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Northern Advocate, 8 May 1914, Page 1

NEWS AT A GLANCE. Weekly day of rest and overtime pay demanded by French bakers, who have decided to strike. Upper Hutt relief fund, in aid of. those destituted by the disaster, has passed the £1000 mark. German cruiser Rostock maintained a speed of 29.21 knots (about 34 land miles )per hour. Antrim magistrate the principal shareholder in the steamer Roma, now under detention for gun-running. Half the crew of the Norwegian steamer Hercules, now lying off Dunedin, attacked by malarial fever. / Huge shipment of 17,371 crates of cheese was despatched from Wellington , for London yesterday per s s. Remuera. Reform League executive has chosen ' Messrs Mander and Coates as, Reform candidates for Marsden and Kaipara respectively. Australian interstate shipping firms are passing on to the public the cost of ; increased waterside wages by raising-, the freight charges. Mexican Constitutionalists said to have won a battle near Penzaeos. . With a force of 15,000 they are now threatening the capital from westward. Members of New Zealand Board of Agriculture appointed. Mr J. G. Wil- I son (Bulls) is President, and Mr J. C. N. Grigg (Canterbury) is Vice-Presid-ent. For Influenza take Wood's Great Pep* pcjinint Cure.. Never fails. 1/6, 2/6 No permits will be granted French resident to sojourn in Alsace-Lor- ' raine after this year, on ; the ground that the French are undesirable politically. Police raid on house in Waitakerei ranges resulted in the unearthing of 250 gallons of wine. The occupant is suspected of illegally selling.wine to gmndiggers. ' Cowed by a British ultimatum and the presence of - a battleship, tho Haytian Government has recompensed a British resident for the loss of his property during the recen-t revolution. ' ' Servian Minister demanded, the release of three Slavs sentenced to death by the Porte on a false charge of killing Turkish soldiers. It transpired that the accused had been shot, although their liberation was, promised. Understood that the, Home Government will pass the Home Rule Bill immediately as it stands, send it to the House of Lords about a . 'fortnight hence, and then introduce and expedite an amending bill as a means of settlement. , " • /, J,, '."'! ; - Mr Austen Chamberlain holds that ' the British Budget shows extrava- , gance in all departments and forsakes , the doctrines of retrenchment and economy. On the other hand the Treasury Secretary contends that the country is prosperous enough to, afford a new Budget. ' • For Children's Hacking Cough at night, Woods' .Great Peppermint Cure, 1/6, 2/6. ' . :' ■ , FOR SALE—Setter DOG; good.'re- ■; triever and worker, price £4.—Apply G. Daltdn> Central Avenue. ; FOR SALE—"Urrigue" Portable-Cast-iron BOILER and 12 gallons, almost new, £3.—P. Gh Mc<Intosh, boatbujlder.. .' ■ PUBLIC NOTICE. A REAL Good Singer Sewing, MACHINE,, cost £14 10s, will sell for £7 or any offer owing to owner leaving district through ill-health; must sell.~''. . ■ Apply, Sunny, "Advocate" Office. .- ■' - ■ i ,-V . ■.. ; NOTICE. ; , TRESPASSERS with Dog or Gun . . found on the properties of the undersigned will be rigourously prosecuted.' I CLAUSEN BROS. . <j , LOGAN BROS. ,-~'-V 1 11. MJLLINGTOX. G. WILSON. ..•"■■ : G. AUSTIN. . >'•' ' ,i G. BRAKE. . " - : J. WRIGHT. WEIGHT BROS. . HEAPE BROS, Pakotai. ', T. LITHERLAND, Mangakahia. * n. McMillan. ' ■ ,- \ J. DANAGHT. ■ ,rr ;.$j A. MYERS. '■"•" F. PALMER. ," "'■■;■!•-■ I. POUTAI. . .-:-'• HEKE. TERANGI. . '