26 DECEMBER 1908, page 3

Wednesday's Times Contains A Letter On The Congo Question...

by a very large number of representative persons. The letter expresses the deep satisfaction with which the signatories have perused Sir Edward Grey's reply to the Belgian......

We Learn From A Recent Article In The Manchester Guardian

that before many weeks have passed the Meteorological Office will probably receive a regular supply of wireless messages about the weather in the Atlantic from many of the great......

Mr. Lloyd George, Who Was The Principal Speaker At A

demon- stration organised by the National Reform Union at Liverpool on Monday night, devoted most of a long and vehement speech to the attitude of the House of Lords to Liberal......

We Wish To Call Attention To The Appeal Made To

the able- bodied men of London to support the Territorial scheme. It was issued on Monday, and is signed by the Duke of Fife, Lord-Lieutenant of the county, and by Lord Esher,......

The Report Of The Select Committee On The House Of

Commons (Admission of Strangers) was issued last Friday. The Committee, which consisted of Mr. Buchanan (chair- man), Messrs. Fenwick, W. Redmond, Shackleton, Stuart,......

The Choice, Continued The Chancellor Of The Exchequer,...

free institutions and Free-trade, and, on the other band, privilege and Protection, taxes on bread, meat, and timber, and he was perfectly ready to take the opinion of his part......

The Predatory Note Was Struck Vehemently In The Passage In

which, after asserting that Mr. Wyndham had said he was going to tax the bread of the poor, Mr. Lloyd George went on:—" We mean to raise the taxes of the—now I am not gOing to......

Bank Rate, 24 Per Cent., Changed From 3 Per Cent.

May 28th. Consols (24) were on Wednesday 831—last Friday 83i. Bank Rate, 24 per cent., changed from 3 per cent. May 28th. Consols (24) were on Wednesday 831—last Friday 83i.......