NEWS FROM 100 YEARS AGO : 8 February 1925

8 FEBRUARY 1925

Sources close to the British Government said that they were disappointed with the withdrawal of the American and Chinese delegations to the Geneva Opium Conference.

Sir William Joynson-Hicks, the Home Secretary, said that the Government would be introducing legislation to gain powers which would restrict the activities of the underworld and undesirable nightclubs.