NEWS FROM 100 YEARS AGO : 22 December 1923
22 DECEMBER 1923
West Derbyshire by-election resulted in a gain for the Unionist party, Lord Hartington being returned with a majority of 453 over his Liberal opponent.
A summary of the Temperance (Scotland) Act polls shows a large majority for ‘no change’.
David Lloyd George, the former Prime Minister, in an article on his recent tour in Canada, says the ordinary methods of attracting emigrants are worthless, and suggests that a bolder and more enterprising scheme is needed on both sides of the Atlantic.
