NEWS FROM 100 YEARS AGO : 17 January 1924
17 JANUARY 1924 Viscount Cecil of Chelwood, Lord Jessel and Lord Darling, all new Peers, were introduced to the House
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17 JANUARY 1924 Viscount Cecil of Chelwood, Lord Jessel and Lord Darling, all new Peers, were introduced to the House
Read More16 JANUARY 1924 The King’s speech at the opening of Parliament stated that proposals to give effect to the conclusions
Read More15 JANUARY 1924 The State Opening of Parliament took place. The rail companies and the Associated Society of Locomotive Engineers
Read More14 JANUARY 1924 Efforts to avert a railway strike were being made by the General Council of the Trades Union
Read More13 JANUARY 1924 It was feared that there would be a railway strike and the trade unions said that it
Read More12 JANUARY 1924 Negotiations in connection with the threatened railway strike were opened in London between the railway managers and
Read More11 JANUARY 1924 Whilst in manoeuvres off Portland Bill, the British submarine L24 was rammed and sunk, with the feared
Read More10 JANUARY 1924 The swearing in of Members of Parliament continued in both Houses of Parliament. In the House of
Read More9 JANUARY 1924 John Henry Whitley was re-elected as the Speaker of the House of Commons. At a Socialist demonstration
Read More8 JANUARY 1924 An attempt is reported to have been made on the life of Mustapha Kemal Pasha at Smyrna.
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