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Motueka Star, Volume II, Issue 62, 18 March 1902, Page 3

"f ' We learn that Mrs J. C Chaytor, 'Marlborough, has purchased the oldf fcomestead at North wood ; also that Mr' George Atkins has secured another block of the estate and that Miss [ Fearon has acquired the two sections ! on which the native bush is growing, | as well as those fronting High Street.) J The remaining blocks, five in number,j I will be disposed_of privately. I t ~A~meeting of the Ngatimoti School Committee was held last night, all the members being present. Mr J. Wills occupied the chair and announced that be had received a letter from Miss Hayresigning the position of mistress of the Ngatimoti school. It was resolved that the resignation be accepted and forwarded to the Nelson Education Board. In her letter Miss Haycock stated that she wished to be relieved of her duties on the 30th of April. We remind those interested of the fact that entries for the Riwaka Collie Club's events close on Saturday next, the 22nd instant. From what we can learn the fixture promises to be* a great success. Mr H. Byrne the Secretary, is sparing no pains to ensure a large gathering. There was no sitting of the Stipen - dary Magistrate's Court on Monday. Before the concluding hymn was sung at the Methodist Church on Sunday evening the Rev. Mr Wills referred to the departure from our shores of a section of the Ninth Contingent. He concluded by asking the congregation to join in singing the well known lines having reference to "those in peril on the sea." Messrs Best and Beuke,. members of the Nelson Education Board, were in Motueka yesterday. They have been paying an official-visit to the schools in Takaka and Collingwood districts on behalf of the Board.

The ordinary meeting of the Motueka Borough Council will be held*this evening.

The Borough Schools opened yesterday morning, but. on account of the poor attendance it was decidnd to close for another week, when hop picking will be practically finished.

It wjll be remembered that a short time ago Mr Lewis's whare at the Table Land was destroyed by fiie. Nearly the whole of the contents, which were uninsured, were burnt and Mr Lewis informs us that his loss amounts to LBS. We feel sure be has the-sympathy of the public in his misfortune.

Intending applicants for the Tenth Contingent, now being raised in the Colony, are to send in their names to the officer Commanding the District, Major G. C. B. Wolfe. Further particulars are published elsewhere.

Attention is drawn to Mr P. G. Moffatt's replace advertisement, which appears in this ia«ue. Hop picking in the Ngatirnoti has been concluded. The crops are light, taken as a whole. It is reported that several growers have sold their yields at five pence per lb. We are also informed that one grower sold his crop for one penny per pound as it stood on the poles.

The Halcombe branch of the New Zealand Farmers' Union has decided to pin other branches of the Union to hold for 2s 6d per bushel for oats, 3s 6d for wheat, and 3s for barley. The poll for the election of two

councillors to fill the vacancies created by the resignation of Messis Tarrant and Rankin was held in the council chamber on Monday. The voting during the day was slow, little interest being taken in the proceedings. The result was declared shortly after seven o'clock, as follows :—A. R. Edwards 48, R. J. Trewavas 46, T. G. Brougham 30. A public meeting is to be held at the Upper Moutere, on a date to 'be named, to discuss the proposed railway line between Motueka and Nelson, via Upper Moutere and to pass resolutions in favor of the project. Messrs E. F. Burrell, of Orinoco and F. Bensemann are the conveners of the meeting, and they have communicated with Mr J. Graham, M.H.R , asking him. to act as chairman.

A melancholy interest attaches to the death of Lance Corporals Percy Nation and Duncan Anderson (of the Seventh Contingent), who fell in-the Boer attack at Bothasberg, a few days ago. They iiad grown up together from boyhood, and when the call was made for-the Seventh they volunteered and were accepted. They pledged the parents on both sides to stand by each other as far as discipline allowed, where ever their lot might be cast. When in camp at Wellington they were in the same section, and all through the ten months they were in service they were together side by side in every engagement. They fell together, and their names came side by side in the cable news." Lance Corporal Nation was a son of Mr and Mrs W. C. Nation, of Levin, and a nephew of Mrs Thomas Pattie, of Riwaka. The deceased kept a, diary during his absence, which was published in his father's paper, the Manawatu Farmer. The last letter received concluded as follows :—•" At mid-day (Jan 27th) arrived at Frankfort, and hear that the Eighth Contingent have embarked. Our time of service will soon expire, and we shall be glad to see home once more. Sometimes I fear something may happen to spoil all." The Takaka News says : "Mr T. Nyhan, an engine driver on the New Plymouth line, . was killed near InI glewood last week, through striking a I bridge while leaning out of the engine ; death was instantaneous. Though not widely known in Rakaka himself his wife, who was M : ss N. Byrne, is, we believe, a native of this district' and only a few weeks ago paid a visit to her relatives here. She is now left with six children, the eldest being only 1 2 years of age and the youngest about six months. Mr Nyhan, who was about 30 years of age, had only recentty been transferred to New Plymouth, and much sympathy is felt here for his bereaved wife who has met with her great trouble in a strange place and apart from all her friends." Concerning the deceased the Post says : —" Nyhan, the who was repoited to have met with a fatal accident near Inglewood, was some time ago transferred to the New Plymouth section from Hunterville and more recently from the Wellington-Masterton section. He was a nephew of Mr E. Barry, M.P. for South Cork, and a cousin of Sub-Inspector O'Donovan, of the Wellington Police Station " The deceased was a brother-in-law of Mr H. Byrne, of Traveller's Rest, Riwaka. New Zealand is gaining in importance in the eyes of the journalistic world. The patriotic spirit of its inhabitants has helped to bring it into prominence, and considerable space is being given to New Zealand affairs by Home journals. Under the heading of "Foreign Slanders—a tribute to Mr Chamberlain," the "Daily Telegraph," London, devoted over half a column on January 18 to a report of the patriotic meeting held in, Wellington the previous day^