23 OCTOBER 1936, page 3

The Parliamentary Programme The Cabinet This Week Have...

task of settling the terms of the King's Speech at the opening, on November 3rd, of the new session of Parliament. Prominent mention is certain to be given to the future of the......

Lord Nuffield's Munificence It Would Be Difficult To...

exaggerated praise of Lord Nuffield's gift of £1,250,000 to the University of Oxford, to promote post-graduate training and research in medical science. Oxford, as a City and as......

The Erdington Election It Would Be Foolish To Draw Too

clear-cut a moral from the result of the Erdington by-election, for it is evidently the sum of more than usually confused forces ; and if it had any single significance, the......

The Law Of Libel When A Public Man So Experienced

and level-headed as Major J. J. Astor, M.P., the chief proprietor of The Times, urges the necessity of the amendment of the law of libel, that is in itself strong prima facie......

The Freeing Of Trade Though Often Consigned To The Limbo

of outworn theory, the ghost of Free Trade still returns to haunt our Protectionist politicians ; it is now not merely theorists but practical business men who . demand a......

The Fitness Campaign As A Small But Not Unimportant...

to the Government's plan for improving physical fitness. the Board of Education is in future to assist local authorities by bearing part of the cost of the clothing and footwear......