29 DECEMBER 1923, page 3

The New Statesman Did Not Publish An Issue This Week

in order to allow its staff the full Christmas holidays. We were pleasantly surprised to find in its issue of Decem- ber 22nd a note in which it advised those readers " who......

On Friday, December 21st, The National Railway Wages...

its decision on the prolonged arbitra- tion which it had undertaken between the claims of the companies for a reduction in their employees' wages, the National Union of......

*the Archbishop Of Canterbury, In His Christmas Message...

heads of the Church, has stated that conferences between Roman Catholic and English divines have been begun at Malines with a view to reunion. These discussions, which have not......

The Severe Outbreak Of Foot-and-mouth Disease Which Is At...

afflicting British agriculture, shows little signs of diminution. Unfortunately, this has given rise to a certain amount of opposition to the Ministry of Agriculture's policy of......

* * * In Our Next Issue A New Literary

feature will be added to the Spectator. Under the title of " A Book of the Moment," Mr. St. Loe Strachey will each week take a new book of importance as the subject for an "......

The Postponed Poll Of West Derby Resulted In A Unionist

gain. Lord Hartington turned a Liberal majority of 90 into a Unionist one of 453. So much for the theory that the result of 'previously declared elections vitally affects......

The London Midland And Scottish Railway Are Certainly To Be

congratulated on their enterprise in commissioning a series of posters, illustrative of the country which their line passes through, from seventeen Royal Academi- cians. The......

We Publish Elsewhere An Article On The Constitutional...

with Dissolution and the King's rights and duties. Though we consider the article to be of interest and importance, we must not be held responsible for its conclusions. What we......

Bank Rate, 4 Per Cent., Changed From 3 Per Cent.

July 5, 1923 ; 5 per cent. War Loan was on Thursday, 991 ; Wednesday week, 991; a year ago, 94.......