24 JULY 1926, page 3

On Tuesday The Under-secretary For India Spoke On The India

Office Vote and reviewed the. present conditions in India. It was a satisfactory and hopeful report that he had to give. Since the policy of wholesale resignations had been......

Sir Ronald Lindsay Has Done Admirable Work At Con-...

and at Angora, where he has now gone to take leave and to effect the exchange of ratifications of the Mosid Treaty, which naturally owes much to him. If we did not think that......

It Is Long Since The First Rumours Were Heard That

Lord D'Abernon was leaving Berlin. Now the appointment of Sir Ronald Lindsay to succeed him is definitely announced. Lord D'Abernon has lived down many prejudices and gained......

On The Same Day The Commons Returned To The Finance

Bill and the clauses dealing with the Betting Duty were passed with the Chancellor of the Exchequer's amend- ments fixing the rate of duty on credit bets at Ea per cent., and on......

Communal Rioting Between The Hindus And Moslems Blazed Up...

in Calcutta last week. The Moslems seem to have been- guilty of originating the trouble when they attacked a Hindu religious procession. In Western India there is also......

The Course Of The Belgian Franc Has Mystified Those Who

understand little of international finance. The Allies treated Belgium with a proper generosity through the War and in the distribution of reparations. Far more important, her......

We Are Glad To Record The Definite Announcement That, All

being well, T.R.H. the Duke and Duchess of York will go to Australia next year in order that the Duke may officially open on May 9th the new Federal Capital of the Commonwealth,......

General Wu Pei:fu Is Said To Have Taken A Very

satisfactory step in ordering the restoration of the Salt Gabelle which his subordinates had seized. If this order is effective, a most serious wrong may be righted, but the......

The Moroccan. War Has For Some Time Distracted The Attention

of the Press, but not of the Foreign Offices, from the working of the international constitution of Tangier. The Times correspondent there states that Italy is about to take her......

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

on December 3rd, 1925. War Loan (5 per cent.) was on Wednesday 1011 3 4 ; on Wednesday week 10011; a year ago 10(4. Funding Loan (4 per cent.) was on Wednesday 881 ; on......