LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Dominion, Volume 6, Issue 1728, 19 April 1913, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Tho postal authorities tidviso that tho s.s. .Maheno, which sailed from Sydney for Auckland on April 18, lias on board Australian and English mails, via Suez. Tho Wellington portion is duo hero on Monday next. Wednesday next,' being St. George's Day, will be observed as a holiday by tho 'legal profession o£ Wellington, Hitherto, says our Wanganui corrobpondeiil, there has been no outbreaks against disciplino among tho* Wanganui, Senior Cadets, but, on Thursday evening, an occurrence took place which it is to bo hoped, will not happen again. Tho lieulenant iu charge of the parado seemed unable to keep order among tho lads, whose drill was very slipshod, and whoso conduct was far from good. After tho parado they wound up by vigorously hooting their officer for several minutes. The affair is to bo made tho subject of an inquiry. "I want to.see every man who drives a motor-car licensed. . . . And anyone drunk, while driving a car, should nave his license cancelled right away." These wcro sentiments expressed by Mr. T. M. Wilford, M.P., at a meeting of motorists held last night. The Public Works Department has accepted the 'following tenders for the undermentioned works:—Erection of storekeeper's residence, Pipitea, Mr. J. L. M'Millan, Wellington, <CGG9; .installation of water supply and drainage, Wakapuaka cable station, Mr. T. It. J. Grinmictt, Kelson, JSGB2. Customs) duty collected at the several ports of the Dominion during the anarter ended March 31, 1913, totalled J&15.G17, as against -£874,403 for tho corresponding tlmirier of 191!!. Tho total for 1912-13 was .£3,49&,930. Excise duties for last onarter amounted to .£34,315 as against ",£32.2G0 in the corresponding quarter of 1912. Exciso duties for 1912-13 totalled JE130.975. Two resolutions standing in the name of Councillor Shirtcliffe were passed by the City Council on Thursday. The motions had regard to the city's intangible asset of .£3182 (paid for tho resumption of M'Ardle's lease), which, ho urged, should bo written off in two years, and not in six years as originally proposed. Tho council accepted Councillor Shirtcliffc's proposal. The following additional regulation rjovorning tho transmission of registered letters is gazetted :—"Letters addressed to places beyond New Zealand and posted in any • automatic registration machine shall, if insufficiently prepaid, bo detained and forwarded to the Dead Letter Office, to be there opened and returned to the senders; provided that if the name and address of the sender of any such insufficiently prepaid registered letter appear on the outside of the envelope, the letter shall be returned unopened to the sender by the Chief Postmaster of tho district." • . By a notice in tho current "Gazette" (he following officers of the Public Health Department (district inspectors) are exempted from the operation of the Public Service Act:—Messrs. K. Cameron, M. Kershaw. F. C. Wilson, A. P. Bennett, R. ,1. MT'lCenzie, M. T. O'Brien, B;. A." Franklin, J. P. Terry, C. S. Miller, A. Gray, J. Johnston! Mr. H. F. Allen has received a telegram from Mr. Holmes, of the Auckland Exhibition, staling that exhibition spuco has been over applied for, and that Wellington people intending to exhibit had better apply soon. Exports from New Zealand during tho quarter ended March 31, 1913, reached a total value of ■£9,515,002, as against J.'8,238,347 in tho corresponding quarter of 1912. The total for tho later period illchides specie to the' value of .£150,000 exported • 'from Wellington, aiid tho later total includes specie exports from Auckland of .£SIOO. Imports during tho quarter ended March 3), 1913, totalled XG,503,520, as against .£5,517,950 in tho corresponding quarter of 1912. Tho imports for last quarter included specio to the yaluo of .£235,380; and imports in tho corresponding quarter of 1912 included specie to the value of .£10,005. Five hundred motor-car owners aro said to resido in ' thV oit'y "and suburbs, and the samo area is said to house between 700 and 800 owners of motor-cycles. Those items were mentioned at a meeting of motorists held iu tho Chamber of Commcrco last night.: . Gold entered for exportation from the Dominion from April 1, 1857, to March 31, 1913, according to a return published in tho current Gazette totalled : 20.595.722 ounoss, valued at ,£80,961,020. During the quarter ended March 31, 1913, the irold export totalled 90,571 ounces*, .£361,982, and during the corresponding quarter of tho preceding year the oxnort was 101,375 ounces valued at ■fi-iOI.SSO". The Government offices throughout the Dominion will bo closed on Wednesday, April 23, 1913, in celebration of. St. George's Day and St. David's Day. Moucj'-order and postal correspondence for the undermentioned addresses is prohibited by. a notice in the "Gazette.':—Dr' Latigston, GG Russell Street, Melbourne j J. Turner, P.O. Box 128, Melbourne. ' During March, vital statistics in the four chief centres and their adjacent suburban boroughs were as. under:—Auckland: Births, 193; deaths, 97. Wellington: Births, 168; deaths. 53. Christchurch: Births, 118; deaths, 50. Dunedin: Births, 93; deaths, GS. Tho total births in the four chief cities and suburban boroughs amounted :10.577, against 560 in February —an increase of 17. The deaths in March wero 2GS—an increase of 12 as compared with February. Of the total deaths, males contributed 13G, females 132. Sixtynine of the deaths were of children under fivo years of age, being 25.71 per cent of the whole number; 56 of theso were under ono year of age. \ , During her stay in port H.M.S. Pyranius has taken into her bunkers 200 tons of Paparoa coal. It is said thai tho smokeless qualities of this coal arc finding favour in tho navy in theso waters. During tho quarter ended March 31, 1913, IG9 vessels of a total tonnage of 419,102 tons and with crows numbering 12,010, lVero cleared outwards from New Zealand ports. ■ For the corresponding quarter of 1912 tho figures wero: 162 vessels, 13G.91G tons, 11,556 members of crows. Vessfcls entered inwards during the quarter ended March 31, 1913, numbered 172, of 456,283 tons, and their crews numbered 12,322 persons. Tho figures for tho corresponding quarter of 1912 were: IG3 vessels, 397,613 tons, 11,081 members of crows. Particulars of tho various church services in tho city are to bo found on Pago L