NEWS FROM 100 YEARS AGO : 30 July 1923

30 JULY 1923

The German Government issued a proclamation appealing to the people to maintain calm and order in face of the present economic crisis in the country. They also announced a taxation scheme which placed the burden of financing passive resistance in the Ruhr on the taxpayers of unoccupied Germany.

An explosion took place at Maltby Main Colliery in Yorkshire, entombing 27 miners. One dead body was recovered, but the authorities said that nothing could be done to reach the others.

Eight miners were killed at an explosion at Gartshore No 3 Colliery near Kilsyth.

Hull dockers decided by a large majority to return to work and end their industrial dispute.