NEW ZEALAND NEWS.

Taihape Daily Times, Volume 8, Issue 62, 13 March 1916, Page 4

NEW ZEALAND NEWS.

RECORD STREET COLLECTION. FOR Y.M.C.A. WAR FUNFj|S/ WANGANFI, This Day. The ladies’ day street collection on Saturday in aid of the Y.M.C.A. War Fund realised £530, a record street collection for Wanganui. WASHED OFF THE ROCKS, MAN DROWNED. AUCKLAND, This Day. A married man, W. W. Tothill, aged 53 years, was washed off the rocks at Piha, while fishing,, and was drowned. V A BATHER DROWNED. IN THE MANAWATU RIVER, I • j LEVIN, This Day. Yesterday afternoon Ronald Brough- [ ton, aged 19, son of Mr. John Brough- ■ (ton, of Levin, was seized with cramp while bathing in the Manawatu River at Paiaka, and was drowned in fifteen feet of water. The body was recovered three hours later. SPURIOUS TEN POUND NOTJE. WELLINGTON, March 10. An attempt was made this week to negotiate a ten-pound Bank of New Zealand note—apparently one of the number unloaded in Auckland a couple of years ago. 14th REINFORCEMENTS. COMPLETING MOBILISATION. WELLINGTON, March 10. The mobilisation of the 14th Reinforcements will b c completed to-mor-row. Figures which have reached the Defence Headquarters already show that shortages ar e considerable in both Canterbury and Otago. Auckland has done well, and is expected to have a full quota in camp by Sunday. Some additional men to fill the gaps .are to arrive from the North to-morrow. Wellington is still short about 40 men of its full quota. CORPORATION’S ILLEGAL ACT. WELLINGTON, March 10. Justice Hosking gave judgment in the case Borough of Tauranga v. B of New Zealand and the Attorney-(jjSh-eral. Justice Hosking decided that the Corporation’s action in raising a special loan of £4,300 to pay the overdraft of £2,911 and other liabilities totalling £1,336 was illegal. The amount so raised exceeded the 10 per cent, additional allowable without a poll on the lighting loan of £II,OOO.