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Why not a Public Defender?
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Music not a Luxury.
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M Landon Ronald, speaking at the prize giving at the Guild. hall School of Music recently said for the past 20 yeare no batter antinal education was to be had anywhere in Europe or America than was to be got in London. But he was the first to admit that; musical education abroad was ss; good and very much chearer. That was because music was supported by every Government. in Europe excepting our own. We in England had yet to admit that music was a necessity and emphatically, not a luxury."
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tained at lancheon st the Great Eastern Hotel, Liverpool strect, recently by the Mayor of Hackney (Mr. L. Stanley Johnson) referred General, and an Offical Dance. to the aeroplane trip be took
while in Italy. He said that while he felt he was nearer hoáren, whether he was worthy of it or not, the most wonderful feature of the trip, to his mind, was the way the great machine tenderly sa a mother would put Restrici brought down—aa gently and as an infant into a cradio.
Brigadier General F. W. Hill, of the Canadian Army, successful Active steps are being taken, ly appealed recently against a in conjunction with the Minister fine of £5 imposed at Farnham, for Labour, to secure the employ under the Petrol ment of disabled men after the Order, for having used a Govern- war, said Mr. Hodge, Pensions ment cer to attend a dance. The Minister, in the Commons recent General argued that it was bie ly. He had circularised all local daty to attend the dance, which aathoritier, inviting them to agree was an official one, organised by to a definite arrangement to give the commanding officer for the preference where practicable to disabled men in the local publia press purpose of meeting junior
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Emigration Bill Flasco. There was another cations incident recently in connection with the Government's Emigra tion Bill, When the Standing Committee met to deal farther with the measure, only M Asland, the chsirman, and Mr. Hewins, who is in charge of the Bill, were present. Two or three members arrived later, but agsia a queram could not be formed, and the chairman dissolved the sitting.
Bank Clerks Orgableing, A movement is on foot to or- ganine bank olerkson a large scale Dances for Officers, » by an extensión of the An influential, committee has operations of the Bank Officers' been formed with the approval of Guild. The object of the Guild the military authorities to conduotis to give bank staffs an organ series of dances for officers of isation, recognised by directors the British and Allied Forces in and partners, as the medium for London. A number of prominent representing their grievances A Dreadful Supposition. ladies and gentlemen have con directly to the Boarde. In spite ̈mented to act as hostesses and of increases of salary and WBT "Very good" characters were patrons. The dances will be ran bozicnses, bank olerks are declared given to some honestreskern st on the strictest lines, bat it is to be relatively worse of now
Middlesex Sessions recently. Exid they will afford offers and than before the war. The com- en osanot always argue like their friende opportunities of mittee of the Guild is in touch that," said Mr. Montagu Sharpe; dancing under conditions which with the Ministry, and it is pro with housebreaking? It would 'suppose a Bishop was charged osu lesva no opening for criticism, posed to sek the Government to
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