NEWS FROM 100 YEARS AGO : 17 December 1924
17 DECEMBER 1924
In the House of Lords, Marquis Curzon, replying to Lord Newton as to the number of Russians connected with Soviet Missions admitted to this country since the Anglo-Russian Trade Agreement was concluded, said that since then 310 visas had been granted, and this 340 included members who came over in the course of last year to discuss the terms of what some of them regarded as the unfortunate treaty with His Majesty’s Government.
In the housing debate in the Commons, the Minister of Health stated that, by arrangement with Lord Weir, experimental steel houses would be produced for Local Authorities, who would be asked not to let them, but to erect them on accessible sites where they could be readily visited and inspected, and so enable people to judge of their suitability. In this way, among others, he hoped to produce the number of houses contemplated by the Wheatley Act.
Winston Churchill, speaking in London, said that out of the whole finance of Britain it was dangerous to take a decision in regard to any one part until they were quite sure what were the consequential reactions on the other parts. His work at first was to acquire a thorough understanding of his task.
Both the candidates in the Dundee by-election turned up at a dinner-time shipyard meeting, and there was a pleasant exchange of courtesies. A coin was tossed to decide who should speak first.
