5 OCTOBER 1901, page 3

A Paper Written By The Bishop Of Calcutta, But Read

for him by the Bishop of Exeter, gave rise to a lively discussion on Mr. Rudyard Kipling's writings. The Bishop of Calcutta some- what unnecessarily went out of his way to......

The Inquest Held At Grimsby On The Six Men Drowned

by the foundering of the 'Cobra' was concluded on Thursday. The evidence of the lightship-keeper, of the skipper of the herring-boat who picked up the bodies, and of the divers......

The Church Congress Was Opened At Brighton On Tuesday, Th E

Bishop of• Chichester giving the inaugural address. The most striking passage was that on Christian unity, which, the Bishop pointed out with great earnestness, was not the same......

The Reports Of Mr. Brodrick's Committee On The Organisa-...

of the Medical and Nursing Services of the Army were published. on Monday. The recommendations of this Com- mittee may be briefly summarised as follows :—(1) The estab- lishment......

Coal, "good Household Coal," Seems To Have Been Found In

Kent at last. On Wednesday a "core" brought up from the boring in Shakespeare Cliff showed large fragments of "good bright bituminous household coal," and on Thursday morning,......

The Trade Dispute At Grimsby, Which Seemed Likely To Ruin

the town, was during the earlier part of the week believed to be over, 'out Friday's news points, we regret to say, to a con- tinuance of friction. Employers and men originally......

We Note With Satisfaction That The Protests Against The...

of Generals Buller and Wood to command the First and Second Army Corps have been very strongly taken up throughout the Press. The Times has written vigorously on the question,......

We Are Delighted To Note A Telegram From Ceylon Confirm-

ing the story of the enlistment of Boer prisoners for service outside South Africa. Some two hundred are said to be already undergoing drill. We trust, however, that this pro-......

Bank Bate, 3 Per Cent. New Consols (n) Were On

Friday 93-1-.......