TO-DAY'S NEWS.

Press, Volume LIX, Issue 17861, 6 September 1923, Page 8

TO-DAY'S NEWS.

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Penny Postage. The Postmaster-General has made a "full statement regarding the rcrates of postage, which are <cj into force about October Aldington Market. There a. keen s,i;j of beef at yestfrdav's Addington market. Fat pigs and store cattle also showed Store sheep maintained late rates, and fat sheep, which sold irregularly, were on an average Is 6d a head lower^ Builders' Pages. \ot p s of interest to the building and ~ allied trades will be found On Pages 4 and 5. City Council and Progress League. The Citv Council's action in reducing its annual grant to the Canterbury Progress League was discussed at last night : s meeting of the executive of the League, aii(l jr. was agreed to ask tho City Council 10 receive a deputation oil FOREIGN. Italy and Greece. Sigr.or Mussolini, Italian Primo Minister, informed his Cabinet that it was inadmissible for tho League of Nations to intervene in the dispute between Italy and Greece. If the League insisted, Italy would withdraw from membership. Cabinet entirely endorsed the Premier's attitude. A Geneva message savs ihe Norwegian, Swedish and Little Untento delegates at Geneva havo intimated their intention of withdrawing from the League unless it deals with the dispute. Japanese Disaster. Later messages from various sources emphasise- tho immensity aitd appalling nature of the catastrophe in Jai'an. • It is stated that the casualties total 500,000, and that bodies are being cremated wholesale in the burning debris. Germany and Separation. It is believed' that the German Chancellor, Herr Stresemann, will shortly made a definite offer to settle the reparation question. Labour in Britain. The question of the failure of the "Back to the Union" campaign at the Trade Union Congress at Plymouth, and hot words passed between the delegates. Empire Sentiment. Dr. T. J. Macnamara, MJP., expresses dismay at the slow progress that is being made under the British Empire Settlement Act. Irish. Affaire. Mr Desmond Fitzgerald, Free StateMinister of External Affairs, says de Valera will be kept in prison until Ireland has been completely pacified.