VARIOUS DOMINION ITEMS.

Hokitika Guardian, 4 July 1921, Page 3

VARIOUS DOMINION ITEMS.

fw iELEORAPH —PER PRESS ASSOCIATION] 1-lON MR ANDERSON. WELLINGTON, July 2 The lion Mr Anderson was operated on to-day. He is progressing satisfactorily. MINERS STRIKE. INVERCARGILL, July 4 .Miners at Linton and Wairaki struck this -morning as a protest against owners'requiring them to use forks instead of shovels in handling coal. The men are paid by weight, and forks screen the coal, thus reducing their earnings. A ROUGH TRIP. GISBORNE, July 4.' The schooner Coronation on the voy age from Wellington had her jibboon broken and staysail and half tli • star hoard bulwarks carried away by l "avy soas between Castle Point and Tnrnagain on Friday. \N ADMIRAL’S FLAGS, WELLINGTON, July 4. Wlmirnl do Roboek. who was in command of the Allied fleets at Dardanelles, has sent to Rev. Askew a large l nion Ja c k and large White Ensign, his own flag as Admiral of the Fleet and four small white ensigns. These seven flagwere all flown during tlrt war Utul will he a very valuable addition to the wonderful collection of flags and trollies already presented to the memorial military chapel in connection with ,hc proposed Cathedra! for Wellinpttn

R \CING COMMISSION REPORT. W ELLINGTON, July 4. The Laming Commission which was appointed to prepare recommendations for Government regarding the alloc* tiofls of additional totnlisator permits has presented its report to the Minister of Internal Affairs. The report may not he made public until after the meeting of the Racing Conference, lat'v m 'the month. railway returns. WELLINGTON, June 30. The railway returns for the period April 1 to May 28fch—-practically the first two months of Die financial JCftr---show that the percentage of revenue to expenditure is still unsatisfactory, particularly in the .South Island, where the working expenses actually exceeded fin* revenue. Figures showing the revenue. expenditure and proportion <*t expenditure fo revenue, respectively, in the two islands arc as follows: Kxpen- I’rop. Island Revenue dilute pet £ £ cent North 684,178 612,610 89 50 South -175,515 483.286 101 61 The combined figures makes the Dominion expenditure 94.17 per cent, of the revenue, as against 71.85 per cent for the corresponding period of last year. The North Island percenter*'- 1 for the first two months of the last financial year was 68.5 i. and the ,v nth Island percentage was 76.16.