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Motueka Star, Volume II, Issue 53, 14 February 1902, Page 4

It is understood that the maximum monthly requirements of frozen tneat fol- South Africa is. 36,600 quarters of beef and 12,000 sheep/ . This will represent three-fifths of the whole 'con-' tract. The remaining, two-fifths will be in live stock.

The Premier has aepepted the position of patron of . the/ Taranaki; Rifle Association. ' 7./ '' u:

Certainly the best medicine known- is. Sander'and Sons’ Eucalypti Extract/ Test its eminently powerfuL . effects in coughs. ’ colds,.influenza —the relief is instantaneous, In serious cases and accidents, be. they woiipds, burns, scalds, bruises, sprains, is the safest remedy—no swelling, no inflammation. Like surpj-isihg effects: produced in croup, diphtheria, bronchitis,, inflammation of the lungs, swelling, etc.-, diarrhoea, dysenteiy, diseases of the' kidneys, and urinary organs. In tiise at hospitals 1 andmedical clinics all over the globe ; ; patron ised by ; his Majesty the King, of Italy, and croiyneff- with medals and.,diplomas at International Exhibitions. ’ Irisist oh getting ’ Sander and Sons’ Eucalypti Extract, or else you will be supplied with worthless oil

“More dredge.-, lmve been made than they can find payable chains T\>r,” 'observed nil iruninnstel‘H.t, she last’meeting of the Industrial Association Committee, speaking regarding the tired firing boom. : :

Everyone wlio has met that genial priest, father Paterson* late cf Palmerston .North, knows that he is a capital raconteur of good stories. Here is his latest, and he tells it against himself “be the same token.” He had just married a couple, and was somewhat nonplussed to find that there was no fee forthcoming. The happy man could afford to get married, but singularly enough, he could not aftbid the customary fee to the clergyman. “Never mind, Father,” said the bride-

groom eventually, “sure you can take . the fee out in trade.” “Yes, but what is your trade ?” akked the priest, somewhat relieved to find that it was not to be all dead loss. “Oh well I’m a trombone player.” That fee has not been taken put yet.—-Free Lance Being compelled to retrench, the Dunedin University Council has decided to reduce the salary attaching to the French lectureship, and to do away with the lectureship of Constitutional History and Jurisprudence, thereby saving £125 a year. It is expected that Lieut.-General Lord Methuen will return Home from the Cape shortly, and that he will be given an important appointment in recognition of his splendid services during 1900 and 19Q1 in the Western Transvaal. Referring to the proposal by some excited colonists of a “German boycott,’ the Sydney Bulletin points out that a retaliating boycott or Customs prohibition would certainly follow. “ And as Germany buys much more bom Australasia than it buys from German, the balance in our favour being some £700,000 a year, the loss would be all on our side. Australia can’t offord to kick ,one of its few good customers very bard, merely because that customer’s opinion of the British Army is low.” The total value of the Bullion oh ta.ined from, tlie great Waihi M;ue now amounts to nearly £2,000,000 Dividends have been paid with unerring regularity since 1893, and up 1 > the end of 1901 £754,379 was distributed amongst shareholders. In 1886 there was only one store, a four-roomed 1 oust* hostelry, and a few huts on the ground where now stands a fairly prosperous community of about five thousand people—a transformation principally wrought through the development of one of the greatest gold-mines in the world.

“My friends,” exclaimed the eloquent minister, "ivere the average man to turn and look himself squarely in the eyes, and ask himself what-he really needed most, what would be the first reply suggested to his mind ?” “A rubber neck !” yelled a precocious urchin in the rear of the room.

The story of Lord Roberts’ vesignat; ion is again revived. Lord R >beets, it is stated, will leave the War Office in April next, his successor being the Duke of Connaught. The Magistrate, Mr Haselden, and Mr Jellicoe"were at again LAt Wellington on Friday last The aceueedthe lawyer of putting a leading question, wh'ch was the crux of the whole case. Mr Jellicoe replied that no intelligent person would say so* Mr Haselden remanded . —“ You. had better be carefn 1 , Mr Jellieoe, or I will send pou to gaol.” Mr Jell icoe then hauled down, bis" flag. At a later starts they got at it ng.un, and the Magistrate 'accused 'the lawyer of insolence. These sce-pes have been frequent of latei

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General Babirjgton, the new Commaudant of Fotees, is one of the most accomplished riders arid: steeplechasers in the United Kingdom and has 'won many races for army friends; he is also a. great athlete.. ” Tiie ' suppression of Tatter-sails sweeps means a loss of sixty thousand pounds a year to the Commonwealth P> st. il Department. A'high .price to pay for an outward show of fustian purity. An Oamarn farmer who has endea-om-ed to keep his place clear of : the Canadian thistle informs the North Otago Times that the. weed is to be seen over hundreds of acres of the Totara and other districts, and on the roads sheep travelling eat their heads as they go along,' and will probably be spreading the seed all over the country. Once, he says, this thistle gets a proper footing, it will cost the farmer the value of his land to exterminate it. It is a singular coincidence that Ser-geant-Major-Lockett, who returned home to Wanganui from South Africa hist week with ' his right arm shot away, should have met with a similar mishap to that which* his father, Major Lockett, suffered sn the Maori ■war, that gallant officer having also lost sin arm. About 25 years ago, on Thames (M.L ) gold-field, a miner employed in a spec ffied-mine had a tiff with his sweetheart, and in revenge Lotted another girl past her residence on the way to the races. The consequence was that he \v;is arrested on the “on information received ” for stealing same £7OOO worth of specimens which were found under the floor of his house. That toil cost him seven years hard.'’—“ Bulletin.” It is now stated (says the Lunedin Sta.’s London correspondent) that Col mel Arthur Lynch’s case will be tried by the House of Commons in full session in accordance with the practices I fullowed in other cases raising sim'Jar * points. If need be, a motion will be brought forworn! that he be permitted to take his seat; and, having regard to his own admissions as to leading the ■'b c ud Irish Brigade” when the Boers invaded Natal, it is not difficult to foresee what will be the - result of such a ’ motion. Of course Mr Lynch may display that discretion which would cer- j tainly be the better pari of valor as be t may possess, and remain in France. ]

Meanwhile the patriots of Galway are evincing a. disposition to quarrel with oheir elect on the score of shvness.

They long to see him in all the bravery of his Boer Colonel’s uniform (“made in Marseilles' ), and to hear from his own lips how he routed the oppressor’s a.i my in Natal. But, with the true modesty of. the brave man Colonel Lynch refuses to cross the Channel to receive their adulations. Pei haps he’s afraid of being seasick. Speaking at Ross the other day, Sir Joseph "Ward said'that when he entered Parliament in 1880 his weight was list 41b, and now be turned the scale at 1 sst 51b. Mr Seddon’s corpulency bad similarly increased from 14st to over 20st. This showed that hard wor k and the responsibilities of office did not always hitye [the effect attributed to them. The coming re-arrangement of Elec-tn-al boundaries of the colony is made the subject of a leader in the < Westport Lews. It says “The people of Chariest >n, for instance, consider that they should belong: 1 1 the Bidler electorate, as Westport is tlieir port of entry and exit. The district has practically no intercourse with the Grey, and in' consequence are apt t> be overlooked. We are decidedly of the opinion that the wishes of the Charleston people should have some attention from, the Commiss•bners-