... challenged criticism. Passing on to speak of cld age pensioni he said the question was where the money was to come from. Mr Charles Booth had said that to give old-age pensions would cost between 18 and 25 millions a year. No House of Commons would plunge the ...

... charge of the tea were Miss Mell,r, Miss M. Lloyd Evans, and Miss Daisy Richards. A LOCAL WINDFALL.—The personally of Sir Charles Booth, Bart., of Netberfield, Hertfordshire, and Cow Cross, Clerkenw•ell, D. L . London, nephew of Sir Felix Booth, the famous ...

... following of the hunt :—Messrs. M. Moncrieffe, J. C. Shaw, H. Smith-Turberville, M. H. Lakin, A. E. Baiche!or, R. Ratnsden, Charles Booth, A. de Laski, Charles Beard. G. de S. Hamilton, and a few invited guests. The function proved a very enjoyable one. In ...

... could get better terms ; he would remind them that they got the best terms in the world from other countries. As to Mr Charles Booth's scheme, it was simply that they should put a ro per cent. duty on everything imported into this country, with the un ...