27 JULY 1929, page 2

The School-leaving Age In The House Of Commons On Thursday,

July 18th, Sir Charles Trevelyan announced that the Government were preparing to raise the school-leaving age to 15 as from April 1st, 1931. There would be maintenance grants......

British Naval Reduction In The House Of Commons, On...

the Prime Minister announced the cuts which the Government have decided upon in naval building. We are entirely of their view that this reduction is justified before there has......

Celebrating . The Peace Pact At The White House On Wednesday

there was a formal celebration of the coming into effect . of the Peace Pact. Particular point was given to the . ceremony by the successful _ invocation of the Pact to which we......

Great Britain And The Soviet The Russian Reply To The

proposal of the British Government to restore diplomatic relations has been despatched but not received when we write. It states apparently that the Soviet Ambassador in Paris,......

Lord Lloyd's Resignation The House Of Commons Was...

Wednesday by Vie Government's announcement of the resignation of Lord Lloyd, High Commissioner of Egypt and the Sudan ; but the vehemence of the questioning to which the......

Mr. William Graham, The President Of The Board Of Trade,

answering a question in the House of Commons on Tuesday, said that the indebtedness of the Soviet Government to British investors amounted to approxi- mately £41,000,000. There......

The French Debts In The Small Hours Of Last Sunday,

the French Chamber decided upon ratification of the French Debt Agreement with the United States by the narrow margin of eight votes. The Churchill-Caillaux Agreement was then......

Unfortunately The Deputies Were Deaf To M. Briand's...

it is impossible to say " Yes " and " No " at the same time. Some of them forced the passage Qf a resolution which, in effect, does make a serious reserva- tion. It opens the......