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

At the Central Police Court, Sydney; the cases arising out of the recent raid on two suspected betting shops were dealt, with, and 92 persons each fined £2, or 14 flays.

Victor- Brothers, known as the discoverers of Victor’s quartz mine, Wood’s Point, Victoria, lodged in the Melbourne Mint the other day a cake of gold weighing 439 i oz, the product of 80 tons cf stone.

In South Canterbury, during last week, the snowfall amounted in one day to 4in or Sin. The snow and sharp frosts following it have been very hard on live stock.

Mr E. G. Hamley, aged 80, the oldest coroner in England, has during 50 years conducted 20,000 inquests in Cornwall.

From Lausanne comes a statement that the British Admiralty has offered £IO,OOO for a ship motor just invented by a Swiss engineer

cost of freight tells. Enormous quantities of fruit-pulp are, however, imported from America, for making into jams. One big London honse dealing with .America in a week brought in for one of its clients upwards of a hundred tons of apricot pulp. California is the great orchard whence it comes, but Spain has of recent years developed her resources, and has secured some very important contracts for the coming season. Both strawberry and raspberry, pulp is also brought in ; but the real novelty that is expected to be placed on the market shortly is pineapple jam Glucose is used in literally fabulous quantities in jam. At present the wholesale price of gluseose is about 7s a hundredweight, but "Inat rate is considered high and it has dropped on occasions below 6s, while preserving sugar cannot be got under 14s a hundredweight.