MISCELLANEOUS WIRES.

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XLVI, Issue XLVI, 24 January 1911, Page 5

MISCELLANEOUS WIRES.

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LONDON, Monday.- • Mr. Lloyd George, Chancellor; of r the Exchequer. :is, considering, ther ,-pracifcicftr bility of dealing with oonsumjptives in. connection with invalidity -insurance. On the occasion of the anniyrsarv of '■Queen Victoria's death, theß-ing and Queen and a laa-ge gathering of relatives attended a service at FrogmoTe, and laid a wreath on the The Kaiser sent a wreath: The bookings of (passengers to Aiistra. lia in 1910 exceeded those of 1909 fay 30 per oent. ' Sir George Reid, High Commissioner for Australia, is negotiating with the Swiss Minister regarding the introduction of frozen nleat .into ■Switzerland. > MELBOURNE, Monday. The railway revenue : for y the" halfyear increased bv £245,455. ' A Bill will be introduced in the \of Representatives next iession authorising th'e . construction -of . the Port Augiist a to Kalgoorlie railway. SYDNEY, Monday. The training ship Mersey,. . about which there was some anxiety, has arrived. She was delayed by rough weather. The following item is supplied by the Commonwealth cable service : —During the past year the ipassengers who lefit the United Kingdom for Australia numbered 36,331; for New Zealand, 9900.; for iCaniadJa 196,200'; for iSbuth Africa, 30,848; for the United States, 3(^3,300. Th© railway earnings in the quarter increased by £160,490, while trainway revenue, increased by £46,710. HOKITIKAj Tuesday. •William: Imrie, arrested... at> OJkarito, lias been remanded to Wellington- o n3l&t inst> on a< charg,e'. of false pretences; by, allegedly. pajssing a valueless cheque for£s. The accused was adimitted to probation on a similar change at Hokitika on- Decembervjl7.

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