NEWS FROM 100 YEARS AGO : 7 September 1923

7 SEPTEMBER 1923

The Trades Union Congress at Plymouth passed a resolution urging the Government to use its mediatory influence with the Italian Government with a view to “the utilisation of the machinery of the League of Nations to prevent another international catastrophe“.

An outbreak of Foot and Mouth disease was confirmed near Torquay.

Eighteen people were reported killed following a railway collision near Hanover.