NEWS SUMMARY.

New Zealand Herald, Volume LI, Issue 15735, 9 October 1914, Page 4

NEWS SUMMARY.

d>» —•» 'Auckland; The Auckland Citizens' Patriotic Fund row totals '£49,688 Is 7d. A Herman subject was arrested by the waterfront police yesterday. The annual 'meeting of the Anglican Diocesan Synod has been fixed lor Friday, October 16. Owing to the absence of rain, the pastures in the YVaikato district, are very dry and the milk supply is decreasing. .Subscriptions received yesterday increased the total amount in the Hkk.ui) Patriotic Ft.nd to £9612 10s 3d. The restrictions place 1 upon the industry o' .-aidling fish for the Auckland market vitro discussed in Parliament yesterday. Approximate figures in connection with the main rolls for the Auckland city and urban electoral districts aro now available. General business is still being conducted cautiously, and buyeis are only operating ;io far as urgent requirements are concerned. The Thames Harbour Board is faced with a problem in disposing of _ tailings deposited on the foreshore by mining companies. There have been no further earthquake shocks on the East Coast, and the people in the districts affected are busy effecting repairs Further evidence of a somewhat sensational character was given yesterday at the inquiry into the onuses of the Huntly disaster. The essential clauses have been deleted from the Auckland Harbour Board Vesting Pill bv the Local Mies' Committee of the House of Representatives. Subscriptions amounting to £51 15s were made yesterday to the Herald fund for the relief of distress in Huntly. The fund now amounts to £1031 15s. The annual meeting of the South British Insurance Company, Ltd., was held yesterday morning, when it was announced that the business of the company for the vast year had proved a record. New Zealand; Fair and warm weather conditions arc predicted by the Government meteorologist. An active campaign will bo conducted this year by both parties in the licensing issue. The Maoris of Tikitimu. a district near Gisborne, have contributed £1000 to the war fund. , A frost at Hastings caused a considerable amount of damage to the fruit crops in that district. Important amendments to the land laws are proposed in the Land Laws Amendment Bill. A movement is afoot to greatly extend the. organisation and usefulness of the boy scouts in New Zealand. The Minister in charge of the Electoral Department stated yesterday tint the new system of compiling" the rolls was entirely safisfac-ijry. . The lack of definite information regarding shipping facilities in the early part of the new year is still causing anxiety among exporters. .., The railway employees arc said to regard with favour the report furnished to ■ "Parliament bv Mr. Hiley, the :aow General Manager"of Railways. ' '..v.'... "J A sum. of £160 ; has' been contributed to the war fund by the. people of Niue Island, and the people of the Island of Mangaia have sent £116. It was reported in Parliament yesterday that the result of'the Government's action in financing gumdlggera had "been to bring the industry almost back to normal. The War: The British authorities have totally prohibited the exportation of wool. British art lovers have drafted a protest against German'vandalism. Aeroplanes have dropped bombs on Rheims, and one killed 14 people. It is said that 14 out of every 20 German howitzer shells failed to burst. "A German destroyer was sunk by a British submarine off.the coast of Holland. The war fund rawed for the New Zealand contingent at Homo amounts to £4500. The Canadian Cabinet has decided to send a second expeditionary force to the Continent. The Dutch authorities are taking drastic steps to prevent the smuggling of contraband into Germany. The members of the Auckland section of the expeditionary force had a good day's training yesterday. -A Norwegian ship, bound from New Caledonia to Hamburg with a cargo of '■■ nickel ore t has been captured. In response to public appeals, 100 motor-ambulances have already been given to the British Red Cross Society. . . The Daily Telegraph's war correspondent states that the British casualties during the past three weeks have been insignificant. Mr. Bryan, Secretary of State for America, is endeavouring to arrange peace treaties with Germany, Austria-Hungary, and Japan. A column of 20,000 Germans has traversed Templenve, a Belgian commune, near the Franco-Belgian frontier, towards Lille. It is stated that, owing to dissatisfaction, General von Moltke, chief of the German Staff, has been deprived of much of his executive power. A London cablegram states that Mr. Oeorge Beetham, of Masterton, ig presenting the New Zealand contingent with a motor ambulance. The official list of German losses to September 1 is given as 117,000. The authorities admit that the total losses to date, are 300,000. The Federal Labour Ministry proposes that Parliament should vote £"100,000 as a gift to the Belgian Government for the relief of distress. It is understood that negotiations arc pi weeding between the Federal and Imperial Governments for financing the Commonwealth during the war. The submarine which was taken without authority from an Italian dockyard ■ by an officer in the Italian Naval Reserve has arrived at the island of Corsica. Fears are entertain*! for the safety ol the Invergarrv, an Aberdeen barque, which left Newcastle for Kan Franciscc with a cargo ot coal on Juno 2. The secretary of the New Zealand PoM Office has warned New Zealand peopl* against acting as intermediaries in for warding th correspondence of Britain'; enemies. An official communiquo states that on tin allies" left wing the action is increasing!} violent, comparative calm prevails in th< centre, while som* ground has beer gained north of the Meuse.