TO-DAY'S NEWS.

Press, Volume LVIII, Issue 17431, 17 April 1922, Page 6

TO-DAY'S NEWS.

Local and General Further correspondence has passed between the Hon. J. G. Coates and the P. and T. Officers' Association on the question of the partnership with the Alliance of Labour. A close contest is anticipated between Hadfield and Paddon in to-morrow's race for the sculling championship of the world. Tho Canterbury Bowling Centre's Easter Tournament was advanced another stage on Saturday. Soldier settlers are urged by the Prime Minister not to be discouraged, as the country had gone through worse slumps than the present. - The first annual rifle meeting of the Southern Command was opened at Redcliffs range on Saturday. The Loyal Orange Institution has decided to make overtures to other Protestant associations with a view to united action at the polls. Suggestions for the future benefit of AH Black teams are advanced by last season's selectors. B. McClearv defeated C. Whitaker on points for 'the heavy-weight professional championship of New Zealand. A favourable reply was given by the Minister of Public Health, the Hon. C. J. Parr, to a deputation organised by the Canterbury Progress League which waitad on him at Hanmer on Saturday with reference to the needs of the resort. Foreign. At the Genoa Conference a tentative agreement was reached on the subject of exchange. j Canada has prohibited the importation of potatoes, to prevent canker. The warmth of the reception to the Prince of Wales in Japan (has shattered all records. The conference to settle the engineering dispute in Great Britain broke down. Universal regret-is expressed at the death of Sir Ross Smith. Irish Republican troops have seized ■and fortified many buildings in Thiblin. (v 'No satisfactory method has been 1 found for placing the Australian beef industry on a better footing.