100 Years Ago

8 JANUARY 1924 An attempt is reported to have been made on the life of Mustapha Kemal Pasha at Smyrna.

7 JANUARY 1924 The French Senatorial elections have resulted in successes for the Government. Raymond Poincaré, the Prime Minister, said

6 JANUARY 1924 The media reported that there were political attempts to create a new centrist party with the support

5 JANUARY 1924 A strike on the railways is threatened by the ballot of members of the Associated Society of

4 JANUARY 1924 The Air Ministry announced that the Royal Air Force is prepared to engage during the current year

3 JANUARY 1924 The Prime Minister’s reply to the City of London Conservative and Unionist Association regarding the political situation

2 JANUARY 1924 The King, replying to a New Year’s message from the Lord Mayor of London, expressed his confidence

1 JANUARY 1924 The New Years honours list was announced. Lord Inchcape was created a Viscount and Sir Frederick Banbury

31 DECEMBER 1923 Advices from Calcutta indicate the anxieties of the Viceroy. No official explanation was given as to the

30 DECEMBER 1923 There were renewed rumours at Westminster that Stanley Baldwin, the Prime Minister, would resign as leader of