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New Zealand Times, Volume XLVI, Issue 10688, 7 September 1920, Page 4

"Has Every Man a Chance P" was the subject of the lecture by Mr H. Banks, national lecturer for the Theosophical Society in New Zealand, at the hall in Marion street, on Sunday evening. declared the lecturer, .teaches that equal opportuni ties for progress are .offered to all, and no man, however base, is a lost soul, for eventuallv the evil-doer will cease to swim against the current ot evolution since suffering lies that way, and he will "turn to swim with it instead. In the life of the soul, past, present, and future are linked together ns one 1 ; what the soul has thought desired,'-and acted in his past life, has determined Ms' character, _ opportunities, and environment in this one, and similarly the present life will influence the conditions into which he will be born in his next birth.

In the reports on. the market conditions of fruit, it Is stated that so far as the north is concerned, the supplies of apples and -pears for the month have come from the cool stores, and have been fairly plentiful—tho city auctions meeting all the demand. Some few,lines havo been badly bruised in handling, and some have been slightly damaged by over-freezing in the" cold stores—some pears turning quite black. There has been very little evidence -of disease, and fruit has been specially free from moth.