On Friday Week An Important Deputation From The National...
for Promoting the Welfare of the Feeble-Minded was received by Mr. Asquith, the Lord Chancellor, Mr. Churchill, Mr. Burns, and other Ministers. Mr. Dickinson urged that the......
Our Own Opinion Is Distinctly In Favour Of Voluntary Rather
than of State action. No doubt the aid of the law is required in extreme cases, but for dealing with the most difficult problem of checking poisonous literature, where the......
The National Social Purity Crusade, A Body Whose Object Is
the promotion of public morals, held a very interesting and useful Conference in London last week. Unfortunately we cannot find space to discuss the many interesting points......
At The Annual Meeting Of The Imperial Cancer Research Fund
on Wednesday Mr. Balfour pointed out that two important pieces of knowledge had been arrived at in the course of the investigation. The first of these was that the question of......
A Reward Of £250 Has Been Offered By The Government
for information "leading to the arrest" of the man known as Dr. Orippen, who is suspected of having murdered his wife. This offer is a distinct break with a deliberate policy,......
On Friday Week The Very Satisfactory Announcement Was...
at a meeting of the masters and operatives of the cotton trade at Manchester the wages dispute was settled. It will be remembered that a revised conciliation scheme for the......
We Are Glad To Draw The Attention Of Our Readers
to the proposal for forming a company to lay out a new garden city at Northwood and Ruislip, within fifteen miles of the centre of London. The estate of thirteen hundred acres......
On Wednesday Mr. Asquith Received A Deputation From Both...
of Convocation of Canterbury on the subject of Poor Law reform. The Archbishop of Canterbury, who headed the deputation, pointed out that eighteen months had elapsed since the......
An Interesting Experiment In Despatch-running Was Carried...
Scouts last Saturday. At 9.10 in the morning the Lord Mayor of London handed a letter to a Boy Scout addressed to the Mayor of Brighton. The boy ran to another boy who was......
Bank Rate, 3
r cent., changed from 3% per cent. June 9th. Consols (2k) were on Friday 81;—Friday week 821.......
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