The Motueka Star PUBLISHED TUESDAYS AND FRIDAYS. "Te Oranga Moti Iwi." FRIDAY OCTOBER 4, 1901.

Motueka Star, Volume I, Issue 16, 4 October 1901, Page 2

The Motueka Star PUBLISHED TUESDAYS AND FRIDAYS. "Te Oranga Moti Iwi." FRIDAY OCTOBER 4, 1901.

The interior ofj the new Post Office for Motueka is now practically ready for occupation, the necessary furniture and floor covering having come to hand. It is not yet officially known when the olb building is to be vacated, but presume it will not be long before the staff is in its new quarters; we trust to be able, in our next issue to announce the opening date. The S.S Wairoa is advertised to leave Nelson for Takaka, Sunday evening at nine o'clock. The S.S Lily leaves Motueka for Nelson to-morrow afternoon at one o' clock. The Anchor Shipping Company's steamer Waverley leaves Nelson this evening for Wellington via Wanganui ; the Charles Edward leaves for Westport about Sunday next; and the Kennedy on the same date for all West Coast ports.

The next monthly meeting of the Motueka School Ccmmfttee takes place on Tuesday evening., The selection of Headmaster, for the High School will be made, for which "there'are fourcandidates Messrs'3£:"Euhg 8.A., Gifford, Harris"and Morris 'M.A's. In reference to the projected bridge across the Motueka river, at Pangatotara, we are informed that Mr G. Slatter has received a letter from .Mr Roderick McKenzie, ' M H. R, stated that the supplementary estimatesto be submitted to the House "for approval were being made up, and he wou ]d see that the sum requireeTfof the work was placed thereon. /The bridge in quesis much needed'by the settler's, and ■gve hope soon to have the , pleasure of pubiic the "fact that the 'work is to be put in hand. Mr H. L. Moffatt, in a letter published in this issue, refers to a shilling subscription which he started some months ago for the purpose of perpetuating the memory of the late Trooper Tarrant, who died in South Africa, a victim of enteric fever. At present, the movement is at a standstill? because the originator of the idea is unable to spare the time to make a systematic canvass. The object is a worthy one, which should commend itself to residents in this locality, more particularly his old schoolfellows, who could help Mr Moffatt to collect a sufficient sum for the object in view. We shall be pleased to receive and acknowledge subscriptions. During his remarks on the benefits derived from unity in his own district, Mr Fisher, the organising secretary of the New Zealand Farmer's Union mentioned that they had practically completed arrangements for the cultivation of beetroot for the manufacture of sugar. Referring to the subject Mr Hursthouse stated that when he was a member of the Legislature, a substantial bonus was offered by thelate Sir Julius Vogel to encourage the industry. At the time he told Sir Julius beetroot, for the purposes mentioned, would never be successfully cultivated in the colony, because to ensure success in the enterprise, it was essential that it should be grown some distance frou/the sea, and "that could not be done in New Zealand. Whitebait is very plentefnl in the local rivers this season' and the despatch of tins 1 of "the little "fish to Nelson by the S.S Lily is carried on by those who. look forward to the season to make a few pounds. The annual election of officers of the Motueka Masonic Lodge took place on Wednesday e\ ening. "The installation ceremony is to be held about the '3oth instant. In connection with the meeting of fruit growers, held on Tuesday evening we are requested to' state that person's wishing to become members "of the Union can do so by paying f the entrance fee to any member of the Committee, who will forward'all names to . the Secretary at Nelson/. At the Farmers Union meeting on livening, His the |«|iayor, Mr Hursth'otfse, in' the course his remarks oil'■"'freetra.de and protection, and its relation to farming, said, "Every farmer'-wlio is not'a ; freetrader is* a fool," and . to support ' his assertion mentioned that the protection of iudustries ; started' in the Colony simply meant that bonuses given by the Government "for the production of kerosene, beetroot' sugar and other things benefited a few at the expense of the many. Remembering what we do about the suppoft.'given to'the industries mentioned; .a"lso r 'matoE n factories etc., i: with *.the Mayor,' s '' : - "' S! ' ■• '• ; - v •>'■■

A question that has agitated at least one SchoolCJ'mmlttee in this district (says the Oamaru Mail) is that cf liability -'under the Workers' Compensation for Accident Act. It is asked who is liable r hi the event of a person employed to do a job of any kind about the school building meeting With an accident. The question has, we believe, been submitted to the Education Board. The committee have determined to resign in a body should it be held that they are liable; but we do not think that it will be so held." ' TAILORING.—Mr Oi*G; Bird, representing Messrs Everett Brothers, of NelsxH*Hs at present in Motueka for the purpose of booking orders for tailor-mkd<irp-to-date and fas|#ot£able has a large range &&&B&pies, including a choice selection -from/England: Mr Bird will visit settlersin RiwaKa, Pangatotara, Ngatimoti, arid btherjjismcts. Address : Holyoake's