26 JANUARY 1929, page 3

The Sale Of 25, 000 Acres, Out Of The 41,000

acres of Lord Ailesbury's Savernake Forest estate, is one of the largest transfers of property that have occurred in recent years The buyer, Mr. E. C. Fairweather, gets some......

; The National Farmers' Union Has Carried Its Revolt Against

- the Government further than ever before. 'It has threatened in fact if not in name—for the Union itself has apparently repudiated the word " threatened " —to refuse support to......

We Regret To Record The Death Of Mr. R. C.

Lehmann, who died on Tuesday at the age of seventy-three. His name will long be cherished at Cambridge—and not only there but at Oxford and in the wider fields of literature,......

In The House Of Commons On Wednesday The _issue Between

block grants and percentage grants for the maternity and child . welfare services was fought out and decided. There is, of course, substance in the argument that the block grant......

On Tuesday In The House Of Commons Mr. Briggs Moved

his amendment, which was significantly sup- ported by many Unionists, to exclude breweries, distil- leries and tobacco factories from the category of those industries which will......

Speaking At Manchester On Monday Mr. Churchill Discussed...

questions as currency, Ration- alization, Safeguarding, and the position of the cotton trade . " There is another thing," he said, which. I do not think would do us any good at......

. On Tuesday Parliament Reassembled After The Recess. The...

Minister met very satisfactorily Mr. Thurtle's request for a day to discuss the. Channel Tunnel Scheme. Although .he was not able to grant a day, he admitted that the subject......

Bank Rate, 4.1 Per Cent., Changed From 5 Per Cent.,

on April 21st, 1927. War Loan (5 per cent.) was on Wednesday 1021 ; on Wednesday week 10211 ; a year ago 101j1. Funding Loan (4 per cent.) was on Wednesday 911 ; on Wednesday......