NEWS FROM 100 YEARS AGO : 18 February 1925
18 FEBRUARY 1925
An official bulletin states that the King is suffering from bronchitis, due to influenza. His Majesty had a restless night on Monday, but his general condition is satisfactory.
The Earl of Oxford and Asquith took his seat in the House of Lords, the stately ceremony attracting considerable public interest.
The employment of disabled ex-Service men was discussed on a private member’s resolution in the House of Commons, and the Government was urged by members on both sides of the House to make further efforts to get industries interested in the employment of disabled men, and to get more firms on the King’s Roll.
The rotor ship Buckau docked at Grangemouth at the conclusion of her test voyage across the North Sea.
The French Cardinals have addressed a letter to M. Herriot protesting against the proposed withdrawal of the French Embassy to the Vatican.
A crisis has arisen in the Czecho-Slovakian Cabinet over the question of Church and State.
Russian Communists are alarmed at the seed shortage. The crop outlook is serious.
During evictions at Clydebank the police were stoned, and three arrests were made.
