Monday, November 11, 1912

Light Rain

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H.H. Asquith
London
HIS DAYSpeaking in the House of Commons (Automatic Fire Alarms, etc.). Witnessing Government defeat in snap division. Dining with Lloyd George, Harcourt, Grey, Isaacs, and Illingworth
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Venetia Stanley

Location unknown.

Official Register

1912-11-11

Top News

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Physicist Lawrence Bragg presented his derivation of Bragg's law regarding x-ray diffraction to the Cambridge Philosophical Society.

Cabinet Council

NO SESSION
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Parliament

IN SESSION

>>Topics: Automatic Fire Alarms, Foreign Nations Internal Controversies, Numbers Insured, Coinage Durability, Telephone Service, Clerks Additional Remuneration

Witness Observations

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Maurice Bonham Carter

"You will want to know about the defeat of the Government in the House this afternoon. It was a very clever piece of work by the Tory wirepullers which brought on a division at 4.15 with the result that the govt were beaten by 22 as you will have read in the papers."

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Maurice Bonham Carter

"I will tell you a little more about our little breeze this afternoon. . . . Your father of course takes it lightly & is as merry as a grig tonight but Birrell though still merry enough thinks it more serious."