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Motueka Star, Volume II, Issue 44, 14 January 1902, Page 5

.Che first case in Otago under the Testator’s Family Maintenance Act. 1900, came before Mr Justice Will iams in chambers in Dunedin last week. A farmer had died leaving two children and his widow. He provided for his children under a settlement made about ten years ago, and by a will, made later on, he left his estate at the t one of his death to certain grandchildren. There was no provision under either settlement for the widow, Avho applied under the Act for a pro.\*si<>n out of the testator’s estate, for Dm Act provides that should any per-

son die leav ng a will and with ut muring provision therein for the adequate support, proper maintenance of his or her wife, or husband, or ehildthe court may make an order that such provision as the court deems fit shall be made out of the estate for such wife, husband or children. His Honor c nisulered that the proper principle to apply would be to make an’order as if thy deceased had died intestate, in which case the widow would have been entitled to one-third of the estate.

A significant remark is made by Mr J. W. Deem, Stock Inspector for the Havvera subdivision, in a report on the inspection of dairies in his district. examining cattle,” he says, places in a deplorable state have been seen. In many instances the cows have to stand up to their bellies in filth, little or no attempt being yiade to clean the udders, and the hj&q.ds and clothes of the milkers being iii>: % disgusting state ; consequently a jjs.Fgp. quantity of filth is conveyed to th© faptoiy, and ; -people wonder why th© b,nfortunate factory manager eanno>; teake first-grade butter.”

The. growing tendency here and else-where-in the colonids to treat Sunday SWW© or less as a day of pleasure I>v©wp*<?d] the passing of the following by a' meeting held in the city

last evening :—“That this meeting of Church officials utters its strong protest against the running of Sunday trams, steamers, etc., for plea-sure-seekers, and that the Rev. Messrs Oliver and Isitt and Messrs Brittain and Moxharn be a committee to interview those responsible for such excursions.” I heard this week (says a contributor to the British "Weekly) a little story about Prince Edward of Wales which I know to be perfectly true. He said, the other day, to a lady who was visiting the Royal children in their nursery, “Do you think that greatgrandmamma is quite happy in heaven ? “Yes dear,” replied the lady “dont you think so” ? “Well I am not quite sure,” answered the little Prince. “You see she will Lave to walk behind the angels there, and here she always walked in front.” The Grey town Correspondent of the New Zealand Times says :—A Saturday half-holiday will probably be observed in all Wairarapa townships this year. Greytown and Carterton have long been in favor of a change from Thursday to Saturday, and now Alasterton has come into line.

Air T. AI. Wilford states that he intends to contest the Wellington Alavoralty against all-comers, The Rimutaka, which left Wellington for London on Friday, took 37.200 boxes of butter and 3654 cases of cheese. An invitation signed by over 400 ministers of congregations in New Zealand has been sent to Air J. G. Woollev, asking him to pay a return lecturing visit to this colony. ■ A line of .260 six-tooth crossbred wethers from the Alount Herbert estate, Hawke’s Bay, were sold at the Addington saleyards recently, being taken by butchers at 15s to 16s 9d. They were by English Leicester rams out of Lincoln cross ewes, and were large-framed and well finished. In Argentina shearing costs about eleven shillings per hundred sheep, b turd, shears, and shatpening-stones buing found. The men employed to catch and tie sheep’s legs get one shilling and ten-pence per hundred sheep for the work, thus bringing up the Authntic Medical Opinions worth knowing. —Dr Osborne says—“l use Sari der and Sons Eucalypti Extract as a spray ior nasal catarrh, low fever, asthma, etcl, with great success. 1 find this preparation si penor to all others.”—Dr Stahl :“I have used various preparations of Eucalyptus, Out I get better results from Sander and Eucalypti Extract than from any others. Dr Preston :“I never use any Eucalyptus preparation other than Sander and Sons, as I found the others to be almost useless.”—Dr Hart: “It goes without saying that Sander and Sons Eucalypti Extract is the best in the market.”—-In' influenza, all fevers, throat and lung troubles, diphtheria, diarrhcEa, dysentry, kidney complaints, rheumatism, wounds, sprains, ulcers, etc., it is invaluable. See that you get Sander and Sons, and reject spurious preparations which are sometimes supplied bv imscupulous dealers.