11 JANUARY 1908, page 2

Another Point In Regard To The Government Programme Which...

be considered, and with the greatest care, is the question of finance. We wish it were obligatory upon every Government, when enumerating in the King's Speech the measures which......

"the New Stope Drill Trials For The Trophy Given By

the news- paper South African Mines, which have aroused the greatest Interest, have resulted in a victory for the Gordon drill, and Messrs. Eckstein are installing two hundred......

In Little More Than A Fortnight From Now The Session

will have begun. We have drawn attention elsewhere to the huge and miscellaneous character of the legislative proposals which, if the Government fulfil their pledges, as no......

M. Jaures Has Given A New Revelation Of Himself By

pro- pounding a scheme of national defence, which is explained in the .Tourna/ des Dgbats. It seems that at the end of last Session, when he was absent from the Chamber, M.......

The New York Correspondent Of The Times Has An Interesting

letter on the outlook in the United States in Monday's issue. On the whole, his conclusions are re- assuring. The crops have been good, the panic has subsided, cash payments......

The Board Of Trade Returns For 1907 Were Issued On

Tuesday, and present some extraordinary figures. The imports, exports, and re-exports amount to the enormous total of 21,164,080,913, as against 21,068,566,318 in 1906. This is......

The Cairo Correspondent Of The Ilimes Points Mit In Monday's

paper that "the recent elections of the College of electors, each member of which is choaen by universal suffrage to represent the inhabitants of each village, township, or city......

The Admitted Unwillingness Of The Ministry To Dissolve...

next year or two—that is, until their time is practically up—is a proof of weakness and vacillation which it is impos- sible to mistake, and which greatly increases the weakness......