NEWS FROM 100 YEARS AGO : 29 March 1923

29 MARCH 1923

The Government announced that in the interests of economy that the Royal Marine Artillery and the Royal Marine Light Infantry would be merged.

Captain Arthur Evans proposed an amendment to the 1912 Protection of Animals Act, stating “The Bill would give a magistrate, sitting at a Court of Summary Jurisdiction, the power to award corporal punishment in the case of gross and persistent cruelty.”

The Mines (Working Facilities and Support) Bill was read for a third time in the House of Lords and was passed.

The Treasury removed a £500 subsidy given to the House of Lords Refreshment Department, with Peers being asked to donate £1 each.