NEWS FROM 100 YEARS AGO : 27 December 1923

27 DECEMBER 1923

It was announced that Sir Robert Kindersley would replace Montague in the British representation on the Experts’ Committees on German reparation.

Dixmude, a Zeppelin airship built by the Germans and which was given to the French as part of war reparations, crashed in Sicily killing all 52 people on board.

PJ Ford, who was defeated in North Edinburgh at the recent General Election, has addressed a communication to his former constituents complaining of deliberate misstatements on the part of those who opposed him.