WELLINGTON NEWS.

Auckland Star, Volume XXXVII, Issue 263, 10 November 1906, Page 7

WELLINGTON NEWS.

(By Telesraph.—Own CorrcsDondenl.) WELLTNTiTOy, Ih:s day. TRADES COOXILP A Nil .T.P.'S. Tlie proposal of the Canterbury fjades Council ths-i the Government siould place i.f Trndos CftiinnTs on the commi~?;r,n of the ]«>are ta s the endorsement ot rhe Wellington j Council, which will lend its influence to the southern body in Fearing this concession from the CJovwnmcnt. EUBBER-GROWINO IX £AMOA. ■ iaiong the by the lonic for London was> Mr. 11. K. Res, who for the past twenty-two years has been ~ resident of Samoa, where the plantjug of nibber and cocoa has occupied Difich of his attention. Mr. Hea will take advantage of hi? holiday in the lifted Kingdom to exploit, the money j market with the idea of floating a tumpany to work tiie rubber industry ■ n tha.t*tropical island. Only mpital i? wanted to develop an important a-nd remunerative industry. My:. Mr. Red, yrljo asserts that rubber-plantingr has Ion" pa SF - p(1 *'"■' experimental stages at (he island, the plants having thrived nith great yu.ceKs. Lt- i- his opinion tliat rubber-pUniting will for many T ears be one of ihe most payable investments in the plantation line. Mr. jta, waxes eloquently over the posfi- j bilities of the industry, by vrhkh ift j predicts within the next few yvir; i large amount of capital will be ;■,•.-.- .'. ! Ja this connection it ttvi.cht be irrer^t-I ing to state th.it the ilevplupmi-nt of | the rubber industry on an -xi •. ive scale has not, been io?.t sijrM of by foreigners, and. a.vor.lin2 tn iv. ivr.te fidvices received in Wolbnjjton a few days ago, a German-Belgian syndicate was no-ring in the matter. it? intention \ffiao to secure a monopoly, if possible, of tie trade. IHE SOVTH AFRICAN FOOTBALIL TEAM. Conflicting accounts Te.ach here concerning the pTo-sve?s of the South African football team n o\v i tl ( irejit Britain. A visitor from South Africa-, who is put down as ;m authority in respect io loiowled.ee of th« at-iiitirs ul both j

the "Springbolkens , ; and (he All Blacks, informed a "Post" reporter that the team now up-ending ibr Knjjlisb and Welsh combinations, thoujrh a strong one, was not the er.ual of the New Zealand team. He has no doubt whatever about the New Zealandeis pulling off the honours w.-rc 'he two combinations to meet in the Rueby arena.. The main feature of the South African team is the backs, he say-. It contains some brilliant players, who would he a distinct acquisition to any team New Zealand could put in the field. The "Star" representative is in receipt of advices from two well-known New Zea.landers now in the Old C'oimvry on the subject of South Vfvieaii v. New Zealand Eugby form.acd tl-cy asTec that the former is a powerful [.ombination in both feions, while the forwards are. perkps not so cricky or experts aa the All Backs' seruaunaffcrs .vere. Their backs are credited v.ir.ii possessing more solid brilliancy, and ire "likely io stand the strain of an arduous Lour with better results than Captain Galiaber> ni.-n tnd. Were a tussle to eventuate bekeen the- picked men on both sides, fid one.of -ay informants. it w>u,rt V CT«n -mon.-'V i'or place, and a bullflog straggle to r t there.