24 MAY 1924, page 3

In The Political Part Of The Interview Mr. Baldwin Returned

to the subject of retail prices. Evidently he is giving a great deal of attention to it. He has declared that if he were returned to power he would set up a Royal Commission. He......

We Regret To Record The Death Of Two Distinguished Men

whose names will be permanently associated with the War. Sir Charles Townshend was the gallant defender of Kut in the siege which ended in inevitable surrender after intense......

In The Court Of Appeal On Friday, May 16th, Lords

Justices Bankes, Warrington and Scrutton delivered considered judgments in the appeals by Dr. C. H. Bond and Dr. J. H. Adam against the judgments in the Harnett case. It will be......

Although The L.c.c. Have Powers Of Compulsory Purchase...

General Powers Act of 1921, there is no perceptible sign of their using them. Indeed, the leaseholders in this block have received a letter from the L.C.C. informing them that......

Everyone Who Has To Go From The West-end Of London

to the City must take a very active personal interest in the widening of the Strand which is now going on. When the scheme has been completed the street will be some eighty feet......

Among The Statements Attributed To Mr. Baldwin Which...

surprise were the following : that the Trust Press was breaking up—" the Daily Mail is dead ; it has no soul " ; that Lord Northcliffe, with all his faults, was a great......

Bank Rate, 4 Per Cent., Changed From 3 Per Cent.

July 5th. 5 per cent. War Loan was on Thursday, 100f ; Thursday week, 100* ; a year ago, 101. 3i per cent. Conversion Loan was on Thursday, 78; Thursday week, 'Til; a year ago,......