NEWS SUMMARY

New Zealand Herald, Volume LI, Issue 15639, 19 June 1914, Page 6

NEWS SUMMARY

l " Auckland: •.. ,' \ ■■'•'?s*. |i ■, >- ' ' Gtneral business, has been quiet durh |V ; . - the week,-' '.' • '*." ■ u .'., {a*':', A" branch of the FarmerV v . Union b j .' -'■ been formed at Okoroire Springs. ] It' is proposed to open a.. new poli ]■ ■ station in. Mount Eden Road. South. The Prime Minister and the Minist for Customs will arrive in Auckland' I day. A Maori war veteran was killed by J train on a railway bridge at Rangiri yesterday. A new generator will be added short] to tho equipment of the Tramways Con pany's power station Tho question of the electric lighting < Devonport was discussed last night by til Wailoraata Chamber of Commerce. Thii membor for Waikato (Mr. J. 1 Staling) was given, a vote of confidence i a meeting of electors in Hamilton. Tho Hon. F. M. B. Fisher received very cordial reception at Waihi, where h ' delivered a political speech last night. The. new repair shops and stores erectoi by the Auckland Electric Tramways Cora pany at Epsom are now in full operation Another steamer is to bo procured b; the Kaipara Steamship Company to giv' o daily service between Hoicnstillo aw Darga,villo. The Hon. W. F. Massey, Prime Minis lerj receievd an enthusiastic reception a Te Kuiti yesterday. He will arrive ii Auckland this morning. • The Kaipara Chamber of Commerce hai decided 'to urge the construction of i branch line connecting Dargaville with thi North Auckland Main Trunk. , The report of the Royal Commissioii upon, the care and carriage of explosive* .. is expected to bo in the hands of the Minister by the end of next week; ' ' .-,' Replying: to & deputation at Te .Kuiti yesterday Prime Minister stated.that he ,• intended asking Parliament {for additional loan . money for the ' purpose 6i making roads.':' ■~,.; v ~-"> • Benzine : ':'iaploded on a launch :; in the gulf yesterday: morning and tw.6 ; -brothers were-.badly, .burned, . being "compiled. to jump; into theisea to extinguish their > blazing clothes'.. • -'"V*.'-"- ■'''-'Si-'■:.'''' The man; who woe arrested at Te Awamutn for making,counterfeit -coins;-\came before • the Supreme - Court at ' Hamilton ■. ' yefiterday and upon/ it being 'thai be 'was.; mentally.; defective he was released and ordered to come up 1 for - sentence ■ ".:. ' .whn called spas'. -.-. .-:,-; ,;....>.: Two deputations waiteo!;npoh' ■ the Prime ■ v ..Minister;at To Kuiti yesterday,, one urg> ~ . ing the annulmentof -the '.'■ proclamation , / prohibiting the introduction of liquor into «■•, the" King Country 1 and the other, which ' ■■- included. a;nmher^ ; Maoris, iirgihgtbat th» ' present conditions should continue. • Kew-ZaaLiEd:^:^ '■: •The Governor is expected to arrive at ,;' y Wellington to-morrow from his tour' of '■■< ■• the-'lslands. '~- , .■ v.A;; man named '■ Henry Pritchard was ■:.,: ; silled* inaWellmgton? through-.a tramcar -■„!v colliding with, bis, bicycle; ■ ..'-...' <i -' *v i ' ~ . -The Prime Minister: stated yesterday ,v that the."fatter of .tho.construction of Vibe, suggested, Bristol cruiser would stand ;-.;>'^^pw : pending next . year's naval confer- ■ eiice, - ' ;■ Rain fell in-many places in tha South :•; yesterday, and the indications are that :■;:; ■• unsettled/and ; misty weather and rain ' , will,, be experienced '"generally .■ to-day. . - iWinds are likely to increase. ; ~„„,„j„. - Aaatralla: 'A. .Sydney resident was committed for trial ' yesterday' on 'charge of wardertog his -two "children. - T]he disabled steamer Cairnhill will, be : .-: lcw*d from ..the Bismarck Archipelago'to Sydney, a distance of 2000 miles. -.:•'-'; A small Auckland-built steamer has been wrecked off > the Australian coast ')■'■ - during .the. galo, birt fortunately'without '■■ loss of life.". ",. - ■- ■ The Federal Executive.'Council has ap- ;■■'., proved of ii -proclamation'.- declaring that ..' the Commonwealth is ,',to. assume .control; .' '-- T of' Norfolk Island from July; 1, -; '■ •::... '-.'"■': In aniintfewiew in Sydney. Mr. C: J. ; .v.. Parr '. (Mayor.-: of - : Auckland) . said the 1 i majority of the; people' of New, Zealand '.--, • were against sending money Home inerely • to strengtheh the: North Sea Fleet. ; /'British Empire: - v ' ■■•.»■ ■;, The ladies' golf championship has been •"'' won by Miss Pwbury.' ;; •' ~\, ; '?*'* ; The death baa occurred of Mr. Bonnet ;'' ; Burleigh, the . famous war, correspondent. -.-. : ', ■■:. Extraordinary - precautions >"-have'' been ; '.. -.; taken at : Ascot "}_ to guard against suf. ■ ','. fragette outrages. ; The British Admiraltyhas been granted ;';,» vote of;£2,000,000 to. acquire control of ;••;'■'/,thesAi^osergian"- oilfields. v -"- ■■'■■'■"}.' ■ '-■_A lecture on* Brazilswas.'Jpven-.'on iWednesday before the Boyal Geographical Society by Mr. Roosevelt, ,wT2ak ; Indian, agitator, baa returned to Poona, having completed his term of imprisonment at Mandalay. 'There is' v unanimous testimony ■~ of a \_ great Revulsion'fof:' political feeling in Scotland owing-to the Home Rule crisis. ■'.A' visit was' paid on Wednesday by Mr. T: Mackenzie (High Commissioner for New Zealand) to the new docks at" Hun. ; ~-. , .-" The Canadian Government is sending & representative to: discuss the question of Indian immigration with the Imperial Governmentr " .--.'.' The Kaiser .Wijhelm; H. and a British steamer, collided on- Wednesday , near Southampton, Both - returned to port badly damaged. - During the inquiry it Quebec into the loss of the Empress of Ireland, the chief officer of the Swrstad stated that he saw the liner, .first six miles distant, pursuing a course which was likely to bring ;her across the Storstad's bows. He heard no signal from the Empress indicating that she was stopping. Foreign: Germany will not compete in the Davis Cup contest.. ¥i Twelyp persons have been killed by lightning in Germany. Sun Yat Sen is appealing to Japan for help against Yuan Shih-kai. The relations between Greeco and ■ Turkey;'Bw now much easier. ;■;-: Albanian rebels' have annihilated ; .ft:force;'of lOOO;Christian villagers. A . French army officer was; killed on Wednesday by the fall of . a new biplane. •/ Six^eople?were' .drowned, a day ago on a.Germanyriver by a capsizing of a small boat. ;-,.j 'i, ;.' - j. ■■; Tho ;,Baptisi. ; /station .at San ':.'■ Salvador'^West ; Africa) has been ..'Surxpunded, by Portuguese soldiers. ( •■;V..Villa:is reported -to have -been .bus- '.- Bended- by-.Carranza, the' leader of the. Mexican Constitutionalists, from his com- : Band,; /. ; :.'' : A':V.iv. '\:f' ■■•'." '.' i l .' : -' •.'v-. : .': ; ■'. ',',-; "•"'.,'.'• ■'■"' V' ..' ■::: . ' . " <!