2 JANUARY 1909, page 11

How Is It That As A Nation We Have Lost

the habit of thrift, while other nations who have perhaps less grit and more d .. elight in material pleasures, such as the French, possess 1 , t , P We cannot help believing......

On Sunday Last An Imperial Irade Was Issued At Con-

stantinople approving the appointment of Rear-Admiral Gamble, of the British Navy, for two years at a salary of £3,000 a year to superintend the reorganisation of the Turkish......

Thursday's Papers Contained A'very Satisfactory Piece Of...

The second trial of Abraham Ruef, the notorious Democratic "boss" of San Francisco, resulted on Tuesday in his conviction and sentence to fourteen years' imprisonment in the......

We Draw Attention To This Example Of Thrift, Not Because

it is in any sense miraculous, or even exceptional, but because it shows that thrift is very largely a habit. As Miss Loane in her remarkable books has pointed out on several......

"how Can The Poor Be Thrifty P They Have Nothing

to be thrifty upon." Yet, continued Lord Rosebety, it has been found that periods of stress, and not periods of prosperity, have been the most favourable for thrift. Scotland......

We Should Like To Add A Consideration To Supplement Lord

Rosebery's admirable speech. Unless a man has saved something he cannot be or feel himself a free man. The man who has nothing put by, but lives merely from week to week, is......

The Proposals Of The Gernian Government For Reorganising...

finances are meeting with oonsiderable opposition throughout the Empire. In particular, the proposed spirits monopoly, and the new taxes on spirits, gas, electricity, and '......

On Monday Lord Rosebery Gave An Excellent Address On Thrift

at the annual meeting of the Edinburgh Savings Bank, an institution in which the deposits have increased over a million in the last ten years. After a sly remark that when......

The General Moderation Of The President's Remarks Was...

the subsequent proceedings of the Congress. Resolutions were unanimously adopted tendering loyal homage to the King-Emperor, expressing deep satisfaction with the projected......

Bank Bate, 2 Per Cent., Changed From 3 Per Cent.

May 28th. Consols (2i) were on Tburivlay 84, 1 ,--Weduesday week 63i.......