TO-DAY'S NEWS.

Press, Volume LX, Issue 17986, 1 February 1924, Page 8

TO-DAY'S NEWS.

LOCAL AND GENERAL. North v. South. Mr -T. A. Flesher's suggestion of a South Island Parliament has boon adrerselv commented upon in other parts of .Vew Zealand. Trade vrith the East. The Jinn. \V. I>oirnie Stewart stated vosteninv that tho Government was 1 not favourably disposed to- grant f->;bsldics to shipping companies to develop trade with the East. .Letters to the Editor. I.e! Serf; In the .Editor will be found on Pago 1!. Motoring Pages. .Motoring Item? will be found on Pages 4 and 5. Plying at Soekbnra. Xli>'! refresher course for pilots on {reserve list of the Air Forces 'Viif. commenced at the Wigrarn Aerodrome yesterday. Drowning Fatality. Wilfred King, aged !."> years, was drowned in the Woolston swimming iiath.s on Wednesday afternoon. No appliances were available fnr rescue. At the inquest yesterday the Coroner, Mr If. Y. Widdowson, added a rider that all swimming oaths should be supplied with up-to-date life-saving apparatus. The Harper Diversion. A satisfactory position was revealed with respect to tho Harper diversion into Lake Coleridge in an inspection mado yesterday. BRITISH AND FOREIGN. Singapore. The Singapore base has not been abandoned. Indeed, an Admiralty statement says that tho question has not yet been considered li.y Cabinet; but a London newspaper puts forward an alternative scheme to the original proposal. China in Chaos. Chaos is supreme in China, the conntry being split up under a. number of independent controls. It is suggested that the Powers should take strong action. Greece. M. "Venizelos announces his retirement from active politics. His health has given way before the onslaughts of the Republicans. Oil Scandals. American legislative business has come to a standstill before the oil. lease investigations -and the fuller national enquiries to which those promise to lead. Britain and Franco. Mr Mac Donald's overturns are welcomed in France as tending to ' show that tho two nations do not stand facing each other in a spirit of hostility. Itsins. Three Japanese aeroplanes collided 1 whilo flying. .Mexico desires Biitish recognition. Boig, the Swedish swimmer, intends to settle ia Australia.