We Are Delighted To Learn That Mr. Arnold-forster Has Been
appointed to preside over a Departmental Committee of the Colonial Office—he has actually started for the Cape—to inquire into the best way of placing soldier-settlers on the......
A Highly Valued Correspondent In Switzerland Sends Us An...
from the Gazette de Lausanne giving a very in- accurate and unfair account of Lord Roberts's removal of the Boer women from Pretoria. A large number of Boer women in the town......
The Report Of The Select Committee Of The House Of
Commons on War Office Contracts is not a very satisfac- tory document, for it shows that though the Committee could not put their hands on any very definite abuse, they were......
The Times Publishes A Remarkable Letter To The Sultan From
the Turkish Consul-General at Brussels. It appears that the Court of Constantinople has been fascinated by a project for constructing a railway from Damascus to Mecca, and in......
In The Course Of Wednesday's Discussion Mr. Chamberlain...
attacked by Mr. Lloyd-George because "the Report of the War Office Contracts Committee showed that favouritism had been shown to a Birmingham firm." To this Mr. Chamberlain......
The Queen's Speech Proroguing Parliament Was Of Un- Usual...
The passage dealing with South Africa announces that the Orange Free State has been annexed to the Empire, and states that the continued political independence of the two......
Bank Rate, 4 Per Cent. New Consols (21) Were On
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