LOCAL AND GENERAL NEWS.

New Zealand Herald, Volume LX, Issue 18357, 24 March 1923, Page 8

LOCAL AND GENERAL NEWS.

The suonlv of fish in Auckland during the week has been somewhat short. This, however, is not uncommon at this season of the year, when' the fish migrate very much. Larger supplies could well be handled, stated the manager of a fish business yesterday, as during the Lenten season fish is very much sought after. It is anticipated, however, that supplies will become normal next week, when several of the trawling fleet are expected to return to the harbour. Whether brown trout are suitable for Northern rivers was discussed by tho Auckland Acclimatisation Society last evening. It was suggested that possibly the cause of the failure years ago to stock Northern rivers with this fish was tho fact that not sufficient were put in. There was a strong diversity of opinion as to whether Northern rivers were suitable, for this fish, and one member, in condemning a certain stream, remarked that it' changed its course after flooding. To this another member replied that he had caught brown trout in a place that was a turnip paddock three weeks earlier. " You have to become a brown trout fisherman before you can talk about it," was the observation made by one of thoso who held that tho Northern rivers were suitable for the raising of brown trout.

Two persons, each of whom bad sustained a broken left arm as the result of a fall, were admitted to th.; Auckland Hospital at the same time, 6 p.m., yesterday. One was a s:iilor, Mr. William Monahan, of the steamer Las Vegas, who sustained his injury by falling on the deck of the ship. The other was a schoolboy named John Shorland, of 79a, Grafton Road, aged 14, who had fallen from a tree.

The appeal to well-to-do women to extend a helping hand to those in need of occasional assistance, which was made at the City Mission bv the Rev. Jasper Calder last Sunday, is meeting with a satisfactory rehouse. A beginning has been made with the scheme on a limited scale, and it is hoped it will be in full working order immediately after Easter.

Fine full-grown healthy pheasants to a considerable number have been liberated by the Auckland .Acclimatisation Society within a comparatively short distance of Auckland. The liberation has been northward from Avondale and southward from Manurewa. A further batch of birds are to be set free in the same districts almost immediately.

Two petitions by creditors for the adjudication of debtors as bankrupts were heard in the Supreme Court yesterday by Mr. Justice Stringer. An order was granted in each case, William Stanley Williams, shipown&r, Onchunga, and William Samuel Meek, draper, Whangarei, both being adjudged bankrupt.

The supplies of fruit at Auckland will be augmented during the week-end by two shipments of bananas from the Islands. The Kaikorai is due at 4 a.m. to-day with 2100 cases from Tonga. The second shipment will arrive by the Navua on Monday morning. She is bringing 5.386 cases and 186 bunches from Fiji.

The deceased estate of Harry Pearce, storekeeper, late of Waikiekie, is being administered by the official assignee at Auckland, under order of the Supreme Court, dated March 13. The first meeting of creditors in the estate will be held on Wednesday, April 4. at Auckland.

An Eltham motor-cyclist on an oldfashioned single-cylinder machine recently carried a passenger on the back of the cycle on the long trip to Te Kuiti. He returned a few days later without mishap, doing the journey each way in about six hours

" Shooting with pea rifles is getting general at the Manawatu Heads. The board should take the necessary steps to stop the practice before someone gets accidentally shot." Thus reported the secretary at a meeting of the Foxton Harbour Board.

That Otago apple growers are fully awake to the importance of cultivating overseas markets is emphasised by the fact that the Pakeha is now loading at Lyttelton the first shipment of Otago apples for Buenos Aires, via Monte Video. The line consists of 1100 cases and comprises 700 cases of Jonathans, 300 cases Dunn's Favourite, with the balance made up of Shortland Queen, Delicious, Rome Beauty, and Cleopatra. The South American market favours large-sized apples, which are not suitable for the London market.

An inward-bound tramcar ran off the rails at the junction of Khyber Pass and Symonds Street about nine o'clock yesterday morning. The constable on point duty had a narrow escape, the car just missing him. The inward service from Newmarket was slightly delayed.

A large and enthusiastic meeting of residents was held in St. Andrew's Hall, Penrose, on Thursday evening, to consider ways and means for erecting a public hall. Mr. Purchase occupied the chair. A committee was elected and it is hoped it will be possible to bring forward at an early date a scheme for the erection of a hall that will meet a longfelt want in the district. The sum of £25 was promised at the meeting.

Extremely heavy gales visited the Southern Hawke's Bay and Manawatu districts a few days ago, and trees in many cases wera uprooted. At Woodville pieces of timber were blown about like paper, while three telegraph posts were blown down. It was stated by -uoo qons p«i{ aiojaq jbasu %ii\[i sjuapisaj ditions been experienced.