100 Years Ago

18 FEBRUARY 1924 Work at British ports came to a stop following the start of the dockers’ strike. Britain’s weakness

17 FEBRUARY 1924 Noel Buxton, the Minister for Agriculture, visited Coventry Farm at Mill Hill in Middlesex to inspect the

16 FEBRUARY 1924 It was reported that negotiations had broken down and a strike of the dockers was declared with

15 FEBRUARY 1924 It was officially announced that as a result of further conferences at the Ministry of Labour that

14 FEBRUARY 1924 The House of Commons continued discussion of the Premier’s statement upon Government policy. Stanley Baldwin, the former

13 FEBRUARY 1924 In the House of Lords, the Lord Chancellor (Lord Haldane) made a statement on foreign policy and

12 FEBRUARY 1924 Stanley Baldwin, the former Prime Minister, was unanimously re-elected leader of the Unionist Party at a representative

11 FEBRUARY 1924 An agreement was signed between France and Britain with regards to railway traffic in the British zone

10 FEBRUARY 1924 It was announced that the new socialist Peers Lord Arnold, Lord Thomson and Lord Olivier were to

9 FEBRUARY 1924 King George V donated £100 to the fund for alleviating distressed in the Hebrides. HP Macmillan was