NEWS SUMMARY.

New Zealand Herald, Volume LIII, Issue 16215, 28 April 1916, Page 4

NEWS SUMMARY.

(Auckland; --.-,.. , The Defence Department has accepted artificial legs made in Auckland for soldiers. Twenty-nine men offered themselves for active service yesterday. Ten passed the medical examination. A widow named Mrs. Carrol has died at the hospital, . as- the result of a, fV.I down a flight of stairs. The trial of Rua. on a charge of attempted "murder and resisting the police was commenced at Rotorua yesterday. An elderly woman named Mrs. Frned sustained serious injuries to her right foot by being knocked down by a tramcar at Mount Albert, yesterday. The annual meeting of the Now Zealand Society for the Protection of Women and Children and Prevention of Cruelty to Animals was held yesterday. New Zealand: The timber workers' conference at Dun- > fedin .was concluded yesterday. Payments to date on behalf of the Imperial Supply branch total £9,480,444. New Zealand produce entered for export last week was valued at £575,200. General Sir William Birdwood sent greetings to returned soldiers in New Zealand. A ballot for land, for which preference was given to soldiers, was held in Wellington yesterday.

The Wellington Land Board decided to (exclude from land ballots recently-married Inen of military age. A. railway porter named Henry James Chapman died at Wellington as the result of injuries received through falling off a train on Saturday. Tiie War: The bombardment of Lowestoft lasted only half-an-hour. An impressive memorial service took pl.ico at Malta on Anzac Day. The French have brought down an fcniany aeroplane near their lines. The leaders of the British Cabinet have conferred with representatives of tho Labour Party. Powerful searchlight* and anti-aircraft guns have proved an effectivo check on Zeppelin raids. Germany is endeavouring to avoid a breach with the United States over the submarine controversy. Repeated Turkish attempts to break ll'o British linos on the banks of the Ti,jris have failed, at heavy cost. Martial law has been proclaimed in Dublin, and the Government is taking active steps to arrest the rioters. A cordon of troops has been drawn round the centre of the city of Dublin. The situation Is 'well in' band. The latest reports from Dihlin state that as a result of the riots 39 persons have been killed and 27 wounded. The Turks- have hurried up reinforcements to Armenia, and are endeavouring to concentrate westward of Erzeroum. The American State Department has issued a .statement, upholding the right of merchantmen to ' arm for protection only. ;..-.- ■•' ' Sir Roger Casement, who was arrested in connection with the abortive attempt to land arms in Ireland, has been placed in close detention. The Queensland Government has. subject to ; certain ..conditions,, offered 3.000,000 acres of land for the settlement of soldiers after the war. The reply of the British Government to the American 'protest against the alleged interference .with neutral trade contends that the practices art judicially sound and valid according to international law.