6 JANUARY 1923, Page 12

The very gratifying announcement was made last week that the

Speaker has allocated a seat in the Press Gallery of the House of Commons for the use of the London repre- sentatives of the Dominion Press. As a result of the establishment of the Irish Free State there has been a natural curtailment of the facilities offered to the Irish Press, and, consequently, a concession to the Dominion Press—long overdue—has been made possible. The ticket for the Dominion Press is being issued to the Empire Press Union, that admirable organization which has done so much to link up the newspapers throughout the British Empire, and will be issued by it to the Dominion correspondents in turn.