23 OCTOBER 1909, page 3

The Discussion Was Resumed On Wednesday On The Seventh...

which exempts agricultural land from Increment Value Duty while it has no higher value than is derived from its agricultural use. Mr. Pretyman contended that the clause failed......

The Complicated Muddle Into Which The Government Have Got...

Well shown in the discussion of Clause XVL Here' Lord Castlereagh moved to insert words directing that the Undeveloped Land Duty should not be charged till after the completion......

Some Correspondence Has Been Published Between Mr. George...

the editor of the Westminster Gazette which bears on the question of the independence of criticism. Mr. Edwardes, being annoyed by the manner in which the critic of the......

Lord Curzon Spoke At Leeds On Friday Week On The

Finance Bill. Of Mr. Lloyd George's speech at Newcastle he observed that "no Chancellor of the Exchequer in this country had ever made such a speech before with one exception,......

Professor Lombroso Died At Turin On Tuesday At The Age

of seventy-three. When appointed Professor of Psychiatry atPavia he unfolded in his inaugural address the chief ideas of his famous work, "Genius and Insanity." As Professor of......

Lord Milner, Speaking In Support Of A Tariff Reform...

at a Unionist meeting held at Ealing on Tuesday, expressed his unreserved adhesion to the principles laid down in Lord Curzon's speech. With the best will in the world, he could......

• The Constitutional Question Raised By Lord Curzon Is Dealt

With in a remarkably able letter from Mr. Gibson Bowles in Tuesday's Times. Rejection of the Budget may be impolitic, Mr. Bowles admits, but he dismisses the talk of "a......

The Appointmen, Principalship Of Abet.. His Distinguished...

geographer. There Higher Criticism than Dr. qualities and fine literary equip appointment extremely popular. George Adam Smith to the " is a fitting recognition of -eian, an......

Bank Rate, 5 Per Cent., Changed From 4 Consols (

) were on Friday 82i--Frida......