NEWS SUMMARY.

New Zealand Herald, Volume LII, Issue 15886, 6 April 1915, Page 6

NEWS SUMMARY.

Auckland: { There were 275 males and 16 females 5n the Auckland gaol at the end of last week. The New Zealand University tournament wag continued yesterday, and will be concluded to-day. Large crowds patronised the Easter holiday attractions yesterday, when races and sports gatherings were held. A woman who had not been seen for ] about a fortnight was found dead in the house in which she bad resided in Free- - man's Bay yesterday. ' t Subscriptions amounting to £1046 3s 8d have been made to the Belgian Fund towards the sum required to secure the Lindauer collection for Auckland. i A poll of the Mount Eden ratepayers i is to be taken next Saturday on the pro- ; posal to borrow £155.000 for the provision i of a sewerage system and for other im- ! provements for the district. • The War: ■ The Germans captured British airmen , between Maliiies and Herenthals, in Belgium. Allied airmen dropped bombs on military works in the vicinity of Thielt, west of Ghent. An Austrian armour-plated tug named the Belgrade was mined and blown up below Semliu, on the Danube. Bulgarian irregulars were repulsed attempting to cross the Greek frontier. Many were killed and wounded. A traveller from Lodz states that the Germans are working day and night on the railways and bridges to facilitate retreat. Grand Duke Alexieff succeeds General Russky in the command of the troops before" Przemysl. The latter had to re sign owing to ill-health. It was semi-officially announced that the Turkish light cruiser Medjidieh struck a mine off the Russian Black Sea coast on Saturday and sank. A member of the Bulgarian Legation declares that the fighting on the SerboBulgarian frontier was devoid of importance, and was merely local. It is stated that political leaders in Britain agree that financial considerations need not hinder the most drastic action being taken in regard to the drink question. Advices from Vienna state that the story of the Emperor Francis Josephs appeal to the Pope to use his influence to conclude a separate peace with Russia, is officially denied. A message from the Swiss frontier town of Basle states that it is reported that the Germans are hastily building many additional bridges over the Rhine at close intervals. Fresh German troops are concentrated near the Dutch frontier, and the German staff has been transferred to Ecloo, northwest of Ghent, and five miles from the Dutch frontier. Following upon an appeal to citizens, made through the newspapers, to write to him if they favoured absolute prohibition, the first mail reaching Mr. Lloyd George brought 115,000 letters. Lieutenant-Colonel Milsoyedoff, an interpreter on the staff of the Tenth Army Corps, was sentenced to be hanged for espionage in connection with operations on the Vistula and Niemen. General- Joffre on March 24 inspected French troops who had been through the whole" of the fighting. He permitted Russian, British. Belgian, Servian, and Japanese officers to accompany him. The Temps' Petrograd correspondent says that Emperor Francis Joseph is resolute in declining to grant concessions to Italy. He savs he would rather abdicate than cede territory to his former ally.

A Belgian and British patrol attacked soma German raiders north of Abercorn, between Rhodesia and German East Africa, and drove them across the border. Several of the Germans were killed. Mr. Lloyd George states that the late Baron Rothschild, the famous financier, recommended in August last the imposition of double income tax with a heavier supertax to raise revenues to meet war expenditure. The Times' correspondent, describing Praemysl, says it was an impregnable fortress, but it was two or three times over-garrisoned. Patient, haggard soldiers were starving in the trenches, while sleek, faultlessly-dressed officers were living on the fat of the land in fashionable hotels end restaurants. An official Russian communique states :— " Fighting west' of the Niemen is developing in our favour. Our cavalry, after a stubborn fight with German cavalry and infantry between Calvaria and Suwalki, on Friday* made a dashing' charge, sabring and capturing many and expelling the enemy irom the district." Sporting and Athletics: The autumn meeting of the Auckland Racing Club was concluded at EllersTle ve?terday in fine weather. Colonel Soult won the .St. George's Handicap, the principal event on the programme at the Auckland Racing Club's Meeting yesterday. The university tournament was continued jesterday when the athletic championships were derided at the Domain. The shield was won by Canterbury College. A cricket match between the representatives of t\r> Auckland and South Auckland Associations was concluded at Eden Park yesterday. Auckland won by an innings and 44 runs. The Auckland provincial golf championship meeting; was cot tinuod at Middlemore yesterday when the first and second rounds of the championship match were played. The final will be played this afternoon.