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WEDNESDAY, JULY 4, 1923.

Growth of Great News

Fervice.

SHAKESPEARE IN SCHOOLS.

Good Results From London Council's Policy.

The s-les of curios and other valuable articles passée aed by former feudal lords and million Reutors acquisition of the largo aires in Japan so far this year building on the Embankmont

"The Study of Shakesp’are in already have notted an aggregate hitherto occupied by the Part of Schools" was the sulfict discussed a upple at a conference held recently at sum of Y 3, 00.000. Baron Taka London Authority as ahi Masuada was the first to rent to their historic premises in the Bedford College for Women, sell "bis curio collection this the Old Jewry marke neable Regent's Park (versity of

the sale in year;

January change in the development of the London). netting Y.507,000. He was ful-rat Agency, sara the hserver lowed by the Tayasu family, Amongst other, things it will

Sir Sidney Lee, who presided,

headed by Count S. Tokugaws, enable them to take full advantage said that Shakespeare did not Grand Chamberlain to the Em-of the improved methods of hand-write for boys and girls: and, peror, who realized Y.263.000 by a ling ni wa by cable and wireless, although the training of the in- partial sale of curios The tum which have come into existence telleer and the emotions might raised by the sale of curios owned since the war, and are still in will be quickened by an early intraduction to Shakespeare, the by the late Mr. S. Hayakawa was process of being perfected Y.1,300,000, a record for the year. Fifteen other minor sales have so far been held,

bow to make the study of Shake spane so attractive that when' school days were over the study would be lovingly coin d.

It was in 1851 that the first hit could only come by

independent study later Baron de Reuter, then plajo Paul Every subject admitted into the Julius R ure, whore original school curriculum ran the risk of enterprico was A pigeon post evoking alistaste on the part of

Aix-la-Chapelle and Thanks to cur

Australasiaob tween

the scholar, and the problem was kinsmer, eave a honie paper, the Bradle, transfered his agency people in Britain now get apples to London and opened offices at all the year round, for the fruit Royal Exchange buildings. At from the Antipodes fills the gap firar known as Reuters Telegraph which used to exist between the flice, and concerned only with

The R v. Stewart Headlam said q olations, the last of the Am rican supplies and commercial

The wanted to get ril altogether of the first from our own orchard, Agency, after a little time, con- The shops are well stocked with cluded an agreement with Mr. the stupid old nuilon that boys apples ripened by the southern John Walter, of "The Times and gils hated Shakespeare. That and the Camnionweath for a daily news sere ce, and then is all dead and gone so far 081 agenta ov There are freely adoprued a breach office for right elmentary rebools were con vertising their goods. Most of work at 5 Kirg street, Finsbury-cerned. When he was at Bro

the difficulty, by they solved. them are perfeet, but some damit square.

having no Shakespeare at all. seem to bare Flood the 13 000 A change followed to 5, Loth (Laughter.) Pupils were now milca voyage well, and are unbury, and the Agenes transformed showing their love of Shakespeare stund. This is unfortunate, be about this time into Router's by seein - his plays after leaving cause it is likely to give the Telegraph Co., Ltd, laid the cable school. This was mainly due to Bit si consumar & faully impresh tween Lowestof ard Norderney, the fact that the London. County sion of the whole consignment, an island on the Hanoverian Connel had decided that Shake- and its a pity that apples sant coast, which was the first section speare's plays should be treated as "cookers" should be sold in-of

as part of school life. The assays. discriminately by the retailers as India.

of the scholars who had been to dessert fruit,

This cable the company shortly the "Old Vio" as well as to the afterwards sold, Baron de Reuter various town halls showed, what Mr. Wickham Steed bas been realising that it was contrary to good had been gained, and that advising Englishmen to free public policy for a provider of they had begun to get a real themselves of erroneous ideas of news also to be a carrier. By hishumane and liberal education. Aimer ca. The idea he considers faction be established an import! The terrible bows at the especially dangerous is that of ant principle, which has been cinemas, he went on had very "cousinship." If we could get rid faithfully observed ever since. largely destroyed the sense of of the notion that the American and one which was endorsed as listening. Itwa, mat important is a slightly different sort of recently as the 1st Imperial that actors should be laught to Englishman, if we could parana de Press Conference at Ottawa when speak out, but it was of equa

urselves that nothing is a greater under the presidency of Lord importance that the audience Lbstacle to inter-comprehen-Burnham, the delegates, drawn should be trained to listen. sion than an approximately com- from all parts of the Empire us. mon language, we should have antrausly passed a resolution. cone a long way towards creating affirming that no cable, telegr-ose who had taken part in the

wireless corporation,

discussion, said he would like to A basis for a.redbnderstanding.phic, or The way to understand Ameri- should at the same time engage standard text of Shake speare, and he thought that'a Cans, Mr. Steed says, is for the in the news business.

committesofexperienced teachers Englishman to go to the "United

might help to solve the problem..

