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Feilding Star, Volume XIX, Issue 63, 11 September 1897, Page 4

Exporting Fruit «. (Per Press Association.) London, Sept. 8. Mr Noting, manager ot the South Ausralian Produce Depot in London, is naking enquiries as to the carriage of ruit between California aad England, le learns that American pears are carried n a temperature of from 38 to 40 decrees ; that the juciest fruit stands the oweit temperature, Californian pears arriving in splendid condition atter 17 lays' carriage by train aud Bteamer. Space in the hold is allowed for the ;arbonic gas to be withdrawn. AH fruit ;ould be carried better if it were cooled before shipment. A Criticism on the Leader of the Opposition. A new edition of Mr Gisborne's" New Zealand Rulers and Statesmen" will shortly be published. A London correspondent, who has been favorpd with advance proof sheets, extracts the following : — " Captain Russell bas considerably more than average ability. Ho has a gentlemanly manner and is a good speaker. As a debater be often hits hard, but never below the belt. His words are well chosen, bis style pleasing and his matter logical. He bas greatly improved since be became leader of the Opposition, but, on the whole, he cannot be altogether considered an eminently capable and effective one. The truth is that a great leader is almost pbenom» enally rare. A man may have a good head for political strategy, but he must also have the difficult art of managing men. He is not a. military general, whose will is law to those whom be leads. He has to wiu the confidence (a plant of slow growth) and thus to secure the discipline and the obedience of bis followers. And, moreover, he must frequently take ' sweet counsel' with them, and often let them have their own way in minor matters, while, if be continue to be their leader, he must insist on their adherence in great questions of principle. To this end he must have consummate knowledge of human nature, must possess great ability, and be endowed with high social and moral qualities. It is a remarkable fact that of the two greatest political leaders in New Zealand, one, Sir Edward Staffon, comparatively failed when he waa in Opposition, and the other, Sir William Fox, never succeeded when be was in power. And, conversely, when they changed their respective positions to the other side of the House they seemed to respectively renew or lose their strength. Sir Julius Vopel, in his prime, was the best all round leader on both sides. Captain i Russell, although popular and respected, ' and fast improving as a statesman, bas occasionally, since he became the head of the Opposition, been more led than leading. Apparently be lacks deep conviction, and has not the superior peraonality which ensures the proper acknowledgment of his position. A Panacea for Worries The matron of a London hospital looks upon the newspaper as a panacea for many ills. When her subordinate* come to her with tales and evidences of petty dissatisfactions she handles them firmly. " Read the papers, my dears ; you will find you are not the only folk with tronbles to put up with." She has reason on her side anyway. The average woman would be 50 per cent more companionable, not to mention larger minded and generous, if she went a little beyond the "Births, Deaths, and Marriages," just to see how it fares in the world we live in. Minds get lazy quicker than bodies, and Tommy's new overalls and trimming of the last blouse are sure to get fairly mixed with Indian troubles and the Cretan question at first, but the fact remains that fathers, husbands, and brothers still exist who might find a lucid comment or a lucid assertion more satisfactory than a flurried question or ignorant disclaimer —according to the disposition of their womankind — and oh their account alone the wise woman will make some effort to keep in touch with the times. Certainly the best medicine known is Sander and Sons' Eucalypti Extract. 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