22 SEPTEMBER 1906, page 3

On Saturday At A Publics Luncheon Mr. Haldane Returned To

the subject. He hoped to see in the future a reduction of armaments by universal consent; but we could not afford to put ourselves in a weak position in the present. Al the......

The Week Has Been Marked By Two Terrible Disasters. On

the 18th Hong-kong was visited by a typhoon, which suddenly broke from the West without any warning—the failure of the Observatory to give notice of the approach of the storm is......

The Dissatisfaction Caused By The Recent Action Of The

District Railway in raising its fares and the prices of season tickets has become acute in the last week. The situation is undoubtedly serious and perplexing, for whilst on the......

The Royal Commission On Vivisection, Promised By The...

May, has now been formally appointed by the King. The Commissioners are Lord Selby (Chairman), late Speaker of the House of Commons ; Colonel Lockwood, M.P. ; Sir William S.......

Lord Rosebery Made An Amusing, Though Somewhat...

Hawick on Tuesday on the occasion of the jubilee celebration of the local Archaeological Society. Lord Rosebery expressed his disappointment that Dr. Murray, the president of......

We Note With Great Satisfaction The Reassuring Report Of Mr.

Chamberlain's health given by his son Mr. Austen Chamberlain, and published in Thursday's papers. Mr. Chamberlain's protracted stay in London had given rise to disquieting......

The Times Last Saturday Published From A Correspondent A...

account of the Trade-Union terrorism in South Wales to which we referred in our last issue. It is clear from this account that for the space of a week mob-law prevailed in......

Bank Rate, 4 Per Cent., Changed From 34 Per Cent.

Sept. 13th. Consols (24) were on Friday 861—on Friday week Sq.......