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"NEARER THE NEWSPAPERS,"

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In 1871, the head office was Stites persuaded that he is enter moved from Lothbury to the Old ig a thoroughly foreign country Jewry. To-day. Router's has co Ha will then be so delighted at expanded that it includes a heal the many points of resemblance ofice organization of urteen itaprove upon the old that He will feel himsef in a departments with branches all tradition for accuracy and objec. friendly atmosphere, and swear over the world, and it has become tive impartiality, or upon the that the Americans, though very necessary to find scope for further sourd basic principles, so firmly diffrent from English men, are development in the, fine building established early in the last cen. the jalljest peonie on earth. ". formerly occupied by the Port of fury by the fon der. Bazon Julius

Loudon Authority.

Ide Reuur. But we have to adapt our growing organ zation to the changing conditions of the times, Henry Maybury, Director- Interviewed by a representative improving and strengthening it in General of Roads, in an article in of the screen on the subject of every direction. tho Times. The figures he quote this development Sir Roderick * ou ark me about the changes show lossis on transport running Jones, the chairman and managhat have taken place since Reus into hundreds of thousands ing Cirector of Reuters. Baid.ters was founded. Wall, of course Thes. 00 the Underground. For many years I have wanted the angs since the day of the 2,000,000 people, travelling into to get nearer the newspapers fret Baron are enormous London every morning are de We cancel get nearer than we started with a few correspondents layed for an average of an hour are in point of sentiment or offin the principal Continental] nach during beavy fog, and close business alliance because, 1 capitals To-day we have putting the yals of their time am glad to say, our relationship correspondents and offices all At 1s. An hour, the lors caused by with the newspaper press is of over the world-literally from the delay amounts to about £100.the most friendly and agreeable China to Peru. Even in the 000. Then the omnibus servic scharacter. But I have wanted twenty years or more since I first of the London General Com-to get gcoraphically nearer both entered the Agency-1 remember pany seriously affected on twenty on psychological grounds and on so well being receivad for the reven foggy days during the thre practical groun is,

first time in this very room by years 1820 21 22 were 095, whist). This new building is in the Baron Herbert de Reuter, whom the number of these dehjetes unheart of the newspaper quarter. I was eventually to succeed-the able to complete their scheduled To it we are going to remove changer when I look back upon mileage was 10,202, the number only the editorial and news side them are impressive. In that niles actually lost being 434 457 of our operations. The regular period Our operations And Air transport also suffers. Educa business side vill remain organisation the world over have to 9.30 ..very 15 min

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Among other things our opera-been opened up. Its old and tions abroad, which have always tried officers have been strong- A little scene was enacted at been extensive, are still further thened by, reinforcements 16 el Pie Island, Twickenham, developing so much that the head-

and capable young. active, 10 min last manth, in which the ancient quarters administration has had recruits, both at home Stopping. ceremony of Landing the Pie" to be considerably increased dur- abroad; and the latest and most was revived, after an interval afing the last four or five years expeditious methods of assem more than a century. Charactere This has in itself rendered addi-bling, and disseminating news are being,. representing Henry VIII, and one tional creommodation necessary, have been, and

f his wives, ladies ard gentlemen and in part in reponsible for the introduced, not only in London, f the Court, and a jster, landed move which we are now making but also in our offices in all on the island from & motor isunch.. "In this connection I have been parts of the earth, We Just behind them in another boat, fortunate in persuading Mr. John determined that our position as rowed by Thames watermen in Buchan, who has been a member the greatest clearing bouse in their scarlet livery, came the of the board for several years, to the world for international news very dolectatle pie-a pio to became deputy-chairman and to shall be well-maintained. We satisfy 24 dozen pood ap-taken a very active daily part in owe no less than this to the petites, most perfectly baked, the administration. Sir Edward newspapers of this country as Fo it seemed from its rich Grigg's election to a seat on the well as to our friends in the brown crust, in a round earthen board is also symptomatic of the Baigire, to say nothing of the wara dish. Acting as senior steps that are being taken to newspapers all over the Con- waterman, Mr. Ernest Barry, the strengthen the personnel of the tinent and in practically ovory

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