On Wednesday The House Of Comm:pis Began Its Business By
passing a Resolution in favour of an inquiry by a Joint Com- mittee into the subject of municipal trading. While we have no great sympathy with the capitalists who—not......
We Have Been Frequently Accused Of Taking A Pedantic And
" impossible " line on the question of directorships and public office, but we think those who take the trouble to read Mr. Justice Buckley's judgment in the Telescriptor......
A Debate On Labour Representation Was Opened On Tuesday...
by Mr. Crooks, the newly-elected Member for Woolwich. Holding that Labour was inadequately represented in the House, be moved that in order to give the constituencies a full and......
In The Ensuing Debate The Opponents Of The Measure Relied
chiefly on familiar arguments,—viz., the necessity of adopting the correlative principle of " worsement," the fact that land was already rated to its full value, that the rating......
In The House Of Commons On Wednesday And Thursday The
question of the Irish development grant—i.e., the grant to counterbalance the English education grant—was discussed. On Wednesday Mr. Wyndham announced that two patiiotic......
In The House Of Commons On Friday Week Dr. Macnamara
moved the second reading of the Land Values Assessment and Rating Bill, which empowers local authorities to levy a rate of not more than a penny in the pound in any financial......
Men In Public Life Who Are Also In Business, And
especially in company business, should be made to feel that they must be meticulously careful as to their directorships. Instead, an opinion seems to have grown up that men may......
The Oxford And Cambridge Boat Race Was Rowed On Wednesday,
and resulted in the victory of Cambridge by six lengths. As usual, large crowds collected, but un- doubtedly the popular interest in the race is not so great as it once was. It......
Bank Rate, 4 Per Cent. New Consols (21) Were On
Friday 901.......
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