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Dominion, Volume 11, Issue 18, 16 October 1917, Page 3

Serbian Distress. A lady residing in Hnwke's Bar who has interested herself in tho cause of the Serbians has just received a letter from the Serbian Relief Fund. The writer says: "Please mate known'our needs. Two principal things stand out. There is the necessity of providing 63,000 prisoners in the enemy camps with a change of clothing, with socks, pants, vests, shirts, to say nothing of allowing each a pennyworth of broal a day, which alone costs i!G3OO a month. Then we havo something like -9000 refugees in Macedonia. We have established a large hospital, canteens, waysido dispensaries, aJid orphanages there. There is another small hospital in Corfu, and 11,000 wounded at JJiserta, North Africa, to whom w& send clothing, while in this country we are caring for 330 children."

Nearly 41,000 moro women than. men will bo eligible to vote in the metropolitan districts at the coming State electious in 'Viotoria. An analysis of the new general rolls for tho Legislative Assembly .which has been made by the electoral Tfranch shows that, of 818,881 •persons enrolled, 431,355 are in the metropolitan districts and 387,526 in the country. There are 105,187 men and 330,108 women on tho Tolls in the metropolitan districts, but in tho country electorates more men than women have, been enrolled, the numbers being 198.122 men anil 189,104 women. While there are only 5116 electors in Grenville and 5729 in Allendale, the Boroondara electorate contains 38,645 voters, of whom 21,709 are women.

The Mayoress acknowledges the -rollowing for tho Christmas I\ind:—Moumahaki School, ,£2; Putuorina, 10s.; Rakanui, Pahiatua Red Cross, .£10: "Pudding," Is. od.; Mrs. Moore (card), £2 7s. Hd.t Mrs. Leslie, .El; Mangamahoe, 155.; "Four Little Girls/' Te Aro, 45.; Okoia, 95.; Napier Main School, 15s.