Interprovincial

New Zealand Tablet, Volume XXXV, Issue 47, 21 November 1907, Page 24

Interprovincial

Mr. and Mrs. Martin Kennedy, who have Jjeen on a visit to the United Kingdoms arrived in Fremantle Laist week. They are expected to arrive in Wellingiton a. bout the middle of next week. Recent statistics show that fully 70 per cent, of the Dominion >wool is now sold here instead of being as formerly, sent Home for - sale. Buyers now come' to the spot,' and in shipping "direct to* their firms save- a lot of London charges. "" A disastrous lire occurred ■at Christchuroh on Wednesday morning .of last week,, which resulted in the total destruction of the handsome three-storey warehouses and offices of 1 the Kaiapoi Woollen Company. The loss is set down at £80,01)0. • The new presbytery at Ashburton now presents- a finished and imposing appearance, and is one of then handsomest buildings -of the kind in New " Zealand. The grounds are being rapidly levelled and are being laid out with excellent taste. Speaking at the reception to Sir James Mills, at Dunedin, the President of ' the Agricultural Society said it was lover twenty-live year,s since wheat was sold at the ruling quotation of to-day. All the available wheat was barely sufficient to meet requirements between now and the season's crop. • Work has been started on the new church in Waimate, and the concrete foundations are being rapidly put in. - The old church looks very well in its new site, where it stands on numerous substantial blocks of sandstone. In the process of removal, 1 the church suffered not *at all, the work being done with skill . and care. " . - We have received copies, of the 'Young Dominion a daily publication issued in connection with the Empira Carnival at Timaru. The issue of a daily eight-page .paper was an ambitious undertaking," and we are pleased to" state that those responsible for bringing it out,, have Ibeen very successful. It has air the features of a daiilly Journal, whilst its news items from near and far, have at least the merit of being crisp and original. - " An old fiVest Coaster named Mr. Thomas -Fitzgerald, who was known as ' Seddon's schoolmaster ' (says the ' Kuniara Times '), died at the Kumara Hospital recently. Deceased was 68 years of age, and had been in New Zealand over 40 years,. In the early days 'he worked in a store for the late Mr. Seddon, and beingwell read and a very intelligent man he ' coached ' Mr. Seddon. ' Amended regulations gazetted last -week provide that not more than three persons in one family shall be eligible for appointment %to the Post and Telegraph Department^ Females between the ages of sixteen and twenty-five years* are eligible as cadettes in the non-clerical division, and women up to forty years may be appointed if they have previously served" a continuous period of .two years. » Not more than one •daughter, in a family is to be eligible for appointment -as a telephone exchange cajflette. Married women are . not elig^le, ;aiwl! ' females must resjgtn ' when they marry/ A return presented to' Parliament shows- that there are 687 registered medical practitioners in the Do* minion, as compared with 506 in 1901. They are distributed as follows :— Auckland, 88 ; Wellington, 85 ; Christchurch, 53 ;- Dunedin, 63. Outside the cities the numbers are :— Auckland, 162 ; Taranaki, 30 ; Hawked Bay, 33.; Wellington, 169 ; Marlborough,- 10 ;i Nelson, 23* Westland, 12; Canterbury, 111; Otago., 137. It is stated in a note that the figures for the cities may be inaccurate, as medical men state" their, addresses when registering, but seldom alter them when commencing practice. The figures do not include 83 doctors who were found in 1906 ' to have left New Zealand, 52 whose" addresses were unknown, and 79 who were returned as l out of New Zealand.' There are 149 medical students, 507 registered nurses, and 522 hospital nurses. Registered midwives are located as follows •— Auckland city, 92 ; Wellington city, 92 ; Ghristchurcfo 25 ; Dunedin, 35 ;- Auckland province, '229 ; -Taranaki 25Hawke's Bay, 31 ; Wellington proyince, 203 • Marl-

.-• .; . The^ annual retreat . for ladies at the Sacred- >. .Heart Convent, .Timaru, commences -on January 4 and e>nds on the 9-th. The retreat will be preached -fty' the . Rev. W. Qwynn S. J.