NEWS FROM 100 YEARS AGO : 25 February 1925

25 FEBRUARY 1925

The Government were asked in the House of Commons why it had been decided not to renew the contract with Arcos (Limited) to advertise Russian materials on the backs of Government publications. Mr A. M. Samuel replied that the Government were not willing that advertisements of a firm described as the sole purchasing and selling agents of a Government which had not met its obligations towards British subjects should be admitted into official publications.

Questions were asked in the House of Commons concerning Irish prisoners detained in Peterhead Prison, on behalf of whom Mr Buchanan sought to secure an undertaking that they should be transferred to their own country.

A statement by the Rev. Dr White that Free Church opposition to the Church of Scotland Bill had been withdrawn is challenged by the well-known Free Church leader, Mr Archibald MacNeilage. Statements made by Dr White, and also by Dr Donald Maclean (of the Free Church), to representatives of The Scotsman are published.

Evidence on behalf of the house factors and the tenants was given before the Clydebank Rents Commission sitting in Glasgow, and in the course of the proceedings it was stated that rates amounting to £66,776 were outstanding.

For the Miners’ Delegate Conference, to be held at Blackpool, proposals have been sent in from all districts either to end or amend the present agreement.

Neville Chamberlain, speaking in London, said if the building operatives were willing to accept a scheme of payment by results the output of houses would be increased by at least one-third, and probably a good deal more.