5 APRIL 1930, page 1

The Naval Conference And Its Background The Conference...

has in substance accepted the figures agreed upon by the Japanese and American delegates. Japan obtains thereby her ratio of seventy per cent. in light cruisers and......

* * * He 'cannot Be Nceused Of " Reference

"- that sort of legislation which cOnveyi 'no meaning unless it be read in the context of previous ACts: - . The Bill is officially called a Housing Bill and:that is- what it......

News Of The Week The Shim Clearance Bill . T He

Government have no more important • measure in domestie politics than theft: Bill for slum clearance, the text - of which was issued on Monday night; Mr. Arthur Greenwood, the......

The Bill Distinguishes Between Three Classes Of Slums—...

areasareas so bad that the only remedy is' demolition ; (2)' improvement areas—areas where the Conditioni can be remedied without demolition ; (3) individual insanitary houses.......

* * * In Place Of The Present Grants To

the local 'authorities for slum clearance—the present grants must not exceed one half of the estimated annual 'average lois—the Bill proposes to establish a flied annual grant......

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