TO-DAY'S NEWS.

Press, Volume LX, Issue 17984, 30 January 1924, Page 8

TO-DAY'S NEWS.

LOCAL AND GENERAL. Lake Coleridge Tunnel. Our Wellington correspondent sends interesting details of the successful tender for the duplication of the' Lake Coleridge tunnel. Murder of a Girl. A girl, aged 12, was brutally murdered near Gisborne. Page 10. Burhham Camp. The Ca<:vt n.c.0.'3 training camp at Buri>hnm. is described on page 10. BRITISH AND FOREIGN. Proud of Britain. Mr • JT. Thomas emphasises his yrides in the Empire, and Labour's .ievoiiou to the Empire's cause. il>- K'ys n generous tribute to the Ki:,g ard tiie Prince oi Wales. .Europe. i! r MacßonaJd proposes a general i]'-:-'ion of the European situation. Belgium and France are both disposed to assist in the maintenance cf closer relations with Britain. Tho Empire Grows. The cx-German nations of SouthWest Africa, under a new agree-' merit., automatically become fullyprivileged citizens of South Africa. <7ave of Socialism. A French paper asserts that a wave oi" Socialism is sweeping Europe. It publishes an interesting table of Socialist representation in the various European Parliaments. Back to Work. After an all-night conference of the managers, tho British railwaymen's striko has endod. Singapore Ease. The "Daily Herald" hints that the British Government will abandon Iho Singapore naval base; but no decision lias been announced. Lenin's Funeral. A million Russians passed by Lenin's body as it lay- in state, and thous- J /uids followed tho funeral in freezing weather. Items. An Australian proposes to harness tho roiling motion of ships. ; Princo George was robbed of a suit'case. Many mills aro' idlo in Bombay.