NEWS FROM 100 YEARS AGO : 4 September 1923

4 SEPTEMBER 1923

The League of Nations confirmed that they had received a statement from the Greek Legation following the occupation of Corfu by Italy.

The Fourth Assembly of the League of Nations opened in Geneva.

Lord Leverhulme announced at a meeting in Stornaway that he was quitting the region and would be gifting the Isle of Lewis to the people. He had purchased the island in 1918 and had intended on making it an industrial town and fish cannery, but there was opposition due to land resettlements.