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...present Lloyd's List, in which he chronicled the goings and comings of sailing craft in the Port of London. This proved an immense success and in 1692 he moved his coffee house to more spacious quarters in Lombard Street and expanded the bulletin to include general information. Parliament became annoyed because Edward Lloyd, so it is said, knew more than it; the paper was suppressed. In 1726, Edward Lloyd's descendants started Lloyd's List, which confined itself entirely to shipping news. In 1774 an association of underwriters took control of the bulletin and established their...
Indications were not lacking that Premier Baldwin will resign after Parliament is opened on Jan. 8 and will advise the King to ask Ramsay MacDonald, Labor leader, to form a Ministry. Mr. MacDonald's policy is sure to be pro-German and anti-French-pro-German to the extent of actively assisting Germany to find her financial feet by peaceable methods; anti-French to the extent of opposing France's "continental policy." He will also be sure to accord immediate de jure recognition to Soviet Russia. Labor circles in London let it be known, however, that no immediate...
...England, I think, will not take to a three-party system permanently. The recent election was not a contest between the Conservatives and the other parties, as it appeared on the surface. It was a fight between Liberals and Laborites to become the second party in Parliament. And if the Liberals with all their money--Lloyd George, you know, used an immense amount of financial influence,--if they could not defeat us this time, I do not believe they ever will...
...Davies, who stood for Parliament from Romford and was defeated by the narrow margin of 450 votes, found him- self in Los Angeles, 7000 miles from his constituency, when Mr. Baldwin suddenly called an election. As a result, he had the novel experience of conducting his campaign by cable. Mr. Davies is now a member of the London County Council, president of two London Trust Companies, and an executive of a score or more British organizations connected with modern developments, ranging from garden cities to dramatic leagues. He was formerly general manager of the greatest corporation of investment bankers...
When asked about the significance of Prime Minister Baldwin's decision to face Parliament again in January, Mr. Davies replied. "I do not think that it has any particular significance at all. It merely postpones the outcome. We have got to have a budget in March, and the present Parliament will not pass one. There will have to be another election soon...