DOMINION NEWS
MONEY ON MORTGAGE mv rELtitmAPH —raiiss association WELLINGTON, May S. During the year ended March 31, mortgages to the value of £41,134,166 were registered! against £37,862,4.19 for the preceding year. Those discharged amounted to £29,733,868 against £22,246,512. RAILWAY ACCIDENT. WELLINGTON, May 8. Owing to defective points a gulard% van and some - loaded trucks jumped the rails in. the railway yard at Lambton station, tout the damage waP small. The same points are -asserted to have caused similar accidents before.
SPORTS ADHERENTS. WELLINGTON, May 8 A. census of summer sports i shows that racing and trotting have 25,000 members, tenni.s, 19,351, bowling 15,055, cricket 10,831, swimming 6668, croquet (mostly women) 2480, rowing 1916. VALUE O'F PENSIONS. WELLINGTON, May 8. Tihe annual value of pensions paid by the, Government last year was £2,321,937. The Avar accounted for £1.107,548, besides some £63,000 paid in Lon,don. Old age pensions totalled £849,194 land widows’ pensions £280,566. EMPIRE DAY. WELLINGTON, May S. An Order-in-Cbuncil (announces that Efmjpine Day is to be celebrated on the King’s Birthday, June 3. “TOTH” REVENUE. WETLTNGTOtN. May S. Totalizator revenue for the year was £590,485, a. decrease of nearly £28,000. BURGLARY AND FIRE, WELLINGTON May 8. The police have been notified that a thief visited ta> well-known boardinghonse on Wednesday evening . and after stealing ise-veral sum,si of mone-v. set two different rooms ailig'ht. The fl ames were d i.scovoTod and exti.nrm’ shed before much damage was done.
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Hawera Star, Volume XLV, 8 May 1925, Page 5
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238DOMINION NEWS Hawera Star, Volume XLV, 8 May 1925, Page 5
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