27 MARCH 1926, page 3

Sir William Joynson-hicks Has Declared The Proposals Of...

Cab Trade Associations to be unsatisfactory. The Associations proposed that in future the taxi-cab fares should be 6d. for the first half-mile and 3d. for each additional......

The Strike At The Engineering Works Of Messrs. R. Hoe

and Co., in London, mercifully came to an end just before the national lock-out notices took effect. The strike was irregular from the beginning as it was a definite violation......

It Is Curious To See How Bogies Which Have Been

apparently slaughtered . repeatedly continue to rise up again like Antaeus after each knock-down blow. Besides, the ways of trade are mysterious. The small shopkeepers used to......

We Are The More Pleased With The Decision Of The

Gov- ernment because three years ago the Post Office turned down the proposal for an inland C.O.D. system. The reason then given was that the fees would be compara- tively so......

Last Saturday University College; Reading, Received A...

obtained the style and dignity . Of the University of Reading. The College, which was founded in 1892, was a fusion of other institutions, the first of which was created in......

On Thursday, March 18th, Commemorative Stones In The New...

of the Daily News and the Star were laid by Lord Oxford and Mr. T. P. O'Connor. There was a large gathering to wish well to these ably con- ducted Liberal papers and we must......

- We Publish In Our Literary Supplement This Week A

review by Lord Meston of some hooks about India. Evidently some kind of federalism is the fashionable scheme of the moment. This is not surprising, as when Lord Birkenhead......

The Report_ Of The Departmental Committee On The...

London was issued on Monday. The Com- mittee did not deal with the question of the best site for the University. The Committee have decided against any restrictions on the......

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

on December 3rd, 1925. War Loan (5 per cent.) was on Wednesday 101-A ; on Wednesday week 101 t ; a year ago 101 1 1 ). Funding Loan (4 per cent.) was on Wednesday 871 ; on......