When We Go To Press On Thursday We Cannot Do
more than record the fact that Parliament was opened by the King on that day. The King's Speech does not call for special comment. Mr. Bonar Law wisely refused to dress a......
The Appointment Of Lord Crewe To Succeed Lord Flardinge As
British Ambassador in Paris was unexpected, but in our opinion it is wise, provided that Lord Crewe's health is equal to the labours of the office. The appoint- ment of one who......
On November 1st The National Savings Committee Announced...
sales of certificates had reached a total of £600,000,000. The first hundred million was reached on April 30th, 1917, fourteen months after the inauguration of the scheme. The......
Bank Rate, 8 Per Cent., Changed From 81 Per Cent.
July 13, 1922 ; 5 per cent. War Loan was on Thursday, 99i Thursday week, 99 ; a year ago. 88.......
The Morning Post Of Monday Published From Its Naval...
some extraordinary figures about the operations of the American Shipping Board. One American newspaper says that the high cost of working the Board's ships is due more to the......
A Curious But Characteristic Provision Imposed By The...
is that when repairs have been done to American vessels in foreign countries (except when the vessels were in distress) an ad valorem tax of 50 per cent. must be paid on the......
We Regret To Chronicle The Death Of M. Marcel Proust,
the novelist. We discussed at some length in our recent Literary Supplement some aspects of his work, and especially Du Cote de Chez Swann, the first part of his enormous......
We Publish To-day The First Of A Series Of Articles
on the position in Ireland, to which we wish to call the special attention of our readers. We have no desire to do anything which may interfere with the terrible task before the......
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