NEWS SUMMARY.

New Zealand Herald, Volume LII, Issue 16051, 18 October 1915, Page 6

NEWS SUMMARY.

* I Auckland: » The Auckland Sick and "Wounded Sol- j diers* Fund totals £146,269 2s Id. j The Mayor's Fund for th~. relief of sick ] and wounded soldiers now amounts to i £45,675 12s Sri. To Kuiti has decided to join in with the scheme for the provincial unification ")' patriotic fundi. Fire roved the Oisborne Mechanical Wool Winks on Snturrlav, the damage beui.s estimated at £850. '■ j The Herald War Fund was increased ) »]] Saturday bv subscriptions amounting t... £111 6s.'and* now totals £18,832 Os 9d. ! Ihe Minister fur Finance. Sir Joseph | Ward, anticipates tlio successful flotation ••ithin the minion of the £2.000.000 ! I .in for public works. A protest lias been forwarded by the (■'isbortio Chamber of Commerce to the shipping companies concerning the irregularity of the services to that port. J Charges of entering; a hut at nicjlit and I committing an assault upon a girl of 15, j were brought against James Smith, at. Kaikohe. ami he was committed for trial j '• ■ the Auckland Supreme Court, reserving i his defence. | j A vote of " no jronfidence" in the com- i mil tee of the Ohinemuri Mines and Bat- ■ 'cries' Union was carried at a. meeting of ! the union, and the chairman. Mr. A. I Parrv, announced that the committee would resign. The Mayor of Auckland returned on Saturday from the Thames, having completed the second week of his provincial tour, which has for its primary object the ' unification of the patriotic funds in the . Auckland military district. ' New Zealand: The funeral of the i.v.<> Hon. .7ohi\ i Duthip tool: place on Saturday at Karori, : Wellington. i An Ohaknne merchant-tailor. Mr. James i Wat-son. was found drowned in a creek I on Saturday morning. j The chief messenger at the Parliament- , arc Building?, 'Wellington, Mr. U. Lucas, I "i;rd suddenly on Saturday. ! Paring the twelve months ended Sep- i tember SO last the value of goods exported * from New Zealand totalled £29,541,179. j The eight-year-old daughter of "Sir. "W. j H. Bovens. of Pahiatua, v.-as kicked on tho I head by a- horse on Saturday and killed, ; A second Anglican chaplain is to he [ appointed to the Trentham camp and ono J -"•ill be required for the Tauherenikau ; camp. j .' . j A public meeting in Christcnurch on j Saturday carried a resolution affirming j Hie principle of establishing a local camp there. ! At a meeting in Ashburton to inaugurate a War Relief Fund for that county, I and endeavour to- secure £25,000, the sum i of £5000 was contributed in the room. The Minister for Public Health states that the members of the Volunteer Sisterhood, who proposed leaving for Egypt to act as nurses, are not recognised by the Government. I The War: British troops in East Africa defeated [ 2000 Germans. The Russians inflicted a severe repulse on the Turks in the Caucasus. There has been a general violent bom- ] bardment'along lbs whole western front. | British submarines sunk six German transports in the Baltic and drove another I ashore. British submarines in the Baltic are re- j ported to have sunk two German destroyers. ; Since the occupation of Belgium, the j Prussians, under orders from their officers, have shot over 5000 civilians. j In consequence of the British submarine j successes German warships are escorting 1 all merchantmen in . the Baltic- i French newspapers express satisfaction j a t he agreement existing between the | allies upon their action in the Balkans. i 1 The number of French troops killed and wounded at the Dardanelles is more than double that of the Australasian section. I -reat Britain has declared war on Bui- ! garia. A blockade his been declared of the Bulgarian coast on the iEgean Sea. The frontier between Belgium and Holland lias been closed owing to German reinforcements arriving for the Ypres-Arras front. Tn a Note to Britain, Greece makes tho announcement "ffiat she has come to the decision not to interfere in Servia for the present. It is expected that hostilities between Russia and Bulgaria will immediately follow a manifesto from the Tsar denouncing King Ferdinand. Tt is stated that the Austrians have already lost on tho Belgrade-Semendria-Gradishte front over 20,000 killed and 50,000 wounded. There are some fears that the Servians will He cut in two at Pozarevatz. causing Hie. riglr. wing to be thrown back on the Roumanian frontier. The total British casualties in the Dardanelles up to the 9th inst. were 96.899, including the Australian and New Zea-1-uid casualties, 29,121. After visiting the British fleet, an American correspondent declares that he is able to convince America that the fleet is absolutely submarine-proof. Sir Jno. French reports: "We have further improved our position in the, iiohenzollern redoubt. We hold all the. ground gained on the 13th inst." Art Italian paper says that Ttalv will not send troops to the Balkans, but'will continue pressure on Austria, which, it is considered, will Ik-, equally helpful. A message from Paris states that an i important British success was achieved ! between A pros and Loos on Wednesday night, after the, most severe fighting. ' ;