TO-DAY'S NEWS.

Press, Volume LVIII, Issue 17611, 14 November 1922, Page 6

TO-DAY'S NEWS.

LOCAL AND GENERAL. The Shipping Strike. The Shipping and Seamen Act is to b« suspended so that ships can be manned bv free labour. The Mararoa which left Wellington yesterday afternoon for Lytteiton is to continue running in the ferry serVifO. Issue of Writs and Closing of Rolls. Th<~- writs will be issued on Thursday next for the General Election ami on the same day at 6 p.m. the electoral rolis will bo finally closed. Bir. Joseph Ward. iir Joseph Ward yesterday intimat- <-.! to a deputation from Wei.mfeK'li North which waited on h:;t) ti;,.t lie would not be a candidate at the corning general election. Water Supply. Th<- (. itv Council decided' to hold a ;-pe ia! mating to consider a conipr'iionsivo scheme for the extension of the high pressure water supply at a cost of £200,000. Athletics. The Board of Control of Lancaster Park, after 6ome discussion concerning the clashing of cricket and athletics, granted tne use of tne Pari: to the Public Schools' Association for December 2nd, to the Canterbury Amateur Athletic Clut) for December 9th and to the Canterbury Centre N.Z.A.A.A. for 12 Tuesday evenings. Industrial Exhibition. The Citv Council has granted authority for the erection of a temporary bridge near Cashel street to give access to the Exhibition entrance, and has also recommended the Bridge of Remembrance Committee to make an arrangement with the contractor to redeck the Cashel street bridge and to delay operations on the new bridge until tne Exhibition closed. FOREIGN. Neat East Crisis. Constantinople correspondents report that the situation is still very grave. Angora appears to be dominated by extremists. The Lausanne Conference has been postponed until next Monday. Irish Bebels Active. The Irish rebels are displaying renewed activity and fears are entertained of an attack in Dublin. Disaster in Chile. \ A Buenos Ayres message Bays a series of fresh earthquakes accompanied by vast seas and electrical storms have added ;to the destruction in Northern Chile. Thousands of people are homeless and at least 1000 have been killed. British Politics. In an address to his constituents at jDundee, Mr Winston -Churchill- defended the policy, of'the late Coalistion Government. r Annistice Day. The anniversary of Armistice Day observed throughout South -Africa and in France- President Millerand unveiled a, memeriaTon . the qjtft where the Armistice was