100 Years Ago

NEWS FROM 100 YEARS AGO : 31 May 1923

31 MAY 1923

The Prince of Wales visited Bradford as part of his industrial tour of Yorkshire.

The Mental Treatment Bill passed through Committee in the House of Lords after the addition of a clause providing that there asylums in England and Wales should in future be referred to as mental hospitals rather than lunatic asylums.

The question of a Liberal reunion was discussed at the annual meeting of the Council of the National Liberal Federation in Buxton.

The railway companies issued a statement, in reply to criticisms over fares, giving reasons why they believed further reductions were impossible.