ARNSTS CHALLENGE.

Auckland Star, Volume XLIV, Issue 184, 4 August 1913, Page 5

ARNSTS CHALLENGE.

A RACE IN NOVEMBER. {.Received Oμ a.m.) SYDNEY, this day. Arnet han ohallcngrrt P.iddou to row on Xovrmbor 15th for l.he clianipionsbip oX Australin and £200 α-sidc. ROTHSCHILD BLACKMAILED. THIRTY THOUSAND DEMANDED

LONDON, Ayguet 3. On n. chargo of linving blarkinailed Lord Rothschild, a vell-dreapcd youth lamed Heinricli KremmcrsUnthcn ban jof.n remanded. To prosecution stated that Lord liothsrtiild liad received n. leijC.t demanding £30,400 for il crrUin ko:ioty, imil r.upgr.stinfj tlmt nn answer Klimild Im given liy advertisement in tlio i Times." The lottr.r thrcatonnd tlmt if tbo police vvfirfi nntificd, or if tlm Teqnost ivns not complied wit!]. Lord Rothschild anri his relatives would bo killed. A detcctivo stated in evidence tlmt an advertisement \vaii itisnrl/'d, thai n, purcrl of money nlioujd be hidden in a wall in ;l Coventry Street restaurant. He vraleliod Uie place, and arre3(cd th? accused after a. tovera ritrugglc.

JAPS IN CALIFORNIA. A FERIZ/OUS PASSAGE, j j WASHINGTON, August 2. A Jflp*neee, wlio \vn:i captured nt fiin J Francitsca, admitted that luiotlicr attempt ' find mndn by .fiipnncso emigrant* to ! ficmiro ndminsion Into California, Itwn-'i ! done by BleftnH of crossing the Pacific in n . email Chinese junk, i TOURING FOOTBALLERS. \ N.S.W. LEAGUE TEAM. i SYDNEY, AugiiHt 2, \ The Sydney Uughy League U-am to ( tour New will ljo aa followa:— | Fullbacks, IJullel and Kraeerj three- | quarters, Rrooinliain, Atcssenger, Fraw- 1 ley, Algir, 0. Deann, V,. Deanc, and i Cubltt and Xor- 1 man; haJveK, Jlnllowuy und Jolinsan; for- ( u*ard3, Tearcr, Courtney, MeCuo, .Sulli- ( van. Haddock, Cr.iip;, Murray, Ford, i Curran, O'Jinlley, and Cann. j c CANADA AND AUSTRALIA, j RECIPROCiTX - MEGOTIATIOWS. \ VANCOUVEK, August 2. ' l Auatralian enblo reports that Jfr L. E. Groom (Federal Minister for Customs) intends dldCUMing Camidian reciprocity ■with Mr I). H. ROM (Cnnndiun Trad'o Commissionor in Auntralia), urn welcomed in the Canadian Press. Vancouver nowflpcpcTH point out the. great advantages which axo likrJy to. aeeroe hgCf <