Lord Allenby Has Resigned His Post As High Com- Missioner
of Egypt and Sir George Lloyd is to take his place. Mr. Austen Chamberlain announced in the House of Commons on Wednesday that this implied no change of policy whatever. Lord......
In The House Of Lords On Wednesday, When The Problem
of native labour in Kenya was discussed, Lord Balfour made the interesting and welcome proposal on behalf of the Government that an Advisory Committee should be appointed to......
When The Debate Was Resumed On Tuesday Mr. Wheat- Ley
explained that some figures which he had quoted on Monday, and which had greatly impressed the House, were inaccurate. He had said that the profits of mining in Durham in 1924......
Mr. Lloyd George, In The First Sentences Of His Speech,
showed that he had no idea of being a destructive critic. A non-contributory pensions scheme, he said, was incon- ceivable. Nevertheless, industry could not immediately bear the......
Other Critics Of The Government Had Suggested The...
childless widows. If this alteration were accepted only £1,250 ; 000 would be saved in ten years and there would be a vast number of hard border-line eases. That was his answer......
* -* The Attorney-general, Sir Douglas Hogg, Wound Up The
debate by promising that the Bill should be taken in Committee of the whole House, and there would thus be opportunities for amendment. He disagreed with Sir Robert Home, Who......
The Progressive Unionism Of The Prime Minister Evi-...
to the undergraduates of Oxford, who gave him a hearty welcome at the Union when he spoke there on Friday, May 15th. Mr. Baldwin made a most earnest appeal to educated young men......
* * * * Mr. Wheatley, Who Moved The Rejection
of the Bill, was sarcastic and sardonic. There was evidently to be " a heartless paper reduction " of the unemployed- People would not be given pensions but would have to pay......
On Thursday, May 14th, Lord Newton Raised A Discus- Sion
in the House of Lords on the film industry. This British industry is evidently in a very bad way. In 1923, 139 British films were made ; in 1924 they dropped to seventy - six,......
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