100 Years Ago

NEWS FROM 100 YEARS AGO : 29 September 1923

29 SEPTEMBER 1923

Ronald Munro Ferguson, the Secretary of State for Scotland, spoke about the housing problem in Edinburgh and said that the best resolution was likely the block building of standardised housing.

There were indications that the boilermakers’ dispute was near resolution.

Reuter said that the situation in Germany was not regarded with undue alarm.