THE FERRY SERVICE.
DIMIXUTION OF TRAFFIC.
WELLINGTON, June 21-
One effect of the adjournment of Parliament till over the winter months will 1 c a great diminution in the passenger traffic between Wellington and Lyttelton. Hitherto the volume of traffic for long stretches of winter has been fairly constantly maintaned in past years by almost innumerable members of deputations from the south and the indefinite number of people who gather at the capital from all quarters during the session. In conse< qnence, however, of the adjournment ti falling off in the number of passengers has been noticeable during the pa-it week or tv/o, especially on the Mararoa. The Union Company has accordingly decided to withdraw that vessel from the ferry service, and the Pateena will resume her running to-morrow evening. The officers and engineers of the Ma-raroa wilL transfer to the Pateena on her arrival to-morrow from Lyttelton, while the steamer herself will be laid up in .Wellington.
Forty person* died from heart di'sea-"*. in New Zealand last month. Septicaemkf was responsible for 19 deaths, and cancer, in various forma, for another 18.
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Otago Witness, Issue 2883, 23 June 1909, Page 39
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