TO-DAY'S NEWS.

Press, Volume LIX, Issue 17748, 27 April 1923, Page 8

TO-DAY'S NEWS.

♦ LOCAL AND GENERAL. Municipal Elections. Alimicjpa! ejections were neid yGster-d.-iy throughout -Vow Zealand. Mr , f . J-'lcsher was elected Mayor of C-'iristcLui-L-h. Concert llall Loan. Tlic pol! on the proposal to raise a spc-iaJ loan of £35,000 for a Municipal Concert HaJl was rarrif;fi by a majority of 'J 12. Owing to the large number of informal v^.fos —10W —the result will be in dmibt until it is ascertined whether all the informal votes Lave been properly slowed. Electrification of Tunnel. Mr Evan Parry, ungineer-iu-chieS of the English Electric Company, inndu an inspect ion yesterday of tin; eie.'.tri.'al installation at the Otira tunnel. Motoring Note*;. Motoring Notes will bo found on Pages 6 ;U!'l 7. Winter Garden. The foundation stone of tho Wilder Garden in thu Botanic Gardens wns laid by Lord Jc-Uicoe. FOREIGN. Home Politics. There was an interesting debate in the Bouse of Commons on the second reading of the Mousing Bill. .Reparations. Jt is roported from 'Berlin, that a new reparations offer will be made this weelf, the Government addressall the Allie? simultaneously. Anzac Day. Anzae Day services were held in London, Australia, and on Gallipoli Peninsula. Drought in Australia. The drought in the Gulf Country of Queensland is said to be the worst over remembered. Soviet Russia. Tho British Government is addressing a strong Note to the Soviet regarding acts committed against British subjects. Irish Affairs. Permission has bean given tcr residents of Dublin to carry arms, ' owing to acts of violence by gunmen. Divorce Suits. A proposal to prohibit the publication of evidence in divorce suits was debated in the House of Lords.