28 SEPTEMBER 1895, page 3

On Wednesday Mr. Ritchie Addressed A Speech On British...

and Technical Education to the students of the Croydon Polytechnic. He was wise to insist strongly upon the need for more energy in our iron and steel industries, where Germany......

Sir Matthew White Ridley, The Home Secretary, Made A Speech

at Newcastle on Wednesday which contained, what we should on such a subject have deemed hopeless, a new thought. He said, of coarse, the regular things about books being friends......

The Agricultural Returns For Great Britain During 1894...

curious facts in opposition to the stories of increasing depression. For example, the area of cultivation is increasing, not decreasing. In 1869, probably the record year for......

Lord Armstrong's Speech At The Meeting Of The Armstrong...

shareholders contained some very interesting comments upon the Japanese war. The Japanese were not only abreast but ahead of the times in their use of armament and naval......

The Robbery Of Silver Ingots In Ossulton Street On Wednes-

day is spoken of as extraordinary; but the wonder is that crimes of the kind do not occur more frequently. Every day quantities of treasure in gold, silver, banknotes, or......

Bank Rate, 2 Per Cent.

New Consols (21) were on Friday, 1071.......

The Times Of Saturday Last Gives An Interesting Account Of

the way in which the Thames is being converted into a lamp- lighted street. The keen competition among the shipowners makes them eager to act on the maxim that time is money,......

The Weather During The Past Week Has Been Literally Unpre-

cedented. Never before has the end of September been marked by midsummer weather. Tuesday was in London one of the hottest days of the year, and though a little rain fell during......