NEWS FROM 100 YEARS AGO : 29 May 1925

29 MAY 1925

The Poor Law Emergency Provisions Continuance (Scotland) Act, the Importation of Pedigree Animals Act, and the Rent Restriction Continuation Act received the Royal Assent in the House of Lords. The Law Agents (Scotland) Bill was read a third time and passed.

Before rising for Whitsuntide, the House of Commons disposed of the Liberal vote of censure on the Speaker, rejecting it by an overwhelming majority. Unionists and Socialists voted solidly against the motion.

The Home Secretary stated in the House of Commons that alien delegates to a Communist conference to be held in Glasgow would be refused admission if found arriving at British ports, and any landing without permission would be deported.

Mr J. Ramsay MacDonald, M.P., received the freedom of Edinburgh.

The Court Circular announces that knighthoods were conferred by the King yesterday on Mr Justice Bateson and Mr Justice Wright.

In the French Chamber, M. Painlevé, the Premier, explained the policy of the Government in regard to Morocco.