NEWS FROM 100 YEARS AGO : 9 June 1923
9 JUNE 1923
Speaking to the Chatham and Canning clubs in London, the Prime Minister Stanley Baldwin spoke of the need of developing the Dominions and more evenly spreading the population of the whole Empire in the interests of the denser population in the UK who must have trade or starve.
The Matrimonial Causes Bill passed its third reading in the House of Commons by 257 votes to 26 votes.
It was reported that Princess Helena of the United Kingdom, the fifth child of Queen Victoria and Prince Albert, was unconscious and in a serious state of health.