The King Has Had A Happy Escape From What Might
have been serious or even fatal injury. On Wednesday his Majesty had gone on board Sir T. Lipton's racing yacht, `Shamrock II.,' at dowes, and the vessel was just start- ing on......
Mr. Morley On Thursday Made A Speech On The Second
reading of the Finance Bill which is, as an academic perform- ance, absolutely charming to read, but the political strength of which may be concentrated in two of his own......
Sir H. Fowler On Monday Commenced The Debate On Finance
by an amendment which, while agreeing to provide for needed armaments, accused the Government of want of due regard for economy. His speech was less effective than had been......
The Vacant Bishopric Of Oxford Has Been Filled By The
appointment of Dean Paget. The Bishop designate, who is just fifty, worthily maintained the repute of Shrewsbury scholarship by a brilliant academic miner. He has been in......
On Tuesday Sir H. Campbell-bannerman Was The Principal...
dwelt almost entirely on the in- crease of regular expenditure, especially on armaments, which he reckoned at thirty-three millions, and on the careless administration which he......
The Population Of Scotland As Revealed By The New Census
now exceeds that of Ireland by 15,411, the figures being, for Scotland, 4,471,957, and for Ireland, 4,456,546. Neverthe- less Scotland, which is enormously the richer country,......
We Notice With Great Satisfaction The Line Taken By Lord
Dundonald in a speech made by him last Saturday and reported very briefly in Monday's Times. Lord Dundonald said that he had seen what the ordinary Englishman could do without......
Sir Courtenay Boyle, The Permanent Secretary To The Board Of
Trade, who died suddenly last Sunday at the age of fifty-six, was a public servant of the best type. He was twice private secretary to Lord Spencer in Ireland, and rendered......
The Reply Of Sir Michael Hicks-beach Was A Telling One,
if rather too Parliamentary, that is, addressed to his opponent's arguments rather than the facts. He maintained, first of all, that his heavy Budget was a war Budget, which Sir......
Bank Rate, 4 Per Cent.
_ New Consols (2f) were on Friday 94i.......
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