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Evening Star, Issue 14963, 24 August 1912, Page 6

There is e-till a great interest centred in the position of the local coal trade industry-. The demands of tho men have not been disc-used in conference, and there is much uncertainty ns to what the ultimate result will be. The employees of the Green Island miners will, hold" a "general 1 meeting in Walton School on Monday I night to discuss matters. The general .secretary will be present to explain the ! position. j Mr IT. Y. Widtlowson. S.M.. occupied the bench in the Police Court this mornI iug. An application by a. young woman for the remission of arrears under a maintenance order was granted. A prohibition order was granted against a man on the application of hifi mother. Recently a romantic story was published i of the marriage of a young Ancklander ! with an Island princess. The dusky j maiden (wires our correspondent! had just completed her education at a Wanganui college, and was spending a brief holiday in Auckland prior to returning to Fiji, there to enter a mesalliance with one of her own race. To this proposed marriage the island chief (Tuiness) was no willing party, and a romantic love episode during her brief stay in Auckland presented a way out of the difficulty. There was a youth, the son of a well-known Auckland resident, and a member of the staff of a leading merchant, who, like Hie lady herself, was at that ideal age when the years known as " teens " have just been left behind. The glamor of romance which surrounded the affair, and the desire to aid beauty in distress, may have assisted in a hurriedly-formed design, but at any rate they were married on the morning of the departure of the little princess for her island home. It was then arranged that the bridegroom should follow in a month or two, so soon as he could complete arrangements for his departure from Auckland. Tt not till the young man ultimately reached Suva that the second chapter in the romance was revealed. On arrival at Fiji all efforts to locate his bride were without avail. Anxious and weary weeks followed, and now at last comes news that the husband has discovered that his bride has been spirited off to a faraway island right out of the beaten track, known as Tavt'unl. A solemn warning has also reached the youthful husband that if he dares to follow his bride, then ill bolide him. It is understood that the intervention of the British authorities is being sought. The best apple.---—there is not, a. great choice—are .selling at 6d per lb in the shops. Tn other words, a fair-sized apple is equal in .monetary value to a fresh egg. Choice applea from' Hobart realise in the wholesale marts from lis to !3« per case, or 3Jxl per lb. The promoters of the Dunedin Industrial Exhibition (o be held during (he month, o[ .November next have every reason to be satisfied with the progress that has been made. A meeting of the Exhibition Committee was held last night, when o considerable amount of important business w-as transacted. The report of the various sub-committees, showed that matters were progressing in all departments. Correspondence was received from a number of manufacturers intimating their intention of exhibiting, and asking that space be allotted to them. The letters were referred to the Hall Committee. Three oversea steamers are due at Dunedin during next week—one from Liverpool, one from Montreal, and one from New York. There are at present on the water for Dunedin as many as eight steamers from New York and from Montreal. The number en route from London is only two, and from the West of England three. There are, however, about eight large steamers bound from the United Kingdom for Northern Dominion ports. The price of fruit, for the rest of the year will be high. Apples are scarce, and growers who have stocks in hand are holding them back for better prices than the high rate.s ruling. Hob art apples realise in the wholesale market from lis to 13s per case. Many persons are thinking that the Government should .seek to encourage orehardists to grow more fruit for New Zealand rather than increa.se the supply for England. Meanwhile the public of Dunedin can prepare themselves to pay. high prices for fruit during the remainder of this year. Mr Pauline advised at 2 p.m. :—X.E. to S. IS. winds; fine for 24 hours; barometer fall; electrical indications. The North-east Valley branch of tho W.C.T.U. passed a resolution of sympathy with the Salvation Army on the death of General Booth, and protested strongly against any legislation<*to increase the number of totalisator permits or to sanction the publication of "tote" dividends. They also urged the Legislature to sanction a referendum on the abolition of the " tote," because it fosters the evil of gambliiag.

