when he notes that the Government spokesmen never dare mention the subject ? Who can blame him if he assumes that the Government have......

Licences Are To Be Issued To The Users Of Petrol

by the Petrol Control Committee, and from August 1st onwards it will be impossible to buy petrol without a licence. The licences will last for six months for doctors, for four......

The Government Have Appointed A Committee To Consider The...

and industrial policy to be adopted after the war, with special reference to the conclusions of the Economic Conference, and to the following questions : (a) What industries are......

Bank Rate, 6 Per Cent., Changed From 5 Per Cent.

July 13th.......

We Note With Satisfaction That The War Savings Week...

by the War Savings Committee has achieved good results. We have dealt elsewhere with the subject as a whole, but must dwell here upon a most unfortunate omission in an otherwise......

Mr. Charles Tower, The Correspondent Of The Daily Mail At

Amster- dam, states in Tuesday's paper that the Weser Zeitung, " the great Bremen paper," in appealing for whole-hearted support of the Chancellor, summarizes the position in......

At A Conference Of The Representatives Of The Principal...

trades, presided over by Mr. Henderson, on Tuesday, it was decided that all holidays should be postponed till the military situation permitted them to be enjoyed without......

We Have Received The Following Statement From The War...

&c., Statutory Committee, 22 Abingdon Street, S.W. :— " A letter on The Disabled Soldier' in your issue of the 15th inst. rightly emphasizes the need of a Soldiers' Friend' in......

In This Context We Note With Pleasure The Very Strong

appeal to the Government which is being organized by the " Strength of Britain " Movement, demanding " the suspension of the Liquor Traffic during the war, on the grounds of......

The Rev. C. A. Alington, Head-master Of Shrewsbury, Has Been

chosen to succeed Dr. Edward Lyttelton at Eton. Mr. Alington was educated at Marlborough, and at Oxford ho became a Fellow of All Souls. Before going to Shrewsbury, where his......