7 AUGUST 1926, page 1

Meanwhile' We Must Be Content To Record That The...

collieries have offered to the miners new terms which include an eight-hour day and a small increase of pay over the old rates. The numbers of the men in the different districts......

- M. Poineare Spoke At Length On That Day. He

gave the first public recognition that we -have seen to .the party in France who have advocated letting the franc go the way of the mark in order to wipe out debt, extinguish......

On Monday The Council Of Ministers Approved The New Bill

designed to create an inviolable sinking fund to be administered by an autonomous ad hoc body of twenty members, including the Governor of the Banque de France, who will control......

News Of The Week

T HE cumbrous machinery of the Miners' Federation is in motion. On Friday, July 30th, the expected delegates'. conference was held. The result was that the proposals carried,......

The Study Of The Proposals In The Bill Submitted To

the Finance Committee of the French Chamber and passed by it with little amendment shows that M. Poincare is not wandering far afield from the recommendations of the Committee......

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