TODAY'S NEWS.

Press, Volume LXI, Issue 18406, 12 June 1925, Page 8

TODAY'S NEWS.

LOCAL AND GENERAL, i < f ,| f Mi t rfj«tt^i»ieg Conviction Quashed. The conviction of Frederick Wilding, K.C., for an alleged evasion of stamp duty was quashed by his Honour Mr Justice Adams yesterday. Casts were given against the • Department.—Page IL Motoring Pages. Motoring items will be found on pages 4, 5, and 6. Lyttelton Harbour Board. At the annual meeting of the Lyttelton Earbour Board the retiring chairman (Mr P. Horrell) reviewed the Board's activities. Letters.to the Editor. Letters to the Editor will bo found on pago 11. BRITISH AND FOREIGN. Eiot in Peking. Seventy-five thousand took part in a demonstration, which ended in a riot, in Peking, domanding the return of the concessions in Shanghai. Earthquake Kills 1300. It is reported that 1?00 people were killed in an earthquake at Ta-li-fu, in Yunnan (China). ."New South Wales Politics. Labour has secured a majority of two in Now South Wales, and Sir George Puller is to tender the resignation. Security Pact. . It is stated that the Dominions are being kept fully informed of the progress of negotiations concerning the Security Pact. Duty Eoduction Negatived. The House of Commons rejected a Labour proposal to reduce the duty on tea By a penny.