7 SEPTEMBER 1929, page 3

Advise On Load Lines Of Merchant Ships Has Made Some

important recommendations. The most interesting of these we think refer to deck cargoes of timber and to tankers. Experience has shown that the restriction of three feet upon......

Dr. Dalton, On Behalf Of The Government, Has Urged The

Council of the League to extend the beginnings of regulation made by the League's Economic Com- mittee and by the International Labour Office. The coal- owners might insist that......

B.b.c. Pronunciation The B.b.c. Committee On...

new instructions which give us pause.. The " a ' in " ass " is to be pronounced short, and some similar words are to be brought under the same rule. The " o " in such words as "......

Bank Rate, 51 Per Cent., Changed From 41 Per Cent.,

on February 7th, 1929. War Loan (5 per cent.) was on Wednesday 100f; on Wednesday week 101}; a year ago, 102# ; Funding Loan (4 per cent.) was on Wednesday 841; on Wednesday......

The Trades Union Congress

The Trades Union Congress is being held this week , . at Belfast and we have written in a leading article abOut Mr. Tillett's striking Presidential address. The tendency of the......

Lulworth Castle Universal Sympathy Has Been Expressed...

Weld, whose beautiful home, Lulworth Castle, was burned on Thursday, August 29th. It has belonged to the Weld family since the time of Charles I., and the park contains the......

Mining Association Of Great Britain Will Be Ready With Its

national scheme for co-ordinating district coal marketing schemes by the date fixed by the Board of Trade— October 15th. The scheme, it is said, will not interfere in any way......