THE ARCHIVES

100 years ago

Regulations for the re-examining of men who are dissatisfied with their grading by the National Service Medical Boards have been issued. Any man who is dissatisfied with his grading may apply to his Appeal Tribunal for leave to be re-examined. The tribunal will grant leave if they consider that a reasonable case for re-examination has been made out. The assessors will be men of high standing and will be appointed by the Scottish Office. The grading of men by the medical assessors will be final.

50 years ago

Green’s Playhouse, Nethergate, Dundee, is to be turned into an entertainments centre. Mecca, Ltd, took over the 4,100-seat cinema recently. They intend to start developing the premises in February. Proposed extensive alterations in the tearoom section has led to the cancellation of all coffee mornings bookings from the New Year. Mr M. McGinley, the manager, said: “There are 12 small organisations affected, but when the bookings were made they were warned that this might happen.”

25 years ago

The Princess of Wales took the remarkable step of publicly condemning “untrue and hurtful” newspaper allegations of friction between her and the Queen and the Duke of Edinburgh last night. Buckingham Palace issued the statement on her behalf, criticising the “recent wave of misleading reports.” Some papers responded by saying they had nothing to apologise for and describing the statement as “astonishing”. There was no direct reference to her marriage in the statement.

One year ago

Andy Murray capped the best season of his tennis career by overtaking Novak Djokovic to be crowned world No 1 for the first time. The Scot celebrated his rise to the top of the world rankings by beating John Isner 6-3 6-7 (4-7) 6-4 in a hard-fought BNP Paribas Masters final in Paris. Murray, 29, already assured of the No 1 spot after Milos Raonic’s withdrawal from their semi-final, sealed his eighth ATP Tour title of the season with victory over his big-serving 6ft 10in American opponent.