TO-DAY'S NEWS.

Press, Volume LX, Issue 18220, 3 November 1924, Page 8

TO-DAY'S NEWS.

—» LOCAL AND GENERAL. floods in North Canterbury. The heavy rain which fell during the week-end caused floods in various parts of North Canterbury. Floods are also reported from the Marlborough and "Wairarapa districts. Jitters to the Editor. Letters to the Editor will be "found on page 11. BRITISH AND FOREIGN. The First Test. New Zealand beat Ireland on Saturday by (» points to nil. It was a magnificent battle between the forwards, with the luck of the weather on the Irish side. Prince of Wales. The Prince of Wales has returned to England after his holiday trip to the United States and Canada. •The New Governor-General. Sir Charles Fergusson was entertained in London on the eve of his departure for New Zealand, the gathering being a particularly happy one. President of U.S.A. The election of a President of the United States takes place tomorrow. The return of Mr Coolidge seeuis to be assured. British Election. It is likely that Mr Kainsay MacDonald will tender the resignation of the Cabinet to-morrow. Bomb Outrage. The explosion of a bomb in a sleepcar on the Canadian-Pacific Railway killed six passengers. Irish Affairs. Cablegrams from Ireland tell of the dissolution of Parliament and the imprisonment of de Valera.

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