NEWS FROM 100 YEARS AGO : 5 July 1924

5 JULY 1924

Édouard Marie Herriot, the French Premier, sent a Note to Great Britain stating that the French Government does not consider itself bound by the British suggestions accompanying the invitations to the forthcoming Conference in London.

Mr. Odell, a member of the Everest Expedition who saw Mallory and Irvine nearing the summit of the mountain, relates the story of the final attempt. He is of the opinion that the two climbers were successful, and that they perished in the descent.

The United States Democratic Convention at New York had taken 61 ballots, when it adjourned at one o’clock yesterday morning, without being able to nominate a candidate for the Presidency.

As from January 1 next year the name of Christiania, the capital of Norway, is to be changed to Oslo.

The Prince of Wales arrived in Paris. He will be present to-day at the opening ceremony in connection with the Olympic Games.

Mr Ramsay MacDonald, the Prime Minister, speaking in his constituency (Aberavon Division), said that until they were defeated on something of real importance the Government were going on. He did not believe the country wished to have an election at all.

“The country is realising that its hope for the future is with our party,” says Mr. Baldwin, the Unionist leader, in a letter to Captain Beamish, the Unionist candidate for the Lewes Division of Sussex.

The Summary Jurisdiction (Separation and Maintenance) Bill passed report stage with amendments in the House of Commons.