NEWS FROM 100 YEARS AGO : 27 March 1923
27 MARCH 1923
Ian MacIntyre was unanimously adopted as the prospective Unionist candidate for the West Division of Edinburgh.
The International Socialist Conference was held in Berlin, attended by representatives from countries including the UK, France, Belgium, Germany and Italy. It made resolutions including ensuring that Germany could afford their reparations bill, devastated areas of Belgium and France should be restored by Germany and the French should leave the Ruhr Valley.
The second reading of the Local Authorities (Emergency Provisions) Bill was carried in the House of Commons by 303 to 53 votes.
The Guardianship of Infants Bill was read for a second time in the House of Lords.
