26 OCTOBER 1929, page 2

The Delegation _says That The Orders Available For...

and exporters during the five- years' trade programme of the Soviet would amount to £170,000,000, and might be much more. Many con- cessions. are available. The Delegation is......

India ..

The Auxiliary Committee, under the chairmanship of Sir Philip Hartog, which the Simon Commission appdinted to inquire into education in British India has issued its Report.. It......

Russia And British Trade The British Trade Delegation...

Russia last Spring to inquire into opportunities for trade has issued its Report. Events have already made it slightly out of date, as the Labour Government have, of course,......

Even The Socialists, Led By M. Blum, Expressed Their...

with M. Briand's answer, though they are of course even more committed than the Radicals to support the Young Plan. When the result of the division was announced—a majority of......

Canadian Women And The Senate The Judicial Committee Of The

Privy Council has given the important judgment that women are eligible for the Canadian Senate. Everything turned upon the interpretation of the Word "person " in the British......

The New Australian Government On Tuesday Mr. Scullin, The...

Labour leader, formed the new Commonwealth Government. When we wrote last week the final figures of the General Election which overwhelmed Mr. Bruce and the Nationalist Party......

Waterloo Bridge On Tuesday The London County Council...

accept the scheme for reconditioning Waterloo Bridge. This required the rescinding.of the resolution of 1925 for the building of .a new bridge. It will be remembered that _the......

Mr. Scullin, Himself A Moderate, Is Universally...

the double task of putting the national finances on a safer basis, and of ending the dual system of Compul- sory Arbitration. It is said that the State Premiers who rejected Mr,......

It Is An Extraordinary Fact That In Spite Of The

spread of education there has been no proportionate reduction of illiteracy. Inefficiency was found nearly everywhere, and that is only another way of saying that. a great deal.......