2 MAY 1914, page 3

The Question Of The Overcrowding Of Government Employees...

and Rosyth was brought up in the Lords on Tuesday. Lord Selborne, in asking for returns as to the housing accommodation provided by .the Government for workmen in their......

We Notice With Great Interest, And No Small Satisfaction,...

admirable petition to the Archbishop of Canterbury and to the Bishops of the Province of Canterbury drawn up by the Council of the Churchmen's Union. The considerations set......

In The House Of Commons On Thursday, Mr. Hobhouse Made

his first annual statement as Postmaster-General. He foreshadowed a large development of the telephone system, including the introduction of automatic exchanges and sub-......

Lord Lucas Defended The War Office Valuers, And, As Regards

Farnborough, maintained that the overcrowding was of extremely recent occurrence. In view of the fact that one hundred and twenty-five cottages were in process of con-......

Mr. Asquith, Who Wound Up The Debate, Began Rather Fiercely,

but, like the other speakers, ended on a peaceful note. He declared that he had listened to the concluding passages of Mr. Balfour's speech with the liveliest emotion. "I......

Friday's Papers Contain The Text Of The Report Of The

Select Committee of the Lords appointed to inquire into Lord Murray e Stock Exchange transactions. The matter cannot be dealt with adequately at short notice, and we therefore......

Professor Bergeon's Third Gifford Lecture Continued His...

system of Plotinus. The centre of all the metaphysic of Plotinus was the concept of the lors—an untranslatable word which meant both speech and reasoning and also denoted the......

The Words Quoted Above Show The True Spirit Of The

Church of England, the spirit which gives her the right to be called both Christian and NationaL The claim to " the liberty of prophesying" is no new claim, but is embedded deep......

Bank Rate, 3 Per Cent., Changed From 4 Per Cent.

Jan. 29th. Consols (21) were on Thursday 75,4 0 —Friday week 74k,.......