7 FEBRUARY 1914, page 3

The Westminster Gazette Completed Its Twenty-first Year...

we desire to add our congratulations to the many others which the Westminster has received on its coming of age. Sir Edward Cook contributed a very interesting account of the......

Wagner's Parsilat Was Once Performed Almost In Its...

the concert platform under the late Sir Joseph Bamby at the Albert Hall in 1884 excerpts have frequently been given at the provincial Festivals, and the Vorspiet, the......

The Result Of The By-election In North-west Durham Was...

last Saturday. Mr. Aneurin Williams, the Liberal candidate, was returned by a majority of 1,677 over the Unionist candidate. The figures were :— Mr. A. Williams (L.) 7,241 Mr.......

Though We Think The Farm Proposal Is Excellent Per Se,

we are bound to say we feel specially anxious in regard to it. Such schemes, especially when run as a by-product, are terribly apt to absorb too large a proportion of energy and......

The Archbishops Of Canterbury And York Have Formed A...

to consider the relations of Church and State. The Committee comes into existence in response to a resolu- tion carried unanimously by the Representative Church Council in July,......

Thursday's Newspapers Contain A Letter From Sir Robert...

"Help the Boy Scouts." He appeals to the result of his six years' experimental work as proof, and hero the whole country will be with him, that what he has done for the Scouts......

Mr. Asquith Made One Of Those Short Speeches Without Any

flummery, and yet in no sense dull, in which he excels. One of his points has not been hitherto recognized in America as it should be. The Americans take pride in our great......

On Wednesday The Lord Mayor Presided At A Very Repro.

sentative and influential meeting held at the Mansion House in support of the appeal that is being made on behalf of the fund raised to celebrate the Hundred Veers' Peace among......

That Every One Of The Objects Thus Enumerated Is Worthy

we do not doubt, and we most sincerely hope that the Scouts will get their quarter of a million. But though we think the objects good per se, we hope we may be able, without......

Bank Rate, 3 Per Cent., Changed From 4 Per Cent.

Jan. 29th. Consols (20 were on Friday 761—Friday week 761.......