TO-DAY'S NEWS.

Press, Volume LIX, Issue 17750, 30 April 1923, Page 8

TO-DAY'S NEWS.

LOCAL AND GENERAL. Electrification of Tunnel. Mr L. Birks, chief electrical engineer to the Government, concluded an inspection of the English Electric Company's works at Otira on Saturday. Mayoral Election. The recount of the votes cast on Thursday for the election of Mayor gives Mr J. A. Flesher a majority of 2399. No additional City Council results are yet available. Astronomical Notes. Astronomical Notes for May will be found on Page 5. FOREIGN.

Irish Peace More. Be Valera has issued a lengthy proclamation embodying the principles on which the arc prepared to negotiate a peace. A Republican Army order suspends hostilities as from noon today.

Reparation Problem. The Berlin newspapers state that the new German reparation offer is being settled, but the Government's Note will not be issued before the middle of this week.

League of Nations. In a farewell speech in America, Lord Eobert Cecil said he believed that the time was ripe for intervention by the League of Nations in regard to the occupation of the Buhr.

World Court Plan. Mr C. E. Hughes; Secretary of State, addressing the American Society of International Law, answered Senate criticisms of President Harding's plan for American representation on the Permanent Court of International Justice.

Liquor Smuggling in U.S.A. President Harding proposes to employ naval and military forces to suppress the smuggling. of liquor into the United States.

Turkish Peace Terms. \ The Turkish delegates at; Lausanne have made new proposals regarding the capitulations.

Soviet Eussia. It is reported that mutineers of the Bed Army captured Novorossisk, on the Black Sea,

Prince of Wales. The Prince of Wales, who is paying a State visit to the King and Queen of the Belgians, received a hearty welcome on his arrival in Brussels.

Wrecked Liner. The majority of the passengers and crew of the wrecked Portuguese liner Mossamedes were saved.