28 JUNE 1935, page 3

Lord Cecil Is Reported To Have Said Of Mr. Lloyd

George, whom in the days of the Coalition he disliked more than any man in public life, that " the fellow was so con- foundedly efficient." That is the grudging admission now of......

The Government Has Caused Disappointment By Deciding To...

Bill to a Standing Committee. - There are unpleasant memories of how the Town Planning Act was obstructed and emasculated in a committee room with disastrous results on the......

Two Factors, It Seems, Are Operating In The Minds Of

the Government against an autumn election. The first is the position in Abyssinia. At the moment the situation is very black. Signor Mussolini has rejected all proposals for......

Insuring Against Death Duties In Principle, We Believe,...

perhaps most • thinking people will sympathize with the demand voiced by Sir W. Davison • in Committee on the Budget that !policies of insurance - taken out for the purpose of......

• * This Year's Army Manoeuvres Though Manoeuvres On A

large scale were held in 1925, the military exercises of this year will afford the first occasion since the War on which two complete army corps will be opposed to each other.......

House Agents' Licences - So Far The Evidence Laid Before

the Select Committee (Viscount Mersey is Chairman) of the House of Lords, which is enquiring into the incidence of auctioneers, house- agents, and valuers' licences, goes to......

Mr. Baldwin And Distressed Areas Perhaps The Most...

of the week is that of Sir Horace Wilson, formerly head of the Ministry of Labour and latterly Chief Industrial Adviser to the Government, who has been " seconded to the......

The Week In Parliament Our Parliamentary Correspondent...

state- ment of the First Lord of the Admiralty that " Germany has agreed never again. to resort to what was known during the War as unrestricted submarine warfare " received an......