NEWS SUMMARY.

New Zealand Herald, Volume LI, Issue 15753, 30 October 1914, Page 6

NEWS SUMMARY.

Auckland: The Herald Huntlv Relief Fund now totals £1210 4s 3d. Snow fell near Gisbome yesterday, and tho weather was very cold. An uproarious Open-air political meeting was addressed by Mr. W. P. Storey, at Parnell last night. The Auckland Citizens' Patriotic Fund now totals £50.503 3s Od. The fund is to be closed to-morrow. Forty-seven applications have been received'by the City Council for the position of manager of the municipal fish-market. Tho total amount subscribed to the Herald Patriotic Fcxd is £9800 8s lOd. The fund will be temporarily closed after to-morrow. An increase in the price of bread to 4J,d per 211) loaf was made by a general meeting last evening of the Master Bakers' Association. Only a few points of rain fell on Wednesday evening, and the small benefit of the showers was nullified by a steady wind blowing throughout yesterday. It is exported that the report of the Roval Commission appointed to inquire into the Huntly disaster will be presented to the House of Representatives to-day. Tho City Council strongly supports the proposal that the surplus trout at Taupo and Rotorua. should bo sent to Auckland for distribution as an addition to the food supply. There has been some agitation among the. Huntly coalminers, and a deputation has been appointed to meet tho Tanpiri mines directors to-day and ask for a new working agreement. The possibilities of school gardens were the subject of an interesting and practical address delivered last night in the Horticultural Hall to an audience consisting of members of the Horticultural Society. The work of re-forming the road from Mount, Albert to Morningside preparatory to the proposed tramways extension is well in 'Sand, though it may be until early in the new year "before the actual extension of tho lines will be commenced. A record season is being experienced in the frozen meat industry, the Auckland Farmer?' Freezing Company having killed since July 1 last 6467 more head of cattle than in the same period of last year, and altogether 21.149 head of live stock. The appeal for practical expressions of sympathy with the people of Belgium is being answered by citizens of Auckland in a generous fashion. The Acting-Cons ill's fund now amounts to £3018 10s 6d, and the fund opened by tho Herald to £571 6s 6d. The primping plant at the Thames Hauraki shaft ceased operations shortly before noon yesterday, under orders from - the Drainage Board, and this finally stops all operations at the 1000 ft level, both by the Deep Levels Mining Board and the May Queen Gold Mining Company. Sew Zealand: An Auckland solicitor was struck off trie rolls yesterday. A woman was found in a, back vari: at Christchurch suffering severely from biras. Cold and rainy weather generally is predicted by the Gov*nment meteorologist. Active training of the territorials and senior cadets will bo resumed on November 1. A fire in a motor garage at Napier damaged 16 cars and caused a loss of about £10,000.

"Canterbury University :s asking far a Government" grant of £18,000. for ,iew buildings. ' An official inquiry into the. mishap to tho Ruahine found" no blame attachable to anyone. The recent death of a, man in a Dunedin bar was held by the coroner to be due to natural causes. A Chinaman was fined £2 at Dunedin for having opium in his possession over two years ago. A question about the 6upply of liquor to the troops at Samoa was asked in Parliament yesterday. The Minister for Defence announces that there have been only a few desert : from the expeditionary 'force. A conference of war veterans has suggested that a special monument be erected on the site of the battle of Orakau. There was another complaint in the House last night about tho alleged incomplete condition of the electoral rolls. The New Zealand Board of Agriculture held a meeting at Wellington-yesterday, at which many matters were discussed. The Otago Expansion League is advanc- , ing a proposal that destitute Belgian women be brought out to the colonies for domestic service. The War: Fresh German troops continue to arrive fit tho front. Hundreds of cases of cholera are reported in Vienna daily. Many cricketers in South Africa are [volunteering for service. i A Scottish regiment silenced a German battery on October 16 in 10 minutes. There has been some trouble at German relief camp in New South Wales. The cost of insuring property in London against damage by bombs "is easier. The Germans were driven back over the Yser River on Monday by bayonet charges. i The death occurred on Wednesday of Prince Maurice of Battenberg from Wounds. Three hundred and eighty-seven vehicles laden with wounded passed Ostend on Sunday. The German attacks in the region of Nit-uport and Arras were much less vioSent on Wednesday. German guns have been mounted at Heyst and Zecbrugge for tho purpose of meeting sea attacks.

It is stated that the severity of the loss of life in Flanders exceeds the battles of the. Mcuse and the Nethe. The High Commissioner has formulated ft scheme, to secure financial assistance for the Dominions during the war. A surprise night attack by the Germans on the British near Langemarck on Friday was repulsed with great slaughter. German submarines which were sent from Germany by rail, packed in sections, are said to be operating near Ostend. Great confidence is expressed by London papers in General Botha's ability to Buppress the rebellion in South Africa. General Botha's force came in contact "Kith Beyer's force on Wednesday, and drove them in headlong rout the' wholo day. The Belgian Government states that the situation on the Yser has improved, the fire of the enemy's artillery having