NEWS FROM 100 YEARS AGO : 6 April 1923

6 APRIL 1923

Frederick Thomson was appointed as the Solicitor General for Scotland.

The death was announced of George Herbert, 5th Earl of Carnarvon, who had become known for funding the archaeological investigation of Tutankhamun’s tomb in the Valley of the Kings.

The French and Belgian Governments announced that they planned to seize stockpiles of fuel currently located in the Ruhr Valley.