18 MARCH 1925
Lord Carson’s Moneylenders Bill, which proposes that all proceedings with reference to moneylending transactions shall be taken in the County Court instead of the High Court, the prohibition of moneylenders’ circulars, and the restriction of interest on loans, was discussed on the motion for second reading in the House of Lords. The Bill was welcomed on behalf of the Government by Lord Desborough, who suggested that Lord Carson should agree to his Bill and a similar Bill before the Commons going to a Joint second reading was agreed to.
The British Sugar (Subsidy) Bill passed Report Stage in the House of Commons. A Unionist private member’s motion on the undesirability of allowing unrestricted importation of foreign manufactured goods made under sweated or other conditions was carried by 240 to 137.
Mr Austen Chamberlain has returned to London from the Continent. It is reported that a missile smashed the window of the compartment in the Paris-Calais express in which Mr Chamberlain was sitting. No one was injured.
Rioting occurred during the Delhi municipal elections between Mohammedans and Hindus. One rioter died from his injuries, and twenty people were taken to hospital.
The Parliamentary Labour party passed a resolution that this country should do everything in its power to obtain the acceptance of the principles of the Protocol and the holding of the Disarmament Conference.