TO-DAY'S NEWS.

Press, Volume LX, Issue 18235, 20 November 1924, Page 8

TO-DAY'S NEWS.

LOCAL AND GENERAL. Addington Market. Store sheep advancer] in price at yesterday's Addington market, and fat cattle" and fat sheep -were lower. — Page 11. Assessment Court. A number of objections to valuations of properties in the Cashmere Biding of the Hc3thcoto County were dealt with yesterday at a sitting of the Assessment Court. Tramway Special Order Loan. The Tramway Board lins taken the initial steps to raise a loan of £12,000 by special order. Carnival Week Tramway Traffic. Compared with Carnival Week last year, 7830 fewer passengers were carried on the tramways this year to tho races and Show, and the revenue decreased £297. Building Pages. Items of interest to the building and allied trades will bo found on pages 4 and 5. •fetters to the Editor. Letters to the Editor will be found on pago 10. BRITISH AND FOREIGN. Imperial Affairs. Mr Baldwin has created a precedent by inviting the High Commissioners for the Dominions to meet him on the eve of the first Cabinet meeting. He outlined matters of foreign policy affecting the Empire. Geneva Protocol. It is considered that tho Geneva Protocol will now be scrapped; but there are hopes that President Coolidge may convene a disarmament conference. The All Blacks. Tho All Blacks visited the' Houses of Parliament, and were entertained at tea in the House of Lords. Spain In Morocco. The Spanish withdrawal from advanced positions in Morocco is proceeding on a wholesale scale. Ancient Culture. Finds have been made in India which point to a high state of civilisation having been reached there 5000 years ago. Wages at Home. A Norwich Board of Guardians has granted relief to a farm labourer with a wife, eight children, and 258 a week. Items. Sir Charles Boss, Bart., inventor of the Boss rifle, is handing his estates over to the clan. The French Senate has granted an amnesty to MM. Caillaui and Malvy.