25 AUGUST 1906, page 3

On Tuesday Evening There Was Published In Four Bulky...

the evidence on which the Report of the War Stores Commission was compiled. Looking through it, we are more than ever impressed by the width and thoroughness of the Commission's......

The Material Prosperity Of Switzerland Is Strikingly...

the statistics just published. During the last fifty- five years the wealth of the country, not including State property, has risen from £400,000,000 to £680,000,000. The......

Important News Bearing On The Rand Labour Question...

Wednesday's papers. It will be remembered that Mr. Winston Churchill recently stated that an experiment was going to be tried by the Robinson group of mines with a view to......

Last Saturday's Times Contained A Long Letter From Mr. Hynd-

man, in which he expatiated on his favourite topic that our adininistration of India Was a "dead failure." Between 1879 and to-day, he says, there have been more and worse......

The Board Of Education Have Issued The Report Of The

Consultative Committee upon Higher Elementary Schools. The main question on which this large and representative Committee were asked to report was the nature and amount of the......

The Court-martial Held At Portsmouth On The Captain And...

Lieutenant of the 'Montagu' was concluded on Monday afternoon. The Court found both officers guilty of the charge that "they did negligently or by default hazard, strand, and......

Bank Rate, 31 Per Cent., Changed From 4 Per Cent.

June 21st. Consols (24) were on Friday 874—on Friday week 88.......