26 FEBRUARY 1921, page 3

A Labour Party Conference Held In London On Wednesday To

discuss unemployment decided by a large majority in favour of constitutional methods as opposed to " direct action." Mr. Thomas pointed out the folly of declaring strikes and......

The Labour Amendment To -the Address Was Rejected In The

House of Commons on . Thursday, February 17th, by 262 votes to 84. The Prime Minister repudiated the suggestion that the Government were doing. nothing to relieve the unemployed......

At The Hard-fought By-election In Cardiganshire On...

Captain Ernest Evans, Coalition Liberal, was returned by a majority of 3,590 over Mr. Llewelyn Williams, Independent Liberal. Captain Evans polled 14,111 votes, and his opponent......

The Papers Of Last Saturday Contained An Account Of A

new experiment in industrial life. For some time past large firms which have been foremost in applying methods of industrial welfare have provided music for their workers in......

The Misunderstanding, If We May Call It So, About The

price of home-grown wheat was cleared up last week. The National Farmers' Union sent a deputation to the Prime Minister on Wednesday, February 16th, and were assured that the......

In The House Of Commons On Tuesday Captain Loseby, The

National . Democratio member for - Bradford, called attention to what he.said was a conspiracy on the part of certain officials in the Ministry, of Munitions to conceal the......

Mr.. Churchill Informed The Heuse On Monday• That, As The

responsibility, for expenditure in Mesopotamia ,and. Palestine was being transferred to the Colonial Office, he proposed to 'hold a conference of our administrators neat •month......

The Strike Of Engine-drivers Which Was Threatened Last...

Mr. Bromley because some members of his union had suffered in an affray at Mallow did not take place. The larger railway union declined to support . the strike, the Labour......

The Strong Feeling Aroused By The Increase Of The Telephone

rates was reflected on Friday, February 18th, in a Unionist amendment to the Address proposing that the -telephones should be -leased to a private company and thus yield a......

Bank Rate, 7 Per Cent., Changed From 6 Per Cent.

Apr, 15, 1920; 5 per cent. War Loan was on Thursday, 84k; , Thursday ,week, 85; a year ago, 881.......