On Friday Week The House Of Commons Turned Itself Into
a debating society, and at the instigation of Mr. Swift MacNeill considered whether the Civil Service vote ought not to be reduced because the Chief Commissioner of Works had......
Mr. Fitzgerald, A Member Of The House Of Representatives For
Massachusetts, and presumably an Irishman, has induced some eighty Members of the House to sign a telegram addressed to General Cronje, Cape Town," congratulating him on his......
Mr. Balfour Wound Up The Debate. In Our Opinion, He
was not nearly strong enough in his appreciation of the Protector, but his speech was most interesting and raised some very striking points, as, for example, the passage in......
Mr. Goschen, In Introducing The Navy Estimates On Monday,...
able to add a good deal of illumination to this explanatory statement. No part, however, of Mr. Goschen's statement givee us greater satisfaction than that which announces the......
The Annual Statement Of The Admiralty Was Issued Last...
The gross estimate of expenditure, which amounted last year to £26,594,500, reaches a total of 227,522,600, or an increase of 028,100. The number of men voted is 114,880 (au......
What Do The Boers Do With Their Guns ? They
never seem to surrender them even when defeated, and they cannot break them into little bits. Do they send them away before they surrender, or do they bury them in the sand of......
The New Shipbuilding Programme Provides For The Laying...
two battleships, six first-class armoured cruisers, one second-class cruiser (improved 'Hermes '), two twin-screw sloops, two light-draught gunboats, two torpedo-boats ; and the......
We Do Not Often Agree With The Times Upon Industrial
questions, but we must endorse most heartily the views of that journal upon the Bills for the distribution of electric power. The House of Commons has a kind of dread of......
Bank Rate, 4 Per Cent.
New Consols (21) were on Friday 1001.......
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