NEWS SUMMARY.

New Zealand Herald, Volume LI, Issue 15650, 2 July 1914, Page 6

NEWS SUMMARY.

Auckland', The retail price of milk will bo in* creased io 4d per quart or Sunday. The annual meeting of the Auckland Women's Political Reform League was held yesterday. The weather during June was cooler and more cloudy than usual, the rainfall being bolow the average. S. campaign to raise funds for the P.emuera Children's Horn® will be commenced on Saturday. Th, Knox Homo for Incurables at Tamaki will probably be formally opened by tin Prime Minister on August it. A large quantity of fruit was brought to Auckland from South Sea Island ports by the steamer Isavua. which arrived yesterday. A report'on the general question of establishing citv -markets will probably be submitted to the City Council at the nest meeting by the Mayor. Old boys of half a dozen of the principal secondary schools will gather in Auckland during the latter part of next week lor the annual reunion. The work of extending the tramway lino in Queen Street, past, tne Town Hall and as far as Karangaliape Road, should be proceeded with shortly. inquiry was held yesterday concerning the mishap to the barque Joseph Craig in P.sngitoto Channel on June 21, the Court reserving its decision. The sinking of the scow Pah'ki, as the result of a collision with the steamer Clansman in the harbour on June 24, was investigated yesterday, and the inquiry will bo continued to-day. The Bay of Plenty Railway League has passed resolutions protesting against th<9 slow progress the East Coast Railway has made, and asking {or sums to be placed on tfc? Estimates for the Whakatane section of the lin,j. '.Hew Zealand: The steamer Kauri,, which was stranded ,li Westport, has been re-floated. The Crown :s appealing; agaiiu.t the verdict of a Wanganui jury, which awarded £2000 compensation to the widow jf a "man killed on a level crossing. Tb? weather forecast states that, the indications are lor cloudy and unsettled weather. Rain may be expected generally, and strong westerly winds are probable. -. i A barmaid at Waitara, on being asked to have a drink, thoughtlessly drank a glass of disinfectant she had been using, and had to be removed to the hospital. Ir> a speech in Parliament yesterday Mr. A. M. Myers advocated a local navy, and agreed with the Minister for Defence that ' the question should be a non-party one. Thirty-seven miles of the railway line which is in the course of construction between Stratford and the Main Trunk ; line was opened for traffic yesterday, the terminus being Whangamomona. '' In replying to a question in the House : of Representatives, the Prime Minister j. stated that the responsibility of biking h"-act;cii in regard to breaches of mining ' 'awards lay with the inspectors of mines. , In the past the 1 inspectors had abstained i- from so doing whenever it was posiiibfe, i but instructions had been issued that in--1 Electors mast strictly carry out the prov visions of the Act. \ Australia: ~ f Australia: j- A mass meeting of engineers in Sydney {: decided not to work with non-unionists. ' - New Zeal? ,d exhibitors gained a number;, o' prizes at the sheep-breeders' annual show. Tha Seamen's Union is seeking an extension of the regulations providing for " compensation for accidents. The export season for nnsat and butter closed on Tuesday. The returns show inr creases in every department, while the ! outlook is particularly bright. The Federal wireless station at Port Darwin has picked up a message stating ' that a Dutch . liner, Van Goon, is ashore , at Silonga, Straits Settlement, The Melbourne police made an arrest jji yesterday, under sensational circum- : stances, of a man believed to have been : the principal in the recent ' Eveleigh 1 robbery. I' British Empire: f The British revenue for the quarter just I ended amounted to £40,500,677. There hai been a further outbreak of j suffragette • vandalism in and about p London. '• j. The Ontario provincial elections have I' resulted in the return of the Government [ with a working majority.

If The unsatisfactory state of the _ New i Hebrides under the Condominium is adf mitted by Sir Edward Grey. | The second reading of the Home Rule [Bill is not to be taken in the House of Lords until the Amending Bill has been : read a second time. I [ A vigorous defence of Britain's posif tion in regard to the Persian oil contract I has been made in the House of Commons ? by Sir Edward Grey. » i A Chinese youth has been sentenced in C Vancouver to imprisonment for the term f of his natural life, which means that I death will be his only release. I foreign: | The Parisian civic authorities propose to £ pro-vide playgrounds for school children I during the holidays. | A further complication is anticiated in IMesico by the outbreak of hostilities bejf tw«-en Generals Carranza and Villa. A man fired what he termed an ''honour ! salute" a$ an American railway station on l Tuesday, with the result that six people ■ -were injured by pellets. ' The failure to clear the streets of Sarajevo after the bomb had been thrown at ' the Archduke Francis Ferdinand is commented upon in Austria. | mentcd upon in Austria. i Sporting and Athletics: • Sir Thomas Upton's new yacht, the I Shamrock IV., which is to race for the , America Cup, lias shown a remarkable turn I of ioeed at her trials. i * | The cabled advice received some time ■ ago that the University of California had I given up Rugby football has been contraI dieted by the controller of the university. [ The match between Bombardier Wells I and Colin Bell for the heavy-weight box- ( ing championship of the British Empire [ resulted in the foimer knocking out the | Australian in the second round. K At last evening's meeting of the Aucki land Rugby Union a fourth grade player was disqualified for six weeks for misj: behaviour and two second grade players L for a fortnight each for lighting. "he Rugby match between the All-Black • team and Wellington resisted in a win ! for Wellington by 19 points to 14. The 1 .3& w Zealand team was difiorganised on : account of the absence o: a number of backs* ilie All-England tennis championships ' aro :'1 earing their conclusion. Brookes -i /Australia and Froitzheim (Germany) are '' to play off to decide which shall meet A. jy. Wilding (New Zealand) in the final for 1 $6 . title* -