TO-DAY'S NEWS.

Press, Volume LX, Issue 18141, 2 August 1924, Page 14

TO-DAY'S NEWS.

LOCAL AND GENERAL. Boy Scouts and Girl Guides. His Excellency Lord Jellicoe, Dominion Chief Scout, has forwarded to the Executive Committee of the Dominion Boy Scout Council, the test of a resolution submitted to ihe Assembly of the League of Nations, recognising the very real and valuable services rendered by the Boy Scout and Girl Guide movements in the cause of world peace. Tramway Sub-Districts' Boundaries. The Tramway Board has received the report "of the Electoral Commission set up to adjust the boundaries of the tramway sub-dia- < ri:.f i

letters to the Editor. Letters to the Editor will bs found on page I'.". BRITISH AND FOREIGN. Ireland. The' conference of Treaty signatories produced no definite result. The Government has decided to introduce a Bill forthwith, but not to proceed with it until the autumn bession. London Conference. The committee' considering the question of deliveries in kind has come io an agreement, and generally the outlook is considerably brighter. Naval Policy. A Conservative amendment to. the Navy Estimates, by way of protest against the Government's naval programme, and particularly the Singapore decision, was substantially defeated. World night. There has been no news of SquadronLeader MacLaren since July 24th. American coastguard vessels are keening a look-out in the Behiing Sea. Empire Exhibition. The Exhibition is to be reopened next year under a new name. Queensland Labour. A mass meeting of railwaymen in Brisbane demanded Mr Theodore's resignation because of the five per • cent, cat in. Public Servants' wages. Items. Australia's indebtedness per eapita of the population is £l5B. A bride was sold at auction in i Swiss caf6 Empire wireless rates to the distant Dominions will not be more than - two-thirds of the present cable charges.