Hadrian's Wall Mr. John Maurice Clayton Has Added To His
generosity of early last year when he presented to the National Trust the fort of Borcovicus and three quarters of a mile of Hadrian's Wall. He -has now conveyed to trustees,......
The Health Of School Children Sir George Newman's Annual...
on health in the schools is more satisfactory than could have been expected. In spite of the wide and • deep depression- in the North of England there has been no appreciable......
The Free State High Commissioner The Irish Free State Has
done well to appoint Mr. john W. Dulanty as High Commissioner in London in succession to Professor T. A. Smiddy. He was Principal Secretary to the Ministry of Munitions, and he......
The Honours List The New Year's Honours List Is One
of the best ever published. A comparison of it with some of the lists immediately after the War revives the hope that honours can be saved in the mass from both ridicule and the......
Popular Thrift The National Savings Movement Is About To...
the purchase of the thousand millionth Savings Certificate. Nearly £500,000,000 has been invested in Certificates. The Movement moreover encourages other forms of thrift by......
Sir Frederick Kenyon Retires Sir Frederick Kenyon, Who...
Director of the British Museum for twenty-one years, and has served it for forty, retired on Wednesday. It is largely owing to his organization of public lectures and......
Sir Ernest Lamb, A Distinguished Engineer And A Former...
M.P., seems to be the only one of the four new Peers who may help the Government in the House of Lords. All the four new Peers are drawn from the scientific and professional......
An American Gift To Oxford Mrs. Harkness, Wife Of Mr.
Edward S. Harkness, the founder of the Pilgrim Trust, has given £35,000 to Lady Margaret Hall, Oxford, for new buildings. The flow of munificence from the Harkness family seems......
Hank Rate, 3 Per Cent., Changed From 3/ Per Cent.
on May 1st, 1930. War Loan (5 per cent.) was on Wednesday 103f ; on Wednesday week, 103 ; a year ago, 103 i l l • Funding Loan (4 per cent.) was on Wednesday 94i ; on Wednesday......
It Is Only Right To Emphasize These Good Signs When
we are told that the nation is charging downwards to demoralization. Evidently old and ingrained habits are tenacious in spite of all the excuses—of which we fully admit the......
Met Recently In London To Prepare For The Forthcoming In.
ternational Conference on the limitation of dangerous drugs. It is proposed to allocate to each of the manufacturing countries (few in number) a maximum quantity of the......
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