We Can Only Give The Briefest Notice Of The Papers
read before the British Association on Thursday. Mr. H. Samuel, the Postmaster-General, discussed the question of Federal Government with specific reference to the Empire, and......
The Trade Union Congress Opened At Newport On Monday. Mr.
Will Thorne, M.P., who delivered the presidential address, said that he believed the coal strike had brought them one step nearer to the nationalization of the coal mines. In......
The Centenary Of The Launch Of The Comet,' The First
steam- ship built in the United Kingdom for passenger traffic, was fittingly celebrated as a public holiday on Clydeside last Saturday. Henry Bell, the constructor of the '......
Last Saturday's Papers Contained The War Office Awards In...
recent Military Aeroplane Competition. The first prize of £4,000 in the competition open to the world and the first prize of £1,000 for aeroplanes made wholly in the United......
On Tuesday A Resolution Was Passed By A "card Vote"
of 1,868,000 to 39,000, or about 50 to 1, calling on the Parlia- mentary Committee to oppose the Government Trade Unions Bill unless it completely restores to the unions the......
Bank Rate, 4per Cent., Changed From 3 Per Cent. August
29th. Consols (2I-) were on Friday 74I—Friday week 751.......
Professor Schafer's Address, Perhaps The Most Challeng-...
by a President of the British Association since Tyndall's famous Belfast utterance, though in the main a thorough-going vindication of the "mechanistic" position, is marked by......
By Saturday Last The Low-lying Districts Of Norwich Were...
clear of water, and the situation was improved by a fine week-end. The extent of the damage done in the county was revealed in the report presented to the County Council on......
This Is A Very Guarded Admission ; None The Less
it distin- guishes Professor Schafer from such ultra-materialists as Haeckel. As for his peremptory' rejection of the cosmic theories of the origin of life, we cannot see that......
On Wednesday, By A Small Majority, Secular Education Was...
from the subjects of discussion. This result was due to the votes of the miners, who have been convinced by experience of the dangers to unionism of pressing the secularist......
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