NEWS SUMMARY.

New Zealand Herald, Volume LI, Issue 15613, 20 May 1914, Page 8

NEWS SUMMARY.

Auckland; . . r * Nearly 120 delegates' are . expected to attend the conference of the Auckland Provincial Council of the New Zealand Fanners' Union, which opens to-day; •> ■ The new chairman of the Medical Committee of the Auckland Hospital Board is Dr. Hardie Neil. ' ; i The cold weather of the past few days I hgs been severely felt by travellers oii tlie Main Trunk line. A strong southerly gale , which has provailed on' the east and west 'coasts for .several days has considerably delayed .shipping; especially .at . Tokomaru Bay, Gisborne, and Napier : ... The first annual meeting of the - Lord's Day Alliance of New Zealand (Auckland provincial branch) was held last night, when Bishop Averill (president) gavo an interesting address, and the objects of the organisation were explained. The unusually large number of 210 civil cases was' set down for hearing at the Magistrate's Court yesterday. . • The fact that some Europeans work on Sundays is declared by Bishop Averill . to be having a bad effect upon Maoris. The question of the appointment of honorary emergency surgeons to the eye and the ear, nose and throat departments at the Auckland Hospital was discussed "by the Hospital Board last evening. A fine of £1 was imposed at Waihi upon Messrs. Hancock and Co. for sending liquor into the district without proper notice being given. ' ' ■ The sequel to the police raid, at Waihi was the appearance at court yesterday of seven young men who were charged with illegal gaming. • That sharebrokers should bo compelled to keep trust accounts was ' the opinion expressed by Mr. F. V. Frazer, S.M., yesterday. ' The Harbour Board is to undertake its own accident insurance in future. The question as to whether tenders for all supplies are to be called by the Harbour Board is. to b"o considered by, the .board in committee. The practice of fishing from the King's and Queen' 3 Wharves is to bo prohibited in future by the Harbour Board. ' No charge is to bo made to watersideworkers for the use of the Queen's Wharf waitingroom, the Harbour Board having agreed to pay half the cost provided the stevedores and shipping companies pay the other half. The main' outfall of the Raugitaiki land drainage scheme has been opened. The river has already fallen below the lowest summer level. Suffering from severe wounds, a little girl, about twelve years old, was admitted to the hospital yesterday afternoon, and, in a deposition taken by a magistrate,' she declared that her injuries had been caused with a razor by her father, a timber worker named William Tynan. The police arrested Tynan on a charge of attempting to murder his daughter.

New Zealand: I :.,;. The Wairoa flood shows no sign of abating. •'.-' Shop-lifting by women is said to ■ bo prevalent in Christchurch. . ;..■ Acute blood-poisoning caused the death : of Mr. P. H. Kelly, of Napier. . /'■;. A boy was electrocuted _at Stratford .on Monday by touching alive wire ;:?-:' Only "two' criminal cases are down for hearing at the Supreme Court sessions at .New Plymouth. '• .. .' The appeal of T. Wilson (owner) and T. George (jockey) against their disquali- " fication lias been upheld. , On. six charges of embezzlement at Inglewood, William de Grouch Ogier has been found guilty. Sentence was deferred. _ : ,A sentence of six months'. imprisonment was passed at Duiiedin upon Alfred William Aldred, for arson. He ;is to be detained for reformatory treatment. ■ The Defence authorities have asked the Rev. F. W. Boys, chaplain to.the Forces, ■ who adversely criticised ;in con- ; nection with the-.Takapau Camp, to ex- j ~-:: plain his action. .:..//'/ Australia:. ■ r 'V''r'-."' Mme. Melba is sailing from London for Australia by the Orsova. .. ' ' ,':'-.■ New South Wales is ' writing a ■ loan of '£3,000,000 in London. The Commonwealth has ordered a 1 submarine depot ship from Clydebank. A large quantity of opium ' has • been .. seized at Fremantl* on a British ship. ;. :.' According to tha. annual report of tho New South Wales Alliance/ New South ■Wales: is the most drunken State in the < .Commonwealth.' . . ~•,•.:A collision took place in.Sydney Harbour yesterday between a steamer and a ferry boat.' The latter was badly, damaged. All the passengers were landed in I : safety. '-■ ~. .;..;, ..;.:■<....:;'.! British Empire: -• '■ The life 61 Parnell has been published : by Mrs. Parnell. ~ The death is announced of the last suryivor of the Birkenhead. ,__ . A large sheep ranch is being .established in. Canada by. New, Zealand capitalists. •'■■■■

r The British emigration returns show a striking falling-off for' the' past four months. '■!' . ' ;'■-.. -■ • The ex-commander of the • battleship London is suing an English editor for alleged: libel. A; graphic story is f[iven of the adventures of the four survivors from the British . steamer Columbian. ■ The appointment of an American '■ manlager to an English railway company is causing railway employees to complain loudly. • The amateur golf championship has be-' gun at Sandwich. Trovers, who was looked upon as America's best player, | has been defeated. ... v i '. I Dublin discredits tho rumour* that. American .. rifles ■ and. ammunition ~: have been landed on. the west coast of Ireland ! for the Nationalist volunteers. ■■■'•;'•. ■There ara widespread fears that the world's demand for meat will shortly outrun the supply, with the result that there •will be a, largo advance in the prices of foci. '■ '■ ;... In an interview at Ottawa Mr. A. E. Hording, of Auckland, says the thing he has been most ■■ struck • with in Western -. Canada is the farmers' indifference to -.their homes. V; ii ... Foreign: ~ Mr, Jtoosevdlt; is now completely recovered from his illness. -. ' ~:-: [ ../>•/ ;=; ; The, Panama Canal will be opened com- , mercially on July 1, and perhaps ; earlier. , ; -An angry Mexican mob this week attempted to blow up a British steamer on -, .Much 90. Americans had sought refuge. , •' 'Japan- ise newspapers, .referring; to Sir 'Jan • Hamilton's remarks .in Auckland'with , regard t.i the Asiatic menace, declare that Jam wast.,prepare to stand: alone and :: face the white races in battle.