6 MAY 1911, page 3

A Correspondent Describes In The Manchester Guardian Of...

new "skyscraper," of which plans have recently been filed in New York. It will be 750 feet high and will contain 55 storeys. The Monument in London is 202 feet: the highest......

We Note With No Small Satisfaction That The Bishop Of

Hereford has issued a letter to his Diocese stating that he is inviting to a Coronation celebration of the Holy Com- munion both members of the Established Church " and also......

In The House Of Lords On Monday The Duke Of

Marl- borough raised the question of emigration to the Colonies, with regard to which he maintained that the Government had taken no action. Lord Lucas, in reply, pointed out......

The Trial Of The Prisoners Charged With The Murder Of

policemen at Houndsditch, with being accessories after the fact, and with burglary, began at the Central Criminal Court before Mr. Justice Grantham on Monday. The Judge said......

In The House Of Lords On Tuesday Lord Dunmore's Small

Ownership and National Land Bank Bill was given a second reading. Lord Dunmore explained that its object was to encourage the extension of small ownerships of agricultural land......

Bank Rate, 3 Per Cent., Changed From 31 Per Cent.

Mar. 9th Consols (2k) were on Friday 81/---Friday week 81.......

The Royal Academy Banquet Was Held On Saturday. Prince...

of Connaught, who replied for the Royal Family, spoke from personal observation of the success of the British section at the International Exhibition at Rome, in which the......

The Bishop Might Have Added, As A Precedent, The Com-

munion of the company of the revisers of the Bible which was held in Westminster Abbey on the completion of their work. A number of Nonconformist scholars were Communi- cants.......

The Bishop Goes On To Meet The Alleged Diinculty Of

the rubric at the end of the Confirmation Service, which states that "none shall be admitted to the Holy Communion until such time as he be confirmed or he ready and desirous to......

On Thursday The Bishop Of Winchester, In The Upper House

of Convocation of Canterbury, strongly condemned the action of the Bishop of Hereford as being " a contravention of sacred principles," and as being " unconstitutional in the......

The Result Of The Polling At Cheltenham Was Declared On

the evening of Friday, April 29th. The figures were :—Mr. J T. Agg-Gardner (U.) 4,043; Major L. Mathias (L.) 4,039, or a Unionist majority of four, and the result is a Unionist......