Late News.

Pelorus Guardian and Miners' Advocate., Volume 30, Issue 23, 22 March 1918, Page 5

Late News.

An Auckland message states that Captain Peter Laing, manager of the Whatmapo Timber mill, wag killed in the bush at Whatmapo yesterday. He leaves a wife and grown up family in Dunedin. The Gore rivers arc reported to bo' rising and settlers arc moving stock fearing a flood. There was a general average of 3 inches of rain throughout the district in four days . Mr Clement Wraggc in a forecast issued at Auckland yesterday says that boisterous weather with considerable floods is not improbable over all parts south of Christchurch. Mr Joseph Mandel came up from Christchurch on Saturday in good health, says a Wellington message. A few hours alter arrival he was taken seriously ill, was operated on on Monday for acute appendicitis, but died on Wednesday night The Queensland elections arc yet unsettled, several scats being still in doubt. The House of Lords passed the third reading by 47 votes to 19 of the Bill admitting women as solicitors. An Allied offensive and probable pooling and concentration of a reserve is going on. A very important an-' nouncemont is expected. There aro more Germans in Finland. A high official was arrested in Franco for espionage. The shipping losses in 1917 totalled nearly 3,000 vessels. The Polish revolt shows a violent demonstration against the Central Powers of w hat the revolution has accomplished in Russia—split, enslaved, and humiliation. There arc serious clashes behind the Austrian linos. Tho Germans jeor at the Sla vs. Gas and electricity are to be rationed in England

The great blaze new shows that the devastation is not so bad as at first stated. The fire is still burning. A settlor and his wife arc reported missing from Mangaituroa, with one child. Heavy rain has prevented much further damage, but some farmers lost everything- Both of Bartholomew’s big mills and R W. (Smithes wero saved. There were many narrow escapes. Subscription lists have been started for the relief of the worst cases. Miss Brownlee, who has been on a visit to Wellington, loaves for Havelock to-day.