TO-DAY'S NEWS.

Press, Volume LX, Issue 18180, 17 September 1924, Page 8

TO-DAY'S NEWS.

LOCAL AND GENERAL. JSJ2',. Racehorses in Sydney. Our special correspondent in Sydnev supplies an interesting budget ol items covering the doings of the team of New Zealand racehorses at present in Sydney. Page 12. Motor Traders. The annual conference of the New Zealand Motor Trade Association was opened in Christchurch yestsrday. Page 7. Letters to the Editor. Letters to the Editor will be found on page 11. BRITISH AND FOREIGN. Ireland. A party of members of the British House of Commons, representing the three political parties, which has investigated the Irish situation on the spot, holds that the great majority of the people i 3 anxious for a settlement.

£mpire Peace Plans. In the Empire peace plan competition, two prizes came to Canterbury. Allied Ex-Soldiers. Allied ex-servicemen, in conference in London, were urged by their president to work for peace. Big OU Fire. Lightning struck an oil tank at Monterey, California, starting a fire which has already caused four deaths, and is likely to do damage to the extent of 3,000,000 dollars. The All Blacks. Eeports state that the All Blacks' . training is now more serious. The serum is packing better, and the tackling is deadly. Arbitration. British and French delegates at Geneva came to an agreement regarding a protocol on arbitration, which is now to come before the committee concerned.

Items. Most of Eatana's Maoris are' at Geneva, but he himself has stopped in Paris. Eussia is levying a famine tax. Mr Carter will re-open Tut-Ankh-Amen's tomb in the autumn.