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Motueka Star, Volume I, Issue 10, 13 September 1901, Page 4

The latest account received of Mr Seobie Mackenzie’s illness is that he has quite lost his memory, and is most seriously ill in Dunedin. Mr T. A. Bryce, of Kiwitea, who, some years ago, sought the protection of the Bankruptcy Court, has now paid all claims, proved and otnerwise, 20s in the £.

IT 11a er the Defence Amendment Act, 1900, rifle clubs have been already formed at Feat 1 . -.erston. Tadim-w. Thorpe Waimangnr; m O’ uvle.-tm, "WaiKka, Riverton, Lb rm. Bsi iin-.ekT.nrn, Midcllemarch, and Pa 1 a par; ram u. Since 1896 there have been "764 in torments in Napier Cemetery. There is only room f 1000 more/when the ground w.U have to be cdo.-ed. IVchaps, by that tune, cremation will be the prevail mg- m .be of disposing cf human remains. iV it a a v ew to getting up to date machinery and information regarding American made boots, the Employers A ssociation of New Zealand have offered t.» contribute £l5O towards sending two operatives to America. Upwards cf 30 Government rifle clubs have been formed in the Auckland provincial district under the new regulations. The Cheshire giantess, who was 6ft 4in in height and 35 st ire in weight, nas <;:ed at the age of 4b years. A prize Orpington, which fetched .■ On a <-■ a jjvtu.uii rauc.er.s sale, is probably the dearest rooster that ever crowed. A co-operative wool-scouring and fellmougery works will be stinted shortly in the vicinity of Timaru. Mr C. B. Fry. the Sussex cricketer, aa;-. made four successive centuries in county iunfcches. lam 1 1 .>ovn at Mr R. E. Young’s farm at Colyton, near Fielding, had six jegs. and is altogether a remarkable freak of nature. It was born alive. The Trench torpedo-destroyer Sirocco developed a speed of 28.32 knots on its trial trip." The master butchers of Dunedin and suburbs have decided to raise the price of meat. This step has been necessitated on account of the continued high price of stock, and the increased expend iture forced en ti e mnster butchers under recent awards < f the Arbitration Court.

1 A somewhat romantic case is likely i to come before the "Wellington Land Boai cl. A. lady possessed of a considerabie amount of money over 20 years ago adopted a three year old boy whose mother was believed to be dying. The foster mother invested in land, and built a fine residence in the Fortymile Bush. Among other properties, si e purchased a village section with a nice garden and residence, for her adopted son. The iatter in the meantime discovered his mother in the South Island. Mother and son are now resolutely cl-’Dlng to the village section, while tk mother, having a mortgage o xj property, seeks to dis- . possess

Says the Lyttelton Dines : The spirit of unrest with which the returned South African troopers appeal- t.o have become imbued is now finding vent, and almost every steamer plying to Capetown or the eastern seaports cf South Africa carries a hatch Gf New Zealanders, eager to renew their acqua r-t me with Brer Boer, or to take up civil employment in the country. Ry the next steamer leaving Australia quite a. number of New Zealauderspropose to take passage to the scene of operations, while cithers are only waiting until the ready cash is available to follow them.

. The bones of mammoths a,rid otherextinct animals have been found in excavating "beneath the defunct English Gas Company's Works in Vienna.