25 JANUARY 1913, page 18

On Monday A Crowded And Enthusiastic Meeting Was Held In

the Queen's Hall to protest against the proposal for woman. suffrage. Lord Curzon explained that Sir Edward Grey's amendment to the Franchise Bill was an enabling amendment to......

On Monday, Before The Marconi Committee, A Letter Was Read

from Mr. Godfrey Isaacs requesting that the Government would regard the contract with the Company as "no longer binding upon either party." Mr. Isaacs pointed out that since the......

On Tuesday In The Commons Mr. Asquith Made A Statement

on the course of public business. The Government hoped to finish the Welsh Disestablishment Bill and the Franchise Bill by February 12th. They would then ask the House to......

The Result Of The By-election In The Flint Boroughs Is

decidedly satisfactory. The Liberal majority, which has varied between 347 and 09 at the last four elections, was reduced to 211, the figures being Mr. T. H. Parry (L.) 2,152,......

On Wednesday Mr. W. R. Lawson, A Well-known Writer On

finance and member of the Stock Exchange, gave evidence before the Marconi Committee. He said that the Government ought to have bought out the Marconi Company at a fair price.......

The City Of London Free Trade Committee Held A Meeting

at Cannon Street Hotel on Monday, Lord Avebury presiding. In an admirable speech Lord Balfour of Burleigh observed that while Free Traders were in a much better position than......

But We Fear That All These Indications Will Be Lost

upon the more violent women. And we are bound to say that the past treatment of the suffrage question by the supporters of the Government has naturally disposed women......

The Splendid Labours Of Lord Roberts On Behalf Of National

Defence were duly honoured at a meeting at Apsley House on Wednesday. In celebration of his eightieth birthday members of the National Service League and others presented him......

We Have Little Doubt, However, That If Any Of The

woman suffrage amendments be accepted by the House the Franchise Bill will vanish. Perhaps the Government will replace it by Mr. Harold Baker's Bill for the Abolition of Plural......