20 JANUARY 1933, page 3

New Flats For Old Slums

Though the big anti-slum campaign hangs fire, modest efforts on the right lines should not pass unnoticed. The rebuilding scheme which Princess Alice initiated in Somers Town......

The Ethics Of Gambling

The recent interim findings of the Royal Commission on Betting and Gambling, and expectation of the Commission's final report at an early date, have con- centrated attention on......

A Spending Campaign After The Economy Campaign An...

But the former, after all, was intended to promote economy in the spending of public money ; and at an early stage in the life of the National Government the Prime Minister was......

* * * * Lancashire And India

The formation of a new body called the Cotton Trade League, for the defence of Lancashire's export trade, is not quite the sign of vitality and enterprise it might seem to be,......

Rationalizing Coal The Coal Mines Reorganization...

deliberation, has decided finally to use its powers of compulsion to secure an amalgamation of the mines in Fife and in Cannock Chase. Compulsion is not resorted to till the......

* * * * A Forty-hour Week

The Italian Government', proposal for a working week of 40 hours instead of 48 has received more favourable comment at Geneva than might have been expected. Mr. Heyday,......

Canadian Cattle

A long controversy ends with the Treasury order bringing into effect the clause in the Ottawa Agreements Act which permits the importation of all Canadian cattle, whether store......