The Vatican And The Quirinal We Are Glad To Record
a settlement of the unhappy dispute between the Vatican and the Italian Government, which was so strangely allowed to become public. An agreement over the constitution of the......
Professor Pringle -pattison Scotland Has Lost A Truly...
in Professor Seth Pringle-Pattison, who died on Monday at the age of seventy-five. He was educated at Edinburgh under Campbell Fraser, with the late Lord Haldane as one of his......
Portugal The Revolt That Caused Fifty Deaths And Many...
in Lisbon last week was suppressed by the Government and loyal troops in two or three days. The rest of Portugal showed comparatively little interest. Those who_ enjoyed or......
The Faraday Centenary The Principle Of The Dynamo Was...
by Michael Faraday on August 29th, 1831. From a simple but epoch-Making experiment which demonstrated the induc- tion of electric currents have come the vast electrical......
Flood-lighting In London London's First Experience Of The...
her most notable buildings, carried out in honour of the triennial Congress of the International Commission on Illumination, was an entirely happy one. Many streets, it is true,......
Much As We Dislike Dictatorships, We Must Admit That...
has lately been better governed than for a long while by General Camorna, who is no tyrant. But we have one grievance against our ancient ally, and when His Majesty's Government......
Bank Rate 41 Per Cent., Changed From 81 Per Cent.
on July 80th, 1931. War Loan (5 per cent.) was on Wednesday 1001 ; on Wednesday week, 100i ; a year ago, 10311. Funding Loan (4 per cent.) was on Wednesday 901 ; on Wednesday......
Sir Hall Caine Sir Hall Caine, C.h., Who Died On
Monday at the age of seventy-eight, was the most popular novelist of pre- War England, though Miss Marie Corelli for a time ran him close. Like Thomas Hardy he began life as an......