On Wednesday Afternoon The National Service League Held...
meeting, and in the evening its annual banquet. We cannot, unfortunately, find space to record the speeches, hat we may congratulate the League on the excellent progress it has......
Sir Edward Grey 'informed Mr. W. Redmond In A Written
reply to a Parliamentary question on Wednesday that a vete of money will be proposed for Lord Cromer, but that the date for submitting the Resolution for a special grant has not......
The Duke Of Bedford Followed Lord Roberts With One Of
those thoughtful, and also practical, speeches for which he has a well-deserved reputation. The most important passage was that in which he criticised Mr. Haldane's Militia......
It Is With Great Regret That We Record The Indisposition
of the Duke of Devonshire. The Duke was taken ill on Friday week at Windsor, and has since been confined to his room at Devonshire House. Happily, his illness is not of a very......
Bank Bate, 4 Per Cent., Changed From 41 Per Cent.
Apr. 2811%. Console (21) were on Friday 84t—on Friday weelt 881.......
Mark Twain Was Entertained By The Pilgrims At A Luncheon
given in his honour at the Savoy Hotel on Tuesday. Mr. Birrell, who presided, proposed the health of the guest in a happy speech. Mark Twain's reply was full of good sayings and......
On Wednesday Lord Salisbury Dwelt With Satisfaction On...
that the Government were not in favour of compul. smy service. Though he had great respect for Lord Roberts's opinion, a largo conscript army was not required for home defence......
The Birthday Honours Which Were Published On Friday...
new Peers. The first of these is Sir James Kitson, well known as a great captain of industry in the North. Next follows Sir James Blyth, who, besides exeenent work for the......
No Fewer Than Tlairty-four Honorary Degrees Were...
Encaenia at Oxford on Wednesday. The recipients were welcomed by the new Chancellor in Latin, some of his phrases being models of eulogistic allusiveness. Thus the Prime......
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