NEWS SUMMARY.

New Zealand Herald, Volume LIII, Issue 16366, 21 October 1916, Page 6

NEWS SUMMARY.

? Auckland: ; Tram 9 will run along the new Queer Street extension to-day for the first time, Thirty-two informations under the antishouting regulations have been laid in Auckland. . A commission has been appointed to investigate the recent accident at Auckland caused by the explosion c' a drum ol vitriol. ■ Some typical cases in which assistance is being given to soldiers and their dependants were repprted to the Claims Board yesterday by the Mayor. Fourteen men enroling at the city recruiting . station yesterday and of that number one was accepted, eight were deferred and five were rejected. General Botha's letter of thanks to the citizens of Auckland for their presentation is to bo framed and temporarily hung in . the Mayor's room at the Town Hall. The Auckland soldier patients returning by the New Zealand hospital ship Marama are expected to arrive from Port Chalmers on Wednesday or Thursday next . . New Zealand: Fines amounting to £50 were imposed on four men in Cnristchurch for a breach of the anti-shoyting regulations. A casualty _ list, containing particulars of 244 casualties, including 76 men killed in action and 16 died of wounds, was issued yesterday. ' • Eight invalided details of the New Zealand Expeditionary Force were embarked at Fremantle by the Mamma for return to the Dominion. British and Foreign: The silence of Mr. Hughes, Republican candidate for the American Presidency, on -American issues, is increasing Mr. Wilson's chances. Mr. Redmond's motion in the House of Commons condemning the present system of government in Ireland was negatived by 303 votes to 106. - The War: The Servians have gained positions on the Salonika front. The Germany Embassy admits that the . Bremen has been lost. There is evidence that the Germans are treating their prisoners letter, especially the British. The small Danish steamer Rosenvold, of 750 tons, built in 1899, has been sunk. The crew landed safely. . /. French marines were hooted while marching through the streets of Athens. Some of the demonstrators were arrested. German "submarines are active in the North Sea. Five of the largest size" are at the entrance to the Baltic. The' German forces in East Africa have .'been driven out of the hills south of the central railway with considerable losses. -Two more German armv orders which > . have fallen , into the hands of the allies / emphasise the importance of economy in " -• : material. * ? General Townshend, the defender of > Kut-el-Amara, has been gazetted a Com mander of the Bath. The Canard liner Alaunia, bound from ' New York to England, struck a mine in the English Channel, and after landing the •• passengers cjt Falmouth, sank. '.1 t-' In a review of recent operations Sir ■ -Douglas ; Hag emphasises that the British air . and artillery superiority are wearing down; the enemy's morale. •