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Dominion, Volume 8, Issue 2299, 5 November 1914, Page 5

Owing to line interruptions there was , a heavy delay. yesterday on all. South Island telegruphio • traffic except the Blenheim and Nelson districts. The East-Coast route was totally, interrupted.;;/ :;:: : '.-; ;. .7'.;;-■;.;.;■;/-,. . ; ■•■■/, The recent rains-have proved a great benefit to the strawberry crops, and supplies ;of the fruit are now fairly plentiful, etates an Auckland paper.,On Monday the berries were being retailed at Is.-and la. 3d. per box. At this time last season strawberries were more plentiful, and consequently they were 6old at oheaper rates. This year, however; although there is not the quantity the quality-is said to be far superior.. In the? course of another mooth, it is 'expected-that there will be fairly large supplies on the market,' although it is not anticipated that the quantity will .-' reach. anything like the ; total or last .season. ■■• '■':■ .;. .;. -..- ; : . ; •

; , Last night the members of the ITed*ral Club were most enjoya'faly enter? ; tained at/the Jewish Club. During the evening the inteMlub challenge games (billiards, pyramids, and bridge) were played, and after interesting contests the visiting club was successful 'by one point. The .winners of the re- ' cent ■ "snooker" contest were, presented with billiard cues in cases by Mr. J. .Zachariah (president of the Jewish Club). At the conclusion of. the gathering, Mr. W.'A. , Fordham (chairman of the Federal Glub)i on behalf of his club, ! returned thanks in a neat little speech 'for the evening's entertainment. I. ■Unemployment did not become really 'eerioue during tthe month-of October: (according '. to ihe "Labour Journal'), although the number of applicants to the Labour Department was Bomewhat 'greater than during; September. ;The Department was able to afford considerable assistance by sending away at once those willing to- accept/country employment.. At - the beginning of the month, numbers of men: were -sent to: • toad works near Pahiatua, and towards, the end of tlie month' 60 labourers were j dispatched' to publio : works': near. Taurnarunui and. in the Gieborne district. ■•There isstill a reluotaice on the part of some applicants to accept country : work—mainly on the ground that it necessitated keeping, two homes—-but the majority of unemployed married men now recognise 'the of obtaining permanent employment in Wellington, and are accepting jobs in. the cc-untry-with the intentipn: ; of. sending 'for:their wives and families later on. ...

.■-.•■Mr..pYG. A. Cooper, S.M., conducted an inquest at Lower Hutt yesterday ' concerning the'death of Carl Eliason, a '. Swede, whose body , was fQund/suspend--i ed,from a tree on Monday: near Pit- . i'caithley'e Siding. Samuel Riddler de- \; posed that whilst proceeding ,, to liiii farm on Monday lie discovered the : body of a man hanging from ""a .tree, 1 and he informed the Hutt police. Hβ thought the body had/. been hanging » from three weeks to a month.. Thomaa "Riddler, a brother of the previous wifeless, gave corroborative', evidence. "James Turner,- farmer, Taita,; said -that iEliason had at times been in.his emiploy. He had last seen deceased on 'October 5 at about 1 o'clock, when he ■Went towards the Hutt River. , On the : ■Saturday previous Eliason had; been ■drinking-heavily, but seemed in good 'spirits on the Monday. Hβ had never ■threatened to take'his life.' Deceased ■"n-os 86 years, of age,'and had been in >New Zealand about five years. A ver!dict was returned that Elia«on\vcom-,-jnitted 6uicide by hanging, but there ] was no evidence to show the, state, of jSeceased's mind at the time.; :.': / ' , itr. L. Alexander, of. Perth, . Wcet ■Australia,' who was imprisoned for 18 days at Bentheim, Germany, in comr pany with Mr.','Mi" Carr, of Wellington, returned to Perth on_October 27. He states that the experience they had at Bentheim was an awful one, and showed the ■ deep hatred the Germans have of the English'. >jj "I am finished with ■the Germans,"' said Mr.. .Alexander in the course ,of an interview. ; "Lord vlielp.the: first German that comes into my'iwarehouee for an'order!". , ■:■'■; [ In the House of Ilepresentatives last night the Minister of Finance (the Hon.. J. AllenV in l referring to the State Ad..vances Department, said that ho' was pleased to state; that .'the Savings .BankFund, which had suffered by the war scare, had now recovered,, and for September and October the , deposits exceeded the withdrawals:. That put the State Advances Department;.in; the position of being able. to borrow a, certain ■amount from the Post Office Savings Bank Fund, and in view of-that he waa able ; to -state that the advances to settlers, which;were, reduced when war, ■broke out,- would be increased ; from '£500 to £760,;.and'.if next month's. Post Office. Savings Bpk fund was Satisfactory ho hoped to- be able to, ■■increase it t-o 1 ;£IOOO. Hβ. wished, to Bay-that as soon'as 'he able be .would raise the amount available for settlers and looal .authorities; workers, per© now within £50 of the maximum. Local residents and visitors: to the' Talinerstoh' North Show Will be. pleased ty learn that/Godbers , Ltd:, of WolJington, are the caterers.—Adyt.;-