There Are Signs That The House Is Becoming Restive Under
a policy of undiscriminating economy and of rigid taxation. A Conservative private member's motion on Wednesday called for a policy of encouraging local authorities to undertake......
Water 'buses On The Thames
The House of Commons has agreed to transfer to the proposed London Transport Board the powers to run passenger vessels on the Thames. Again and again since the War the London......
Recovering -the Ashes
It might almost be said that the Test Matches rubber was won by Paynter, for not only did the Lancashire player stir the admiration of friends and opponents equally by rising......
* * * * Arms For Japan
Chinese and Japanese may kill one another in Jehol, but those who choose can at least find satisfaction in the reflection that both nations have been taking seriously the......
The Ethics Of Gambling
In its issue of January 20th The Spectator offered a prize of £10 10s. for the best article of 1,200 words on the ethical aspect of gambling. To select from some sixty articles......
Sir William Robertson, F.-m.
The late Sir William Robertson, who died on Sunday, achieved a' greater feat than any of Napoleon's Marshals in rising from the humble rank of a cavalry trooper to the highest......
* * * * Parliament
Our Parliamentary Correspondent writes : The past week has seen the final passage of that troublesome measure, the London Passenger Transport Bill, against which 46 of the......
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