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Motueka Star, Volume I, Issue 18, 11 October 1901, Page 4

Sergeant-Major Healey pioceeeclecl to Gr eymouth last week to 1 epresent the jSTelson Battalion at the funeral of of the late Sergeant Major Barrett. Three Marlborough troopers returned from the war experienced an irtei - esting meeting the other day. Two < f them were working on the field cf a Spring Creek farm. Presently cne looked across the field, tl.tn stared, and finally said, in uneeitain tents, " I really think 1 have get -'tin, Jack ; it's the ghost of poor old .' : Beth look - ed intently at the ay.prc aching for in, and when the new C( mer reached the the two young fellows 1 e taw nothing but blank ditmay in their fates. it took sometime to icas-tuie them. The; third man was ant tier it tuned titer er, who went away in the s; me e< miany, was invalided at Beira, and sujpostcl to have died and been luried theie. His two ccmpmi< ms lad been informed on most uiiCjYiet-t-onable authority of his death, and the. r surr rise at his reappearance under t uth sudden circumstances was staitling enc ugh. Needless to say, he was given a hearty welcome.

It may interest cur volunteers to know thrt according to the regulations noncommissioned officers must pass the examination within six months of their appointment as such, otherwise they are liable to lose their stripes

The capital value of rateable J r-'rei ty in the city of "Wellington v.a» stated in a letter from tie Valuer-Gene 1 a l , read at a recent meeting of tie 3>selr. sh Borough Council, to be <£7.372,342, and the unimproved value <£4,438,660.

At-Westport the shipping fer Set - tember was 86 steam and 2 sail < f 39,410 tons inward, 88 stem ami 1 sailer of 38,609 t .ixs ait.