25 DECEMBER 1909, page 3

On Tuesday The House Of Lords By A Unanimous Decision

affirmed the decision of the Court of Appeal that a Trade- Union cannot legally impose a levy on its members for the payment of Parliamentary representatives. The majority of......

Under The Heading " Mr. Lloyd George And Noncon- Formity,"

Sir Robert Perks contributes a remarkable letter to the Times of Tuesday. Speaking merely as " an ordinary Wesleyan Methodist layman," Sir Robert Perks asserts that the......

After This Remarkable Picture Of Priest-ridden Noncon-...

Perks rebuts Mr. Lloyd George's assertion that the Government had done their best for Noncon- formity. On the contrary, he maintains that they have not even done their second......

Mr. Lloyd George Reaffirmed His Version Of The Gorringe...

he declared had -never been answered in the House of Commons—and of the "little tailor's shop" in Cardiff—" if he spoke of it being next door to the Castle he would not mean......

On Monday Evening The Large Drapery Establishment Of...

and Hobbs at Clapham Junction was com- pletely destroyed by fire. As many as four hundred assistants were employed by the firm, and at the time of the disaster the , shop was......

Mr. Lloyd George Delivered A Characteristic Speech At...

Tuesday as president of the Welsh National Liberal Convention. "Greed;" he observed, "is the wildest of all chauffeurs "—Mr. Lloyd George is curiously fond of motoring......

Nonconformists, Continues Sir Robert Perks, Must Act With...

and courage if they are to expect any attention from their political leaders. At present they have neither a programme nor a leader. " In the absence of the explicit pledges......

On Tuesday The University Of Copenhagen Issued Its Report On

Dr. Cook's claim to have reached the North Pole. It finds that Dr. Cook provides no evidence that he went there, and one clause of the Report implies a strong censure on him for......

On Tuesday Mr. Asquith Delivered Speeches In Liverpool...

At Liverpool he warmly defended the measures taken by the Government for national defence. " I do not believe," he said, " that ever since the close of the great war nearly a......

Bank Rate, 44 Per Cent., Changed From 5 Per Cent.

Dec. 9th. Consols (2i) were on Thursday 82f—Friday week HI.......