23 JANUARY 1904, page 3

The Bishop Of Hereford (dr. Percival) Has Issued In The

form of a letter to a correspondent, not named, a passionate protest against Mr. Chamberlain's proposals. He refused, he says, to interfere in the recent election at Ludlow, but......

Mr. Arnold-forster, At A Dinner Of The Liverpool Conser-...

Club on Thursday, delivered an excellent speech on Army reform. We must not, he said, confine our attention to the Report of the War Commission, and waste time trying to......

The Chancellor Of The Exchequer Made A Speech At Staly-

bridge on Wednesday which, so far as we see, conveys nothing, except that Mr. Austen Chamberlain is faithful to his father. He uses almost precisely the same arguments, and even......

A Society In Ireland Styling Itself The "catholic...

unconnected with the "Catholic Association" of England—has recently rendered itself conspicuous by advo- cating the boycotting of Protestants. As the result of a meeting of the......

Mr. Balfour Presided At A Dinner Given On Wednesday In

Edinburgh to Mr. S. H. Butcher, who recently re- signed the Professorship of Greek in the University of Edinburgh, and made a most interesting speech in proposing the toast of......

Being As Under . :— Mr. L. Tillett (liberal)

••• 8,576 Mr. E. E. Wild (Conservative) 6,756 Mr. G. H. Roberts (Labour)... ... ••• 2,444 Majority of Liberal over Conservative 1,820 At the General Election of 1900 two......

The Result Of The Gateshead Election Is Even More Satis-

factory than that of Norwich. Newcastle was one of the industrial centres specially chosen by Mr. Chamberlain for attack, and his efforts to demonstrate the ruin of local......

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