TODAY'S NEWS.

Press, Volume LX, Issue 18218, 31 October 1924, Page 8

TODAY'S NEWS.

LOCAL AND GENERAL. Tunnel Road Scheme. The Canterbury < "li:i iiil»tT i.f Commerce last nigln .-nbmitted a report concerning the proposed tunnel road. The Chamber disapproved of the scheme, and gave its .support to :i proposal to improve the Evans Pass road, so as to enable commercin! traffic to use it as a means to improving siu-h communication between Christehurch and Lyttelton. Letters to the Editor. .[.otters tn tlic Editor will be found m page- .11. Motoring Pages. Motoring items are on pages 4. o. and (i. University Examination Results. The results of the Canterbury Co liege Term examination arc given on page 11. BRITISH AND FOREIGN. The Election. Incomplete returns of the P.ritish General Election are published. The Conservatives have gained heavily, and the Liberal Party has suffered a crushing blow. Russian Letter. Mr Mac Donald is instituting an investigation into the authenticity of the Zinovicff letter. Australian Watersidarc. Stop-work meetings are to be held on the waterfront throughout Australia to-morrow. The All Blacks. Seventeen men arc undergoing special training in view of the Irish International on Saturday. T.B. "Cure." A Danish professor claims that lie has cured tuberculosis by infectious of a gold solution. Items. Portion of New South Wales is threatened by a plague of grasshoppers. Tho Empire Parliamentary Association delegates have concluded their tour of South Africa.