In The House Of Commons On Monday Mr. Balfour Asked,
as is usual at this period of the Session, for the whole time of the House for Government measures, and made a statement as to public business. Besides Departmental and more or......
Thursday Was An Exciting Day In The Peace Conference, For
a division was taken on the use of the dum-dum bullet. In spite of the explanation of Sir John Ardagh, who showed that the effect of the bullet was not as represented, and that......
On Thursday Mr. Long Introduced The Clerical Tithe Bill In
a ten minutes' speech. The Bill makes a clerical tithe owner liable, in future, to pay rates only on half the tithe- rent charge, or its equivalent. The other half will be......
A Report Of The Illness Of The Emperor Of Austria
produced this week a heavy fall on the Bourse of Vienna, and agita- tion in most of the cities of the Empire. Francis Joseph, who it must be remembered will be sixty-nine in......
At A Meeting Convened By The National Trust And Kg
Grbst , enoi Hobse on Thursday, the Duke of Westminster in the chair, a movement was started for the purchase of the Lakes of Killarney as a national park. We most sincerely......
The Spanish Minister Of Finance On Saturday Introduced...
Budget. He accepts the Cuban and Philip- pine Debt, thus raising the total National Debt to three hundred and eighty millions sterling, but reduces the interest on the Cuban......
On Tuesday The Dake Of Devonshire Introduced The London...
Bill into the House of Lords. It was welcomed by Lord Tweed mouth as in no sense a party measure. Lord Onslow gladly accepted the proposal to treat the Bill in a non-party......
The Reports From The Hague On The Larger Issues, Though
somewhat confused, seem to show that mediation is given up, and that nothing will be done towards reduction of armaments, but that the idea of arbitration in minor cases makes......
Previous page
