NEWS FROM 100 YEARS AGO : 12 June 1924

12 JUNE 1924

Lord Ashfield, on behalf of the London Underground railway companies, issued a warning to the strikers that unless they reported for duty within one day then it would be assumed that they had left the service.

A letter formally announcing his resignation of the Presidency of the French Republic was sent by Alexandre Millerand to the Senate and Chamber. In a message to French citizens, he described the action of his opponents as a “fatal precedent” and stated that he sought to resume the struggle for the liberty of the French Republic.

By 36 votes to 25 votes, the Iraq Constituency Assembly ratified the Anglo-Iraqi Treaty.