5 DECEMBER 1925
Opinion in Ireland is divided on the Irish boundary settlement. Belfast accepts it with a feeling of relief, Londonderry is disappointed, and Dublin criticises it as not a good bargain from an Irish point of view.
The Prime Minister stated in the House of Commons that he had decided to postpone the fourth safeguarding resolution, that dealing with paper, for this session owing to the shortness of time remaining available for business, and to allow time for the Irish Bill.
The Rating and Valuation Bill passed third reading in the House of Commons, and the House of Lords at a formal sitting gave it a first reading.
The Roads and Streets in Police Burghs (Scotland) Bill and the Circuit Courts and Criminal Procedure (Scotland) Bill were read a third time in the House of Commons.
Professor Charles Sarolea, in an article entitled “France’s Ordeal: Battle of the Franc,” emphasises the dangers involved in a collapse of the French currency.
Proposals for the future organisation of the broadcasting service were submitted to Lord Crawford’s Committee by Sir Arthur Stanley, Professor A. M. Low, and Mr D. S. Richards, on behalf of the Wireless League. These included the forming of a representative commission to be in supreme control, and the devoting of all the revenue, less a deduction to the Post Office for collection, to improvements. Plans for the detection and punishment of “oscillators” were also mentioned.
At a sitting of the Coal Commission in London Mr Markham, an owner, alleged that miners spent 8s. to 10s. a week on cinemas.