DUNEDIN'S DEATH RATE

Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 1869, 1 October 1913, Page 8

DUNEDIN'S DEATH RATE

Dunedin, September 30. Births registered in Dunedin during September numbered 160, as against 143 in September last year. Tilio deaths for the same period constituted a record since tlio beginning of the office,' numbering 101, as compared with 80 in Septero'ber last year. Marriages numbered 38, as against 42 last September. The roturns for nine months are as follows, tlio figures for ' last _ year being given in parentheses:—Births, 1267 (1335); deaths, 727 (633); marriages, 618 (508).

BLENHEIM FIRE. Blenheim, September 30. H. Orsman's general store at HavOjock was destroyed by fire this morning. The Masonic Hotel had 1 a narrow cscape. The building was owned by tho trustees of tho Church of England, and was insured in tho Phoenix office for ' £200. COMPETITIONS. Croymouth, September 30. The elocutionary and - musical competitions woro concluded last night after a seven days' festival. Mr. Osborn,,of Dunedin, judged tho elocutionary section, and Mr. Gregson, of Auckland, tlio musical numbers, and both gavo tho utmost satisfaction. St. Columbia Club won the senior and junior cups, Miss Parkinson, the ladies' championship, and Mr. Dillon the men's championship. A special feature was tlio number and . quality of tho impromptu speakers, the lady speakers excelling. Altogether thf competitions woro a brilliant success.

CARLA SALVAGE CASE. Wanganui, September 80. In connection with the recent bar" quentino Carla salvage case, Hatrick and Co., against whom Redpath and Co. obtained judgment'for £420 for a cargo of coal sold, liavo lodged an appeal against the Chief Justice's opinion.

DEATH AT 104 YEARS. Wanganui, September 30. Mary Pikitea, a Maori woman, reputed to be fully 104 years of age, died at I'arikino' on Saturday. Sho went through tho wars with her third husband, who was ail officer under Major Kemp.

CHINA MISSIONS EFFORT. Chrlstciiurch, September 30. Tho results of the " Every Member Campaign " for tho Canton mission to September 30 are as follow: —Auckland and Waikato, £770; Wanganui and Taranaki, £703; llawke'B Bay, £43; Wellington and AVairarapa, £519; Westland, Nelson and Marlborough, £210 j Canterbury, £1666; Otago, £1536 [ Southland, £359: total, £5809. Nona of tho £4600 acknowledged before the campaign is included, but at tho end of tlie campaign, all will bo included.

BRIEF MENTION. Invercargill, September 29. The Southland Tanners' and' Foil* mongers' Union has dccided not to' affiliate with either the United Federation of Labour or the Social Domocratio Party* Invercargill, September 30. Tho wrecked banjuo Okta was to-day Bold by public auction i for £60. . One of the ship's boats realised £6, and another £5. m Clsborno, September 30. Mr. Harlo Giles, Conciliation Commissioner, has completed tho adjustment of three trades disputes: Butchers, painters, and furnituro makers. Tlmaru, September 29. Tho Borough Council to-night, after (, month's trial, decided to purcliaso an Argyll bus chassis, and will call tendors for three inoro buses (make not limited). ■

A hundred nqd seventy vessel? with 8 tonnage of 225,273 were totally lost, con. demned, or broken up during tho quarter ended March 31. Forty-nine of these, with a tonnago of 62,2(6, sailed under the British flag.

A woman water diviner, who also ha« the Rift of locating naphtha springs ana old and silver deposits, has been discovered in Vienna, and has accepted'an offer to go to tho United States to seek foi potash fields.

Preserved fruits hormetically scaled in earthenware vossclb were found in Pompeii during some excavations. When opened they were found to bo comparatively fresh, and it was this fact that gave the idea of canning fruits, moats, nnd vegetables' in chemically-sealed vesj sels. .

With a view to decreasing the expense! of the Loudon ofiiooj the board of tna British New Guinea Development Company, Ltd., has decided to reduce tlifnumber of directors from six to pursuance of this, the Earl of Ra and the Bon. John Greely Jenkins law" tendered their resignations, which ha\o been accepted. Mr. W. A. Horn hasbeen appointed chairman of Sii" 7 succession to the Larl of Ranfurl}.