3 AUGUST 1929, page 3

It Was Not Much More Than 21 Years Ago That

Sir Robert brought about twenty boys into camp at Brownsea Island, in Poole Harbour, for his great experiment. He taught the boys his own boyish passions of scouting, tracking,......

The Charing Cross Scheme On Tuesday Both The London County

Council and the shareholders of the Southern Railway approved the provisional agreement for a new road bridge over the Thames at Charing Cross and the transfer of Charing Cross......

The Unemployment Figures The Minister Of Labour Will, In...

issue a monthly statement summarizing more scientifically than before the figures of unemployment. The gross weekly unem- ployment figures, however, will still be published. The......

The Free State And The Treaty In The Dispute Between

the Free State and Northern Ireland, over the fishing in Lough Foyle, the Free State relies upon a strange reading of the Treaty of 1921. The Treaty defines the Free State as "......

Aberdare A Deputation From The Aberdare Town Council Was...

at the Spectator office on Friday, July 26th, when a silver statuette of a miner, with the following inscription, was presented to the Spectator, in recognition of its work, and......

Bank Rate, 51 Per Cent., Changed From 41 Per Cent.,

on February 7th, 1929. War Loan (5 per cent.) was on Wednesday loot ; on Wednesday week 1001; a year ago, 102*. Funding Loan (4 per cent.) was on Wednesday 85 ; on Wednesday......

The Jamboree The Jamboree Of The Boy Scouts, Which Opened

at Arrowe Park, Birkenhead, on Wednesday, is an astonish- ing international gathering. The 50,000 boys represent 42 nations. Let us adapt a famous remark about the strawberry,......