NEWS SUMMARY.

New Zealand Herald, Volume LIII, Issue 16268, 29 June 1916, Page 6

NEWS SUMMARY.

Auckland: * > Campetitwm tor beef was eteady at the WestflSd eales yesterday. Sheep and piga also sold well. A Conciliation Council •will Bit at Wha- ... 'jigirfci '.on Saturday next to hear evidence in the local bodies our era' dispute. The Auckland Provincial Industrial Association has J launched an advertising and 'publicity campaign in favour of New Zealand and British-made goods. The Kaipara Chamber of Commerce expressed dissatisfaction with the Prime Minister's attitude regarding the proposal. for the internment of Austrian subjects, j •i ——— A meeting of the Auckland and Suburban Drainage Board was held last night. It .wan stated that the whole drainage scheme • will cost ' £25,000 less than was . originally.expected. The need for studying the child in order to develop its character on natural lines was pointed out to mothers and teachers last night by Dr. Elizabeth McDonald, medical inspector of schools, in an address . to teachers. A young Maori corporal who, in the Auckland Supreme Court yesterday admitted a charge of forgery in connection with a post office savings bank book, was handed over to the military authorities at Narrow Neck.' Elections will be necessary in each of the four Auckland wards for the new Education Board, to be constituted on July 19 next, nominations received yesterday being in each case in excess of the number: of members required. The Taupo Totara Timber Company has forwarded cheque for £100 to the "Newmarket Borough Council, to be devoted to the Fire Brigade equipment fund, in recognition of the firemen's efforts in preventing the spread of the fire that took place on their premises on a recent Sunday., - A cheque for £20 was also forwarded, to be divided among the men. New - Zealand: m A conference of transport workers .was held In Wellington yesterday. The" House of Representatives yesterday continued consideration of the Estimates. The Legislative Council yesterday further considered the Military Service Bill in Committee. The eighteenth reinforcements are going into camp at fall strength, and all previous shortages- have been made up. % Australian: The'' "Commonwealth Government has purchased 15 modern cargo steamers at a cost of £2,000,000. British and Foreign: Mr. Roosevelt says that Mr. Wilson "just be defeated at the forthcoming eleotion "for the country's good." It is officially stated that a total of 125 persons are undergoing terms of imprisonment for participation in the Irish rebellion., ~. r , ' H ~ , 'Great popular discontent prevails in the central-German districts. Martial law has been proclaimed in the City of Leipsic, where riots occurred. * Thenari ~~ The Italians have captured numerous heights in the Eastern Trentino. A German attack on British trenches south-east of Ypres was repulsed. « -The ..lull in .the. operations at .Verdun has been continued for another day. German diplomats estimate the losses of the attackers at Verdun at 170,000. - Successful raids were made on the Ger- - man trenches by Anzac troops on Monday night. V.- 4 The" Turks claim successes against the . , . Russians on the Armenian and Persian fronts. • Fopf. ,enemy. aeroplanes were brought down hy JJie,? British ,on- the western . front, *. •'" . v V,' Local operations enabled the French to enlarge the ground recently gained near Thiaumont. The Austrian* retired so speedily fn ■ the Trentino as to force the advancing Italians to use cavalry in the pursuit. , As a reprisal for the closing of the Dutch frontier, the Germans are reported to •be - starving Belgian civilians in the . occupied territory.