TO-DAY'S NEWS.

Press, Volume LX, Issue 18149, 12 August 1924, Page 8

TO-DAY'S NEWS.

LOCAL AND GENERAL. EtocSridty Depjurtanent, The annual report of the Municipal Electricity Department was issued yesterday. aotball Code Controversy. The manager and secretary-manager of the English League team which is touring the Dominion, Btrongly criticised the attitude of the Eugby Union towards _ the League game, at a reception given in their honour last night. Worcester Street Marking Place. The City Council 'last night decided to abolish the parking place for private motor-cars between the Federal Club and the Clarendon corner. fairer Improvement. A deputation from the River Improvement Committee waited on the City Council last night to solicit the Council's support towards the Conservancy Board Bill. The Council referred the matter to a special committee to report. Letters to the Editor. Letters to the Editor will be found on page 11. Racing and Trotting. Baring and Trotting items will be found on pages 12 and 13. * BRITISH AND FOREIGN. Irish Boundary. Following Mr Cosgrave's statement in the Dail regarding the boundary negotiations, a momentous debate is expected. There is likely to be strong opposition to delaying action until the British- Parliament reassembles. U.S. and the league. Mr Davis, Democratic nominee for the Presidency, lias reintroduced the League of Nations as an issue in American politics, although he proposes to defer action until the public voice demands it. Battle of Jutland. Defending British tactics at Jutland, Admiral Mark Kerr introduces a pastoral parable. - Mine Disasters. Two men were lost in a fire in a Victorian mine, and 50 were trapped—it is feared fatally—by an explosion in Japan. Europe. M. Herriot has won his French colleagues over to his views regarding the evacuation of the Kuhr, but he will not sign the London agreement until tho Deputies have voted ; confidence in him. ' Items. The German Eepublic is five years Old. ■ A new international language has been invented. , Poland has protested to the Soviet . against raids on her border.