NEWS FROM 100 YEARS AGO : 7 August 1923

7 AUGUST 1923

Limits on trading foreign currency were lifted in Germany, leading to the mark falling to 7,500,000 to the £1.

A large crowd mobbed delegates at the opening of the Irish Trade Union Congress in Dublin.

Field-Marshal Viscount Allenby unveiled a war memorial to the 5th Welsh Regiment in Pontypridd and also opened a memorial park.