TO-DAY'S NEWS.

Press, Volume LVIII, Issue 17645, 23 December 1922, Page 12

TO-DAY'S NEWS.

LOCAL AND GENERAL. Special Articles. Tl»» -neoial articles will be ' found (jii" i»a-o Yrnuld's Centenary, by Lyr-no _ . ••Nov. J Jorjli- and Publications /(jojr'—.Slippery Grips, by Hirry Vanlon • and kl At tiic Autlu>l3 Clui." by John Sands. Cricket. Til-- M.C.C. team, captained by Mr A. ( .Ma'/l.tn-n, arrived Giu'ist,i!nreli and 'was tendered a civic rvfropiicn. The match against Can;/'j'!jii;y will bo commenced at rioon to-day. Queensland Bowlers. The Queensland bowler,s arrived in Chribtoimreh yesterday, and were aecoi-ded a> welcome by local enthusiast* in the sport. in a rinl>s game <m tho Christchurch Club's, 'uroen, in the afternoon, they \yere ■Teieated' by three game? to two. jr.Z. Tennis Championships. Notes and comments on the forthcoming New Zealand Lawn TeiAnn Championships are supplied from [Tailings by mir own reporter. Polo Tournament. The polo tournament for the Tabu Gup. was won by the P.ireora A team. Public Trust Office. Mr -M. C. Baructt, Assistant Public Trustee, ha.s resigned from the PubClub," by John Sandes. FOREIGN. Reparations. It is stated that America is conditionally willing to participate in a conference to discuss tlio repara» tion problem. Washington Treaties. A Paris message says the Government intends to propose to Parliament unqualified ratification of the Washington Treaties. The Irish Treaty. • In Jjis third article, Mr Lloyd George gives an interesting pen picture of tho Irish leaders at the signing of the Treaty last December. Tascist Jlogimo in Italy*; 'The Italian Government las decided to transform the Fascist forces into a militia, fpr national defence on a voluntary basis. » • Australian Elections. The London "Morning Post'' 1 prints jiii editorial panegyric on Mr Hughes. Tho only ohang«s reported in regard tp the ejections a-re tho' loss of two Tasmanian seats by tlie Nationalist Party, and the roturn of tho Hon. Sir Elliot Johnson, Speaker of the House of, Representatives. f '>■■■■