* * * Last Sunday The Act Dealing With Money-lenders
came into force.. Money.-lenders are now forbidden to post or distribute circulars and they must no longer pass under fancy names. They generally chose names of distinction. If......
Last Sunday The Ordinance Abolishing Slavery In The...
Sierra Leone came into force. Lest there should still be misunderstanding, it is perhaps Worth while to repeat that slavery was never recognized in the Colony of Sierra Leone ;......
The Departmental Committee Who Inquired Into The Shops...
issued their Report. These Acts were part of the general working of the Defence of the Realm Acts (generally known as D.O.R.A.), and they were, of course, a necessary......
It Is Satisfactory That Mr. Kellogg, The American...
State, has formally denied the ridiculous rumour that the British Navy has raised the elevation of guns contrary to the Washington agreement. The rumour, of course, had no......
The Very Rapid Thaw Helped By An Inopportune Down- Pour
of rain was expected to cause serious floods, and the expectation has been more than fulfilled. Probably the floods are the worst ever known. Many towns, particularly, of......
The Committee Also Recommend That The Hours Of Sales Should
be extended for newspapers, for meals to be consumed on the premises, and for newly cooked provisions to be consumed off the premises. A good , side of D.O.R.A. was the......
* * * Last Sunday Was The Day Appointed Under
the Railways Act of 1921 for inaugurating the second of the two stages described in the Act. The first stage was the mere concentration of the railway companies into four......
The New Year Honours List Included Three Peers, Two Privy
Councillors, five Baronets and only about thirty Knights. Colonel George Gibbs, one of the new Peers, as a Government Whip and Treasurer of the Household, has been an......
Bank Rate, 41 Per Cent., Changed From 5 Per Cent.,
on April 21st, 1927. War Loan (5 per cent.) was on Wedneaday 1011 ; on Wednesday week 1011; a year ago 100i. Funding - Loan (4 per cent.) was on Wednesday 881; on Wednesday week......
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