... clause in public contracts, ahl the r Employers' Liability BilL Lady Dilke was pre- . sent on the platform, but unable to speak owing e to a severe cold, and when her nirce, Miss e Tuckwell, rose to apologise for her ladyship, e a series of disorderly ...

... for dismissal as of refar as they could ascertain was that the men were sh ?? not able to speak the tonigue of their employers no aS. and were only able to' speak their mother tongue. Be of The railway company seemed to be treating the complaint which ...

... carry forward £30,236 1s. 4d. He now wished to speak as to the future of the banks He believed it was Artemus Ward who said, No one should prophesy without he knew. He was not going to prophesy, but to speak of the bank's prospet,, which entirely de- pended ...

... whilst suspended before each is a telephone on to speak to the subscriber who wants attention. bea When a ring is made from, an office, a little plate dec drops with the number of the subscriber, the girl speaks to him, learns which number he wishes to address ...

... that the period to be inquired into by the arbi- trator saould be from September 22 to the end of the year. Mr. Mawdsley, speaking on behaif of the operatives, said their decision was prac- tically unanimous against accepting the em- ployers' offer. No ...

... h S te Speaking at a Liberal meeting in Bristol last ti evening -Mr. _Morney said the attention of the rm country for the m -omeot was fixed upon mar ob)igations beyond our own shores, and secondly, N upon industrial affairs at hole. In speaking of the ...

... the neighbouring e a Niger Coast Proteetorate against the right as- ci E sumed by the deputation to Lord Salisbury to t, e speak on behalf of the West African trade. The si R deputation, it will be remembered, suggested fx - that the Niger Company had ...

... THE STEAM FISHLNG TRADE. ; A GIGANTIC INDUSTRY. Speaking at the annual fishermen's Welcome Home meeting at Grimsby, Alderman G. Doughty, 1M.P., said that there were already 1200 steam trawlers in the United Kingdom, and the capital expended upon them ...

... the president, speaking from the se re chair, said-I had the honotir of being Minister of Ju 2e tbe interior. I asseverate that I received nothing. bt sr Here the uproar became more violent than Ca t ever, and cries were raised of Speak from the w- Tribune ...

... future, they vwere getting in a happier state than their competitors. Under ordinary circumstances that would have led him to speak more hopefully of the future But the position of matters in Australia would go very much against the passenger traffic with ...

... hear.) With respect to that period. he kwould tur over the leaf, and hb booed .it would be turned over finaly. He had now to speak of the second perrcd. the 6d, favonrable period during which the uuderwritiaq ndts department had been under the mantanemert ...

... MR. PJTCmx ON IMPBRO TRADE. Mr. Ritchie, President of the Board of Trade, speaking at a dinner of the Croydon Chamber of Commerce last night, said last year he was able ?? the chamber on the satisfactory press thaJt-a, being made in trade and com- rOrce ...