29 NOVEMBER 1935, page 3

Of Course, There Arc Men Who Overcome These Handicaps And

they are the politicians who most deserve.prornotion. The most successful of them in the jut Parliament was undoubtedly Mr. W. S. Morrison. Whatever the hour and however weary......

Preventable Flood Damage A Useful Article In Last...

Mail, draws opportune attention to the need for Government action to protect crops and property from the flood menace of which so much of the country has had disastrous experi-......

It Is These Privy Councillors Who Are Very Largely...

for the other fad on which the Speaker laid stress—" that there has been a growing tendency in our debates for them to become the delivery of a series of set speeches." The......

Another First-class Debater Of A More Truculent Type 'is...

Winterton. He obviously prepares his speeches carefully, but he is able to weave into them most effective answers to the arguthents of the opposition. Though Mr. Morrison is now......

The War On Cancer The Research-worker Of 1928 Would Find

Many un- familiar words and phrases in the twelfth annual report of the British Empire Cancer Campaign, published this week. The dozen years have seen surprising contributions......

The New , Parliament Our Parliamentary Correspondent...

a new Parliament opened with an appeal from Mr. Speaker to Members to shorten their speeches. It is not the back-benchers that are the worst offenders, but the ex-Cabinet......

The Case Of Cumberland In This Connexion The Recent...

speech of Mr. St. Claire Grondona, the District Commissioner for the " special " area of West Cumberland, is worthy of note. " We have the resources at our collective disposal,"......