An Architect's Slum Crusade We Are Glad To Note That
Dr. Raymond Unwin pressed the question of slum clearance in his presidential address to the Royal Institute of British Architects. He did not hesitate, in that august assembly,......
Empire Films The True Imperialism Will -be Fostered By The
fine collection of films with which the Empire Marketing Board is seeking to promote a fuller knowledge of the Dominions and Colonies that send -us .much. of our food and raw......
Mr. A. J. Cook Mr. Arthur Cook Can Only Be
adequately characterized through a flagrant mixture of metaphors. He was a firebrand who was steadily mellowing. Trained like so many Labour leaders, particularly of the last......
Flying Youth If Miss Salaman Is Really " The...
debutante " the papers unanimously declare her to be (her mother, who calls her twenty-one, must be mis- informed), she might almost be described without dis- respect as the......
The Sino-japanese Conflict The Manchurian- Situation Is...
The Japanese claim to have withdrawn some of their troops from Kirin,- but they have moved considerable detachments into other areas of- Manchuria, ostensibly to guard railways......
Bank Rate 6 Per Cent., Changed From 48 Per Cent.
on September 21st, 1931. War Loan (5 per cent.) was on Wednesday 968x.d. ; on Wednesday week, 98fx.d.; a year ago, 102-A x.d. Funding Loan (4 per cent.) was on Wednesday 861 ;......
The Spanish Civil Service " Axed " The New Spanish
Premier, Senor Azana, justified his reputation for boldness by decreeing last week that the personnel of the over Service should be reduced by half. O ffi cials of over twenty......
The Thorburn Mystery The Thorburn Case, Unsatisfactory...
finish, has ended a little better than it began. According to the stories current in this country, .a young Shanghai Englishman, seized by Chinese soldiers near the city, was......