. On Wednesday, In Reply To A Question, Mr. Balfour
informed the House of Commons that the Government proposed tO appoint at an early date a Royal Commission to inquire into the working of the Poor Law, and the extent to which......
We Intend To Publish In Our Next Issue The First
of a series of papers entitled "How it Strikes an Australian," by Mr. J. H. M. Abbott, the writer who in his book, "Tommy Cornstalk," made a most interesting contribution to the......
Last Saturday The Colonial Secretary Addressed His Con-...
Leamington. The bulk of his speech was occupied with a defence of Mr. Balfour against recent personal attacks, with which we have no fault to find. But we must protest strongly......
The Select Committee Appointed To Consider The Agreement...
Post Office and the National Telephone Company has presented its Report. The license of the Company expires in 1911, and the Committee was appointed with a view to discover some......
• Liverpool, Or From Mr. E. D. More), Hawarden, Chester)
entitled "Evidence Laid before the Congo Commission of Inquiry." The preface to the pamphlet points out that though the Commission to inquire into the charges of 'atrocities......
Of The Missionaries As To The Atrocities Alleged To Have
been committed, we should be unable to print them, so abominable is therr character; and we can therefore only ask those of our readers who realise the momentous issues......
Lord Percy Then Went On To Point Out That There
were several unsatisfactory features, the chief being the secrecy with which the inquiry was at first conducted. Unfortunately, when ultimately the Commission yielded to our......
In The House Of Commons On Thursday A General Debate
took place on the Foreign Office Vote, the most practical question involved being that of the Congo State. Lord Percy, who spoke at great length, adopted in regard to "the......