TO-DAY'S NEWS.

Press, Volume LX, Issue 18140, 1 August 1924, Page 8

TO-DAY'S NEWS.

LOCAL AND GENERAL. Empire Preference. Onr London correspondent deals with j the recent debate in the House of Commons on Imperial Preference. ! Page 14. Biver Conservancy. A public meeting last night approved of the Bill constituting a Rivers Conservancy Board, and appointed a commitn-e to arrange for tho presentation of the Bill to Parliament, and to Becure the eo-opera-fion and support of the various local bodies interested. Pago 11. letters to the Editor, Letters to the Editor will bo found ou page 9. Mishap at Lake Coleridge. A fall of earth occurred on Tuesday in rtz new tunnel under construction at Lake Coleridge in connexion with the power-station extension works, and one' of the workers was temporarily entombed. Motoring Pages. Motoring Items will be found' on pages i and 5. BRITISH AND FOREIGN. Ireland. The situation with regard to the settin" up of the Boundary Commission is regarded as grave and the Government lias called a conference of signatories to the Treaty. Unemployment. In the House of Commons Mr Snowden outlined the Governments policy for dealing with unemployment, including the subsuming ofc beet sugar manufacture, 'Russia, and Japan. The "Morning Post" discloses a secret treaty, which, either ha* l)©eii or is about to be. signed, wherebv Japan undertakes/ to pupply Russia 'with artillery and to transfer those warships which must be scrapped under the Washington. Treaty. Matual Assistance. Germanv will not accept the draft Treaty of Mutual Assistance drawn up by the League of Nations, World Flights. The American airmen have set sail on the last stage of their journey*— crossing the Atlantic by a northern, route. Major Zaprii has passed Constantinople. litems. A summary of the AustppJian Budget is published. General Hei'tzog-aixplains bjs reasons for remitting the balance of exColonel Maritz's sentence.