NEWS FROM 100 YEARS AGO : 1 January 1925

1 JANUARY 1925

In the New Year’s Honours list, Viscount Jellicoe becomes an Earl, while Sir John Bradbury and Sir Henry Duke are made Barons. Principal Irvine, of St Andrews University, is among those who receive the honour of Knighthood. Sir James G. Fraser, the author of “The Golden Bough,” and Sir Ernest Rutherford, the eminent scientist, become members of the Order of Merit.

The Treasury return of national revenue and expenditure for the past nine months shows an excess of expenditure over receipts of £89,036,803. Customs decreased by over 20 millions.

Evidence on behalf of the National Association of Master Bakers, Confectioners, and Caterers was submitted to the Royal Commission which is inquiring into the prices of food, and a protest was lodged against “unjust attacks” on the baking trade.

Sir Robert Blair, addressing the Congress of the Educational Institute of Scotland, emphasised the importance of educationists keeping abreast of modern developments. In the work of teachers, he said, there was no finality. They must catch up the movement of civilisation, which was ahead of them.

It is understood that the house factors in the Clydebank and Dalmuir districts intend to prosecute those evicted tenants who were illegally reinstated in their houses, and the sympathisers who assisted in the forcible reopening of the doors sealed by the sheriff officer may likewise be reported for prosecution.

A Washington message says that President Coolidge has again made it known that not only does he hope that there will be another Limitation conference, but that he will do his utmost to bring about a meeting of the Powers in Washington this year.