NEWS SUMMARY.

New Zealand Herald, Volume LI, Issue 15750, 27 October 1914, Page 6

NEWS SUMMARY.

Auckland: The ITejut.d Belgian Relief Fund now totals £341 lbs H. Increased thermal activity has been reCorded recently at Rotorua. An advance in the price of butter will I),' made probably within a few days. There wwe 293 males and 16 females in iho Auckland gaol at tho close of last i <vk. The scarcity "f rain threatens to involve North Auckland dairy farmers in serious I.*.*-*. \ urn to flow irk yesterday marked the 01 <•),:nlt "I the M'.to'.n I'll' tho Auckland I Automobile .Wociatmu. ■\.. ..1.1 in.in, win was found dead be.- | pile i!„. i,,» ( | near Whangarei, has not been ide,,tilled. It \V. 11.:'. "I kl.md, is petitioning Parliament f<>r > otnpensalion for alleged ".•.•n.-fii! (iiciit'.'i in a lunatic asylum. \ .Linn f'ir • iinpeiisation against the An. klan.l ,i'd Nihurban Drainage Board - i.' heard in the Supreme Court yestcr»l.._> IMe »te, r IJivcnna which arrived f ■"i >>iln.-\ •. i Merlin moraine brought l.i! wan and A a-'. Lilian mails and a 1.,_•.•' ii.j;nu;t\ of . ar^'. \ n,.,vl,<n mippTt, last evening, fell iip,.:i a l.il>..'ini named Charles Chapman, •■!',, ■,<,,..< . Hei •, in the new tunnel at I J'.,;nei.. I'ie.ikiiiß s-\cr.i! .it his ribs. j Ih.. ,I'tnrl i !■! i.illte* Park are asking | £._.ooo ("I ih.' in ■a. Ihe acquisition <>( 11 ~ |,ii.i» iiv by lhe I'iiy i- therefore to In- r<-lei red to [ho Compensation Court. A member of the expeditionary force, v■'..' died at Wellington as the result of mi illness, was buricsi at Avoca with (till m lit.i honours. j 1h«1. . .-.! bran of tho Queen Mary's | > .-. dlewirk iinl 1, which has Ween or- j e.'l-.e.l by the St. John Ambulance Bvi- j e.uie, continues to receive substantial sup-I ~.,:. _ I The ov.Ccr season just closing has proved satisfactory, and the Various beds I ..'.■ m such i;"od condition, according to j Mr. 1. V. Ay son, I Joveniment inspector! ..f fisheries. tli.it the outlook for next sea- ! son is excellent. i There i« every probabilifv that a two '• months' supply <•{ "permitted" esplo- j cues will reach the Taupiri Coal Mines i i ■•miiany from Australia in time for the. if'timption nf operations in the Huntly ! mines next Monday I I- r,;e crowds took advantage of the! l.ihour Day hnlida\ yesterday to make i excursions to the various parks and! Imvh he.-, and the Labour Day procession , and sports in the' Domain attracted nu- . .•i'T'-us spectators. i New Zealand: j A Chinaman hanged himself at Ilawera i Veslerday. , A new TJoman Catholic church was , opened at Core on Sunday. ! ' ! Mr. K. H. Clark. M.P., will not con- j test the Chalmers seat at the forthcoming ' election. j Trie Blackwater Cold Mining Company, j which will operate near Reefton, has been ! su'.-essfully floated. I A satisfactory report about the health j of th« troops in Samoa has been rereived by the Governor. I The Btiahine has stopped leaking. Tt I is expected that she will be readv to Mil ' again in a few davs' time. Further evidence was heard yesterday j Ivy the Parliamentary Committee concerning tho Biblo in Schools Referendum Bill. D is believed that the leak on the Buahino was caused by the door of a cargo port being left open. Cargo is being removed from the vessel. The War: T,arge convoys of German prisoners are arriving at Warsaw. A vigorous battle continues between Ostend and Nieuport. R. H. Spooner, the noted cricketer, has bwn wounded in France. Tile Germans are making frantic efforts to pierce tho allies' lines. A French torpedo boat shelled the German headquarters at Ostend. The attempted rising in Portugal is reported to have fizzled out. Heavy naval artillery is being used in the bombardment 'if Tsing-tau. Desperate fighting on the San River in Galicia has favoured the Russians. Three more German batteries have been destroyed on the heights of the Meuse. The Russians are extending double-gauge railways in Galicia. The Germans are trying, without success, to fori the allies' hands north of Arras. The Germans have been forced bark from (ho Belgian coast to within 17 mil« of Ghent. A British steamer reports that she ob served four German mibmarines off the Orkney Islands. Th« Kaiser on October 18 urged the Germans in Alsace to make a last victorious effort in the Yoa^es. A ktter received by a Port, Chalmers lady gives particulars of horrible outrages h\ Germans in Belgium. A shareholder of a South Otago freezing company strongly urged the imposition of a war lex. '''•iitirmoin and v i lent fighting is re p. it (I between Arras and the sea coast, in northeast France. Six '0i1,e,», flying the Norwegian flag. r ftly hit. the \lexnan port of Vera « i 'i/ to . oal I i'Tiumi > raisers. It is estimated that the Germans lost 00.000 rot.,..H,eni i,, the Hooding of the co li,try s-nitiieast of Dixinuode. I- is offi. Lilly aimoiuiied that the French nu Saturday i-fu. ,i German refju'-st fur in annis!:,.' in the V'Tilun region. II." Ka.er ha. ordered bis armv to reah i a'..is at all ,vis. The port is win, a.» ,i base t>,r submarine action. l! is ret • rte,| ti,,,t the Austrn German PaiiKiiii; aini.es operating against the Bus Bians h.-iv- bee., themselves outflanked. The south African rebels, under Colonel nit/., h.\< been ,ut ..ft fr'.m German territory. Martt/.'s offer to surrender has been ignored The IjMSHiar.s beyond the Vistula are closely following the retreating Germans. Several German cavalry regiments have " been destroyed. German dragoons winch attacked a British cm vov were held off bv the lorryHriveis, wile were mostly London 'bus men, until the arrival of British supports. Tho garrison at Verdun is acting as a field army and has had several encounters with tho (ierman army from Metz. The friomy have been prevented from investing .Verdun,