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Motueka Star, Volume I, Issue 20, 18 October 1901, Page 3

The monthly sitting of the Stipenelary Magistrate's Court will be held on .Monthly next. We are sorry to learn that the sharp frost experienced in ihe Mcutere some days ago did considerable damage t > the fruit trees which were in blossom. The S.S Lily leaves Motueka for Nelson at noon to-morrow. A representative of the American "Dental Company will be in Motueka on Monday and Tuesday next, and may be consulted at Mr Brougham's Post Office Hotel. The s.s Wairoa leaves Nelson for Takaka and Collingwood on Monday at 9 p.m. She also leaves Motueka for Nelson on Thursday next, at 3.30 p.m. The percentage of lambs in the Wairarapa district is reported to be very satisfactory, ranging from 90 to 140 per cent. The weather was bitterly cold •yesterday evening, with intermittent showers of rain, making it necessaiy to seek artificial warmth once more. The distant hills early this morning were mantled with snow. s "Walter William Jabez Hall, formerly clerk in the local Post ' and Telegraph Office was arrested at the Hut.t <-n Wednesday afternoon, charged with the theft of Government moneys amounting to .£135. It 's understood further deficiencies and irregulai-it'es will be disclosed. The "time o' day'' is the worry of many people who neglect to equip themselves, or their homes, -with reliwatches and clocks. In this cji> i/Wolon, Messrs Brown and Kerr, of 11/gh Street,,are now disposing of the"? watches and clocks at reduced rates, t > make room for a shipment of new a i<] down to date timekeepers suitable f >r the hall, the dining, the office, and the kitchen . Humor hath it that an elopeme t case h;is taken place in Westland, in which a returned trooper is concerned. All those interested in fruit growing * in this district should not fail to possess themselves of the latest issues, Nos 42, 43, and 44 of the valuable series of "• .Leaflets for Farmers and Fir t Growers," published by the Depart-

ment of Agriculture, which have just come to hand. They refer to the cultivation of the cherry, the apricot, and the raspberry respectively, and are edited by Messrs J. C. Blaekmore and Fitch, Government Pomologists, ard are obtainable free upon- application. Growers and intending growers will find them as full of interest as ■• an egg is full of meat." A very pretty ■wedding' was celebrated at the Wesleyan Chui ch on Wednesday afternoon, when, despite the heavy downpour of rain, a considerable number of persons were present to witness the tying of the nuptial knot, which was peiformed by the Bev W. Wills. The contracting parties were Mr Thomas Barraelough Goodall, seco.id son of Mr Thomas Goodall, Lower Moutere, and Miss Clarice Edith McGlashan, the second daughter of Mr and Mrs James McGlashan, Motueka. The bride, who was tastefully attired in cream nun's veiling and chiffon with wreath and ve'l, was attended by Misses Eva and Eliee McGlashan, Misses Sarah Goodall, and Emily Boyes. Mr William Goodall acted as best man. After the ceremony the happy couple, together with their relatives and immediate friends, paitook of afternoon tea at the residence of Mr and Mrs McGlashan. The presents were both useful and ornamental, and included one from the scholars of the Wesleyan Sunday School, of which the bride was a teacher. The honeymoon is to be spent in Nelson. A new song by Mrs Lmii-a Holyoake ef Riwaka, has been set to music composed by Mr Charles Trussell of Nelson. The song is highly spoken of and promises to be popular. Mis Holyoake's compositions have been very favorably received all over the Colon v. Twelve persons died from cancer and nineteen from consumption in the four principal centres of the colony last month. It is not generally known that under the " Stock Act of 1893 " persons not immediately repoi ting to the Stock OJj&ce cases of elisease, 01 supposed el'.ser.se, among.-t cattle and horses, are liable to a very heavy penalty. Some persons are ret'ceut in cases of disease, as they consider that the compensation oii'eied is not sufficient to recoup them for the loss sustained. Such is a very foolish policy, however, in their own interests. The Post says a. movement is afoot for the establishment in this colony of an association for the prevention of the spread of consumption, on the lines of the English National Association for the Prevention of Tuberculosis. The system will probably be to have headquarters in one of the centres, and b anches in ether pa its of the Colony. Ti e function of the association, which has the appr >vai of the Medical Association, is to educate the people to take proper precautions against the spread o£ toe dread malady. Woman las won a triumph in the State of C dorado. There was a law there which prohibit e 1 saloon keepers from selling liqud refreshments to any of the weaker :-ex. Then a later law confer fed the electoral franchise upon women, and a. case has been taken to t' e con its claiming that the restriction iip.ll women being served with drinks 11 saloons was a curtailment ofttheir rights in violation if the suffrage law, wn'ch put them on an equality with men. The judge held this to be a good law, and henceforth woman may drink without any greater restrictions than those surrounding the liberty of men. Thus has woman reached the level of man in that State. There are 55 prohibition orders in force in Wanganui district. The lariX< sfc number that has at any one time been current In the district is 56.