... SPEAKS. It it stated that the reply of the Transvaal Government to the last British despatriies has been sent off from Pretoria, and that is to the effect that the South African Republic sTictlv adheres to the London Convention of 1884. and asks for nothing ...

... SIR MICHAEL SPEAKS. Sir Hicks-Beach, who spoke from the third bench above the gangway and who was received with cheers, explained that when he proposed the corn tax last year he did so with the object of raising money for the war. When the war was over ...

... when you thought that something was going wrong P—l wrote to them about the last improvement. I am not speaking about improvement. I am speaking about things that you didn't consider improvements? --I don't think I did. I spoke to Mr. Taylor about one ...

... MR. BALFOUR SPEAKS. Mr. Balfour, presiding on Wednesday at the annual.democatration of the Primrose League in the Albert Hall, said he would not attempt to minimise the defeat they had sustained since last year's meeting, but there was no need that they ...

... LORD SPENCER SPEAKS. Speaking on Wednesday night at Eastbourne Earl Spencer expressed regret that Lord Rosebery had bar:. eo-operated with Sir Henry Campbell- Bannerman, in whose hands the honour of the country would be in safe keeping, and whom he himself ...

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... STRAIGHT SPEAKING TO F.ARNIERS - - - ----- In the course of an admirable speech, Sir Herbert Roberts dealt with the main 'SCUM'S, from a constitutional standpoint, of the present. situation, and then went on to speak Julien what he described as a question ...

... PLAIN SPEAKING BY THE VICAR OF HHOS. Writing to the Ruridecanal Magazine,' and referring to the Bishop of Chester's recent cor- respondence with a Roman cardinal, the Rev. T. Pritchard, vicar of Rhos, says :—Surely the Voluntary School question was thorny ...

... CARDINAL VAUGHAN SPEAKS OUT. Cardinal Vaughan, replying to a query from a proctor of the Convocation of York, says it is simply impossible that a dispensation should be given by a Bishop, a Pope, or any other representative of the Catholic Church to a ...

... chairman must speak °lir language. Mr. John Price (Llangollen) : We want a man of sound common sense, who is acquainted with both languages. Mr. J. Edwards (Bettws): Many of the Guardians who attend at the Board from this district cannot speak a word of English ...

... MR. AUSTEN CHAMBERLAIN SPEAKS. Mr. Austen Chamberlain, M.P., speaking at Liverpool or the 11th inst., made a direct appeal to Liberal imperialists to dissociate themselves from the utterances of Sir If. Campbell-Bannermen regarding the war. If they held ...

... three hours week should be devoted to the subject, if the teaching is to be effective. Speaking also an expert, further says that this three hours would be well spent, as the intellectual gain to the pupil would be really greater than could he secured ...