NEWS SUMMARY.

New Zealand Herald, Volume LIII, Issue 16202, 12 April 1916, Page 6

NEWS SUMMARY.

.Auckland: ■.... I There were 26 cot cases among the 539 sick and wounded soldiers who returned from tho front yesterday. Three of them were for Auckland. ' -*■ A •' vessel which arrived at Auckland yesterday brought 339 wounded Mid invalided soldiers, 88 of whom eve re from tho Auckland district Tho movement initiated by tho French * ■ Club in Auckland in aid of the Frtnch Red Cross Fund has resulted in '.he collection of nearly £15,000, "" Only 24 men enlisted in tho city yesterday. Of that number nine were accepted, 12 were deferred, end three were rejected as unfit for active servic. Tho Ross Goldfields Reconstructed, Ltd., was yesterday wound up voluntarily at an , extraordinary 'meeting of shareholders, " two liquidators being appointed. A complete revolution in the management of the Auckland Acclimatisation Society was effected last night at tho annual meeting, which elected a new president, &nd displaced all but two members of last year's council. The sick and wounded soldiers who Re- - turned from the front yesterday wero welcomed by the Mayor, Mr. J. H. Gunson, on behalf of the citizens of Auckland, and by Sir Joseph Ward, Bart., and tho Hon. A. M. Myers, on behalf of tho Government. New Zealand: Great improvement is shown in recruiting in tho Otago district. There baa been a revival in recruiting v- v fit Christ church in the last few days. During last month the estates of 293 deceased persons wero certified for death duties. Discharged soldiers will in future be entitled to curative treatment as if they wero still on the strength. A conference of representatives of friendly societies and of the lodge doctors will be held in Wellington shortly. Fourteen days will be allowed to men not on tho national register to fill in registration papers. Prosecutions of all unregistered men will follow. Australian: * Two actions for libel, brought by Mr. W. A. Holman, Premier of New South Wales, have been settled. Mr. H. A. Morgan, who was engaged by Mr. A. B. Griffith as advising expert, . . gave evidence yesterday before the Petrol Acquisition Commission in Sydney. British and Foreign: Owing to ill-health, Mr. T. Wray Palliser has resigned the position of secretary to the High Commissioner for New Zealand. f * »;« « *.* I _ Kj #5 # # ' The attention of neutral nations is to be drawn to the official report on the treatment of British prisoners of war by Germany. . The Prime Minister of Australia has accepts! an invitation to attend the Paris Conference as one of the representatives of the Imperial Government. The War: . , British have made further progress at St. Eloi. " Three Fokker aeroplanes have been cap;.;.:::tnred' on-: the western front. One* French, one Norwegian, . and four <f .... .British:steamers have been torpedoed, ..." o. . A violent bombardment was maintained . we t of the- Meuse throughout Sunday nightThe Russians are steadily advancing in -V._ -; the-.-direction of Diarbekr, in Turkish Armenia The French have made progress in the enemy'v communication trenches south of t Douaumont. • V. i: The Germans claim to have isolated two fortified points of support south-west of 6. . Bethincourt. Another fierce assault by the Germans .. .in the Haucourt-Bethincourt region has * ' been heavily repulsed. . . The Austrian and German press is dis- ' ■>. cussing at length Holland's preparations against threatened attacks. The Germans have accepted Dr. von Bethmann-Eollweg's Reichstag speech as 1 (definition of Germany's a'.ms in Europe. v " V 1 . . General Sir Charles Monro is expected . to furnish shortly a list of men recommended for the Distinguished Conduct Medal. w • The enemy's attack at Mort Homme Hill on Sunday last enabled them to penetrate . a length of 500 yds of French advanced _~ . trenches. Enormous losses were sustained.

Copenhagen reports state that in consequence ,of the British attacks on tho west coast _ of Schleswig neutrals havo • ,b.5Pn prohibited from reselling St It Island.

Delegates from Franco to the InterParliamentary Conference were welcomed ;,i ; by, .His Majesty the King, who delivered •.to them a message to the people of • France.

.. Several attacks on the enemy positions . at Sannaiyat, 11 miles beyond Umm-el-Henna, have been made by General Gorringe's forces. The operations are being much hampered by floods. The Prime Minister of Britain, Mr. H. H. Asquith. in a recent speech, said that tho terms on which the British will con- : " elude peacf ,re the accomplishment of the . purposes fur which they took up arms. In his despatch regarding the withdrawal from flallipoli, General Sir Charles Monro mentions that as a result of a bliz,i °" oVem^nr 21, 200 deaths among the allied troops were caused bv exposure. J The correspondent of the Daily Mail reports that it is expected that 'an attack will be made by the enemv on the Macedonian front within the next fortnight in order to forestall the arrival of more'reinforcements at Salonika,