28 DECEMBER 1918, page 3

Lord Inchcape In A Letter To The Times Last Week

complained bitterly of the Departmental restrictions which hinder the shipping industry. He gave two specific instances. In one case, some steel frames needed for a damaged ship......

We Are Delighted To Learn That The American Committee Who

had the duty of deciding which statue of Lincoln is to be given to Great Britain have reported exactly in the sense we hoped for. They advise that the well-known and idealized......

"we Now Possess Aeroplanes Which Carry A Crew Of Seven

and passengers to the number of thirty ; which climb to a height of ten thousand feet ; which travel at a speed of one hundred miles an hour ; and which can make a journey of......

We Should Distinguish Carefully Between Lord Inchcape's...

may be well founded, though Mr. Churchill last Saturday denied their validity, and his general conclusion that "it is high time for all this priority permit and licence nonsense......

Lord Weir Is Not In Love With Government Control For

its own sake ; but he sees clearly that the Air Department must initiate commercial air services. These must be international ; there must be a Convention among the peoples, and......

Mr. Churchill, Addressing Representatives Of Employers...

Saturday, gave a vivid account of the problems to be faced by the Ministry of Munitions, whose stupendous activities were suddenly brought to a dead stop by the armistice. "We......

Lord Weir, Secretary Of State For The Royal Air Force,

in an address delivered in Manchester on Friday week, made an interesting and extremely important addition to the information possessed by the man in the street regarding his......

The University Election Results Have Yielded No...

returned the two old Members, Mr. Rawlinson and Sir Joseph Larmor, the Labour candidate, Mr. Squire, failing to receive an eighth of the votes polled. Dublin returned Mr.......

It Is With Profound Regret That We Record The Death

of Mr. W. H. Page, who served as American Ambassador in London from 1913 till his retirement a few months ago. As editor of the Atlantic Monthly and as an enlightened publisher......

Lord Pirrie, In An Interesting Conversation Which Mr....

reported in last Sunday's Observer, declared that he, as a shipbuilder, welcomed the new American competition. "It is impossible," he said, "that during the next ten years we......

Bank Rate, 5 Per Cent., Changed From 5i Percent. April

5, 1917.......