NEWS SUMMARY.

New Zealand Herald, Volume LII, Issue 16010, 31 August 1915, Page 6

NEWS SUMMARY.

Auckland: , Owing to the diminished support by the general public, the profit on t-ha last exhibition of the Auckland Society or Arts was only 7s 4d. ■ The formation of an Lnipire Defenders Parents' League was effected last nifint at a meeting of men and women held at St. Matthew's parish hall. The Auckland 5 boardinghousekeepcrs dispute came before the Conciliation Council yesterday, but. as no settlement could lie' arrived" at, it was referred to the Arbitration Court. A total of 6800 boxes of butter lias already accumulated in cool storage in Auckland. The first shipment will be made to London in about a fortnight. An elderly man named John Phillips, late clerk of tl.c Point Chevalier Road Board, was committed to the Supreme Court for sentence yesterday on charges of misappropriation. * The proposal to utilise the late Government building in the Domain as an military hospital 'in case of emergency has been advanced a stage, the Mayor having acquiesced in the scheme. ! A suggestion that the bowlers ot Auckland should divert their proposed' subscriptions for the equipment of Kiibrydo ,03 a convalescent home to the Government's convalescent station to be established at Rotorua, was made yesterday by the Minister for Public Health, and is likely to be acted upon, and possibly to develop into 'a national movement. New Zealand: Several deaths are reported from various parts of the Dominion. Xew regulations have been drawn up for the establishment of a motor service corps. " A sensational attempt to rob a bank at . F.ltham was frustrated by the discovery of a tunnel under the premises. . .. ...\ The Government is taking steps to prevent the exploitation of the public in connection with the. increased Customs duties. There are only 27 ; hospital cases amongst the 43° New Zealand soldiers returning by the Tahiti, due at, lington on September 13: 57 arc classified as convalescent, and 405 as "other cases." The Government's plans in connection with the reception and treatment • of • returning invalided-soldiers were, explained ;yesterday by the Minister for Public Health to the Auckland Hospital Board, and. the matter of the nursing service was referred to .by the Minister in an address ] to ladies at the Auckland Town Ilall. j The War: The number of Russian refugees fleeing before th-j Germans in Poland is estimated at- 6.000.000. A German communicate states that the j enemy's stubborn resistance .south-east-ward ■ of Ivovno has been broken. A British Cabinet Committee is enquiring into the .'expediency of introducing the quota system of recruit-in?, on similar lines to that in vogue in South Africa. • The Home Office states that for the past year 71 adult civilians and 18 children were "killed, and 1.89 adult civilians and 51 children injured by Zeppelins. • ■ The Director of Recruiting in South Africa has announced that all infantry units are filled. The heavy artillery is .full, and the field artillery is practically full. . : .v ■ A correspondent at Sofia states that, a protocol' has been signed . under which -Turkey transfers to Bulgaria, ten kilometres of. territory eastward of 1 linos, and also cedes Karagach station. The Times' correspondent at Petrograd writes that the German publicity campaign, aimed at discouraging the Russian public . with false information, is more serious than the German advance. \-:V" The Daily Telegraph's correspondent at Bucharest learns that the Austrians are massing troops on the north-eastern frontier of Servia. All Servians from 18 years of age to 50 who are abroad have been called up. , Public opinion in America believes that • the Kaiser will approve "of the Chancellors policy in placing on record that Germany ' will j observer-international law in her saa, warfare, and insisting that the submarines shall thoroughly warn . ships before shelling 'or torpedoing them. .•_