Good potatoes are realising in the wholesale market no less than £8 per ton, while j a few lots are fetching to the fortunate growers £8 10s, with a prospect of a rise of 10s next week. It is better not to go into comparisons. That way lies vexation of spirit. That a combination of unsightly elements may produce a pleasing result is a possibility that can be witnessed in operation where the filling-in is taking place at the confluence of the Leith with the waters of the harbor, or, rather, where used to | be the meeting-place of the Leith and the j harbor before the railway line intervened and reclamation pushed the foreshore out into the harbor. The large space near j the Pelichet Bay railway station, on which the Leith has for long spread itself j out at high water, and which was left as an eyesore when the tide receded, is now being reduced in area by filling it in. H was an unsightly spot, and was never redolent of the perfume of violets. One of its strangest features is that it has been '; allowed to exist so long. But its days of defacement are now drawing to a close. The kerosene tins and like ingredients used for filling-in purposes do not stimulate aesthetic fancies, nevertheless the conglomeration loJ't there in cartloads is being levelled oif to a sightly appearance on the surface. The result is a gradual restricting of the high-water surface area of the Leith, and a decided improving of the north approach to the Queen City of the South. A fair quantity of citrus fruit from Sydney reached Dunedin this week, but owing* to the light supply of Island oranges pretty high prices were realised. Another consignment is. due from Sydney to-morrow. It is expected that prices will be equally as high next week. Australian mandarins and oranges are worth up to 15s per case wholesale. Bananas are higher in price than usual, selling at from 10s to 14e per case. The rates in previous years were from 8s to 10s. .Spring has come at last. Stamped fresh eggs are now selling in "the wholesale market at Is per dozen. it may not give much pleasure to householders "to mention that cabbages, such as they arc, are cheap, but in view of the fact that sonic persons are disposed to say that nothing is cheap nowadays it is only just to put the exception on record, fortimately. however, the cheap cabbages are very poor stuff. The quality shows in the range of prices—from 3d. to 4.s per sack. (!ood cauliflowers, which are scarce, are worth 8s 6<l per dozen wholesale. Notification of Sunday services as enumerated below appears in our advertising columns: —Presbyterian, First Church, Knox Church, St. Andrew's, St. Stephen's, South Dunedin, North-east, Valley, Kaikora.i, Musselburgh, Roslyn, St. Clair. Ravcnsbourue. Anglican: All Saints', St.. Matthew's. Methodist: Trinity. Garrison Hall, Mornington, Cargill Road, "Roslyn, St. Kilda, Belleknowes, Woodliaugh. North-east Valley. Congregational : Moray Place, King street, Leith Street. St. Clair. Baptist: Hanover Street, Koslyn. .South Dunedin, Mornington, Caversham. Primitive Methodist,: Dundas Street, Kew, Abbotsford, Ravensbournc, Anderson Bay, North-east Valley. Church of Christ: Tabernacle, South Dunedin, Filleul Street, Mornington Theosophists. Cbristadelpbians. Choral Hall. Albany Street School. Unitarian. Salvation Army. At the South Dunedin Town Hall to-mor-row night, after church hours, a great memorial service will bo held to the late General William Booth. The ministers of St. Kilda, Musselburgh, South Dune-din, and Caver.sham will address (ha meeting. Brigadier Jago, the officer in command of the Salvation Army for Otago and Southland, will preside. The General's favorite hymns will be used, cm a. special hymn sheet, provided. Reference will also be made to the General's, last words. The public are earnestly invited to attend. Ladies, —Mercolized wax, sultbine depilatory, sanatogen, albulactin, obtainable Wilkinson and Son, prescription chemists. —[Advt.] A meeting of the Dunedin Exhibition Committee was lieid in llio Trades Hall last, night, when a larse amount- of important business was iraOf acted. The various subcommittees presented reports showing that matters wei'e progressing satisfactorily in all departments. A number of applications from manufacturer.! for space were referred to file Hal! Committee. The secretary was instructed to invite intending exhibitors to make early application for space. j Mr Morris, photographer, Garden Studio, ' 55+ George street (near St. David street), exhibits some beautiful ladies' portraits in sepia on left-hand side of the Zenith Studio vestibule, in Princes street. Appointments made j in Zenith Studio, or telephone 2,279.—[Advt.} A glass of Speight's beer at lunch and j supper is better than »11 the tea in China | [Advt.] i Captain Sund.urum will deliver a lecture 'oil 'The Compass' to the members of the i Otago Yacht, and Motor Boat Club at, the I Technical School on Tuesday evening next. The Rev. Wm. Hay will conduct special services to-morrow at the Hanover Si reel P.aptist Church in commemoration of the 250 th anniversary of the great historic ejection of ministers for fidelity to conscience, the principles involved, and the fruits cnI joyed to-day. Tho Acme Photo Company, George street, are making quite, a new show of exquisitelyfinished photographs. Country visitors are delighted with their portraits. Tel. 965.—[Advt,] The Rev. W. F. Kennedy will give his second address on 'The Great Illusion' ill the Trade* Hall on Sunday evening-. The Rev. E. Herbert Hobday preaches tomorrow at Koslyn Baptist Church. T.adies recommend Martin s Apoil and Steel Pills. Sold by all chemists and stores. See you get the genuine,—[Advt.] The anniiiii meeting of the Ramabai Mukti Mission will be. held in the Choral Had. Moray pl?ec, on Tuesday evening. The Rev. W. Perry will deliver an address. All are cordially invited. At All Saints' Church to-morrow evening the Dean will preach on -The Black Bartholomew ot 1662.' The monthlv meeting of Lhe Eugenics Education Society is to be held in the First Church Hall 'on Monday evening, when Mrs A. 11. Grinling will speak on 'Eugenic Ideals for Womanhood.' Members and their friends are. invited. The Mornington Bowling Club's conceit and dramatic entertainment will be held in St. Mary's Hall on Wednesday. An excellent, programme ha.s been arranged. The proceedings will close with a dance. A meeting of past, players of the Alhambra Football Club will be held in the European Hotel on Monday next, at 8. Just opened, new photographic goodfl; best brands of plates, papers, mounts, etc., always in stock. At Gill's, Frederick street: tef 1 IM-. Agent for Harrington, N.Z., Ltd, —[Ad'rt.j The Dunedin Master Builders' annual social will lie held in the Art Gallery Hall on Friday, September C. 'lhe Dunedin Church Choirs' Union annual festival will be held in Knox Church on Tuesday evening.