NEWS SUMMARY.

New Zealand Herald, Volume LI, Issue 15548, 4 March 1914, Page 8

NEWS SUMMARY.

» Auckland: The Pukekohe Borough Council is considering a proposal to raise a loan of £9000 for drainage purposes. The need for a definite decision upon the University site question was remarked upon by members of the College Council yesterday. A seaman named James Doolan was drowned yesterday afternoon off Motuihi Island while bathing. The body has been recovered. The personnel of the commission to inquiro into and report upon the prop'*ol amalgamation of Remuera with the ti'.v has been decided by the Government.

The secretary of the new Waterside Workers' Union was assaulted when working in his office yesterday. The police have made an arrest in connection with the matter.

A scheme for adequately meeting the needs of bathers on the Takapuna and Mil ford beaches was considered at a special meeting of the Takapuna Borough Council last evening. The matter is to be further considered by a committee.

The final concert of the Royal Artillery Band was given at the Exhibition last evening, before an audience of fully 14,000 persons. Great enthusiasm was shown, and each member of the band was presented by the executive with a handsome travelling rug.

The Gillies Estate, Parnell, in regard to the proposod acquirement of which for park purposes a poll of the ratepayers is to bo taken on March 25, will be open to the inspection of the public on Saturday next and the two following Saturdays, and also on Wednesday, the i3:h inst. New Zealand: The applicant* for 43 Htllersden (Marlborough) sections total 258. A number of farmers were attacked by ptomaiuo poisoning at Palmerston North yesterday.

Prices at the Wellington wool sale yesterday were slightly higher than the prices recorded at the February sale.

The Prime Minister states the Government lias taken no action with regard to the Dominion House proposal. In consequence of conditions created by the recent strike, the employers decline to recognise the Christchurch Drivers' Union. Mr. Justice Stringer, in a statement at Wellington yesterday, made some interesting reitrences to the purpose and scope of the Arbitration Court. » A conference was held in Wellington yesterday with the object of improving the conditions under which New Zealand produce is shipped to America. The presence of traces of preservative has caused the condemnation of 700 tons of. New Zealand butter sent to the United States. Care is being taken by manufacturers to comply with the strict American law. i i Australia: Three sailors belonging to a Tecruating vessel were killed and eaten a week ago by natives of the island of Malekula. Th« New South Wales Parliament was opened yesterday. Closer settlement was foreshadowed by the Governor's Speech. Unless the strike of butchers at Sydney is speedily settled, the Premier- (Mr. Holman) has intimated that ,the Government will take steps to nationalise the" industry. The scientific value of the expedition, to the Antarctic was emphasised by Dr. Mawson in a speech during the official welcome given him yesterday at Adelaide. British Empire: The search for the lost submarine A 7. has been abandoned.

Mr. Tom Mann will sail for South Africa this week to reorganise the Labour Party in the Union.

The. increase of the oil reserves for the British Navy is responsible for a sum of £500,000 in the Supplementary Naval Estimates.

Certain letters from King James to Queen Elizabeth have been discovered. These are said, to show that the Scottish king did not object to the execution of Mary, Queen of Scots.

The number of recruits for the army for the year ending September decreased by 2225 a* compared with the previous year. This is attributed to the continued activity of trade and emigration. Foreign:

The Indian problem was the subject of a debate in the Canadian House of Commons on Monday.

A swimmer named A. Cavill was frozen to death on Saturday, in an attempt to swim across Seattle Harbour.

Terrific snowstorms are raging through the eastern States of America, and several deaths have occurred. Many email vessels have been wrecked.

The situation regarding the shooting of Benton in Mexico by General Villa has been complicated by General Carranza's broad intimation that all communications on international affairs must be submitted # to him. Hundreds of the unemployed in New York on Sunday invaded a fashionable church. They represented that they were hungry and cold, and a;t the pastor's suggestion a collection was taken on the spot, sufficient to provide food and shelter for everyone throughout the night. Four young native constables at Apia a week auo ran amok, and shot two German planters dead. Throe were killed alter a fierce resistance, while the fourth has been hanged. In the struggle that preceded their rapture, one of their assailants was killed, and another badly wounded. Sports and Athletics: Wales beat France on Monday at Rugby football by 33 points to 0. The international tennis tournament at Monte Carlo has been won by A. F. Wilding, of New Zealand. The cricket match between the Australian team and South Canterbury commenced at Temuka yesterday. Wallalo, ridden by the New Zealand jockey, Hector Gray, won the Australian Cup at F'leminglon yesterday. The team of Sydney swimmers at present visiting Auckland made a very successful debut at the Albert Street Baths last evening. With two matches still to be fired, Rifleman A. A. Oliver, of the King Country, is leading by two points in the aggregate for the cm mpionship belt at Trentnam. The Auckland District Racing Committee has disallowed the appeal of Mr. J. Collins, in the case in which the racehorse Parawai was disqualified by the Rotorua Club. An important alteration in the rules regarding the service in lawn tennis will shortly be considered. The Americans coneider that it is aimed at McLoughlin, whose peculiar service is bis greatest asset.