4 JUNE 1927, page 3

On Monday The House Carried The Clause Pro- Hibiting 'civil

servants filin taking part in politics through membership of Ordinary trade unions. Labour members tried to assert the unassailable right of man, whatever - his occupation, to......

Captain Lindbergh, Who Flew Alone Across The Atlantic,...

Sunday from Brussels to Croydon, where he was welcomed by a crowd estimated at 100,000 persons. Six other machines escorted him. When he first attempted to land the crowd was......

We Publish Elsewhere An Article On The Appeal Of The

National Playing Fields Association, which aims at bringing its funds up to £1,000,000. The ideal is that every child should have somewhere to play besides the Street or the......

Mr. Frank Hodges Has Resigned The Secretaryship Of The...

International. Mr. A. J. Cook, Mr. Herbert Smith and other officials of the British Miners' Federation have for a long time been trying to persuade the Inter- national to get......

* * * * We Much Regret To Record The

death of Professor J. B. Bury, Regius Professor of Modern History at Cambridge, who can be placed without hesitation among the great historians of our time. At Trinity College,......

* * * On Tuesday The House Passed The Clause

which prohibits local authorities from requiring their employees to be trade unionists. Mr. Neville Chamberlain reason- ably argued that local authorities are not like private......

. The Trade Unions Bill Has Had A Fair Wind

during the week, and it has been the cause -of much less trouble than :had been predicted. - On Friday, - May 27th, the Attorney-General was in a very conciliatory- mood and......

• * * * Another Prominent Figure In The Labour

world who is retiring is Mr. Havelock Wilson, the President of the National Union of Seamen and Firemen. Although he is nearly seventy years old, he has no liking for idleness,......

Bank Rate, 41 Per Cent., Changed From 5 Per Cent.,

on April 21st, 1927. War Loan (5 per cent.) was on Wednesday 100 h ; on Wednesday week 100.1's ; a year ago 100g. Funding Loan (4 per cent.) was on Wednesday 861; on Wednesday......