25 MAY 1907, page 2

Parliament Reassembled After The Whitsuntide Recess On...

time Mr. Winston Churchill stated that the verbatim Report of the Imperial Conference would be issued about the end of the month, and Sir H. Campbell-Bannerman asked Sir F.......

At The Annual Meeting Of The Manchester Unity Of Odd-

fellows, opened at Folkestone on Whit-Monday, the Grand Master, Mr. J. Harford Hawkins, referred to the question of old-age pensions. That, he declared, " was a matter which......

The Trial Of The West Ham Guardians And Officials Was

concluded on Friday week. Of the ten defendants, only one, Richard Tarrant, was acquitted. Two—Crump, a Guardian, and Lewis Hill, the steward of the West Ham infirmary— received......

The Troubles Of The Wine-growers In The South Of France

have reached a serious stage, and the Government are threatened with a most difficult situation. The wine-growers are reduced to poverty in the midst of plenty, and something......

On Sunday Last The Miners On The Rand Who Had

struck work in the previous week decided on proclaiming a general strike. Their chief grievance is that in some mines a man is required to supervise three drills instead of two......

M. Stolypin Explained The Government Scheme Of Agrarian...

the Dame on Thursday afternoon. All estates coming into the market will be purchased, and with the Crown and State lands will form a State Land Fund, whence the peasants will be......

Representatives Of London University Have Been In Paris...

week as the guests of the University of Paris and the Paris Municipal Council. They went to return the visit paid to London a few months ago by French Professors. The fetes......