NEWS IN BRIEF.

New Zealand Herald, Volume L, Issue 15349, 9 July 1913, Page 10

NEWS IN BRIEF.

The Appeal Court reserved decision in the Crown case Rex v. Ford.

An old man named Milne was found dead at Manakau, near Levin, yesterday.

Five men and a woman, arrested on minor charges, occupied the city police cells last night.

The French National Fete will be celebrated in Auckland on July 14 by a reception at the French Consulate between 2 p.m. and 4 p.m.

Members of the B Squadron. 3rd regiment (Auckland) Mounted Rifles will go into camp at the Papakura Hall from tomorrow evening until Sunday.

Permission has been granted by the Epsom Road Board for the taking up of a street collection in the district in aid of the Remuera Children's Home.

The ParneQ poll on the question of raising a loan of £25,000 for the improvement „ of the district will be taken to-day between the hours of 9 a.m. and 7 p.m.

The Conciliation Council considered the dispute between trie Builders' Labourers' Union and the employers in committee yesterday. The deliberations will probably conclude to-day.

The* Auckland Automobile Association

has agreed to convey the orphans of. the Star of the Sea Orphanage, recently burned down at Takapuna, to their new home at the Pah on Tuesday next.

A proposal that the Devonport Ferry Company should be called upon to pay harbour dues has been mentioned by the chairman of the Harbour Board.