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Kaikoura Star, Volume XIV, Issue 680, 6 February 1894, Page 4

Traffic is stopped for one week on the road known as Harris’, connecting the Mt Fyffe and Kowbai roads, between Mrs O’Donnell’s and Mr H. Mackie’s.

The New South Wales cricketers, during their stay in Christchurch, put up at the Occidental Family Hotel (Mr Burton's), notice of which appears on the title page of the Star. The medal given bj' Mr C. Mills, watchmaker, to the competitor who gained the largest number of points at the New Year’s Sports has been awarded, by the Committee, to Mr E. Gibson.

Mr John Wallace says that during an experience extending over a period of thirty-four years he never remembers such a summer as the present one has been, so far. He had not seen snow on the ranges here, at this time of the year, as there was last week.

Report of Town School Committee proceedings will be found on page 3.—ln connection with the camplaints made, Mr Borthwick states that he will conform to the spirit of the Education Board’s decision, and will not administer punishment to any girl, if it can possibly be avoided.

Agony ! Friday’s nor’-easter had a blighting effect on the tomato crop here, and a ‘ howling ’ nor’-wester just about finished the work of general destruction. How are local patients with torpid livers to get on this year without the succulent tomato to regulate and give * tone’ to that important agent in their physical economy ? ‘ Butter 5d a lb, and eggs 6d a dozen,’ were, we understand, the prices offered in two of the Kaikoura stores last week, and one trader is reported to have stated that some local butter was dear at any price—almost as a gift! Other Kaikoura butter, though, is as good as can be obtained airy-

where ontside a Dairy Factory. Regarding the other product—eggs—a strike is imminent, whether by the farmer’s wives, or on the part of the hens, is not stated. The quotation is enough to make any wellbred fowl stick up her feathers.

Elsewhere, under the heading where correspondence addressed to the Editor is placed, will be found a letter from Messrs Pyne & Co. anent the annual sheep sale here —which, this year, is to be held on tbe 2nd of March. As we have previously remarked, Messrs Pyne and Co are ever mindful of Kaikoura sheep-farmer's intertbeir welfare. Careful perusal and conests, and do their utmost to further sideration of the letter confirms and strengthens that view of their past actions, and proves, distinctly, that they leave no stone unturned that can be moved advantageously in tbe interests of clients.— Letter on page 6.