TO-DAY'S NEWS.

Press, Volume LIX, Issue 17941, 8 December 1923, Page 14

TO-DAY'S NEWS.

♦ LOCAL AND GENERAL. « • : -I)"jar<! Article.-. ! '■■< <-iYi mpj .-[jcciai oriiil-.- ".('ill ix; ..i. i-:■ ci, l'.i : ••Hawaiian I • ■.-.(■!•;! mil Folk I/or<',' : hy Profes-- .-■.■!■ .1. "dacinilliin Brown; "The i ■A.,:•!,[ ~i Books." by ,\. Ji. Grin- j :. "i- : is( ovt-ring bv "W. j i?'A Cr-ssuvll; and -"island';; I • ..i:.:.!i- ." by A J. Uarr.)!'. .M.A. j '. - ■•■!.■ M-f"ii i hat.'in lias i :, :i '..iriv.'f.i at l>-"t w-x-i: the "Wheat j lv..■:.■•! and iho tb'urniilh-r- for an j -,<■,. ,-. . -," ~f Id jier bu-hc! on Jast j ■■■:■- ..'-: v. iicat 'ir.'co. Details will I ■■■• ;i,:'rid ->•. our Co::i:>i"n ial Page i Civil Article. A .-;>' vial ;irii'.-i'> by ffarry Vardou-- I "i...ii ■- Its Kiceet i.'non Health,'-' j ■•■ ill be' ;0.,-,0 n„ JVlgO Kb j 'Virdess News. i ■ \V:re|,..ss Xev.-s." bv "Ivecira." will j i)e focij •,.., Page V>. ' Hoimore's Lane. | \ meeting was held ip J!eiV"oi-(j s Lane, last evening to consi'lor tho fate of tho trees v.Tii.- h v.'.-re likely to be affected by the st.rcvt widening. Responsibility of Stock Agents. A great deal of evidence regarding the liability of stock agents in stock transactions was heard at the Supreme Court yesterday, when the civil case in which Ilohert M'cElhinney, stock-dealer, of Ashhurton, sued .Pvne, Gould. Guinness, Ltd.. for £!>722 16s, was tinued.FOREIGN, The Elections. There have been some decided changes in the strength of parties China. l>r. Sun Vat Sen is being opposed by an international force of marines. America. Congress is proceeding, and substantial reductions in taxation are announced. Polar Drift. Amundsen's ship Maud sends a wireless progress report. Excavation^. Workmen in Macedonia unearthed an old Greek temple.