24 MARCH 1923, page 27

Indeed, The Whole Labour Situation Is Again Threatening....

settlements which were reached after the last series of strikes and lock-outs are all in the melting- pot again. In six industries trouble is brewing. In five of these, the......

The Mistrust With Which Many "-healthy-minded " English...

women regard Art seems to have found a sympathetic corner in some official heart. It is pro- posed to charge for admission to the British Museum. Mr. H. A. L. 'Fisher's protest......

A Royal Commission Which Has Been Considering " London...

" has issued its report, or _rather it has issued threereports. The Majority report definitely turns down the London County Council scheme for extending that hodyls......

Reforms Of The Laws Governing Our Treatment Of Lunatics Were

outlined by the Lord Chancellor (Lord Cave) at a meeting of the Mental After-Care Association on Friday, March 16th. Two things were needed, he said. First, better machinery for......

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Another Of Last Week's Cases, Callot Soeurs V. Nash, Proved

at least that Mr. Justice McCardie deserves th.e customary appellation of "learned." Many famous -writers were called to . his aid in condemning sartorial extravagance in wives.......

There Is Only An Occasional Bright Spot " Amid The

encircling gloom" of post-War European trade. 'This 'time it is the HarwichZeebrugge train-ferries - that have preserved to us some tattered vestiges of hope. it is, of course,......

How Many People There Are Who Have Nothing Better To

do was shown of late by the crowds who waited outside the Law Courts during the Russell case. Why should these people pay to see mummies when they can get a " show " for nothing......

Bank Rate, 8 Per Cent., Changed From Si Per Cent.

July18, 1922; 5 per cent. War Loan was on Thursday, 1011; Thursday week, 101f ; a year ago, 974.......