Mr. Prothero Told The House Of Commons On Monday That
the calling up of thirty thousand skilled young farm-workers to the Army, contrary to the pledge given by the Government a year ago, meant "to a great extent the wrecking, or at......
The House Of Commons On Tuesday Rejected An Appeal On
behalf of some Church-school managers against Clause 22 of the Educa- tion Bill, which will abolish all fees in elementary schools after five years. Mr. Bigland and Mr. Marriott......
Mr. W. M. Hughes, Prime Minister Of Australia, Addressed To
the London Chamber of Commerce on Thursday week a characteristic appeal for the immediate construction and publication of a definite programme of Imperial economic organization......
Our Respect For Mr. Prothero Is Deepened By His Loyal
acceptance of a decision which threatens to undo much of his excellent work. On the very eve of the great harvest for which he has toiled un- ceasingly, he had to admit that the......
In The House Of Commons On Thursday Week Sir Auckland
Geddes " confessed that he was extremely stupid " not to have realized the obvious and hopeless confusion between medical grades and Army categories, which forced the Chairman......
Sir Auckland Geddes Was Full Of Apologies, Of _charts To
illumine the darkness of grading, and of assurances about medical safeguards. But Sir Donald Maclean brought the House back to the point, that men must be graded fairly, and......
As More Men Are Being Taken From The Land, It
is natural that farmers should be asking the Government to restrict the policy of the plough. Members of both Houses met on Tuesday to urge, on the farmers' behalf, that the......
We Greatly Regret To Record The Death On Wednesday Of
Lord Rhondda. He was only sixty-two. If, as we fear, the excessive strain of his duties as Food Controller overtasked the physical energy that remained to him after an......
Lord Emmott In The House Of Lords On Tuesday Made
a useful speech on German finance, the true state of which is little known either here or in Germany. Lord Emmott pointed out that, in order to reduce this year's deficit to......
A New Household Fuel And Lighting Order, Though Published On
Wednesday, took effect from Monday. Its object is to save a quarter of the coal available for domestic use in the shape of fuel or of gas and electricity. Seventy-five thousand......
Bank Rate, 5 Per Cent., Changed From 5i Per Cent.
April 5,1917.......
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