TO-DAYS NEWS.

Press, Volume LX, Issue 18182, 19 September 1924, Page 8

TO-DAYS NEWS.

LOCAL AND GENERAL. Lyttelton Tunnel. Canurbury members of Parliameiit wailed on the Prime HinUu-r The lion. J. G. Coates at Wellington, yesterday, and presented the resolution passed at the recent met-':- > ing i:i Christehurch regarding the j Lyttelton tunnel. I i Bank of New Zealand. Further details are available of the now i'jsue of capital l»y the of Xew Zealand. Motoring Pages. Motoring Items will be found en • pages - l . pnd G. Letters to the Editor. .Letters to the Editor will be ioui-c <.•;: page 11. Quail Island Leper Station. Authority has been received by ia*-1 Public Works Department to carry ijut eertain improvements at the leper station on Quail Island. BRITISH AND FOREIGN. Home Politics. When the British Parliament Teas- ! Femble's on the 20th inst. the Irish . Treaty Amendment Bill will be : proceeded with. Then an adjourn- ; nient will be made until October j I'Sth, when the Kussian Treaty will ! be placed before the Commons. ■ | Ireland. j A Dublin correspondent says that the j position of the Ministry is critical, j Ulster's decision not to appoint a j commissioner has increased the j Preo State's troubles. | Shipwreck. j The liner Asian, homeward bound ' from Xew Orleans, is ashore 011 the j Irish coast, and breaking up fast. j Passengers and crew are safe. i Prince of Wales. J It is reported that the Prince hopes | to visit the United States again, that he may investigate industrial and farming conditions. Blazing Oil. Thirty-seven oil wells, besides reservoirs, are on fire at Baku. The whole of the people is fighting the flames. Items. A German-American ' skipper has been arrested on a charge of sea piracy of liquor. A newsagent is charged with, the murder of Irene Tuckerman, at ■ Caulfield, Melbourne. Two Peking editors are reported to have been executed for printing the recent war manifesto.