NEWS SUMMARY.

New Zealand Herald, Volume LIV, Issue 16460, 9 February 1917, Page 6

NEWS SUMMARY.

Auckland: The divorce sessions'-of 'the Auckland Supreme Court open on Monday. Eight fit men were attested at the city recruiting station yesterday out of 11 volunteers. Only in & few instances have candidates for the suburban mayoralties at the elections of April 25 been announced. A short statement in regard to the municipal fish market was made by the Mayor at last night's meeting of the City Council. Of 34 men rc-esamined by the second Auckland Medical Board, 20 have been passed as fit for active and 14 for home service, A review of the City Council's finances for the first nino months of the current, financial year was presented to the council by the Mayor last evening. An outline of a proposal in regard to the unification of local bodies' loan flotations was submitted to the City Council by the Mayor last evening. A statement in regard to the question of: popularising the Town Hall organ recitals was made to tho City Council last, evening by tho city organist. New Zealand: Produce to the value of £983,764 wasi entered : for export last week. , A casualty list issued yesterday contains the names of seven men who havo been wounded. A young woman named Lilian Hansen was thrown from her horse and killed at Spots wood, Canterbury. - Australian: Negotiations are proceeding as to the bases of agreement for a National Government. A comprehensive army reserve has been, sanctioned, with a backbone of returned soldiers. The War: The German aeroplanes which bombed Dunkirk did no damage. y, The Government has ordered 1 the com-pulsory,.-training of all able-bodied Europeans in India, ;;, •, . J German^ concentrations on the frontier of Holland continue. ■ The concentrations include cavalry. The Senate,: by,7B votes to 5, endorsed Mr/r:Wilson's action in breaking off relations with Germany., ; -?V- , The Tsar has summoned & conference to ,>, ■•■ discuss ? the ; future organisation: of Poland ' ;;/,'and its .relation to the .Empire. .- -The French Government will shortly iny; trochee a Bill ', to economise resources by .'v^'-V.ythe mobilisation of the entire nation. i Thejotier neutral nations are unfavour- '. able to \ Mr. Wilson's proposakthkt'they .-:.;/--.should. 'break off relations with Germany. , A Bcme newspaper states that Germany I •:, has addressed a Note to neutrals inviting j • them to a conference on shipping matters, i The protest of Brazil against undestricted ; submarine war \ has been sent ; to ■..- • Berlin. The Bolivian I Minister says ■ that Bolivia will also send a protest. • ■ V;-.-. '• ; v.lt is considered unlikely .that Argentine ~. arid-^ (Mi : will co-operate '% with > the ; 'if, United States, 7 although tie' Chilian press ._,, supports Mr. , Wilson's altitude. ■ , *- ; --. The economic position of Spain is becoming : increasingly grave. *- Barcelona and ,;■ Valencia are threatened with rain, while the Canary Islands are reported Ato be j • • verging? on starvation. '." -.' ' Reports received indicate tha6 Ktfc'j sufferings of the poorer people & Germany .:.: are becoming much more acute. The, sever* i ...; ity or the weather aggravates, the misery,' ;• and' disturbances have occurred. - The German newspaper Yossische ,Zeitung states that 72 Americans", i who= were v - taken*off British ships "by^ the. Atlantic : raider and brought in-as prisoners by the prize ship Yarrowdale, are btdng released. : ;; The first pronouncement as. to the atti- -.:.-., tude of ■Anstria-Tfungary: on the new sub- : ; jr marine warfare i has * been 'made by- Count ? Tisza, the Hungarian Premier, in Parlia- ■■■:■ • ment. kHo said•; that \ Germany was justi- . fied; in -the use of the new.. weapon. W--•'