15 JANUARY 1925
The Inter-Allied agreement on war claims was formally ratified before the dispersal of the Paris Conference delegations. In the closing speeches emphasis was laid on the spirit of accommodation and goodwill shown by the Powers concerned. This, it was urged, encouraged hope of a settlement of outstanding post-war problems.
During Tuesday night’s storm the London steamer Cardiff Hall, 3994 tons, foundered off the south coast of Ireland, and all on board were lost.
The steam flat Bankhall, belonging to Messrs Lever Brothers, sank in the Mersey. The captain and the engineer were drowned.
In Edinburgh and district much damage was done by the gale. The Rivers Tay, Lyon, and Spey were in heavy flood, and between Newtonmore and Kincraig for a distance of nine miles fields were under water.
Two men were killed and several injured in an explosion at an oil fuel station at Port Victoria, near Sheerness.
At the inquest on the victims of the Croydon air disaster there were several sensational incidents. The Coroner held that certain allegations that witnesses had been tampered with was not proved.
The Minister of Labour, speaking in Glasgow on the industrial outlook, said he thought light could be seen at the end of the tunnel, but it required the co-operation of all parties to enable industry to get right through the tunnel and out at last to a place in the sun.