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Oamaru Mail, Volume XXXIX, Issue 10960, 28 December 1911, Page 3

<• A country correspondent asks us to state the amount of revenue received by tho State from all Crown land annually. The revenue from all sources for the year ended March, 1911, was £784,843 5s sd. It is suggested by the Otago Daily Times' own correspondent that the Prime Minister's visit to Christchurch may portend that he is going to consult the Governor about his resignation. It is not unlikely that Sir Joseph AVard will consult his Excellency as to the situation; but resignation will be the last resort.

The gate takings at the Enfield Athletic Society's sports were £lB 8s 6d, and. the proceeds of the concert and dance amounted to £l4 3s. A silver medal- presented by Mr A. Campbell for third most points during the day goes to E. C. Rawson (9J- points). L. Atkinson, the cup winner, gained 21-}-points and A. C. Anderson was second was 12£ points. H. Brown and Co.'s trophy for second most points in cycling goes to E. Daddridge, not to F. SEalders as stated yesterday. Messrs Slierwin Bros.' medal for boys' race goes to. J. Findlay. The following letter from Mr J. E. Redmond, M.P., has been received by Mr Martin Kennedy, of Wellington:— "House of Commons, 14th November. — Dear Mr Kennedy,—l have . received your further letter of sth October, enclosing Bank of New Zealand remittance for £IBO 8s Bd, and 1 have also received the balance-sheet of the entire tour, which I am publishing, with your letter to me. The grand total, £9820 8s:8d, is truly magnificent, and-we are most deeply grateful to all our New Zealand friends, and in a special way to yourself. The moral support of get-ting-this large sum from New Zealand is' almost greater than its material help. --T-(Signed) J. E. Redmond."

Out of the Dominion's population of just over 1,000.000, 702,799 are New Zealand born. The people's birthplaces were ascertained by tho last census and the results have just been published. Next to the native-born, the citizens who hail from the United Kingdom are most numerous. They total 228,684. Australians in New Zealand total 50,029, while persons of European descent total 14,273. There are' 1451 Canadianborn. 1400 from tho United States of America, 2557 Chinese, and 431 Assyrians. The centesimal proportions are:—New Zealand, 69.74: United Kingdom, 22.69; Australia, Tasmania, and Fiji, 5.03; other British possessions, 0.46; at sea. 0.14: foreign 1.94. Of all tho New Zealanders 98.80 are British subjects and 1.20 foreign subjects.

Dr and Mrs Salmond celebrated tlieir golden wedding on Christmas Day, having been married at Dunfernline on -the 25th December, 1861. Tlio quests were limited to relatives, and they were sufficient to fill the house. There survive four sons and four daughters. There are 16 grandchildren; and, besides various members of correlative branches of the family. The venerable couple were the recipients of many tokens of love and gratitude, and of numerous congratulations of friends. Not the least appreciated was a cablegram from the congregation in North Shields to which the Professor ministered for 17 years previous to his arrival in the Dominion, where he has resided for 36 years.

The Otago Daily Times' own Wellington correspondent states that Mr Wilford, M.P., Mayor of Wellington, will leave for England by the Coriuthic tomorrow, and intends to consult, a specialist in London, as his health/is far from satisfactory. This, as the correspondent naturally says, will reduce the Government party by one and render its position all the more difficult. But there was no necessity to reflect on Mir Wilford's character by suggesting that he may "be annoyed at not being offered the prospect of Cabinet" rank, and,is taking it out of the party by leaving it in the lurch." The writer should have known that it was stated months ago that Mr Wilford would probably go to England to seek medical advice, in consequence of the persistency of his malady. The Otago Daily Times Wellington correspondent says:—The opinion is held in certain quarters here that the still reticent Prime Minister has gone •south to consult his Excellency -flic Governor, and possibly to hand in his resignation. This belief is founded on two developments which have taken place during the last day or'two. One is that Mr T. M. Wilford, member for the Hutt, and a strong Government supporter, definitely announced to-day that he was leaving to-morrow for England by the Corinthic for health reasons, which means the loss of a sure vote. Secondly, at a conference of three of the Labor members, held in Wellington, two decided to stand firm by their election pledges to vote against the Ward Government, despite the persuasive arguments of the third to induce them to do otherwise. The fourth (Mr Payne, member for Grey Lynn) has i expressed his views in no uncertain manner, and it is not conceivable that they could be accepted, in which case Sir Joseph Ward will lose at least three of the four Labor votes and Mr Wilford's. In this position the resignation theory must be seriously accepted.

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