TO-DAY'S NEWS.

Press, Volume LX, Issue 18100, 16 June 1924, Page 8

TO-DAY'S NEWS.

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

The Moratorium. Several Chvistchurch business men have expressed their views on the '.l'ovtinnu-nt's prOj>',fcals in respect of continuing the moratorium. Quinnat Salmon. A .--j'teial article on "Qninnat in • ".-inU-rbury," by Malcolm Ross, of Wellington, will be found on page letters to the Editor. Letters'to the Editor will be found ou page 11. r BRITISH AND FOREIGN. President .of France. M. Gaston Domne'rgue has been elected President of France. Rhodes Trust. An American Rhodes says • Americans are not responsive to • the ideals of the late Cecil Rhodes. Ulster Border. In the Dail Eireann dissatisfaction was expressed with the course pursued in dealing with the Ulster boundary question. The Soviet. Russia is said to be waging a silent war against Boumania. American Presidency. The ticket nominated by.the Republican Party at the National Convention has met with a very favour-, able reception. Canadian Harvest. Reports indicate that Canada will have another bumper grain crop. Exclusion Law. The first tangible economic result of Japanese exclusion is a prospective migration from Porto Rico to Hawaii as an offset against the impending labour shortage due to the •i>■■'•.■■ ban on Japanese. Chinese in Canada. ■ ". ; Chinese residents in Canada will observe July Ist as a day of humilia- ;» tion in order to show their indig- : ■ ' nation at the new immigration re- ■ :;' fstrictions.