NEWS FROM 100 YEARS AGO : 15 January 1924

15 JANUARY 1924

The State Opening of Parliament took place.

The rail companies and the Associated Society of Locomotive Engineers and Firemen failed to reach agreement so it was expected that there would be a national rail strike.

Sir Thomas Vansittart Bowater, the former Lord Mayor of London, was recommended for adoption as the Unionist candidate in the City of London by-election.