TO-DAY'S NEWS.

Press, Volume LX, Issue 18073, 15 May 1924, Page 8

TO-DAY'S NEWS.

LOCAL AM) GENERAL.

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BRITISH AND FOREIGN

Imperial Conferences. Mr '.T. JI. Thouius makes the .suggestion thnt Empire affairs might ijc lifted f.liovc tho level of party polities, and the decisions come to misfit lie less liable to repudiation, 'f not only I'rime Ministers but also Leaders of Oppositions atii-nd- >•<! Imperial Conferences. McKenna Duties. Mr Baldwin's motion of censure uf the Government over tlio abolition of the McKenna duties was defeated. N'ino Liberals and no Labour member voted against the Government. y JSmplio Wirelees. The British Cabinet is still negotiating with Marconi, in tho matter of the Empirev wireless scheme.

Barney Airships. It is reported that the Government has decided to adopt tho Burney airship scheme in a modified form. Harvest of Graft. The various United States enquiries are yielding revelations of outstanding corruptipn; and on top of tliis a Congressman has been, sent to gaol for breach of the Prohibition law, while secrets are being told of the inner workings of the Ku Klux Klan. Prance. M. Poincare will resign when the Chamber meets. For the time being the Chequers conference is off. The frane is slipping. Items. Melbourne tramwaymen are. still on strike. A special session of the Japanese Diet has been called for June 25th.