TO-DAY'S NEWS.

Press, Volume LX, Issue 18233, 18 November 1924, Page 8

TO-DAY'S NEWS.

LOCAL AND GENERAL. Wellington Wool Sale. A phenomenal advance in prices was recorded at yesterday's Wellington wool sale. Page 10. Proportional Representation. A proposal to adopt the Proportional Representation system was rejected by the City Council last night. Hoardings. The hoarding question was again dismissed by the City Council last night. Milk Supply. A report on the milk supply was presented to the City Council lait night. BRITISH AND FOREIGN. The All Blacks. London Sunday papers condemn the All Blacks for bad sportsmanship and unfair play; but Colonel Trevor in the "Daily Telegraph" says they won on Saturday handsomely, brilliantly, and deservedly. Country Children. Where once they were chubby-faced and pink-cheeked, the children ol rural England are now often pale, sickly, undersized, and underfed. British Ports. Harsh things are said about British port facilities by an expert committee which has been investigating the position. Egyptian Crisis. The King of Egypt having agreed to certain conditions. Zaghlul Pasha has withdrawn his resignation. Cricket. Victoria in the first innings made 229, against the Englishmen's 240. In England's second strike, two wickets are down for 83. Galiipoli Graves. General Sir lan Hamilton says that the graves of the fallen are the only living thing on the Galiipoli peninsula. The cemeteries are a mass of flowers. Items. Two Mexicans have been sentenced to death for the murder of Mrs Evans. Members of a family in Berlin have been pronounced victims of hereditary kleptomania. Money has been found in Norway to fii'ance Captain Amundsen on his proposed flight across the North Pole.