3 JANUARY 1931, page 6

India And The Conference News Reached London On Christmas...

of- another deplorable outrage in India. Sir Geoffrey de Mont- morency, who succeeded Sir Malcolm Hailey as Governor of the Punjab in 1928, was fired on as he was leaving the......

" Bombay's Christmas Gift To The Round Table Con- Ference,"

as this poll was called, was indeed timely. In spite of the plentiful good will and the particularly impressive appeals of the Begum Shah Nawaz and Mrs. Subbarayan before the......

The Cotton Dispute On Tuesday The Central Committee Of The

Weavers' Amalgamation met in Manchester and decided not to accept the new system of " more looms to a weaver." The decision was taken in collaboration or in sympathy with that......

After All, It Is Essential That For One Very Important

reason the coal industry should be Managed - ultitriately on a national basis. If there is to be an international fixing of prices the British coal industry Must be repre-......

That Lord Irwin's Splendidly Temperate And Sym- Pathetic...

at last being properly appreciated is perhaps the one bright spot in a horizon otherwise dark. In his speech at the annual dinner of the European Association on December 22nd,......

A Rising In Burma A Curious Rebellion Is Reported From

Burma. In the Tharawaddy district, some eighty miles from Rangoon, on Christmas Day, one of the tribal leaders known as " The Golden Crow," who is apparently the object of......

The Conference Must Without Further Delay Tackle The...

of responsible self-government, i.e., Dominion status, and leave the minorities problem to settle itself in easier circumstances. It is " up to " the British delegates to make a......

Met Recently In London To Prepare For The Forthcoming In.

ternational Conference on the limitation of dangerous drugs. It is proposed to allocate to each of the manufacturing countries (few in number) a maximum quantity of the......