LOCAL AND GENERAL

New Zealand Mail, 27 August 1902, Page 37

LOCAL AND GENERAL

'There are 800 salaries which have been raised as the result of the Teachers’ Salaries Act of last session, while 500 salaries axe slightly lower than before the Act was passed. The highest rainfall for the month of July in the North Island was 6.77 inches at Tolago Bay, and the lowest? 0.09 inches, at Tauranga. At Wainui-o-mata the fall was 4.42 inches, and at .the Summit 3.82 inches. The revenue on the Wellington-Na-pier-New Plymouth Railway for the four weekly period ended July 19tli was £35,275, as against £31,357 for the corresponding period of 1901. Every department of revenue showed an increase. The expenditure for the same period was £28,740.

The deaths at the four chief centres for the month of July and the proportion per 1000 of population were:— Auckland, 60 (11.50 per 1000); Wellington, 54 (10.29 per 1000); Christchurch, 64 (12.77 per 1000); Dunedin, 53 (11.62 per 1000). The total, 231, was an increase of 45 on the number for June.

From Mr C. Hudson, general manager of the Tasmanian Government railways, we have received a copy of an illustrated poster which lias been issued by that department. It shows the beautiful scenery- of Tasmania and the transit facilities which enable visitors to see the most notable arid interesting places in that island. As a work of art, and a production of modern printing, the poster reflects credit on the newspaper proprietary who designed and produced it, namely, the “Examiner’'’ newspaper, of Launceston.

At a meeting of the Patea Chamber of Commerce last week complaint was made regarding the comparatively high rates of freight at that port, and a subcommittee was appointed to investigate the matter.

The Transport Commission will probably apply for an extension of time, as it will be impossible to hear .the whole of the evidence before Friday. Thero are no fewer than twenty-two witnesses from Canterbury, and about eighteen from Auckland, and many of these have still to be examined.

The following officers and men of tho New Zealand contingents arrived in Wellington from Capetown by the steamer Karamea on Monday: Captains Fisher, Hughes, Steward, Captain-Sur-geon Dixon, Lieutenants Conn, Emerson, Hay, McKenzie, Tapper, Wallace, Sergeant F. W. Anthony, Privates T. A. Bridson, W. C. Grant, W. Hastings, A. K. Henderson, C. C. Kelland, K. W. Lee, J. Nathan, A. Warrick, Winton.

The Timaru Farmers’ Co-opera-tive Association’s balance-sheet! shows the net profit for the year to have been £12,305, besides £ll4B brought forward. The directors will propose a dividend of 8 per cent, on the capital, a 6 per cent, bonus on purchases, and 6 per cent, on salaries, the sum of £ISOO to be added to the reserve, , and the balance canned forward.

The entries received for the Wellington Kennel Club’s show, which opens on Friday, comprise dogs representative of all the principal breeds. Dogs from all parts of the colony will be on exhibition, including the principal prize-winners of the recent Auckland, Napier and Masterton shows. His Excellency tho Governor, who is patron of the club, is to be asked to open tho show at 3 o’clock on Friday afternoon.