LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Wanganui Herald, Volume LIII, Issue 15782, 2 April 1919, Page 9

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

A cable from Ottawa states that the of the Canadian Siberian <ca»e has. been ordered. An error crept into a paragraph is last evening’s issue residing the deeifflon of the Wanganui JEkn plovers' Association in connection with the peace .celebration holidays. It was stated that the celebrations wonld be on Saturday, Monday and Tuesday, whereas this should have read Sundav, Monday and **« day, the mnpkyere agreeing to pay .greets on. the two iaefc-named days. With regard to the arrangements for the reception of the Maori Pioneer Battalion, which arrives at Auckland on Saturday, April sth, the West Coast Members from south of Taamanmni will proceed to Wanganui by train leaving Auckland in the evening- On arrival at Wanganui the soldiers will be tendered a welcome by their people. The Customs revenue for Wanganui for last month was £633213s 3d, and the beer duty amounted to .£477 3s sd. The quarter’s revenue was—Customs £14,493 8s 10d; beer duty, £ll2O 2s. For the financial year, which ended on Monday last, tie Customs revenue was £68,902 lie Vd. For the previous financial year, 2SPT-IS, the revenue totalled £77,183 13s Ujere being a decrease in last year’s revenue over that of the previous year by , £B2BI I* 7tL That tbe office of Registrar of Electors is no sinecure on the eve of an election will be evident after a perusal of some figures relative to the work recently carried out in the office of the local registrar. When the main Toil closed on January 6th there were 8044 names on the roll. Between that dote and the day when the supplementary roll closed on March 6th, no fewer than 3358 names were added, the last number on the roll now being 11,901. From the main roll there have been - truck off 1299 names, 347 of these on of the operation of the clause the Licensing Amendment Act, 1918, ▼ with regard to addresses of electors. There lave been 952 transfers on account of marriage or removals by death. Since the printing of the main roll there have been 1607 alterations of addresses. The number of new names added to the roll for the forthcoming poll was 4791. It is evident that the electors are taking a great deal of in- * terest in the poll, for 162 absent voters’ permits have been issued by the registrar. During tbe oast three days no fewer than 51 permits were issued.