Tuesday Was Occupied In The House Of Commons By A
dis- cussion of the Trade Unions Bill. The Attorney-General, in moving the second reading, explained that the Bill was identical with that introduced last year except for the......
The Comedy Of The Five English Yachtsmen Who Were Arrested
as spies at Kiel last Sunday has happily come to a suitable end with their release on Friday. Six professional men— three doctors, a solicitor, an engineer, and an artist—set......
The July Trade Returns, Issued On Thursday Night, Show That
the " boom " is still continuing. The imports for July reached the value of £58,304,351, an increase of £7,266,170 upon the corresponding figure for last year, while the exports......
The Sittings Of The House Of Commons On Friday Week
and Monday were devoted to various stages of the Appropriation Bill and the Finance Bill. There was little of interest in the discussions themselves, but the occasions were......
It Was Announced In Saturday's Papers That Invitations For A
visit to Canada had been sent to various British Ministers by the Canadian Government. The Prime Minister, the First Lord of the Admiralty, and the Secretaries of State for War......
The Present Part Of The Session Came To An End
on Wednesday, when the House of Commons adjourned until October 7th. The last sitting was occupied partly by a statement from the Postmaster-General as to the Wireless Telegraph......
Mr. Ramsay Macdonald Said That The Labour Party Wanted To
restore to trade unions the right of political action, because their principal object was not to provide friendly benefits, but to regulate the relations between capital and......
An Australian Correspondent Described In The Times Of...
the new Burrinjuck Dam in New South Wales. It is the second largest dam in the world—second, of course, to the Assuan Dam—and although it is not yet finished it has already come......
A Strange Sequel To The Theft Of The Monne Lisa'
from the Louvre a year ago was reported by the Paris correspondent of the Times in a telegram published last Saturday. It appears that late in the evening of Thursday week an......
Bank Rate, 3 Per Cent., Changed From 3 Per Cent.
May 9th. Consols (2k) were on Friday 74k—Friday week 74t.......