11 DECEMBER 1925
The Duke of Montrose is dead.
A Supplementary Estimate of £1,000,000 for the subsidy in aid of wages in the coal trade was passed by the House of Commons in Committee of Supply. The financial position of the British Empire Exhibition also came under discussion.
By 72 votes to 20 the Dail gave a second reading to the Treaty Agreement Bill.
The ballot vote of the West Lothian shale workers shows a large majority in favour of resumption of work.
At the sitting of the Coal Commission in London, the men’s leaders, in presenting their case, complained of mismanagement of collieries, and referred to the “universal recognition of the failure of the system of private ownership and working.”
General Laidoner reported to the Council of the League of Nations on the Turkish atrocities in the Mosul region. The Turkish delegates did not attend the meeting.
The Prince of Wales, who was the guest of the Argentine Club in London, spoke of the generous hospitality and boundless kindness accorded him during his recent visit.
The Newcastle steamer Landport collided with a Norwegian steamer and sank. Ten of her crew of twelve are missing. Details of the wreck of the Cardiff steamer Competitor off the south-east coast of Africa, show that only six of the crew of 46 were saved. It is feared that the Hull-owned steamer Derville, previously reported as overdue, has been lost with her crew of fifteen.