The Grave Dispute In The Engineering Trades Seemed In A
fair way to be settled on Monday, thanks to the good sense and tact of Mr. Clynes and Mr. Henderson, who were trying to mediate on behalf of the National Joint Labour Council.......
The House Of Commons On Tuesday Had An Interesting Debate
on education. Mr. Asquith paid a high tribute to the old Universities and mentioned that nearly half the scholarships were won by boys from elementary schools. Yet he thought......
Another Private Knight Of Chivalry Who Has His Triumph This
week is Mr. H. J. Massingham. The Plumage Act comes into force on Saturday. He fought for the Bill in vain for a long time, but failure always renewed the strength of this......
Mr. Churchill Has Decided To Abolish The System Of Child-
adoption in Hong Kong. This decision has been forced upon the Government by the splendid and self-sacrificing efforts of Lieut.-Commander H. L. Haslewood and Mrs. Haslewood.......
In The Debate On The Navy Estimates, In The House
of Commons on Friday, March 24th, Mr. Amery stated that, while our Navy now included 118,500 officers, men and boys, the numbers in the American Navy were to be reduced from......
In The House Of Lords On Wednesday Lord Carson Made
a personal statement in reply to the Lord Chancellor's rebuke. Speaking deliberately and calmly, and disclaiming any idea of entering into a personal conflict with the Lord......
In The Shipbuilding Industry The Employers Last Week...
make the desired reduction of the war bonus by 16s. 6d. it week in two stages-10s. 6d. from Wednesday, March 29th, and 6s. from April 26th—leaving the question of the remaining......
On Wednesday The Employers Posted Lock-out Notices For...
of the forty-seven unions, apparently in order to place all the unions in the Shipbuilding and Engineering Trades Federation on the same footing. The notices will expire next......
Lord Birkenhead In His Reply Said That There Had Been
only two cases in fifty years of Law Lords making an incursion into purely party politics. One was that of Lord Robertson, who made a speech on Tariff Reform, and the other was......
We Do Not Deny, Of Course, The Importance Of Lord
Birken- head's arguments, but we are bound to say that on the whole Lord Carson had rather the best of the argument, because we are of opinion that a Lord Chancellor's ambiguous......
Bank Rate, 41 Per Cult., Changed From 5 Per Cent.
Feb. 16, 1922 ; 5 per cent. War Loan was on Thursday, 982; Thursday week, 971; a year ago, t37.......
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