Sir Eric Geddes Gave The House An Agreeable Surprise On
Tuesday by announcing that he had made terms with the railway companies. According to Lord Colwyn's Committee, the Government might be liable to pay £156,000,000 under the......
The Prime Minister, Observing That The Labour Party Was...
to the recognition of an independent Republic in the South of Ireland, said that it was idle to talk of other alternatives to British rule. He reminded the House that the......
The Result Of The Hastings By-election Was Declared On...
night. It was as follows :— Lord Eustace Percy (C.U.) .. 11,685 Mr. R. Davies (Lab.) .. .. 5,437 Mr. Blackman (hid. Lib.) .. 4,240 At the last election Mr. Lyon, the Coalition......
The Morning Post Published Last Week The Text Of A
circular issued to its members by the Civil Service Confederation, in which Civil servants were urged to " take no voluntary action likely to assist in the campaign against......
Mr. C. P. Scott Has Explained That The Motive Of
his paper has always been that it was " not primarily run for profit." Of course the Manchester Guardian has been a great business success, but the success is accidental. It is......
The Royal Academy Must Feel Flattered At The Indignant...
made on behalf of well-known " outsiders " whose works have been rejected this year. Mr. Frank Salisbury, for example, wrote to the Times of Tuesday to lament the " tragic "......
No Doubt All This Is A Matter Of Temperament, And
if we refer to it it is only because we want to show that we are fully conscious of it and have made allowance for our differences with the Manchester Guardian when we say that,......
On The Report Stage Of The Budget Resolutions On Monday
Major Barnes moved the abolition of the duty on tea, on the ground that the Budget, by dropping the Excess Profits Duty, did not maintain the balance between direct and indirect......
On Thursday That Most Distinguished Newspaper, The Man-...
completed one hundred years of existence, and by a happy coincidence Mr. C. P. Scott has served for fifty years as editor of the paper. We offer to the Manchester Guardian and......
Bank Rate, 6i Per Cent., Changed From 7 Per Cent.
Apr. 28, 1921; 5 per cent. War Loan was on Thursday, 87! ; Thursday week, 881; a year ago, 84.......