NEWS SUMMARY.

New Zealand Herald, 29 June 1914, Page 6

NEWS SUMMARY.

wgp|M*i'iiss : «'!•'. v."; : •' - . • .:*. ■ - ' A white ? cock pheasant has been shot X 5 ;; near Puhipohi, in the southern end of the , Bay of Islands County. "rV 'An old man named Thomas Webb has ~J*_ been missing from his Koine in Avondalo r i s ~y fine© Thursday evening. " '¥ A man convicted of betting in the street, was fined £100 in the Auckland : Police. Court on Saturday. The wife of a waterside worker, who wqa killed at Gisborne, has been awarded £1000 from the Richardson Comjjgny. The Government steamer Tutanekai, with the Hon. Dr. Poniard aboard, returned to Auckland from her Islands cruise on Saturday morning. Two men have been arrested by the Gisborne police in connection with tho burglary of a jeweller's shop, which took plate a fortnight ago. A lively conflict between the police and four bluejackets occurred in Shortland Street on Saturday morning. As a result tho bluejackets and two civilians wero arrested. A sensation was caused at Naumai by * man, who is said to havo armed himself with a stick and then to have invaded various houses of tho locality before ho was apprehended. , A little girl of eight years, who had walked from Auckland, via Tauranca and Opotiki, with her father, was taken ip charge by tho Gisborno police, and was committed to a homo in Wellington.

Hew Zealand:

Tho exports for May show an increase «f £594.446, as compared with those of Msr, 1913.

A woman who stepped off a moving tramcar at Napier on Saturday died from lrer injuries. ' '

Hopes that the.Kauri, stranded at Westport. will bo refloated are held by the marine superinterident of tho Union Steam Ship Company.

Tho terms of the Bill which it is proposed shall authorise a referendum on fe th° question of t religious instruction in schools have been made public.

The police havo established the identity of the young man concerned with the Christchqrch taxi "joy ride" Case, bat hare been unable to discover his 'whereabouts.

Australia:

An outcry has Been raised in Sydney . against increased ferry fares. The session of tho Federal Parliament a ended, and the way is now clear for the general election. .An official report on the industries of New Squth Wales shows that they increased greatly- during 1913. The • Federal " land tax realised -, £1,315,735 in 1912-13, besides being responsible for 'an increase in 'land sues., /fbe resolution recently passed by em--ployers in, Sydney condemning preference • to uakmistfi has led to a declaration by I tie anions that they are determined to • uphold tie principle. . British Empire: The Salvation Army's world's congress, hsld in London, has concluded. '■*. A sale of 87 pictures ,in London on Friday realised £100,000. A Titian was sold far £13,000.': " , . One of' the last phases of the Empress of Ireland inquiry has begun, the addresses : by counsel luring commenced. . A Bill to restrict the term of elections . to two days has been talked out in the - Britfiii House of Commons. An international congress of postal employees, sitting in London, has recommended the use of Esperanto as a universal language. ' - ■ v The wedding of an Ulster volunteer with a girl lately converted from Catholicism to Protestantism has been the occasion of violent scenes in Omagh, Ireland. Foreign: 1 By an earthquake on the island of - Sumatra many natives have been killed. . The decrease in the French birthrate continues 7 according to the latest figures. Servia has achieved a diplomatic triumph over Austria through the abolition of the Austrian protectorate over tho Roman Catholics within her boundaries. An amicable agreement between Greece and Turkey, whereby a conflict will be avoided, is reported from Smyrna. The third severe storm within a week has devastated sections of the three American i States of Wisconsin, Minnesota and lowa. The American Minister to Greece describes the . present condition of Albania as being a scandal of anarchy, hypocrisy and incompetence. The losses by fire in Salem {Massachusetts) are estimated by the insurance i adjusters at from £2,000,000 to £2,400,000. ' Two lives wero lost. . That the attainment of women's suffrage was inevitable was the view expressed by Mr. Champ Clark, Speaker of the United States House of Representatives. Sporting and Athletics: Forest Prince ran second in the Rosehill Hurdle race in Sydney on Saturday. Jack. Johnson defeated Frank Moran, of Pittsburg, on Saturday, in a contest for the world's boxing championship. Johnson won on points. / The English Northern Union team now touring Australia won tho first of three test matches on Saturday by 23 points to 5. The second Ranfurly Shield match of the season was played on Saturday between tho Taranaki (holders) and Wanganui representative Rugby football teams. Taranaki won by 17 points to 3, and thus retains possesson of the shield. The Auckland Rugby Union's first grade competition was continued on Saturday. The City and University match resJlv-d in a pointless draw, and Marist Brothers Old Boys defeated College Rifles by 8 ' points to 3. City and University are -?q.nil ■ at the head of the championship list. • The Auckland Rugby League's first Jf. grade competition was continued or Saturday,' when Ponsonby defeated Ota- ■ Jiuhu by 13 points to 9 North Shore btiil ' Grafton by 12 points to 7, and City had •: _r' ; ai»; ; easy ? win/ over Newton, the scoring • .;• being 21 ; points ,to Bin the former team's ! favour, The Australian » sculling , champion, James Paddou, 1 who ,is 'to - row . Ernest Barry for the world's " championship in September, has'been compelled to give up ..." raining for a week owing to a sprained Imitmfe, V';. V i. " ~,■