19 DECEMBER 1925
A new housing offer to Scotland was announced in Parliament by the Prime Minister.
The Consolidated Fund Bill was read a third time in the House of Commons.
The Education (Scotland) Bill passed second reading in the House of Lords.
Ulster Special Constables, who were on strike, resolved after a three hours’ conference to accept the Cabinet’s offer.
A pastoral letter, signed by the Rev. John White, D.D., Moderator of the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland, drawing attention to the spread of betting and gambling, is to be read in the churches to-morrow. The letter says that the Church, at the risk of being called ultra-puritanical, must assert its strength and its authority against what is described as a very serious and growing evil.
Mr J. H. Thomas, M.P., speaking at Derby, referred to the proposed reduction in railway shopmen’s wages. He said there was no warrant for the proposal, and it would be in the best interests of the Companies if they recognised that fact and withdrew the application.