CORRESPONDENCE.

Motueka Star, Volume II, Issue 61, 14 March 1902, Page 5

CORRESPONDENCE.

TO THE EDITOR

Sir : Having withdrawn f rom the contest for the vacancies created by the resignation of two councillors, I deem it nay duty to shortly state my reason for so doing. - ' It being evidently the wish of the sponsors of Messrs Fdwards and Trewavas that th? southern section of the Borough should be represented in the Council, and as there aie only two

i vacancies to be filled, and as I consider / the centre of the township should be 1 equally represented with the outskirts, I decided, with the consent of my nom--1 inators, to withdraw from the contest, k leaving the battle to be fought out betv.'een Messrs Trewavas, Brougham, and Edwards. Should the ratepayers, on any future occasion, consider my services of any use as a representative, I shall be pleased to place them at the disposal of the burgesses of the Borough of Motueka. I am etc., J. B. Jordan.

There is a great mortality amongst the lambs in tbe_North Otago district The Oamaru Mail hears that one farmer has lost 200 out of 500, and another 150 out of 400. The departmetal experts have not yet decided what is the cause of the mortality, but it appears that whatever it is, it is general in the district. " Theie is not enough .money in America t o buy the White Star Line," declared' Mr Bruce Ismay. on his arrival at New York recently. He admitted, however, that overtures had been made for its acquisition, but stated that these had been firmly declined. Many fruitgrowers in the Waikato are so disheartened at the prices which they have received this season that they have decided to grub up the trees~uniess a proposal to start a jam-," aking and canning factory is carried into effect. The Waitaki County Council in January paid for 125,262 small bird's eggs. During the recent cruise of the yacht Waitangi in Marlborough Sounds, quite a number of sharks, many of them of unusually large size, were seen. The settlers over there state that the} T have not for many years seen such a number of sharks about. In Tory Channel is a man-eating shark, which is earning a reputation for fierceness. It frequently attacks open boats and bites the oars, and the boaters so attacked as a rule lose no time in making for the shore. On one occasion, the crew of the Waitangi drove a |in harpoon right through one of the monsters, which in its struggles struck the harpo m against the keel, and bent the instrument right over as though it had been a piece of wir*e. Settlers at May field, in the Auckland district, forwarded a resolution congratulating the Premier on the honour

conferred oa him in inviting him to the c pronation, and expressing alarm sit the rumor that possibly his labours may be obtained for other parts of the .."Empire. The Premier replied, conveying his thanks, and adding :—" I have f.'rly say that I love New Zealand a id its people, and have no desire to leave them. I am profoundly unconscious of any cause for separation. I am. unable, and do not try to stem the tongue of rumor. I have observed that the idea did not originate w,th mv friends. I conclude that the few who kindled the n »tion possibly have been influenced by the wish- that was father 11 the thought.'" According t> Laffin's News Agency, Mr Marconi promised to give a. complete report of his experiments in June. *** Subscription- to MOTUEKA STAR : Three Shillings and Sixpence a Quarter, which may begin at anv time ©