We Have Written In One Of Our Leading- Articles On
the importance of the potato. It is probably no exaggeration to say that the potato stands between the nation and the pinch of want. No doubt those who are responsible for food......
Mr. Dillon Was On Tuesday Unanimously Elected. Chairman...
Nationalist Party, in place of the late Mr. Redmond. Theo vacant seat at Waterford is being contested by the Sinn Feiner% who have nominated Dr. White, a young physician, as......
The New Education Bill Came Up For Second Reading In
the House of Commons on Wednesday. Criticism -was chiefly directed not so much against the tardy abolition of " half-timers " in the cotton industry as against the proposal that......
It Was Announced On Tuesday That The Exact Total Raised
in London during "Business Men's Week" (which ended last Satur- day) by the sale of War Bonds and War Savings Certificates was £75,069,188, a very impressive and satisfactory......
Mr. Meckinder, On Behalf Of The Clyde Shipbuilding...
a strong protest in the House on. Tuesday against the recent speech of Sir Eric Geddes. It was not the fault of the employers or the workmen that the shipbuilding output was......
In The House Of Commons On Tueeday. Mr. Leif Jones
pointed • out that the country's expenditure upon drink was much too heavy a burden to be borne during the war. The drink bill for 1914 was 164 millions ; for 1915, 182......
He Suggested That The Government Ought To Consult The...
Labour of the country, and ask working men to decide for them- selves by a plebiscite whether the present consumption of beer was necessary. The situation as to brea.dstuffs was......
They Are Rather Like Mr. Riley, The Auctioneer In The
Mill on the Floss, who had a general sense of understanding Latin, but whose understanding of any particular Latin was not very clear. Well, here is a case in which the "......
In The House Of Lords On Tuesday Lord Salisbury Moved
a resolution inviting the Government to enforce the law in Ireland. Clare, he said, was not the only plague spot, as indeed the reports of outrages daily show. Lord Curzon in......
We Must Make This Comment : That The Government In
thinking that they can point definitely to a particular date when the issue of Bread versus Beer can be safely decided are running an enormous risk. If the time comes when the......
Bank Rate, 5 Per Cent., Changed From 51 Per Cent.
April 15,1917.......
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