NEWS FROM 100 YEARS AGO : 16 September 1923
16 SEPTEMBER 1923
The King of Spain called for calm following the removal of the democratically elected Government.
Frank Briant, the MP for Lambeth North, criticised the railway industry saying that they had accumulated wealth from the Government during the First World War and amalgamation had meant that there was now less competition. He complained of frequently cancelled trains, large price increases and a reduction in the quality of the service provided.
