LATE DOMINION NEWS.

Mataura Ensign, 14 January 1916, Page 3

LATE DOMINION NEWS.

NEW ZEALAND STATISTICS. FAVOIiAItf.K RAILWAY QUARTER. PER UNITED TRESS ASSOCIATION. - WELLINGTON. Tan. IT. The railway working account For the Four weeks ended December I I is as Follows, shillings and pence being omitted:REVENUE. ’1!)!"». HOI!. £ C North Island ... 20T.12T IFUi.BOR South Island ... ITS.ISI .12-1.757 Totals CT-H.TOO EXPENDITURE. North Island' ... 120,01 ) 122.002 Sou Hi'’lsland ... 0n.020 100. SIT Totals C210.0Hl C22T.(17S The oercenlage of revenue expended was 00.00 os compared with 7-I.SS a year ago. ARRIVALS AND DEPARTURES. The arrivals in New Zealand From oversea during December totalled TOO 7. against. TT2B in The previous ■ December. The departures were 19S0 and 1801 respectively. The dgnre s do not Include' members of the Expeditionary Forces. CROP RETURNS. The latest returns of crops For threshing include the Following figures lor the Dominion : 11)1 5. 1 !)]■!. Wheat ... TTT.2TT 220.000 Oats ... tUO.SOO •257.001 Bariev ... 20.1-MT ITT 17 Maize ... 7.220 A. 177 Peas ... 10.0-11 IT.Tiki SHIPPING SPACE SHORTAGE. WELI. 1 NOTON. Tan. IT. The shortage of shipping kdiicc is affecting mercantile circles. There is no ■trouble concerning insulated space, and thi' arrangements made with the Imperial authorities appear to ensure that meat, cheese, and hutier will continue, to get away promptly; hut shippers of wool, hemp, and hides aie finding a difficulty in securing space and the outlook is not bright. The shortage ol shipping, due largely to the commandeering of many .hundreds of vessels by the Admiralty and the M'ar Olfice, is being fell all over Hie Emnire, and advices received ini commercial circles here indicate that the matter ha.s been receiving anxious consideration in Lon clop, SECOND MATE DROWNED. NEW -PLYMOUTH, Tan. IT. L. Jensen, second male of the schooner ('. S. Holmes, which had just arrived From Pugin .Sound, was drowned in the ha"rli-or last- nighr. He appears to have missed his Footing when, going a boa tx].

SFA ATEN’S 'UNION SECRETARY. AVELLINGTO.V, Jan. 1:*. A ballot of the Seamen’s Union (.Wellington branch), lias been in progress For the combined positions of secretary of the Wellington branch and general secretary for Sew Zealand. '-Mr W. 1 . Young (the present secretary) vs opposed by Mr G. 11. Powers, formerly a fireman on tin' Eon.ata. ’I be result will be declared next .Monday.