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Motueka Star, Volume I, Issue 38, 20 December 1901, Page 4

Mr Walter Anstruther Bews, who recently died in Australia, was the only surviving brother of Countess Roberts, the wife of the Commander-in-Chief. The deceased gentleman, who was the son of Captain John Bews, paymaster in the 73 Highlanders, died at Geelong "Victoria, where he had resided for some years past. The wife of Archdeacon Beamish, of Geelong, is a sister t f Lady Roberts. A kauri tree was recently felled in Auckland which is estimated to produce 60,000 ft of sawn timber, worth about ,£3OO. A gentleman was boasting t a L . his parrot would repeat anything lie told him. For example, be told him seveial times, before some friends, to say “ Uncle,” but the parrot would not repeat it. Getting angry, he seized the bird, aud twisting his neck, said, Say uncle, you beggar,” at tbe same time throwing him into a fowl pen in which he had ten prize birds. Shortly after, thinking he had killed the parrot, he went to the pen. To his surprise he saw nine of the birds dead, with their necks wrung, and the parrot on the tenth, twisting his neck and screaming “ Say Uncle, you beggar.” r ; Store stock is reported to be high in price in Tasmania just now, and young store cattle are bringing nearly as much as they will be - sold for when beef in a year op two.,. . The Queensland Lands. reports an extraordinary demand for kind for agricultural and grazing selections. . ..... . ... . Subscription to the MOTUEKA STAR: Ulir& Skilli igs aud Sixpence a Quarter, which ■may, begin..at any time.