3 OCTOBER 1908, page 16

The Australian Defence Bill Was Introduced In The...

of Representatives on Tuesday, and ts in form a series of amendments to the Act of 1903. It provides for compulsory training as follows :— " For cadets from twelve to eighteen......

The Antecedents And Record Of Mr. Thomai L. Hisgen, The

Presidential candidate of the Independence Party, whose noutinatiOn was brought about by Mr. Hearst in July, are set forth in an interesting article in Wednesday's Times. Mr.......

Mr. Lloyd George At Swansea On Thursday Evening Gave An

address which reads curiously like an echo of Mr. Chamber- lain's famous " ransom " speech. Hundreds Of millions were added to the national wealth during each cycle of plenty.......

Mr. Mckenna At Pontypool, Also On Thursday; Declared That...

supremacy of the British Navy was the surest guarantee of European peace. That is, of course, a truism ; but less obvious, though equally sound, was Mr. hicKenna's next remark......

Speaking At Tadybank, East Fife, On Saturday Last, Mr....

made a sympathetic reference to unemployment. Inflated prosperity inevitably gave way to tilanOrmal denrete sion, and the people of this country did not take to much advantage......

The Atingarian Minister Of The Interior Has Stated That The

long-expected Hungarian Franchise Reform Bill will be based On plural voting. The Vienna correspondent of the TiMea states that its general effect will be to give one vote to......

On Monday The Dalai Lama Was Received At Peking. He

arrived, as the Times correspondent tells us, in a special train, and the station was decorated, not ai for one coming to acknowledge the suzerainty of China, but as for an......