NEWS FROM 100 YEARS AGO : 28 May 1925

28 MAY 1925

By 264 votes to 81, the House of Commons decided to adopt the report of the Barnes Committee on the claims of the professional ex-ranker officers to increased pensions. In a discussion of Mr Sidney Webb’s motion on the overlapping and consequent costliness of local administrative bodies, the Minister of Health announced the Government’s determination to press forward with the reform of the Poor Law as soon as possible and to circulate a draft Bill among local authorities.

The Unionist campaign in the Ayr Burghs by-election opened with a meeting addressed by Captain Elliot, Under-Secretary of Health for Scotland. Mr W. M. R. Pringle was adopted as the Liberal candidate. The Budget is the issue upon which the election will be mainly fought.

Lord Oxford spoke on the future of Liberalism at a luncheon held in his honour at the National Liberal Club, London.