NEWS SUMMARY.

New Zealand Herald, Volume LIII, Issue 16169, 4 March 1916, Page 6

NEWS SUMMARY .

|§Ip| J Auckland: . s • 0.-:. - Twenty recruits' were accepted for active service 'yesterday. ' " ' The ■ fourth .Maori •, reinforcements are y;'' now. being i mobilised ' at .Narrow; Neck camp. ' .; /.. ;.'/..,-.,■',..'..". '.'-,. : y: Objection has been mado to the quality ;.■ *: -i of the armlets issued by the Recruiting ■ Board- ' ." -.■■'.■;..; '' : - ■-:■•■,-• • The*restriction on the supply of bottles '-.. from Japan will not be seriously felt in L.' -.: Auckland.' _;;"; ' < > '•''',- ■''"' '' •"'■'"■,'' Owing to' the late arrival of a steamer /the" : Southdown and. Horotiu freezing : works will be-closed from March 17. to .■;V'--;."2LV ';^;r\-y; [ : ;;■',■;■..;.:■■ .'.-"'; Six notifications of infantile paralysis :;-;'; •■':'. were yesterday received from country disL . tricts round . about Auckland. No fresh cases occurred in the city. ■ - ;/ y : . The total cool storage at the Southdown and the Horotiu .. freezing ? works ..will be 'increased by next; season . from .■ 140,000 :'" carcases to 220,000 carcases. ' ~ , -The Auckland quota of the fourteenth .'..' "" reinforcements for -the New Zealand Ex- :'"■ • peditionary Force will leave for the vari- "::■ \ ous training camps on Tuesday. .•.'..:; •'_. New Zealand: '■■''} ,> . •<•'*»*•.'*," „ '■! •',-; : " ■'•■ :'■'' -. - . . The War Pensions' Board : this week , dealt with a record:. number of applica- ■'-■■■" tions. '," k'. \\'-,'-:.'' '•• '-•/>?' .;".■".'-.' ■' A soldier, Corporal Thomas .Wallace, ;■' ;.. was killed through falling off a train at Trentham. r , .._ ..'-••". r . ■ -:. " -'* ■ " The Minister for Finance quoted returns ... for the past ] 11, and ,12 months showing ' increased,', revenue and .decreased expenditure- ; ■ '■•'. ■■"', >■■■-■ ■■' Two. men were killed 'arid another seri- ■:! ously injured through a motor colliding with a train , on 'a . level crossing / near Nelson. ,■> t- ■..,-,_ < , 't, . A deputation of Wellington commercial \ ■",.-" men is.to wait on the Prime Minister in reference /to; the .future commerce of the Dominion. " " ■'■-'■'■'" . "*"■ ;• ,'The: War: //' ■ •.■•■"■' The Russians have; achieved further progress in Armenia. It,, is stated that the Bulgarians are v ; .J''-clamouring for peace. «:■■ m ' The 'German casualties at Verdun are /' - estimated at' 125,000. to 150,000. •,, /, : " The German press is jubilant over the ■.'■ Verdun battle, claiming a great and unex;/.?..'pected success. > ' ' It is stated that several German genV ■' .'■ erals are against continuing the offensive against "Verdun." _ ■-■».. . \)^J. : y^ American reports assert that a' British :.; cruiser captured the German raider Moewe in the South Atlantic.'...'' }' '. ... J . A French general suggests that that : fighting at' Verdun is only.a diversion to . mask a. larger, offensive elsewhere. ■;.::. The correspondent * at, Salonika, of the ■/.:-■ London Times reports the daily arrival of , reinforcementa in larger numbers than ' ;-. ever. J , Sift^ ' The German Admiralty officially announced that two French •■", auxiliary ;•' ,v cruisers were sunk at Havre. This statement was,false., i / ? Travellers^, from Berlin .report that ; v; - 10,000 women recently gathered in Unter .s s den ■ Linden and marched ': to : the palace .-.-.:■. shouting 1 " Bread ior peace." The enthusiastic scenes at the opening of ■ the Italian Chamber of Deputies, are : said to have afforded a magnificent demonstration of the solidarity -of the allies. . -.-,' ' Speaking in the House of Lords, the " Earl I of' Derby , said he was concerned at .'';..•■ >>:■-;', ■; the' number :of official • and other exemp- ;>-*,'" lions granted to men. eligible for service. • '• Curiosity more than * trepidation .is ./V v". aroused by; the boasted ; initiation' •of ' the / j, new submarine campaign. Bookings of■ •' . passengers across : ( the: Atlantic have: not : ' ■ ' been affected. .' '-' ' ; \_ -) : > AN YOU AFFORD to"finance others at ;:, v ■ the present time for nothing ? • If tot; then place your Overdue Accounts with :> us for, collection.; You; will f obtain better results than "elsewhere, regular statements, • reports. :j and; grompt settlements. -.•-■• ■-..,, ... :: write, -or • ring 3145,, for Prospectus. : ,'• l ' JJOOPE BROS. ;: - ACCOUNTANTS. COLLECTORS, AND ; rt^£.s-4?;«-" { -^ i ASSIGNEES. --/=/:.£■ og. % M and 15, H.M. ! Arcade, Queen St.; Auckland