24 APRIL 1920, page 3

The Coalition Candidates Won Both The Edinburgh...

old seat in North Edinburgh was retained - by the Coalition Unionist, Mr. P. J. Ford, who defeated Mr. Runciman by 1,475 votes, while a Labour candidate was a bad third. Mr. C.......

In The Circumstances In Which Mr. Mailaby-deeley Came...

is hailed as a kind of public saviour, but if he had obscurely entered upon his beneficent work before the war, and it had suddenly been discovered that he had made a fortune in......

Take As An Example The Sudden.and Unexpected Demand Of The

National Union of Railwaymen that'their wages shall be increased by a week. There •is no disguise about the reason for this demand, which was frankly put forward "in view of......

On Monday An Agreement Was Reached Between The

the employers of dock labour for giving effect to the Majority `Report of Lord Shaw's Court of Inquiry. As we pointed out lest week, it was essential that the employees should......

The Lord Mayor Of Dublin Stated That When He Was

summoned to the Viceregal Lodge Lord French agreed that the prisoners should be released on parole. Afterwards a hitch occurred at the prison, where the Governorunderstood that......

This Means That The'dockers Are In Honour Bound Tolulfil...

part of the contract in return for the payment of the minimum wage ; in short, to recognize that -there must -be a proper ratio between work •and pay. We hope that the......

The Release Of The Sinn Fein Hunger-strikers From...

last week apparently meant, as we hoped, that Sir Nevil Macready and Sir Hamar Greenwood wanted to start the new regime in Ireland with as clean a slate as possible. It did -not......

Sir Nevil Macready Has Had Plenty Of Experience In Organ-

ization, and we trust also that he will use this experience in forming an adequate intelligence service, which seems to have been sadly wanting in Ireland. Mr. Birrell of course......

The Scottish Members Of The House Of Commons On Friday

week had a pleasant debate on Scottish Home Rule—a subject in which no Scotsman of our acquaintance takes any real interest. The debate came to an inconclusive end because there......

An Instructive Portent In Some'of The Shop-windows Of...

is the efflorescence of S.O.S. signals to the public that tailoring has become cheaper. We know not how many windows of tailors' shops have burst into challenges to Mr. Mallaby-......

Bank Rate,7 Per Cent.,changed From 6 Per Cent.apr. 15, 19e0.

5 per cent. War Loan was on Thursday, 861; Thursday week, 871 ; a year ago, 96.......

A New Form Of Terrorism Is Spreading In Ireland Which

the Dublin correspondent of the Times describes as " agrarian Bolshevism." The conditions which had prevailed in Galway for some weeks have spread to the Midlands. Farmers, says......