28 APRIL 1917, page 2

Details Have Been Furnished This Week By The Admiralty As

to the torpedoing on Tuesday, the 17th, of two British hospital ships, the Lanfranc ' and the 'Donegal.' Of the ' Donegal ' twenty-nine wounded and twelve of the crew are......

Mr. Fisher Went On To Ask For A Grant Of

£133,000 for the secondary schools, which are the key of the situation." He lamented, as every true patriot must lenient, the small proportion of children who proceed to the......

The Now Grant Of 13,420,009 For Elementary Education Is To

be paid to Local Authorities, in proportion as they raise adequate sums from the rates, improve the conditions under which their teachers work, and provide for the special needs......

We Have Dealt Elsewhere With Mr. Prothero's Speech...

new Corn Production Bill. The chief opposing speaker in Tuesday's debate was Mr. Runciman, who criticized tho Govern- ment proposals in a speech of considerable ability, the......

Mr. Fisher Insisted Again And Again Throughout His Wise And

witty speech that the success of the schools depends upon the teachers, and that the best men and women must be drawn into the most noble and arduous of professions. For our......

Mr. Herbert Fisher's Remarkable Maiden Speech Last Week...

hope and trust, a new and fruitful epoch in the history et our schools. The Minister of Education fulfilled all the expectations that had been formed when his appointment......

Nothing Could Be Better Than The Spirit Of The Messages

from lbading American statesmen contributed to the New York World at the request of Lord Northelfffe. It is, however, obvious that the statesmen in question do not fully realize......

Mr. Fisher Outlined At The Close Of Hie Speech The

greater measures that he hopes to bring -forward at a later date. He desires to co-ordinate all the schools of every type, to give to each its right place in one great scheme.......

We Arena Surprised At The Comment Of A Member Who

promptly asked : "Why didn't you do it ? " Mr. Runeiman's proposal is simply astonishing in view of his action, or rather inaction, as President of the Board of Agriculture in......

Mr. Neville Chamberlain Published In Tuesday's Papers An...

Public School boys over sixteen years of age to help in the work on the land during the summer holidays and for a fortnight of the summer terra. We may take oredit to ourselves......