TO-DAY'S NEWS.

Press, Volume LX, Issue 18096, 11 June 1924, Page 8

TO-DAY'S NEWS.

LOCAL AND GENERAL. Early Canterbury Runs. second of Mr L. G. D. Aelnnd's on "Early Canterbury |luns" vjl'.l i>e found on page 9. War Memorial Column Site. References to the site of the War Memorial Column were made nt the annual meeting of the Beautifying Association. Letters to the Editor. Letters to the Editor will be found on page 11. Immigration. The Dominion Conference of the X.Z.R.S.A. yesterday carried a motion to the effect that it was i necessary to inaugurate a national progressive immigration policy. Page (3. Ashburton High School. The .Ashburton High (school Memorial Library was opened yesterday. Page 7. lekapo Power Scheme. The South Canterbury Power Board agreed yesterday to seek Government sanction to raise money for the Tekapo hydro-electricity schemo. BRITISH AND FOREIGN. fhe Exhibition. Wembley is experiencing its boom period, and every corner of the buildings and grounds is thronged. There are many enquiries from prospective immigrants to New Zealand. Cowboys Fail. Two Wembley cowboys, who attempted to swim their horses across the swollen Thames, were swept from the saddles and almost drowned. Japan and U.S.A. Tokyo cinelnas are banning American films, and Japanese Christian churches-are being urged to refuse further support from tho States.

Duwrtow Flitch. A Welsh Labour M.P. has been awarded the Dunmow Flitch of Bacon. American Presidency. On the eve of their National Convention, prominent Eepublicans are expressing fear of possible complications if' a strong third party comes into the fight. A Seduced Empire. « An agreement has been concluded by which 43,000 square miles of Kenya Colony is/ceded to Italian Somaliland. Most of the land is Bemiarid, London Strike. The situation continues to improve, and only one section ®f the underground system is now idle. Items The Albanian insurgents are marching on Tirana. - Captain d' Oisy has reached Tokyo.