The Recent Census Of Australia Shows That While The Free-
trade Colony of New South Wales has largely increased its population, the Colony of Victoria, which is Protectionist, has lost fifty thousand souls. This is a great blow to......
On The Whole, The Government Are To Be Congratulated On
the results of the opposition to the tax. Their firmness in resisting all attempts to " bluff " them out of proposals which they had deliberately adopted has been most......
In Committee Of Supply On Friday Week Mr. T. P.
O'Connor raised the question of "jury-packing" with refer- ence to the case of Mr. McHugh, M.P. Sir Robert Reid, who gave him a qualified support, said that he was not prepared......
Messrs. Rothschild And Other Great Bankers Have, It Is...
signed a contract to lend the Russian Government £16,000,000 sterling. This loan, which was arranged with M. Deleasse during his visit to St. Petersburg, is required, it is......
On Thursday The Chancellor Of The Exchequer Introduced...
Civil List. After dwelling on the popularity of the Crown and the virtual unanimity with which the Report of the Committee had been accepted, he noted the objection that the......
The Bill Is Not A Heroic One, But It Is
capable of being used to create a sound and efficient machinery which can be set to work up to its full capacity—which is certainly not pro- vided by the Bill—by subsequent......
On Tuesday Sir John Geist Introduced The New Education Bill.
We have dealt with . the Bill as a whole elsewhere, and will only say here that its main feature is to constitute the County Councils and County-Borough Councils, or, rather,......
The Vote On The Coal-tax Was Taken On Monday Night,
and resulted in a victory for the Government, their majority being 106 (333 to 227). The debate which preceded the division was not specially noteworthy, though Sir Edward......