6 JULY 1934, page 7

The Week In Parliament Our Parliamentary Correspondent...

attack on the Petroleum Bill in the House of Commons caused quite a breeze between Mr. Runciman and a section of ConserVatives. No one doubts Lord Hartington's sincerity, but he......

Oil In Britain Mr. Runciman Made A Good Defence Of

his Petroleum Bill, and fairly disposed of the suggestion that sinister interests had inspired it or undesirably influenced its drafting. Opposition in the Commons was confined......

Mr. Runciman, Indeed, Has Had A Bad Week, For His

statement on Government assistance to the Shipping Industry was received with cold incomprehension. Members were clearly expecting an unconditional sub- sidy, and when they......

Foundling Site Saved • When The Foundling Hospital Sold Its

Bloomsbury site for £1,650,000 some eight years ago, it seemed 'almost beyond hope that the large open space included in it could be saved as a lung for London and a playing-......

* * Truth Under Revolver-rule • The International...

has just been launched as a meeting-ground for the professors of all countries, with no national or party prejudices. It has held its first meeting at Oxford ; next year it will......

The House Warmly Welcomed Sir Henry Betterton's...

Unemployment Assistance Board. They were sorry to lose him, but they thought he ought to go,. being so eminently fitted to operate his own Act. The consequent re-shuffle of......

Railway Wages There Is Substance In The Case Made Out

at the annual Conference of the National Union of Railwaymen this week, that the cuts imposed under the stress of 1931 should be restored. The demand is to some extent......