LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Star (Christchurch), Issue 10299, 2 November 1911, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Finn weather was the rule in tluj I dominion this morning, but there word showers about Auckland. The radio station, Wellington, re* ports that the Mooralu will probably bo within wireless range this evening, The south branch of tho "Wainmkiw riri was the only Canterbury trout stream reported to ho unfishable tliii morning. A telephone bureau, containing twij sets of telephones, will bo opened a{> the Show Grounds from November 6 t<j> November 11 inclusive, and a telcgrapq office at tho same place on Novcmbefl 8, 9 and 10. The Rev T. A. Bernstein has giver? £1 Is to the Kino; George Memorial Homo Fund, Messrs Strange and Co, £25, and Mr C. Allison £3 «js. Til® sum of £1 8s was obtained front tho box at the \Ynireka Tea Booms. Fruit is scarce and prices are high iff Auckland at present. The local Bup4 plies aro usually small at this time oB the year, and merchants rely Oil Aus» tralia and Tasmania for Supplies, butl owing to tho waterside workers StriM in Sydney no fruit is coining to hand* Auckland is supposed to be tho home) of the strawberry in New Zealand, but the opening of the season has been) chiirnoteris&d by small supplies and poor fruit. At yesterday's sales besij quality berries brought up to Is fldi pen?, box, while inferior fruit was sold_ aij lower prices. It is expected that ill week or two the supplies will increase., There's no necessity of your being} weak, anaemic, listless. Be vigorous-* full of dash and spirit—be up and do* ing—Steams' "Wine of Cod Liver Ex* tract will make xov- a -

The approach of Carnival has supplemented considerably the number Df people travelling botwcen 'Wellington una. Lybtelton. During tho past few days tho list has shown a, steady increase, und this morning tho terry steamer Maori brought down no fewer than 440 passengers. Included 111 the total were seventy-five immigrants who arrived ?n "Wellington yesterday from London hy tiio Shaw, Savill niul Albion liner Athenio and the New Zealand Shipping Company's Titrakina. ]t is tindorstood that practically every available berth has been booked at Wellington for the next few nights. A strange action came before tho Vienna Courts on August 26, when J'raulein Amelie Mostler, a good-look-ing young woman, was charged with disturbing the connubial bliss" of Captain Theodor von Strumpf and his jjvifo. Tho action was brought by the Wife. and tho defendant, while admitting the charges, said that Fran Von Strumpf had agreed to renounce her husband providing the defendant obtained an allowance for her. Fraulein Mostler, secured an allowance for tire wife, and the two women entered into an agreement. Fraitlein Most lor was acquitted, the judge holding tlmo the Wife had by her contract renounced all claim to fidelity on the part of her husband.

A report to the effect that the thousands of Japanese in tho Hawaiian rroup were organising and secretly training with somtf definite object in view is discredited by Mr Harry F. Lewis, a representative of the Hawaiian Sugar and Commercial Company, who was a through passenger to Sydney by the Canadian mail steamer which arrived at Auckland on "Wednesday. Mr Lewis, who has been a resident on the group for tho past thirtyone years, told a " Star " reporter that the Japanese numbered not moro than 80,000, and the policy of restricting the importation of Japanese to one hundred a month was being ontorccd by tho authorities. The Japanese made the best kind of field labourers. 6o far as he knew there wns no secret training and possibility of any johetne being carried out without detection. The Eastern raco, however, were becoming large competitors for trade, and owned some big stores. They ■were keoll commercial men and very progressive, and consequently were capturing a great deal of tho trade of the group.

Thanks largely to the exertions of tho officers of the Moeraki (says the ?' Post ")> ' Wellington received the usual weekly shipment of fruit from 'Sydney by that vessel, despite the Wharf labourers' strike at the New ftouth "Wales port. The Ulimaroa, tyhioh arrived from Sydney the previous >eek, did not bring any fruit, but father than leave their consignments xo rob on the wharves the deck officers of the Moeraki, assisted by contingents of brother officers from other Union Company's vessels thon at Sydney, turnedcto for the nonce as stevedores. Jplerks from the company's shore staff did the work of wharf labourers in pliiiiring tho cargo. All of the MooJrakra offioers lent a hand and thoroughly entered into the spirit of tho thing—Captain Rolls himself operated one of the steam winches—and the fruit was stowed away with all expedition, the boat getting away for Wellington Jn good time. When tho fruit was openedl up it showed no signs of having been kliooked about through being handled by inexperienced stevedores. In addition to the fruit, "the gang" \VaS instrumental in loading about IMO tons of general cargo.