... EASTER PROSPECTS. The holiday this year is likely to he favoured with fine weather, and certainly yesterday the outlook was most promising. The Meteorological Office in its forecast indieate' n continuance of fair to fine weather over the south of England ...

... THS EASTER RECESS. The H. of Commons will rise for the Easter holiday on Wednesday next, instead of on Thursday, as at arranged. Discualion between thi k Whim has shown that the whole of the sketched out by the Governmeat can be got by that time, including ...

... FIRMER MARKETS. RISE IN , The bluvk markets hay., o •a good start after the Easter holidays. As stated in our leading article this morning, the situation was one where politics were manifestly determining factor. and there was • general of opinion that ...

... carry-over.” Among the trade lines, however, Great, Central Deferred was again exceptionally firm. the price rising to 15}, and there was a fractional rise in Great Northern Deferred. With those exceptions nearly all the stocks of the trade nes show small declines ...

... Lent. will be complete, but if Easter eggs are ad- mitted as part of the festival everywhere there are many customs which are locai to small areas of these islands. In the north of Ire- land hundreds of people will be rising early on’ Sunday morning, for ...

... benefited during the past three months by the fact that the present quarterly returns cover no Easter holidays, whereas those of the previous year contained a full Easter. Receipts from Property and Income-tax are quite satisfactory, but a gain of only £110,000 ...

... AS TOMS. ANCIENT AND ERN. Easter egg, in all its radiant glory and variety, is king of the centres. No pagan with his chicken its lovely little festival with egg ever celebrated do Christians feast at at Bastertde, but in place of cen' gifts of new laid ...

... FINANCIAL SECTION. TRADE IN MARCH. RISE IN IMPORTS. There are still no pronounced signs in the Trade and Navigation Returns of that falling off in trade which is so confidently discussed in many quarters. In noting the figures for the past month, however ...

... 000 K-GENERAL for after Easter; over 22; t 24. rising; home-perlotirms.d kept; 4 In family; no c h i ld ren; good pkig mogiug and good refs.; _geed cation; vacuum cleanen—Write Mrs. Lea Prenton. East End-read, Bast ...

... Neglected. It would seem that o rators for the rise in the English railway mar' et are determined not to repeat tho mistak 8 0 f seven weeks ago, when immense lines of stock were laid in pre- vious to the Easter holidays, with the result that so soon as the ...

... , the stock markets presented the definite settle- ment of the coal strike end the rise which has taken place in Wall-strvet in American securi- ties during the Easter holidays among ets. the factors stim mewhat checked, however, by the proximity o f ...

... PREACHERS FOR TO-MORROW. FIRST SUNDAY AFTER EASTER. eT. PAUL'S CATHEDRAL. 10.50.-—-Rev. H. (Weskey im hyma 555. Ged vo r world wen lala,” Orgs, % a Dimittis ” to chante; bymas 127, 10. Dr. B. J. sims ter the post 3 “ Benedictus” im E dat) (Alea Grey, ...