IN TO-DAY'S ISSUE.

Press, Volume LXVIII, Issue 14308, 20 March 1912, Page 8

IN TO-DAY'S ISSUE.

» - "The Oracle at Belfast" is the title of our London correspondent's account of Mr Winston Churchill's Home Rule meeting in tho north of Ireland. (Page 3.) Mr Hammerstein's move in lowering opera prices is the subject of a special article by our London correspondent. (Page 5.) Of special interest to New Zealand is an article by our London correspondent on "Our Shipping Laws," which appears on page 7. "Scraps of Natural History" by Canterbury, will bo found on page 4. An interesting account of a visit by an Invercargill doctor to the famous surgery of the Mayo Brothers, at Rochester, U.S.A., is printed on page 10. Personal Notes from London will be found on page 5. Various items relating to the political situation are on page 9. Further news of Amundsen's successful trip to the South Pole will be found on page 10. Mr Churchill has introduced the Navy Estimates into the House of Commons, and outlined the Admiralty's proposals (Page 9.) Negotiations tor closer relations between Australia .and New Zealand are in progress. (Page 9.)

| Dr. Mawson's observations and cxI plorations in Antarctica have been j hampered by fogs. (Pago 9.) Tho Minimum "Wago Bill is to bo introduced into the Houso of Commons to-day. (Page 9.)