A Parliamentary Paper On The West Indian Mail Contract...
was issued on Tuesday. The facts of the ease are set out as follows. Tenders were invited last autumn, and the Royal Mail Steam Packet Company, the holders of the contract,......
Four Firms Accordingly Came Forward, Including Elder,...
Royal Mail Company, and the offer of the former was provisionally accepted, the decision between Elder, Dempster and discontinuance being left to the Colonial Legislatures. The......
In The Commons On Thursday Afternoon Mr. Balfour, In...
the conclusions arrived at by the Committee of Defence, made what is admitted on all bands to have been a speech of a most momentous significance. The two essential assertions......
The Issues Involved In The Prime Minister's Speech Are Too
momentous to be dealt with hastily, and we shall therefore make no apology to our readers for postponing detailed comment till our next issue. We must add, however, that we do......
The Action Of The Government On The Whole Question Has
been called a mystery, but, like most mysteries, the explana- tion is quite simple. It is all very well for Mr. Balfour to talk about unworthy suspicions, and of people accusing......
A Meeting Was Held At The Westminster Palace Hotel On
Wednesday afternoon in support of the Cheap Cottages Exhibition, at which Lord Onslow, who presided, declared that if the forthcoming Exhibition showed that cottages could be......
On Thursday The Standard Published A Very Able And Well-
thought-out series of suggestions in regard to the principles upon which the Volunteers should be organised. The first and most important of the six principles laid down is that......
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