NEWS SUMMARY.

New Zealand Herald, Volume LI, Issue 15549, 5 March 1914, Page 6

NEWS SUMMARY.

Auckland: The Royal Artillery Band left for the South by the mid-day express yesterday. A record 'kingfish, weighing 971b, was caught on Tuesday off Cape Brett by an Auckland angler. The old Courthouse is to be rearranged for the purposes of the Land and Deed* end the Stamps Department* The expenditure of between £6000 and £7000 on Archhill street,* will be comnit need in a few days by the City Council. The Waihi Grand Junction Gold Mining Company crushed ;nd treated for the period ending in February (35 days) 12,640 tons of ore for a return of £25,290. Regulations upon the sale of foods and drugs will come into operation on April 1.1 They require all foods to be fully and accurately described by their labels. A scheme for lie reorganisation of the Auckland Education Board's staff of inspectors was brought before the board yesterday, and is to be considered in committee. Children ajid teachers in the schools of the Waikato and Waipa Counties are to be given a holiday on April 1, to enable them to attend the unveiling of the monu- 1 nient on the site of the battle of Orakau. The adjourned dispute of the Auckland Coal and Cargo Workers' Union was again before the Conciliation Council yesterday, and. as the employers refused to recognise the union, the dispute was referred to the Arbitration Court. Work at the Taupiri, Hikurangi and Northern coal mines is now in full swing. The number of employees at Huntly at present is 440, and it is expected that the remaining 60 required will have been obtained in a month's timeThe proposal to make a new outlet from the city by way of Jermyn Street was further considered yesterday by the City Council Committee and the Citizens' Committee. A report by the latter on the financial aspect of the scheme is expected to be rca>.y by the end of next week. New Zealand: An impudent attempt at theft was frustrated in a Wanganui hotel on Tuesday. Rifleman Masefield (Sounds') leads in the aggregate for the championship belt at Trent nam A new prison camp, to accommodate 14 officers and men, is to be established near Wmmarino. A Wellington lady has given £1000 to the fund for the acquisition by the city of Day's Bay grounds The New Zealand Postmaster-General has adversely criticised the Commonwealth concessions made in connection with wireless chargesRailway freights for long distances are said by Mr. W. Veitch, M.P., to be anomalous and to cause an enormous loss to the country. The driver of an unlighted cart, with which a Wellington cyclist collided and was killed, has been committed for trial on a charge of negligence

Australia. : Dr. Mawson was accorded a civic recepti in yesterday in the Town Hall at Adelaide.' The New South Wales Government professes t > take a more hopeful view of the Sydney butchers' strike, but meanwhile the employers have broken off all negotia- 1 tiona. ' ' British Empire: The London wool sales opened yesterday. Competition was brisk, and the market was very excited. The barque Taxman, bound for Melbourne, has caps ed in the North Sea, | and several of the crew are believe to have , been drowned. An authoritative statement has been made that the concessions to be made to Ulster include a sweeping veto, with the option of withdrawal at the end of a certain period. According to Mr. Churchill, the displacement of the latest British battleships is considerably below that of the foreign types. The Admiralty is. willing to join in an agreement to limit the size of capital ships. The report that Messrs Mann, Tillett, and Larkm are visiting South Africa to reorganise the Labour Partv there, has caused a sensation on the Rand. If the Preservation of Peace Bill is passed unamended, they will be prevented from landing. The case of a widpw, who was sentenced a fortnight ago to six months' imprisonment for crowding her three starving children and herself into a dark, tireless room and feeding them with broken victuals, was referred to in the House of Lords on Tuesday. Extennnting circumstances were found by Lord Selborne. A luncheon was given on Tuesday by the Empire Parliamentary Union in honour of Mr. A. M. Myers (M.P. for Auckland East) and Mr. D. F. Denhara (Premier of Queensland). Mr. Myers detailed the reproductive character of the New Zealand debt, referred to the popularity of *he defence system, and explained the tendencies of the Dominion's social legislation. Foreign: A Royaliit rising seems imminent in Portugal. Nine men were drowned on Tuesday by the flooding of a Belgian mine. Penny a-wnrd telegrams between the nations of Kurope as a preliminary to i extension to the whole world urged by i Sir .J. Henhiker Heaton. I The Tsar of Russia, in pursuance of his tempeiance policy, has abrogated the undent custom of drinking the health ot j lie troops after reviews and parades. I Great havoc has been wrought by the blizzard in New York. The streets are, packed with ice and snow, and traffic is disorganised. Actions have been raised against two! German editors for insulting the Crown Prince in connection with his attitude on the Zabern affair. i All the efforts made by Britain to secure an investigation of the circumstances surrounding the death of Benton at the hands of General Villa, the Mexican rebel leader, have so far failed Sports and Athletics: In the billiard match between Ileece Bt,d Gray, the Englishman has established a substantial lead. The last tea; match between the M.C.C. and South Africa has been won by the English iv>\ by 10 wickets. Bombardier Veils knocked out Bandsman Blake vest/ "day in the fourth round of a match at lb ■: National Sporting Club. Australia will me-. 1 ; Canada in the first round of the Davis Cud, and Britain will play Belgium. France and Germany have eh;.*n byes. The A ialiaii cricketers, playing yest: clay South Canterbury, com.]W-' -V''- phrnomopal score of 922 for nine views,'.in;,their tint innings.