31 MARCH 1928, page 2

The Miners Cling Pathetically To The Mining Villages, And It

is hard to accuse them of a lack of imagination because they cannot believe that the pits that begot and have maintained their village will fail them now. We should be glad if......

On Wednesday The Convocations Of Canterbury And York Met To

consider whether they should approve of the revised Prayer Book Measure going forward to the Church Assembly. The two Archbishops carefully explained the changes and the reason......

We Sincerely Regret The Resignation Of Lord Cave From The

Lord Chancellorship. His health has been unsatis- factory for some time and the remedy of a complete rest was not possible in his case, as many of the Lord Chancellor's legal......

In The House Of Commons On Wednesday The Old Question

of disfranchising paupers from the election of Guardians was raised again. Members of all parties showed some agreement about the illogicality of dis- franchising local voters......

On Tuesday Sir Robert Hutchison Raised The Question Of The

control of the fighting forces. He eschewed the use of the words " Ministry of Defence," but that is what the House debated. The Prime Minister gave a long and valuable account......

In Answer To Questions In The House On Thursday, March

22nd, the Prime Minister said that neither H.M.'s Government nor the Imperial Wireless and Cable Con- ference had any knowledge of the details of the merger of the Eastern......

The Cables Which Have Served Us Wonderfully Well Are Now

in some respects outrivalled and, like the railway companies in regard to road haulage, the telegraph company wants to get forward with the times rather than be beaten by a new......

The Elections For New Metropolitan Guardians Will Take...

April 2nd. The apathy of voters has been appalling in the past. We urge those of our readers who are voters to do their duty next Monday, and to vote for candidates who have......

We Trust That The Government Will Not Be Tempted To

try to administer the cable or wireless services more than is necessary, but to leave that in the hands of private enterprise, of those who are expert and whose business it is......