MISCELLANEOUS WIRES.

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XLVI, Issue XLVI, 27 January 1911, Page 6

MISCELLANEOUS WIRES.

FnKsa Assocl'ticn. —C'obxriqhj. - CAPETOWN, Thiu-.-.day. The- , chief L'"be.lt> lias O.ied r. - ..'a±'e&:ng. . • - PARIS. Thursday. The French Government -hits . o: &&xe& 70 large locomotive s frckrGlasgow. . ."• MELBOURNE, Thursday. t The number of Federal notes issues." to date is 1,550,37G, of the value"o. £3;756,691. MELBOURNE, Friday. vTfce gold imported into the Com monwe-aith last y-ear was valued ;.? £1,031,439, and the export of gold ■vvas valued at £4,738,147. PERTH, Friday. The Universities Bill has bee-, read a third time in the Stat-. .Assemblv. . NEW PLYMOUTH, Thursday. The drilling at 3370 feet of No. r. bore formation has resulted in inci cations of fresh oil. TIMARU, Thursday. The Friendly Societies united am" arranged a united excursion to Asiiburton to-day. Two special -train:were engaged, and a party of 160 was expeeted, but n very wet morn ihg cut down the number ten one fourth. The afternoon was fine a Asbburton. Rain has been general throughou. South Can'terbury, including th • Mackenzie Country, and a lot o" grain is out in stook and much is iy ing flat from stooiks, upset by a ga'ia week ago. Rain, therefore, is u~ welcome. v WELLINGTON. Thursday: Thv? number of persons wli-> arrived in New Zealand durin.g tht last month was 4635. and the nurahf of persons who departed 2622. CFor December. 19C9. the figures w«:ro: — Arrivals 5030; departures, 2303. Th'■total number of arrivals for the pa<=vear were 35.769, and of departure:; 32,361, compared with 38,650 " a--rivals and 33,931 departures i i 1909.