... FROM A SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT Tuesday Evening The London Stock Exchange was closed to-day for the New Year holiday which is according to custom . It is the only- Stoc * Exchange holiday which remains ,- apart frorn Christmas Day and the regular Bank Holidays . The old practice of closing on May 1 and November 1 fell into disuse when regular closing on Saturday came into force . The banks were ...

... Servicemen In Any Part Of World Can Volunteer FROM OUR SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT MORE than 10,000 recruits are needed to bring Britain's police up to strength. Arrangements have been made to bridge the gap by letting Servicemen in any part of the world volunteer for the police forces of Scotland and England. Men accepted will be released under Class B immediately. Those serving in Britain or North ...

... News Flashes Before the parliamentary delegation left London to-day on a goodwill mission -to India, the leader of the party, Robert Richards, Socialist M.P. for Wrexham, told a reporter— We are naturally hoping see some of the Indian leaders such as Mr Gandhi, Pundit Nehru and Mr Jinnah. \V? are not a Government Relegation and we are not going specially to see thein. What v-f really desire ...

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