NEWS SUMMARY.

New Zealand Herald, Volume LI, Issue 15729, 2 October 1914, Page 4

NEWS SUMMARY.

-.;...'■ -—— ■ Auckland: . -. The Auckland sittings of the Arbitration Court wero continued yeskrdaji, The Auckland Citizens' Patriotic Fund sow totals £49,088 19s lOd., , A sum of £9490 5s 4d has now been contributed to the Hkeaid Patriotic Fund. < A tender of £4944 lias been accepted for the erection of city stables in Pattern Street. Tlio Tramway Company is to bo requested to duplicate the Grey Lynn tramlino at the earliest, opportunity. The Herald fund for tho relief of distress caused by the mining disaster at Huntly now amounts to £889 9s sd. The main electoral rolls, tho compilation of which has involved a great deal of complicated work, aro n earing completion. Business shows no improvement in Auckland, and tho quiet conditions prevailing at the beginning of the week continue. It is believed that another man, • in addition to those already reported missing, perished in tho Whit© Island disaster. October 10 will bo tho 50th anniversary of the, arrival at Auckland of the iron ship Columbus with 189 'passengers from London. During the present season 1,140.000.. rainbow trout ova have been despatched from tho Government fish hatchery at llotonu. After trial surveys, estimates have been prepared by the 'Public Works Department of the cost of the Kawhia-Main Trunk railway. As the result of being knocked down by a motor-ear a young lady sustained a fractured thigh in Karangahape Road yesterday afternoon. • Tho Commission set ™ by the Government to inquire, into the causes of the Huntly coalmine disaster commenced its sittings at Huntly yesterday. The jury inquiring into the circumstances, of the deaths of the victims of the Huntly'explosion found that the disaster was .caused by firedamp being ignited in the old •workings, and that this led to an explosion of coal dust. The main electoral rolls, it is expected, will dose on October 7. but the date is not yet absolutely fixed, and the various registrars are awaiting final instructions from Wellington before proceeding ~ -with tho printing of the lists. New Zealand: /■ - y ; ** : ""',.^;.'"' The Government meteorologist predicts fair, weather generally with variable. breezes. i:"f."*.\ '/V:" .A very .wide range of subjects was. considered at a' meeting of tho newly-con* stituted Board of Agriculture. "; ...Tie Mining Act Amendment Bill, circulated last night, makes important provisions for ensuring tho safety of -mine workers. \- : . ~ ■ . r .The Government has decided 'to • increase the 'rate .of; pay. for privates in the expeditionary force. from .4s to '5s a day and;that of corporals. from 5s 6d to 6s a day. -.•.://'?/••"■■'■-' .-'-■.-■"':' The New Zealand University -Amendment Bill, circulated Jast night, contains clauses for : the setting up of a "Board o; Studies,;,!. for the founding of new scholarships. ■>'...„ , , -■ :. Complaints have been made regarding the conduct of certain 'Imperial reservists. The Minister for Defence has found these to be well founded, and the \ reservists who;are_ -tor" blame will be; shipped A 'to England at tie first; opportunity. : ':--'.•.'- General:* . -'"- : An Adelaide message" states that farmers say the present drought is the. worst" ever experienced. -':•:-'::, ;'-■;_-' ''•■' v . -..■■■'--.•,*;£ - ■ A'Federal manifesto" notifies the* restoration; of the principle \of . preference -i to unionists in the Public Service. v. | The annual report of the Victorian 1 Railway Commissioners shows that the revenue was £5,581,473 and* the •working expenses £3,773,492. -l..*>, ~'...,'. The War: - .: ', The Germans are - vigorously >'■ preparing for r ; a. winter '.campaign., ' "«..-.', The - Pope is continuing V his efforts • in the 'direction of peace. " r " ',' ■ "A'- I .German destroyer.-bombarded '-a lighthouse- in the 1 Baltic. * T7io Germans have enlisted citizens 7 as railway police.in Belgium.'..-:'' '•/;. '■'.' It' is reported that the.Prince of Bavaria ha.-! been; made a prisoner. '. ; ; ,' A .foreign' military;'authority,; at; Paris estimates the German losses at 500,000.., . The American . Consul ', at Rheims estimates tho damage yto the' town .at £6,000 000. -' '. , '<> \ : A (German wireless message admits ,that tie' Germans are unable to arrest; the adyance ' of : the allies.. ; T -. .''.■-- '• r . ; :. The officials 'in Paris; believe. that ; the worst of the i war is over, and , the best may ; now bo ' hoped • for. ■ -•'■'"'.- ■ ■ Tho German official casualty list shows that there were 117,000 casualties up' to the beginning of. September. * 0 There. is - every- indication flat ; the Russians intend, to advance on Breafon, in south-eastern Germany, from ■ Galicia. ', A. soldier from between Thiancourt and Saint Mihiel, in Northern France, slates that a German Army Corps is in ■• full retreat. The German Government has purchased 2,000,000 • sheep and lamb skins for soldiers' garments . for the winter campaign. It is considered that the Emden's evasion of searching vessels is due to good fortune rather than speed, as sho needs to be docked. Advices from Antwerp state that the positions between the lines of fortifica tions have been levelled so as not to interfere with gun fire. Experts are of opinion that the seizure of Antwerp would involve an enormous loss of. life, which tho Germans in their present condition dare not risk. The Germans arc using subterranean galleries in quarries in France for storing provisions and ammunition, with a view to solving the problem of supply. The women of Canada have given £37,000 t-j the Admiralty to establish a hospital at Portsmouth and £20,000 to bo placed at Lord Kitchener's.disposal. The" London Times's correspondent, while admitting the apparent thoroughness of the German spy system, has not &'■ very high opinion of its usefulness. 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