TELEGRAMS.

Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 10224, 27 April 1911, Page 5

TELEGRAMS.

(By Telegraph—Press Association.)

CENSUS RETURNS,

HOKITIKA, Last Night. The Census returns show 4he population of the Kumara borough to be 781, a decrease of 138; Hokitika 2300, an increase of 68; Ross 641, an increase of 60; Westiand County 4267, an increase of 150; total for Westiand, 7929, a net increase of 149. There are 4459 males, and 3530 females. ,

COURT OF APPEAL

WELLINGTON, Last Night. Justices Williams, Denniston, Edwards and Sim, Judges of the Couit of Appeal, sat this afternoon to hea--the case in re Knox, deceased, a case of appeal, stated under section 30 of the Death Duties Act, 1900. The Minister for Stamps said the question for consideration was whetner an amount left to the trustees as remuneration for their administration could bo deducted from the fina' balance of tho estate as assessed on the Death Duty as a "testamentary expense" within the meaning of that term in section 3, sub-section (3) of the Death Duties Act, 1909. The amount involved is £355. If thi r . sum is not payable in duty it will go to swell tho residue of the estate, which is applicable to the foundation of a home for incurables at Auckland. „ .

Mr Richmond, of Auckland, Appeared on behalf of the trustees, and the Solicitor-General on behalf of the Commissioner of Stamps.

RAILWAY APPEAL BOARD

TIMARU. ljast Night,

The Railway.Appeal Board sat. here to-day to hear an appeal by J. I. Fowler, a porter, who was discharged as medically unfit and refused a pension of £4 a year, provided by the superannuation, he having been a con-, tributor to the fund. The Department took the stand that Fowler was a 'probationer, entitled only to a refund of his contributions; According to the «videnc3 ho was in good health when he joined the service. Mr T. C. Watson! for appellant, contended that he was not a probationer/ and that being able to do light wol'k his- retirement was not jmtified, but being retired lis was entitled to a pension. Judgo Haselden said this was the first case of the kind he had heard. The point was interesting, and he would reserve his decision.

WORKERS' HOMES

WELLINGTON, Last Night

, The Labour Department has received over 3000 applications from all over the Dominion for workers' homes under the Act passed last session. The Hon. J. A. Millar, Minister of Labour, says twenty or thirty letters daily are still coming in. For purposes of economy these houses must be built in groups of at least six. The applications from Wellington alone total 1200. The vote provided for the current year is £15,000, but Mr Millar says it looks as if £IOO,OOO would be nearer the mark. In future that amount will be required annually for five or six years.

REVENUE RETURNS

Nightj The Acting-Minister of Finance, (Hon. J. A. Millar) does not'intend to announce the revenue returns for the year ended March 31st last, now in his possession, until he has received particulars of the expenditure. He will leave Wellington on Monday for Dunedin, during the course of the week, he will address his constituents and niake the figures public.