* * It Is Characteristic Of The State Of The
wage market that the Covent Garden porters are already being paid con- siderably more than is earned by skilled engineers. There is a steady flow of skilled men from the......
The Result Of The By-election At Carmarthen Was Declared On
Friday, August 15th. The• figures were :— Sir Alfred Mond (L.) .. 12,760 Rev. E. T. Owen (Lab.). 8,351 Sir Alfred Stephens (C.) .. • .. 7,896 Majority .. • • .. 4,409- At the......
With Every Inclination To Believe In The Theory Of The
safety valve, we cannot see why the prosecution was dropped. The attempt to turn the Armyor theNa-vy into a political agency, inspired by class-consciousness and false to that......
The Royal Fine Arts Commission Have Issued Their Report On
the proposed St. Paul's Bridge. They dis- approve of the proposal because the bridge would not serve any adequate purpose in a better traffic scheme, and because architecturally......
On Thursday, August 14th, A Strike Of The Porters In
Covent Garden Market was unexpectedly declared. For some time the men had been demanding a guaranteed minimum wage of £4 5s. a week all the year round, as well as overtime rates......
* .* * We Congratulate The Council Of The National
Trust on their twenty-ninth annual report. There have been nine new acquisitions to the Trast's great National Gallery of Natural Pictures.- In October, 1923, the Trust got its......
Another Notable New Acquisition Is That Of The Farne...
In Norfolk thirty acres of woodland near West Runton, known as the " Roman Camp," have been acquired by the Trust. FUrther acquisitions this year are the ancient Norman castle......
Bank Rate, 4 Per Cent., Changed From 3 Per Cent.
July 5th, 1923. 5 per cent. War Loan was on Thursday, 101t ; Thursday week, 101 i f ; a year ago,. 101 k. al per cent. Conversion Loan was on Thursday, 78f; Thursday week, 77{ ;......
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