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It Is Stated That The Magnates Of The Rand Have

determined they must have Chinese labour, and that ordinances will soon be adopted authorising the importation of Chinamen under very strict conditions against their settlement.......

Cardinal Vaughan, Archbishop Of Westminster And Head Of...

Catholic Communion in England, died at Mill Hill on Friday week at the age of seventy-one. Sprung from an ancient Welsh family which had never become Protestant, he was from......

The Birthday Honours Issued On Friday Cannot Be Described As

in any way notable. There are four new Peers,—Mr. Michael . Biddulph, a partner in Cocks, Biddulph, and Co., the well-known bankers, who sat in Parliament for several years as a......

The Unionists Who Favour Mr. Chamberlain's Policy Met At The

House of Commons on Wednesday under the chairman- ship of Sir Herbert Maxwell, and passed a resolution welcoming the promised inquiry, and supporting the Govern. ment in their......

Every Day Brings Further Proof That Mr. Chamberlain's...

are not going to be accepted offhand and at their face value. In the Morning Post of Monday, for example, there is an excellent letter on the new fiscal policy from the Duke of......

A Bill For The Regulation Of Motor-cars Is To Be

introduced into the House of Lords during the coming week. Its pro- visions have not been disclosed, but we may say that for ourselves we believe that the only satisfactory......

The Cape " Ragging" Case Ended On Tuesday, The Seven

ac- cused officers being declared " not guilty " by the Court-Martial which tried them. We presume that the Court considered that the accused had already atoned for their......

Bank Rate, 3 Per Cent.

Consols (21 per cent.) were on Friday 914.......