* * * * Pett's Wood, Near Chislehurst, Has Been
dedicated to the public in memory of William Willett, the proposer of summer time. It is said that Mr. Willett, who lived at Chislehurst, was riding early one morning near......
The Atlantic Has Been Flown Before, But Never Was A
wonderful feat performed with such nonchalance as by Captain Charles Lindbergh, who started from Long Island on the morning of Friday, May 20th, and reached Paris in 331 hours.......
On Tuesday, The Lord Chief Justice Inflicted Very Stern...
on a gang of six blackmailers, the ring- leader being sentenced to penal servitude for life. The Lord Chief Justice said that it was difficult to understand why persons who were......
It Might Be Supposed That Fish Which Fetch Almost Othing
would provide a cheap and very wholesome ood supply for the great towns. The unfortunate fact however, that fish is not cheap anywhere. There s a sad failure • of organization......
The Latest Vital Statistics In Comparison With Other...
the remarkable effects of an epidemic of fluenza. In the first quarter of the present year the umber of deaths in England and Wales exceeded the umber of births by 1,644. In the......
On Friday Of This Week, After We Have Gone To
press, the Food Council will have before it Reports on the prices of meat, milk and fish. We hope that the Council will be able to do something to reduce the present price of......
• Ences Have Become So Small That There Is Good
hope of an agreement. On Thursday, May 19th, two alternative proposals were made by the employers. The first los an offer of an advance of wages in July of 2s. 6d. a 14 ' 61 to......
The Revival In The Shipyards Has Caused The Federation Of
Shipbuilding and Engineering Trades to demand an increase of 10s. a week on time rates with a proportionate addition to piece rates. This is the revival of a demand made in......
Bank Rate, 4} Per Cent., Changed From 5 Per Cent.,
on April 21st, 1927. War Loan (5 per cent.) was on Wednesday 100 ; on Wednesday week 100 &x.d.; a year ago 1001. Funding Loan (4 per cent.) was on Wednesday 861 ; on Wednesday......
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