NEW SUMMARY.

New Zealand Herald, Volume LII, Issue 15824, 22 January 1915, Page 4

NEW SUMMARY.

'Auckland: The Thames water supply dispute has Jicr.'- e&ttled. The Mayor urges car© in the use of water by citizens. A large dairy factory is to be erected in the Waiuku district. A penny-in-the-slc-t telephone machine lias been installed near the Grey Statue. The City Council has decided to expedite the construction of the Nihofupu dam. Bishop Clcary's motor tour of the Far >.'r.rtli has been successfully continued as far as Ahipara. from to-day the price of butter to retailers will be increased from Is lid per lb to Is 2id per lb. A barn at Tirohia, near Taeroa, owned bv Mr. Wiggins, has with its contents been destroyed by fire. A commercial traveller named Herbert McLean was drowned whilst bathing in the corf at Gisborne yesterday. The fund inaugurated in Auckland to help the sufferers in the Italian earthquake disaster now totals £115 18s.

A meeting of Eden Terrace ratepayer? last night considered the question of raising a loan of £23.000 for street improvements.

Tenders for the Kaitnna and Motu Budges on the East Coast Railway have been accepted by the Public Works Department.

Trade has been fair for the w*ek, and orders for the first of next month already in hand are well up to the average fur this time of the year.

The City Council has decided to secure the services of an expert to advise it as to the best manner in which to layout the new city markets.

The dfstirict coroner yesterday commended Jack Preston for his bravery in connection with the drowning; fatality at Point Chevalier on Wednesday.

The amusement properties in connection with Wonderland -nyre yesterday offered for sale at the Outer Domain, and satisfactory prices were realised.

Judgment was given for defendant yesterday in a Maori dispute, in which Henaro Kaihau claimed possession of a block of greenstone, presented by Mere Psora to H.M.S. New Zealand.

The appeal of the National Committee of the Y.M.C.A., for funds to establish and maintain their work among the Net" Zealand troops in Egypt, has resulted in the sum of £11 15s 6d being already subscribed in Auckland. New Zealand Beneficial rains have fallen throughout Southland. The sittings of the senate of the University of New Zealand were continued yesterday. The framing of regulations in regard to the registration and inspection of orchards is to bo expedited.

Mr. J. W. Munro, the Labour candidate for the Dunedin Central seat, addressed the electors last night.

Endeavours are being made- by the Government to provide ships for the conveyance of frozen produce to England.

The increasing number of children maintained by the Wellington Charitable Aid Board is giving fiat body some concern.

The revenue of the Post and Telegraph Department for last quarter shows increased receipts as compared with the last quarter of 1913. ..

The formation of a Handicappers' Association in connection with athletics was decided upon at a meeting at Christchurch yesterday.

The new system of recruiting for reinforcements for the expeditionary force, which is now in operation, has been explained by the Minister.

An allegation that secret meetings calculated to provoke a breach of the peace are being held by German residents of the Marion district is denied by the persons concerned.

As a result of a conflict in Wellington ■with the police on Wednesday night" four soldiers were convicted yesterday of obstructing or resisting the police in the csLcutioa-of their duty. A fifth man was convicted of inciting the others to resist the police. The War: German soldiers are said to be realising the impossibility of a victorious advance. A great inundation of the district traversed by the River Lys is said to be imminent. .

A Dutch sloop struck a mine in the River Scheldt and sank five of the crew being killed.

~ The whole of the crew -of an Italian snip were lost through the vessel striking fin Austrian mine off Pola.

The Russians inflicted heavy losses on the Germans in an attack by* the enemy on Eadloff in Western Galicia.

Owing to a. blunder Germans, in blowing up a bridge, killed 14 of their comrades! while a food train fell into the canal. ,

In the western theatre of war the allies repulsed violent German attacks in several districts, and art-Ulery duels have been general.

Several German regiments are said to nave practically vanished as a, result of the wholesale slaughter by th© Russians in Poland.

According to the Paris Figaro. Jtalv end Pioumania are about to attack Austria, rnd Bulgaria and Greece are to jointly settle accounts with Turkey.

British forces in France drove the Gerirans out of and captured Frelinghien. rear Armentieres, where the enemy had massed in considerable force.

The Emperor of Austria, when driving in the streets of Vienna, was not cheered nor greeted with signs of affection, his carriage passing by in silence.

In view of possible air raids, Paris has been nightly plunged into darkness even more pronounced than that which has been insisted upon in London.

The Germans are trying to widen the wedge they have driven in at Soissons, but the French are taking adequate precautions to check their further advance.

The French universities hare replied to the protest issued by the German universities to neutral countries against the accusations made with reference to Germany's actions in connection with the war.

The ex-Khedive is stated to have been guilty of withdrawing sums from, the rcli'.gions. foundations of the Khedival family which were due to other members of the family and sensational revelations are expected.

The news of the aerial raid on Norfolk excited the wildest delight throughout Germany, where it is said it is onlv the beginning of a Zeppelin campaign. There are conflicting reports, but it is probable that only one Zeppelin was" concerned in the raid.