IN OTHER CENTRES.

Lyttelton Times, Volume CXVII, Issue 17949, 16 November 1918, Page 7

IN OTHER CENTRES.

IMPROVEMENT AT DAMPS. : UNSCRUPULOUS PROFITEERING; [Peb Pekss Association.] WELLINGTON, November 15. ; The Railway Department will put m inhalation carriage on the principal main lines. . Matters in camp are considered to » improved, though the number of patients is still large. , No church services will be held nerai on Sunday. 1 , Most unscrupulous profiteering ha* been indulged in over oranges antt: lemons. Yesterday the former were up to 6s a dozen, and the latter were selling at 6d each. To-day lemons were: to be Is a piece, but an Order-in-Ooilßj cil commandeers the whole supply of these fruits, and fixes the maximum, price at 3d each for the best qualities. One hundred and thirty members of the staff of the Chief Post Office wera absent from duty this morning owing! to sickness, two-thirds of the postmen; being victims. There is only one mail delivery. Suburban people have to call* at the post offices, and it may happen} that city people will have to call at tl» chief office for letters.'

A meeting of the Wellington water? siders to-day decided to invest power in the executive regarding the handling of urgent goods, such as fruit' medicines, coal and perishable goods. Astart will probably, be made to-morrow morning. The decision refers to Wellington only. Other.centres may fol-, low. DTOEDIN. OASES. y : [Pes Pxess Association'.] ■ DUNEDTN, November Ik To-day seventeen pneumonia) ; iafl&J: enaa cases were reported. All fifth* year medical students of the Otago University have gone north for duty. Of the fourth-year students, eight are being retained for service in this dia« triofc. Others will be seat to different parts of the Dominion. A number lector Wellington to-day. Thero appears to b© an improvement in the epidemio on the Dnnedin waterV front, no fresh cases being reported to--day. the brigantine Arafcapu are recovering. The Kittawa se-; : cured a full- crew jtesterday and sailed; last night for ftew Plymouth and ports on the way. The Union Company has decided to. pay off the crew of the Corinna, and tha vessel will ba laid up> indefinitely. Tiie Putifci, frhiofc

* f loaded for Wellington, will He up nere for a week. . . No official notification haying been received concerning the decision of the New Zealand Waterside Federation, the local watersiders are engaged to"iay in discharging the vessels in port. [Per Press Association.] i DUNEDIN, November 15. , Eight influenza patients were admitted to the hospital to-day, and there are now close on 100 patients in the institution. One more death is report- ,■•' ed.' ■■. .. . ■. jjj The i waterside workers decided to I cease work on the waterfront for seven ' days from 5 p.m; to-day. It also was r decided to ask that all vessels now berthed at Dunedin wharves should be | removed immediately to an anchorage lit the stream.

POST AND TELEGRAPH DEPARTMENT. REDUCTION OF SERVICE. [Phi Prmi Association.! WELLINGTON, November 15. The ravages of the epidemic have so tlampered the telegraph staff that a drastic reduction of messages has heen resorted to, only telegrams of the greatest urgency relating to sickness, death, accident, the movements of trains, etc., will be accepted. Press telegrams of New Zealand news must he confined to matters of supreme importance, and must not exceed one hundred words. No facing news will be accepted. The only exception will be between small stations, working direct with each other, if the staffs are not (effected. It is believed this will last for \ a' fortnight. To-day some offices could n. 0% be got at all, and it is supposed that, the staffs are all laid up.

DEATHS FROM INFLUENZA. ' '■ [Per Pkbss Association.] WELLINGTON, November 15. Lieutenant Jack, assistant commandant at Somes,lsland, and Dr Holmes,, died of influenza to-day. AT AUCKLAND. SITUATION IMPROVING. [Per, Prim Association.] . '•■ AUCKLAND, November 15. There is a very marked improvement in the influenza epidemic, and generally jt is regarded as on the wane. The death is announced of Dr Peter BTNab. ..