NEWS FROM 100 YEARS AGO : 19 June 1924

19 JUNE 1924

Voting on the Imperial Preference resolutions moved by Stanley Baldwin, the House of Commons rejected the first, which exempts Empire-produced dried fruits from import duty, by the narrow margin of six votes, the division figures being 278 against 272. The result was received with loud Opposition cheers.

Further correspondence between Ramsay MacDonald, the Prime Minister, Sir James Craig and President Cosgrave on the subject of the Irish Boundary Commission was issued as a White Paper.

General Smuts, in a message to his Election Committee, says that his faith in the future remains as strong as ever, although the immediate outlook before South Africa is gloomy.