It was budget day and Mancunians saw new taxes on beer and tea, as well as increases in income tax among the measures introduced by Lloyd George to pay for the war.
Two old school chums from West Didsbury, it was reported, were aboard two of the vessels sunk in recent weeks.
Edward O’ Beirne was one of the survivors on HMS Hawke and Alec Stewart was among the crew of HMS Monmouth who was missing and assumed drowned. Both had attended Cavendish Road school and were both just seventeen.
The trial began of Henry Brown accused of the wilful murder of his sweetheart Nellie Golloway in Ardwick in October. He pleaded not guilty basing his defence on the fact that he didn’t know what he was doing until it was too late.
The jury found him guilty and but recommended mercy on account of his age.The judge passed the death sentence saying that he would transmit the jurors recommendation to the usual authority.
The Manchester Guardian published a letter from the late Captain Cane who served with the first East Lancashire regiment and was killed on the 7th Nov.
He had fought at Cambrai at the end of August, retreated with the BEF before fighting at the Marne in September.
His regiment was the first to cross the river at the beginning of the battle.
The regiment had then fought on the Ypres front, where they had driven the enemy out of their trenches on the 21st Oct with a bayonet charge.
Seaman at the Port of Manchester were unhappy with the receipt of just an extra pound a month as compensation for the risk of being torpedoed and mined whilst on duty.
Three Atlantic liners, which were due to set sail were held up in port while the dispute was going on. A prominent ship owner said that there was little risk of being attacked on the Westward routes now especially if they sailed around the south of Ireland.
