NEWS IN BRIEF.
The value of the produce from the Weraroa Boys’ Training Farm for the year recently ended was over £7OOO. The vital statistics for 1920 show the following figures:— Births, 2517 (an increase of 429 over 1919); deaths, 1124 (a decrease of six); marriage notices, 1444 (an increase _ (, f 260) ; marriages by registrar, 381 (an increase of 40). The Customs revenue collected at Christchurch during December. 1920, totalled £J2O 749. compared with £53,947 for December, 1919. The total for the year is £1.248,664, compared with £701,651 for 1919. The vital statistics for the Christchurch metropolitan area for 1920 show substantial increases in births, marriages, and deaths as compared with the figures for 1919. Ino increase in births was 761. there were 277 more marriages, and the number of deaths was 359 in excess of those in 1919. We, too, wish your friends and wish you a very happy and prosperous New Year. — Oban Hotel." Many hotelkeepers cannot be bothered with country orders, consequently many country residents have perforce to order at least two gallons of liquor from merchants. The great advantage in placing V our order at the Oban Hotel, Dunedin, is that you can get any quantity you desire, from a flask to a case, and same will be forwarded promptly b v the live-wire licensee, Mr Paape. Write for a price list, and look us up when you come to town. Oban, Hotel, Octagon, Dunedin. —Advt.
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Otago Witness, Issue 3486, 4 January 1921, Page 37
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240NEWS IN BRIEF. Otago Witness, Issue 3486, 4 January 1921, Page 37
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