24 AUGUST 1907, page 3

The Westminster Gazette Of Monday Draws Attention To A Very

curious incident described in the Norwood Observer of last Saturday. It appears that Mr. Stewart Bowles, the anti-Tariff Reform Unionist Member, on the previous Monday attended......

If The Facts Are As Given, This Is Certainly A

most remark- able incident, for Mr. Balfour appears in the strange capacity of the protector of an anti-Tariff Reform Member against his Chamberlainite assailants. Hitherto Mr.......

Lord Ripon Announced In The Lords Late On Wednesday Night

that the Government did not propose to proceed with the Scottish Small Holdings Bill. The announcement came as a surprise, for early in the afternoon Lord Ripon had professed......

Mr. Balfour Was Not Slow To Avail Himself Of The

many openings given to him by the Prime Minister. What the Lords proposed to do was, where the agricultural conditions were the same as those in England, to apply the measure of......

The Statements In The Lords In Regard To The Scottish

Small Holdings Bill were the subject of a heated scene in the Commons on Thursday. For the policy announced by the Opposition there was, declared the Prime Minister, no......

The General Result Of The Incident Is To Leave It

perfectly clear that the refusal by the Government of the compromise suggested by the Lords, and the dropping of the Bill, is purely a piece of tactics. Though the people......

On Tuesday Sir Henry Kimber Asked The Prime Minister Whether

he could see his way to introduce in the ensuing Session any measure for the redistribution of seats in Parlia- ment and for rectifying the constantly increasing disparities in......

Bank Rate, 44 Per Cent., Changed From 4 Per Cent.

Aug. 15th. Consols (21) were on Friday 82i — on Friday week 81.......