DOMINION ITEMS.

Colonist, Volume LXI, Issue 15067, 9 May 1919, Page 3

DOMINION ITEMS.

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. Wellington, May 8.. During the four days from May Ist to May 4th, 39 cases of influenza were notified in the Dominion,' ' as \ under:—ln Auckland district 8 cases all mild; Wellington, 13 cases including one pneumix?ic at ew Plymouth and one at Mtham; Canterbury, 18, cases, including lour pneumonic in Ohristchurch and suburbs and three severe cases in the lnnaru and Pareora districts. There were no notifications in Otago. There have been three deaths from influenza recently—one at Pahiatua on April 27th, and one at Marton and one at Spreydon, both on May Ist. - ' To-day the temperature of each man' on the Manuka was taken, and the pronouncement in each case was normal.! l>ver twenty -contacts are to rejoin the Manuka to-morrow. There are at present 9 cases in the hospital on Somes island, three or four being severe. There are^ five convalescents. There is a complete staff on the island, and everything possible is being done for the patients." a man from the steamer Komata was sent to hospital, and after' his removal the ship was fumigated. She will now De allowed to proceed on her journey ;. Wellington, May 8. ■J-ue Mayor^ commenting upon the coal shortage, saicl that the present prospects must be regarded with a i good deal of concern. It had been im- I +{? SB!S- c People to lay in stocks/and the Qity Council had been unsuqcesstul m its endeavours to accumulate a reserve. : Mr Luke said he thought the government should estimate the quan- I tity of coal likely to come to hand, and ' the probable requirements of the various centres. It could then see that a proper distribution was made. The_ "Gazette" announces that the conditions recently imposed on,the sale of standing timber and on the granting or licenses to cut standing timber shall not apply in respect of timber intended j tor exclusive use for mining purposes. f An Order in. Council,fixes the maximum price of rice when sold wholesale ex store upon usual trade terms at 30s per; cwt, and the maximum retail price at 4d per lb. The Minister of Customs has granted general^ permission for the exportation of kauri gum to the United States. .- «New Plymouth, May 6. The wife of the Rev. Napier Milne was found hanging in a" shed at the parsonage at about noon. She only recently arrived from England, where it is understood air raids had shattered her nerves.

Auckland, May 8. -ne case against a local Chinese merchant, Sai Laurie, of having aided and abetted the smuggling into New Zealand of two prohibited Chinamen, was concluded to-day. A conviction was entereu, and fines of. £20 on each'of two charges were imposed, with £8 12s costs. Security for appeal was fixed at 15 guineas.

_ Titnaru,, May 8. . The Supreme Court was occupied till a late hour with alleged cattle-stealing eases. In the second case against the Tarrants (husband and wife) the jury disagreed and a new trial was ordered at next session. In the retrial of the first case (heard yesterday) the jury acquitted the accused.