TO-DAY'S NEWS.

Press, Volume LIX, Issue 17747, 26 April 1923, Page 12

TO-DAY'S NEWS.

1 LOCAL AND GENERAL. Auzac Day. Yesterday's ceremonies in Christchurch were the most memorable that have yet been held here in connexion v-ith Anzac Lay. Commercial Page. Commercial items will be found on page Tlio R.S.A. At tlie annual reunion and smoke concert of the Christchurch Relumed Soldiers' Association tl)e secretary of the local Association. Mr W. *.' E. Leadley, presented his Excellency the Uovernor-Cenerab with a patriotic address. Bridge of Remembrance. Tin; foundation alone of 1110 JJridge of Kemcmbrauce was laid yesterday by his Excellency rhe <jovei> nor-Geocraf. The Surplus. flic Prime Minister has replied to certain comments made by Mr Holland, Leader of the Parliamentary Labour Party, regarding' the surplus. Millers and farmers. "Whether the. millers are adhering to tlicir agreement as to tho purchase of wheat was. the subject of a discussion by the North Canterbury Provincial Executive of 1110 New Zealand Farmers' Union. Hospital Affairs. Several important, matters were discussed at the meeting of the Hospital Board. Transport of Produce. Railago problems in regard to farm produce were discussed in ;l letter front the District Traffic Manager to the North Canterbury Executive of the New Zealand Farmers 7 Union. Boy Scouts' Association. The annual meeting of the Dominion Council of the Boy Snouts' Association was opened on Tuesday, id the Provincial Council Chambers, Meat Producers' Board. That the Ateat Producers' 33oard has put many' thousands of pounds into tli9 poekotß of the producers was the opinion expressed at the monthly meeting of the North Canterbury Exectftive of the Farmers' Union. Railway Electrification. Mr Evan Parry, formerly Chief Electrical Engineer, New Zealand Put> lie Works Department, in an interview gave interesting information regarding railway electrification in Europe, and other parts of the "world. Dirty Dairies. The United Burgesses' Association discussed dirty dairies at the Ineeting on Tuesday night, and decided to write to the Minister of Agriculture on the subject. FOREIGN. I ■ Infant Mortality* New South Wales haa hopes of reducing her infantile mortality figures to the same as New Zealand's, or' even lower. The Ruhr. Hetr Cuno says Germany is willing to go to the extreme limit of her means in paying reparations. The Drug Evil. Lord Robert Cecil, in his reply to American, comment, states the steps which tSie League of Nations has taken to abolish the traffic in drugs. Home Politics. A motion to reduce the intfome-tax by a further 6d was negatived in the House of Commons. The Near East At the Lausanne Conference Ismot Pasha said Turkey had a strong will for peace. Irish Affairs. 1 The Free State Government de--1 clines to have anything to dQ witn a negotiated peace. Monsignor Luzio, the Papal Envoy, is about to return to Rome. Zebrugge Raid. The foundation stone of a memorial to commemorate the heroic British naval attack' on Zeebrugge has been laid. Soviet Russia. Several of the principal members of the Soviet have protested against the renewal of terrorist methods. World Court. Mr Harding has opened his campaign in favour of America becoming a member of the International Court uf Justice.