10 JANUARY 1920, page 3

The Sinn Fein Outrages In Ireland Continue. At Midnight On

Thursday week a Sinn Fein gang entered the post office at Limerick, cowed the clerks with revolvers, and stole £1,600, which was to be used for paying old-age pensions. Last......

On Saturday Last At The Educational Conference In...

Gower Street, Mr. Cecil Sharp delivered a lecture on dancing, in which he insisted that all children should be taught to dance. But he would not have pirouetting on one toe and......

We Are Very Glad To Know That The Report Of

Sir Horace Phuakett's death in America, to which all the English papers gave currency last week, was untrue. An American telegraphist' error in transmitting a message about Sir......

In The Spen Valley By-election, The Result Of Which Was

declared last Saturday, Mr. Tom Myers, the Labour candidate, benefited by the division of the anti-Labour forces between Sir John Simon as an Independent Liberal and Colonel......

Mr. Sharp Went On To Speak Of His Wonderful Folk-lore

finds among the " lost " community of mountaineers in the United States—finds which so delighted those who were fortunate enough to take part in Mr. Sharp's courses of......

A Hydro-electric Supply Company Is Promoting A Bill Which...

authorize it to take possession of considerable portions of Dartmoor, and to oonstract reservoirs and water-channels which would inflict grave injury on the commoners and spoil......

The Bankers' Clearing House Has Reported That The Total...

of the bills and cheques passing through the banks last year was E28,415,382,000—a fabulous sum which exceeds by over seven thousand millions the total for 1918, and which is......

The Trade Returns For The Past Year Are Most Encouraging.

The imports, valued at the enormous sum of £1,631,901,864, showed an increase of 23 . 9 per cent., but the exports, valued at £798,372,971, increased by 59.2 per cent. Exports......

As A Result Of The War, America Has Taken The

place of Great Britain as the chief shipbuilding country. The Glasgow Herald's shipbuilding returns show that British yards in 1913 produced 2,263,953 tons of shipping, against......

Mr. Churchill Went On To Contrast With Our Comparative Calm

the deplorable state of Europe. " The. Allies may abandon Russia, but Russia will not abandon them: The ghost of the Russian Bear comes padding across the immense field of......

Bank Rate.6 Per Cent.,changed From 6 Per Cent Nqv. 0,

1919,......