14 NOVEMBER 1908, page 3

Last Sunday Evening A Daring Attempt Was Made At Calcutta

to assassinate Sir Andrew Fraser, the Lieutenant-Governor of Bengal. Sir Andrew Fraser was about to take the chair at a lecture by Professor Burton, of Chicago, when a student......

The Birthday Honours List, Published On Monday, Was...

for the absence of new peerages. Mr. J. A. Pease, the Chief Liberal Whip, Mr. Herbert Samuel, the Parliamentary Under-Secretary to the Home Office—and one of the Ministerial......

On Tuesday Mr. Asquith Received In His Room At The

House of Commons a large deputation, representative of all sides in politics, organised by the Proportional Representation Association, and introduced by Lord Courtney of......

We Are Glad To Record That Mr. Asquith, In A

very able speech, met the views of the deputation most sympathetically, and, without committing himself to any particular plan, virtually agreed that an inquiry ought to and......

A Reuter's Telegram From Pretoria Published In The Papers Of

last Saturday summarises some curious revelations in the Volksatem. Several of the messages telegraphed from Europe by Dr. Leyds before the South African War are reproduced, and......

On Friday Week A Session Of Surprises In The Parliament

of the Australian Commonwealth culminated in the announce- ment by Mr. Fisher in the House of Representatives that the Labour Members withdrew their support from Mr. Deakin. The......

There Is Not Much To Report In The Work Of

Parlia- ment during the week ; but on Thursday night something of a storm was raised by Mr. Henderson, the bead of the Labour Party, moving the adjournment of the House in order......

Mr. Asquith Insisted That This Principle Alone Would...

whole policy of the Government, for it was an all- important principle. Subject to its observance, they would do all they could to bring about a peaceful settlement of the......

Bank Rate, 21 Per Cent., Changed From 3 Per Cent.

May 28th. Consuls (2) were ou Friday 84k—on Friday week 841.......