FIGHT FOR DRURY LANE.

Auckland Star, Volume L, Issue 12, 14 January 1919, Page 5

FIGHT FOR DRURY LANE.

A SHEAF OF OFFERS FOR LONDON'S PREMIER THEATRE. (Received 12-10 p.m.* - ) j IX3XDON", .Taniiajy 1.1. I An interesting theatrical fight for the I posee«sion of I>rnry is in progress. The dir.-<-t<jrft accepted Mr Alfred Butts' ofTer of £109.G(»0, subject to the shareholders' coiiHont. When the otTer was

made pubic Mr Charles Crulliver, dinvtor of the Palladium. immediately offenvl Mr Oswald Stoll also'made the • shareholders an almost identical offer on behalf of the Alha-mbj-a Theatre Company. Finally, Mr C. B. Cochrane is attempt in-_- tosi-curr- mntrwi of Umdon's premier theatre.— (A. and N.Z. Cable.) THE LOST CASTALIA. RESCUE OF '»'H X CREW. LIFEBOATS OVERTtTRN. <Rov-M\cd i>.4". a.m.) HALIFAX. January 1.".. An American steamer rescm-d the crew iof the stramor Caatalia. whirli sent out a wireless iiipssasre yesterday reporting that she was sinkinp southward of Nova Scotia. Several of tho crew of tho lost vessel were drowned thronjjh two of tho lifoboais in which they left the Castalia overturning in tho heavy pea which w runninfr at thr timr tho liner was abanand N.Z. (ahlr.) j ! ;DESTROYERS_!N A STOfiM. I FLOTILLA SEPARATED. 1 ■ ■ (Ttorpivod 10.20 a.m.)

T>iMX»\. January 13. ji ! The Admiralty announces that bad ' weather separated the Australian flotilla 1 of destroTiTs lenvinj: liibraltar for Britain. Two put into Krrrol ami two ! intrv Vino, while the ot.hrrs renrhed their 1 destination. — (A. and N.Z. and Rcutcr.J INFLUENZA ON SHIPBOARD. MAORIS QUARANTINED. I (Rrrrfrr-d 10..V> a.m. ) i I PKKTH, this day. Sixteen New Zealand soldiers, mostly Maoris, ha>e been qua rant ined from the mail stoairi'T Malta lit Krtmantlo. suffer- , ir.jr from influenza.-• (A. and N.Z i ! "VICTORY'S RAGING STORM."' I i GERMANS AND PEACE TERMS. U>N"IX)X, •Tnnuarv 1. Herman propagandist*; anticipate that tlie new House of Commons will Ik , hostile to any utt.-mpt t-o mit t lip pe.io.terms,and wiil leave the I'nmc Minister ' frpp to prpus full indemnity demands. tomf hopp that thp Sinn Fp-incrs nnd ! thn Labour members will raise trouble, but. the '-Frankfurter Zcitun.!.'" points ' out that difficulties i-apable of helping (lormany ivjll nnt occur soon enough to ' affert thp Tarit: negotiations. The paprr ' foresees that the terms of thp Allies will i • recpivp the approval of "a, Parliament j elected amid the raping storm of vie- | torj'," , but (iddfi that Knplan'l'"s final atti tudp towards 'Jrrmany. and thp future

=hapinp of Kurnpo will presumably be nettled later, when the ineritnblc reaction and cooler political considerations romi , . The paper dors not credit the frenial prediction publisher) in tlic Rotterdam "Courant." that a mvolution will occur in Enplnnd within a year. Mr. Crawford Vaugha'n I fnrmrj- Smith Australian Premier), in a letter to the "Times " unvK thSt extensive intor-Allifd publicity must be carried out to oounteri act Teutonic propnf;:inda. I The American National Committee of I Patriotic Societies, representing a memMiership of 2-500,000, is an alliance of Knfjlifch-speakinfr people, ac the first link in a preat international chain. ' Tho alliance would inchido the Dominions, enfurp the exchange of political ideas, aseistanoe in Irmle and eomroprce, ait J tile ro-ordinn t ion of methods and ideals of Bduention, and would prepare I toe wav for tlie League of natioos. FARMWORKERS' HOURS. IyONDOX, January 13. Tlip Agricultural Wapfi-s Board recommends that labourers a half-holiday weekly.—(A. and N.Z. Cable.) N.Z. RIJGBY WIN. J/")NDO>". January 13. Tbe Xevr Zealanders defeated a Thierst/r Riiirt)y fcxjilmll team by 19 points tv nil.— (A.' and Cable)