The House Of Commons On Wednesday Elected Mr. Whitley As
Speaker. Mr. McNeill and other members demurred to the action of the Government hi nominating Mr. Whitley, and then appointing his successor as Chairman of Committees, instead......
The Phoenix (36 Southampton Street, Strand, W.c. 2) Is To
be most heartily congratulated on its fascinating, and in every sense distinguished, rendering of The II/itch of Edmonton at the Hammersmith Lyric on Sunday and Tuesday. But,......
We Feel That The Democrat Is Too Hard Upon Mr.
Themes, who poor man 1 now gets bricks thrown at him from both sides: Still, it is impossible not to be amused by the following z- " Possums APPOINTMINT Ton J. H. T.—It is......
The Speaker Resigned His High Office On Monday. The House
of Commons on Tuesday accorded him its thanks for his distin- guished services during the past fifteen years. The Prime Minister in moving the resolution remarked that Mr.......
Mr. Kellaway, The New Postmaster-general, Was Re-elected...
division last Saturday by a majority of 4,668. He polled 14,397 votes against 9,731 given to his Labour oppo- nent, Mr. Riley. At the General Election Mr. Kellaway polled 10,933......
The Play Was Delightfully, As Well As Sympathetically,...
usually with full comprehension ; the dresses were a feast to the eye, and the lines were well delivered. Miss Sybil Thorndike was interesting as the witch: she is too groat an......
The Democrat—the Organ Of Sane Labour And Of What We
may call legitimate Trade Unionism—expresses views to which we are often in strong opposition. On one point, however, we and the Democrat are in entire agreement--the madness......
A Mild Flutter Of Interest Was Caused On Monday By
the report that Lord Derby had gone in disguise to Ireland last week. He told a Liverpool. audience later in the day that he had changed his spectacles and called himself " Mr.......
The National Maritime Board, Representing Shipowners And...
men of the merchant service, agreed last week to reduce wages by £2 10s. a month or 8s. 6d. a week, and to attempt to devise a scheme for regulating wages in future. As the high......
The British Communist Party At A Conference At Manchester On
Saturday denounced the leaders of the railwaymen and transport workers - for " treacherously " abandoning the miners and " betraying " the " workers " by their refusal to go on......
Bank Rate, 64 Per Cent., Changed From 7 Per Cent. Apr.
28, 1921; 5 per cent. War Loan was on Thursday, 88i; Thursday week, 88}; a year ago, 83k.......