26 OCTOBER 1912, page 3

In Answer To A Question In The House Of Commons

on Wednesday Mr. Lloyd George made an announcement as to the new arrangements to be made with the doctors under the Insurance Act. It was proposed to add to the amount avail-......

We Are Glad To See That Mr. Lloyd George Was

questioned very closely in the House of Commons on Monday upon the grant of abatement of income tax on the salaries of members. It will be remembered that a hundred pounds of......

The Names Of Those Members Of Parliament Who Are To

serve on the Select Committee appointed to investigate the Marconi agreement were announced on Wednesday. They are Mr. Amery, Mr. Booth, Lord Robert Cecil, Mr. G. D. Faber, Mr.......

We Regret To Record That Lord Peel Died On Last

Thursday. That he was one of the ablest and most successful of Speakers of modern times is admitted on all hands. Besides possessing the gift of impartiality, mixed with......

On Thursday A Meeting Was Held At The Mansion House

in order to farther the cause of the Boys' Training Corps, the Lord Mayor being in the chair. If the necessary funds can be obtained the scheme will, we feel sure, do a very......

The Discussion As To The Style Of Architecture To Be

used in the new Government buildings at Delhi has led to the expression of a great many confused and sentimental ideas. The matter to be settled is in reality a simple one. What......

The Corroding Influence Of Betting And Gambling On The...

fibre was the subject of an outspoken address by Mr. J. L. Paton, High Master of the Manchester Grammar School, at Bury on Sunday last. The craze for gambling, he declared, had......

The Annual Conference On Sea Training Was Held At The

County Hall, Spring Gardens, on Monday, Mr. Geoffrey Drage presiding. Lord Devonport, who pointed out what had been done by the Merchant Shipping Act of 1906 to ameliorate the......

Bank Rate, 5 Per Cent., Changed From 4 Per Cent.

October 17th. Consols (21) were on Friday 73—Friday week 731.......