23 APRIL 1921, page 3

Mr. Baldwin, The New President Of The Board Of Trade,

was re-elected for the Bewdley division of Worcestershire on Tuesday. In 1918 he was unopposed. This time he polled 14,537 votes —considerably more than half the......

Lord Derby, Addressing The Junior Imperial League Last...

himself a faithful Conservative. " Con- servatism was the backbone of the country." The party was old, but it was always receiving new blood. " Have not we taken in Mr. Lloyd......

We Were Compelled Last Week To Hold Over A Very

interesting quotation from the speech of Sir Hallowell Rogers, of the Bir- mingham Small Arms Company. It is one which deserves very close attention by the manual workers and......

Now That Spiritualism In Its Various Phases Is So Popular,

we may usefully direct attention to the ease of Stonehouse v. Masson, which was decided on appeal in the King's Bench on Tuesday by five judges, headed by the new Lord Chief......

Equally Interesting Is The Passage In Which Sir Hallewell...

showed, and in our opinion with perfect success, that production is not the only process necessary for creating wealth. That is only another form of saying that you may waste......

Sir A. Griffith-boscawen, The New Minister Of...

House of Commons on Tuesday that his department had cut down expenditure. They would buy no more land for farm settlements, they would close the rural industries branch and......

We Record With Much Regret The Death Of Sir John

Cowan at Menton last Saturday, at the age of fifty-nine. As Quarter- master-General to the Forces throughout the war he rendered magnificent publio service, and there can be......

The Prime Minister Was Asked In The House On Monday

whether proceedings would be taken against Captain Peter Wright, the late assistant secretary of the Supreme War Council, for " his unauthorized use of confidential official......

Next Monday Mr. Lowther Will Resign The Office Of Speaker,

which he has held with rare distinction since June, 1905. He has guided the House through very troublous times, and has maintained the dignity and power of the Chair without......

Bank Rate, 7 Per Cent., Changed From 6 Per Cent.

Apr. 15, 1920; 5 per cent. War Loan was on Thursday, 88k; Thursday week, 86i ; a year ago, 86i.......