NEWS FROM 100 YEARS AGO : 28 April 1923

28 APRIL 1923

An order for the general suspension of hostilities was announced by the Irish Republican Army Headquarters in Dublin.

The Labour Party’s Prevention of Unemployment Bill was rejected in the House of Commons by 166 votes to 142 votes on its Second Reading.

Downing Street announced that Andrew Bonar Law, the Prime Minister, was to leave immediately on a short sea voyage.