NEWS SUMMARY.

New Zealand Herald, Volume LIII, Issue 16372, 28 October 1916, Page 6

NEWS SUMMARY.

Auckland: . Five men enrolled at the city recruiting station yesterday, and of that number , three ware accepted and two were deferred. The Auckland candidates for the Rhodes Scholarships this year have been chosen in the persons of Mr. W. J. Piatt and Mr. H. E. Reynolds. The Waihi-Paeroa Gold Extraction Company during the six weeks ended October 21 last won £4850 from 16,700 tons of tailings treated. An auction sale of Crown lands was held yesterday morning at tho Crown Lands Office, several sections being bought, others ' unsold being still open for settlement. Tho Railways Department expects to utilise the new engine sheds on the Quay Street extension in about a fortnight's timo. when the demolition of the old sheds will be undertaken. An inspector of tho Public Health Department is to visit tho Whangarei district and investigate concerning the reported outbreak-of typhoid amongst the Maoris of tho district. New Zealand: Mr. Charles Ilillman, of Tuparoa, died yesterday at the ago of 101. The value of New Zealand products entered for export Inst week was £400.709. Mrs. J. Rnckloy, aged 31. was found drowned in the Ruamalninga River yesterday. A conference of meat producers, held in Wellington yesterday, came to a decision regarding the prices to be paid for Imperial meat supplies. The revenue from post and telegraphs for the quarter ended September 30 last, shows an increase over that of the corresponding period of 1915. The hearing of tho test case to determine the validity of '(lie Order-in-Council restricting the export of butter, was commenced before the full Court yesterday. The chairman of the Recruiting Board lias issued a statement showing tho number of members of the first division of the Expeditionary Force Reserve in each group. The War: A German attack near Bouchavesnes was easily repulsed. / " The Roumanians have destroyed, the Cernavoda bridge. A British mine-sweeper has been sunk by a submarine. The French defeated four counterattacks on their new front at Verdun. There is increasing indignaton in Norway over Germany's submarine warfare. The Roumanians have pained a series of successes along the Moldavian frontier. An explosion occurred in a munitions factory in Kent. Two persons were killed. Mr. Asquith states that the allies are taking all possible steps to support Roumania. The Channel tunnel scheme is to be reConsidered in the light of the experience of the war.