27 AUGUST 1927, page 3

Mr. Baldwin Returned On Wednesday From His Three Weeks'...

to Canada. He is the first British Prime Minister who has visited Canada during his term of office, and there is ample evidence of the extraordinary success of the venture. Many......

The Relics Of The Stone Age Discovered In Kenya By

Mr. L. S. Leakey and Mr. Newsam, of the East African Archaeological Expedition, may turn out to be of thrilling importance. The Nairobi correspondent of the Times says that the......

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Nevertheless the Wafd Party was not satisfied, and the murders of British officers and officials were exeep- tionally numerous. The establishment of the new Constitution in 1923......

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The Executive of the Labour Party has abandoned the Capital Levy as such, and has put in its place an annual " Surtax on Property and Investment Income." The Blackpool......

The Surtax Is Indeed Only A Capital Levy Under Another

name. It would be interesting to know how the Labour Party justifies the expectation that £85,000,000 a year could be raised by it. Professor Bowley and Sir Josiah Stamp have......

Bank Rate, 41 Per Cent., Changed From 5 Per Cent.,

on April 21st, 1927. War Loan (5 per cent.) was on Wednesday 101# ; on Wednesday week 101i ; a year ago 101 A r . Funding Loan (4 per cent.) was on Wednesday 861 ; on Wednesday......

Serious Railway Accidents Are So Rare In Great Britain That

the terrible accident near Sevenoaks on Wednesday evening will long be remembered. The 5 p.m. express from Cannon Street to Deal was derailed while travelling at high speed, and......