Genre:

Regular Feature, Proceedings, Drollery

Subjects:

Government, Politics, Railways, Transport, Museums, Religion

    Notes the defeat of the clause proposed by John J R Manners (7th Duke of Rutland) that sought to compel the directors of the Metropolitan District Railway to 'provide smoking compartments'. Reports on the forging of signatures on a petition opposing the proposal to open museums on Sundays, the signatories being traced to the Lord's Day Observance Society.