TO-DAY'S NEWS.

Press, Volume LVIII, Issue 17470, 2 June 1922, Page 6

TO-DAY'S NEWS.

LOCAL AND GENERAL. The Wreck of the Wiltshire. Th>- F'-<!i-ral steamer Wiltshire is a i. T.i! wreck ',n Gre.it Barrier IsAt latest advices the crew v. Oil the J ore part of the vessel, v. i:;rh was still on the rocks, the mm having disappeared. A line Lid been got asnore from tho •.w-'v, and four men had been la.-i'i'd. The prospects of rescue of trie nniainder oi tho crew are con- • id'-ri'd bOod. National Campaign against Tuberculcsis. Dr. J. Blackmnro has commented ;;; on r.nd replied to Dr. T. H. A. J.Mine's answer to Dr. Blaok--trietures upon the Health Department the Departrtl"- failure to evolve a national - (i.'-rnv to deal with tho spread of 1 lilxTCUlo.SiS. Murder of a Chinaman. An hn,':d Chinaman has been rntirder»d ii''ar Wanßanui. Apparently he ■.wis .shot- in cold blood. Cashmere Military Sanatorium. Th" ('::<ihni<:r>' Military Sanatorium h.<- taken over by the North Canterbury Hospital Board. Dr. Ai'kc-n remains in chargo of the' in-titution. FOREIGN. Irish Treaty. .Mr Churchill, in the House of Commons. said that the Government v.oula nllow of no deviation front tho stritt letter and spirit of tho Irish Treaty. Samoa. A prominent Samoan trader says the economic condition of Samoa never was ho bad as at the present momentRussia and Germany. A RussoGerman Trust has been formed at Moscow with the approval of tho Soviet. The leading firms concerned are Krupp3 and the Stinnes group. Industrial Matters. Tho miners in New South _ Wales threaten a serious industrial upheaval if the colliery-owners' claims arc granted. German Hallways. Tho Allies demand that work on certain German railways, which aro only for military purposes, Bhall cease immediately. Sislag Crushed. The native rising in South-West Africa has been completely crushed. Separations. Mr Lloyd George says that the critical phase presented a few weeks ago by the reparations question bus passed. Fruit Ply. At the Fruitgrowers' Conference in Sydney, it was stated that the fruit ily pest was now worse than ever. Austria. A- new Cabinet has been formed in Auutria. with Professor Beipel as Chancellor.