A Correspondent Of The Daily Mail Living In St. Vincent
forwards two facts thence which are both of interest. One is that the volcanic dust has acted there as a fertiliser, the crop of flowers in places covered many inches deep being......
A Deputation From The Institute Of Electrical Engineers...
the Board of Trade on Tuesday to complain of obstacles to the development of electrical enterprise in England. Their real grievance is that the local authorities have too much......
On Wednesday, After Sir Michael Hicks Beach Had Announced...
he would reduce the tax on maize by half, Mr. Morley dealt with the Corn-tax as a whole. The first part - of his speech was a clever attempt to convict the Chan- cellor of the......
Some Very Interesting Figures Have Been Published This...
regard to the numbers of the Boers. The original estimates placed the forces of the Transvaal at about 30,000 men, and those of the Orange Free State at 22,000, a total of......
The Strange Story Of A Motor-car Apparently Manned By A
crew of land pirates set forth in a letter in the Times of Tuesday raises a question which is bound sooner or later to become a matter of importance,—i.e., whether it is wise to......
On Tuesday The Discussion Of The First Clause Of The
Educa- tion Bill—that which constitues the new local authority— was resumed in the Commons, Sir Edward Grey moving an amendment providing that the Council of a borough of over......
Sir John Colomb Delivered A Long And Most Interesting...
on "Our Ships, Colonies, and Commerce in Time of War" before the London Chamber of Commerce on Monday afternoon. Discussing the question of ships in relation to military......
The Chancellor Of The Exchequer's Answer To Mr. Morley,...
Wound up the debate, will be a source of keen satisfac- tion to all Free-traders. It and his interjections during the debate show how utterly absurd is the allegation that the......
We Regret To Note That On Friday Were Reported The
deaths of three eminent men,—the King of Saxony, Lord Acton, the learned historian, and Mr. Butler, the ingenious author of " Erewhon." We cannot deal with any one of the three......
Bank Rate, 3 Per Cent.
New Consols (2-1) were on Friday 964.......
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