TO-DAY'S NEWS.

Press, Volume LXI, Issue 18417, 25 June 1925, Page 8

TO-DAY'S NEWS.

LOCAL AND GENERAL. betters to the Editor. Letters 1o the Editor -.vill be found on page 11. Canterbury Progress League. At the annual meeting of the Canterbury Progress League yesterday discussions took place on the ad ministration of the Main Aet and the question of hydro-elec trie power in Canterbury. Addington Market. There was a sound sale at yesterday's metropolitan market for all classes of stork. Fat cattle sold at an advance, whilst fat sheep and store -heep met with brisker competition. JJuilding Pages. Jtemj of interest to the Building and Allied Trades will be found on pages 4 and 5. Old Collegians' Spcets Club. The rooms of the Old Collegians' .Sports Club in connexion wit':; Christ's College were formally opened in tho presence of a large gathering, BRITISH AND FOREIGN. firing in Canton, During a parade of strikers in Can ton shots were fired. British ami French marines replied. Martial law hag been declared hi the Chinese suburbs of Shanghai. Coal Crisis. The British coal owners propose lower wages and a return to tho eighthour day because of the state of tho industry. Trance and Morocco. There was a free fight in the French Chamber of Deputies during the Moroccan debate. A vote of confidence was carried. Trade Treaty. The trade treaty between Canada and Australia was passod by tho . Canadian House of Commons.