TO-DAY'S NEWS.

Press, Volume LIX, Issue 17856, 31 August 1923, Page 8

TO-DAY'S NEWS.

LOCAL AND GENERAL. sTj<> Main Trunk Smash. The Board of Enquiry into the Main Trunk smash found that the accident could not have been prevented by the exerciee of ordinary human precautions, and that no employee of the Railways Department Vr.g guilty of dereliction of datv, directly or indirectly. 3lotoring Notes. . Motoring Xotes will be found on pages 4 and 5. LS'ew Zealand Cup. . The handicaps for the New Zealand Cup will be found on page 12. FOREIGN. Situation in Germany. The Berlin correspondent of the •''Daily Chronicle" paints a dark picture of the economic situation in Germany. He says everything is steadily going bankrupt, and unemployment ir going to be widespread during the winter. Reparation Problem. Beports from Berlin foreshadow a change in Germany's policy in regard to the Buhr. It is said the Government intends to open negotiations with France, and abandon passive resistance, and that an agreement will shortly be reached. Italy and Greece. A grave crisis is reported to havo arisen between Italy and Greece regarding the murder of Italian members of the Boundary Commission. Xndiaji Affairs. Sensational evidence was given at the trial of the leaders of the Babbar Akalis in the Punjab. Irish Elections. The latest figures in connexion with the Free State elections give the Government 34 seats, Independents 11, Republicans 10, Farmers 5, Labour 3. Mr de Valera headed the poll in County Clare. South African Politics. The South African Government lost a seat at a by-election, an Independent being elected.