3 FEBRUARY 1933, page 3

The Forty-hour Week

In commenting in these columns last week on the Forty-hour Week Conference, it was stated, on the authority of The Times, that the British delegate had declared categorically......

The Persian Oil Dispute The Anglo-persian Dispute,...

far as Geneva is concerned, by Sir John Simon's able presentation of the British case, has been handed over by the League Council to that most experienced of con- ciliators, Dr.......

The Ulster Railway Strike The Railwaymen Of Northern...

struck on Monday rather than agree to the reduction of wages de- termined by the Wages Board, have set the two Irish Governments a pretty problem. For the Great Northern......

Work For Parliament

The essential fact about the new session of Parliament, which opens on Tuesday, is that it will see the Budget introduced. Speculations on that absorbing subject, particularly......

Quota And Consumer The Very Interesting Interview With...

Elliot in the Daily Telegraph of Monday served to illus- trate rather than to clarify the difficulties of the agricultural situation. Major Elliot preferred to talk of "......

Australia And The M.c.c.

The Australian Cricket Board of Control, as we ex- pected, have not thought it necessary to cancel the remaining matches between the Test teams, and their reply to the M.C.C. is......

The Scandal Of The Slum

The idea of a National Housing Corporations floated some time ago by Sir Raymond Unwin and discussed more fully at a conference presided over by Sir Austen Chamberlain on......