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Motueka Star, Volume II, Issue 49, 31 January 1902, Page 4

" You—(hie) —you ain't sho many,''* said Mr Bounce, as • he., wobbled into the hall. " No?" said his wife as she helped him out of his overcoat. "No ! Ain't more'n two o' j-ou t'night ; ushually shree." . " Show me the wretch that struck my wife," howle I : a! man in the mob. " What will you do if you find him ?" asked a bystander. '♦ Introduce him to my mother-in-law," was the reply. The sculling match for LIOO a side decided on the 16th over. I the Thames championship course between W. A. Barry and C. R. (otherwise " Wag ") Harding, the latter being in receipt of ten seconds start ended in a fiasco. Barry caught his man at Chiswiok Eyot and gained a slight lead, but in hugging the shore to escape the effects of a strong wind he got into Harding's water, and a brilliant spurt by " Wag " enabled him to catch Barry before the latter could get into his proper place. There was a clash of sculls and up went Harding's hand in appeal. The referee signed to the scullers to row on, which they did, in easy to the finish, Barry passing the post four lengths ahead, The race, however, was given to Hardings on the foul—a most unsatisfactory issue, for which, however, Barry had only himself to blame. A wonderful natural cave, said to be one of the largest known, has been discovered fifty miles east of Butte city, the capital of Montana, TJ.S.A. The cave has already been explored for some ten miles to a depth of 1000 ft. It contains a large river, with a cataract 100 ft high, and there are evidences that it has been. used as a place of habitation in prehistoric times. The stalactites and other natural decorations are said to be finer and of a more varied description than any previously discovered.

Mr J. F. McGrath, who won the Champion Sculls at the New Zealand Championship Rowing Regatta, at Wellington on Saturday,' has now won this race for the fifth time. He was successful fn 1892-93, at Christchurch; in 1894-95, at Picton ; in 1897-98, at Dunedin; in 1900-1901, at Christchurch, and again on Saturday. At a meeting-of the Court of Common Council, held at Guildhall, London, it was reported that the gross value of the city, including the Inner and Middle Temples, had been returned at ; The rateable value was .£4,888,378, and was going up. Other figures, with those of the city added, showed the gross and rateable values of London to be.£45,255,917 10s, and .£38,238,811 7s 6d respectively. - * -■

TO THE CITIZENS OF MOTUEKA. We have just opened a parcel of Spectacles. A first class pair for ss. " No fancy price charged. Your eyes tested free of charge. — BßO WN &• KERR.