... He'd C> R SURAL OTES rwi~ - - FREE TRADE FARMERS.-Modern political economy had its birthplace north of the Tweed, and the countrymen of Hume and Adam Smith show signs of being even more stirred to wrath by the revival of Protectionist theory than are their brethren of the south. At more than one farmers' club in Scotland the remedy of Fair Trade has been repudiated, while a well-known ...

... yILE MIERCHANT TA YLORS' COMPANY AND SCHOOL. THIE COMPANY ANY ONE who considers how powerless to achieve any common *,1 individuals are until knit together into societies, will understand 'from the time whereof there is no memory the traders of LonIon have grouped themselves according to their different crafts iitl) guilds or companies. It is of the history of one of these, nAllmely, the ...

... ?? -it X a X: W W : DOEl C3 W X-X 8 Mm E: a X: a C31 MM MO >- V1S1 -C T AC C03:: O:LE I C C . ._0 3w 3co (L the manufacturing world are few and. of rare ROV A Lozier Manufacturing Company, however, occrtrcr e ption to the usual prosaic life of industrial a L sir! , am a small and hasty beginning, through the enterhi -; Il-essiveness of H. A. Lozier, this establish- icldos:rY ?? the limits of ...

... f tom a r et a, VA NDERDECXZEN TIsE visitor to can always calculate upon imbibing a two-fold tonic. Firstly, there is the air, which, though blowing warm or cold, according to the quarter from whence it comes, is always invigorating and conducive to appetite; and, secondly, there is the corrective to a course of anti-gambling literature that is to be obtained on the breezy heath. It is the ...

... Irabe fil miterav Q1ijiua WImh all the many opinions and reports which reach us of the burning questions-political and otherwise-in the Far East, it is interesting to note a decided forward step in the opening up of further trade and commerce in the Western Provinces of China, and along the banks of the Upper Yangtse River, with its gorges and rapids, which hitherto have been considered such ...

... m The half-yearly general meeting of the Crystal ?? Company was held on Thursday, Aug. 4th, at Y, the City Terminus Hotel, Mr GEoRGE T. RAIT pre- s, siding. In moving the adoption of the report, the m CHAIRMAN observed that on the present occasion they i, submitted an interim statement only. As compared of with the June half of 1891, there had been a falling oe off of about £500 in their ...

... I The first meeting of creditors of Arthur Ernest Eliot, t late lessee of the Royal Opera Comique Theatre, I Strand, was held under the presidency of Mr Hough, t Official Receiver, at Carey-atreet, on Friday afternoon. t Accounts were filed showing liabilities of 25,663; but i as no accurate accounts had been kept at the theatre, these would probably be found to be larger. The v debtor was not ...

... I The second ordinary general meeting of the share- holders of the Theatre Royal, Drury-lane, Limited, was held on the 25th ult. at the theatre. Lord GEORGE H. LoFTrus (chairman of the company) presided. The SECRETARY (Mr Sidney Smith) read the notice convening the meetmg. The CHAIRMAN ?? I last had the pleasure of addressing You the directors were able to show that the company during its ...

... TIlE CHEMICAL CLEANING COMPANY I A CHAT WITH THOMAS HARRIS. (Ity ouR SRCrlAL (COMtI-StfONrRR.) This most useful institution or firm, the Chemical Cleaning Company, was started about twenty years ago, and MIr Thomas Harris, the head and front of all things connected therewith, has been *ighteen years in the service thereof. From small beginnings great things generally rise, if pluck and ...

... S.AMUEL FRENCH, LIMITED, A CHAT WITH WENTWORTH HOGG. (By OUR SrE('IAL COMMISSIONER. Who is there in the profession ignorant of 89, Strand, and the plays that issue therefrom? What would the theatrical world be without Samuel French, Limited, with their marvellolls store and stock of plays? And as for the amateur Thespian-well, he simply could not exist without the printed book of the words, ...

... I At the twenty-first annual meeting of the Blackpool Winter Gardens and Pavilion Company, on Saturday. dividends of C- per cent. on the ordinary shares and of .5 per cent. on the ncw shares were declared, carrying forward £456; 7s. 51. to next year's account. The total receipts had been £42, l4), and the profits amounted to £3,741 17s. 5d. In explaining the details of the balance-sheet, the ...

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