100 Years Ago

NEWS FROM 100 YEARS AGO : 9 November 1923

9 NOVEMBER 1923

The French Ambassador in Berlin was instructed to call the German Government’s attention to the serious concern which the French Government felt about the situation in Germany.

An extension of the Preference on Dominion wines was announced on behalf of the British Government at the Imperial Economic Conference. Sir Philip Lloyd-Greame stated that in event of duties being imposed upon malting barley and hops the Government would give a Preference to the Dominions.