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The Duke Ends By Expressing The Hope That The Conservative

Party will make it clear to the Government that under no circumstances will they abandon the Southern loyalists to their fate. " These unfortunate people," he says, " are, for......

On Friday, July I5th, The House Of Commons Gave A

second reading to the Criminal Law Amendment Bill. The discussion turned upon what in sexual offences should be regarded as the " age of consent " in a woman, and on the......

Dr. Addison's Announcement Of His Resignation Was...

statement from Sir Alfred Mond, who said that the number of houses to be erected by local authorities would be limited to 176,000, that being the number for which tenders had......

We Have Alluded Elsewhrre To The Very Striking Letter By

the Duke of Northumberland v hiaa appeared in the Morning Post of Monday last. Here is the sai )st important paragraph: " If our Government will not do its plain duty and subdue......

For Reasonable Persons Who Do Not Want To Drink To

excess all these restrictions are, of course, annoying, but they are the price to be paid for the reduction of the amount of drunkenness which can undoubtedly be traced to legal......

The Licensing Bill Based On The Recommendations Of The...

of Members of Parliament, presided over by the Attorney-General, was introduced on Tuesday. The Bill will apply to the whole of Great Britain. The licensing justices will be the......

No Sane Person Suggests That Hand-workers Here Should...

starvation wage in order to compete with Germany. We are perfectly sure, however, that British market after British market will be ruined if the workers do not produce in such a......

In The House Of Commons On Tuesday The Government Were

defeated on an amendment to the Financial Bill. The amend- ment proposed that the profits of co-operative societies derived from trading with their own members and not with the......

Dr. Addison, Minister Without Portfolio, Has Resigned,...

his reasons in the House of Commons on Thursday, July 14th. He read the letter which he had sent to the Prime Minister. After describing how the Prime Minister had urged him to......

After All, Every Party, Like Every Nation, Has The Leader

it deserves. It is the duty of the Unionist Party to reform Mr. Lloyd George—an interesting and exciting if a formidable task. We believe, however, that it can be accomplished,......

A Special Correspondent Of The Daily Express Described In...

paper how Germany is setting to work to recover her industrial position. The fact that reparation can be paid in manufactured articles is an incentive rather than an impedi-......

Bank Rate, 51 Per Cent., Changed From 6 Per Cent.

July 21, 1921; 6 per cent. War Loan was on Thursday, 814; Thursday week, 881; a year ago, 1851.......