4 MAY 1926
Further negotiations for a settlement of the coal dispute failed, and a general strike was called at midnight.
The House of Commons debated a statement by the Premier on the failure of negotiations in the coal dispute.
A number of London newspapers were prevented from being issued by strike action on the part of sections of their workers.
Mr Ramsay MacDonald, addressing the London Labour party, said the situation was such that, so far as he could see, they would have to go on. He did not like a general strike, but what could be done? They were, however, still prepared to negotiate.
Prince Victor Napoleon Bonaparte died at Brussels, following an apoplectic stroke.
At question time in the House of Commons the Financial Secretary to the Treasury said bets made by private persons, whether in clubs or elsewhere, would be outside the scope of the duty.