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Motueka Star, Volume II, Issue 79, 16 May 1902, Page 3

An opinion of Sir Joseph Ward, expressed by a well known local native after hearing the speech delivered on Wednesday“ Him rangitera! Kaipai! He never stop to look up sky. By g°Hy, all in here” pointing to his mouth. “You come with me and have a beer. You lend me bob and I pay you sometime. By golly, him the feller !” After the school children had given expression to their feelings of delight at the prospect of a holiday, asked for by Sir-Joseph Ward, and readily granted, Mr Roderick McKenzie, with quick-witted tact, turned to the ActingPremier and said, “ See what a lot of young voters I have coming along;” a remark which was received with laughter. An election of Councillor of the Borough of Motueka, to fill the seat rendered vacant by the election of Mr J. S. Wratt as Mayor, will be held on the 3rd day of June. Nominations must be forwarded to the Returning Officer, M- Tarrant, not later than noon on the 26th instant. It is matter for comment by all who visit the district, that there are unmistakable signs of progress and prosperity in “and around Motueka. In conversation with the Mayor of Nelson, on Wednesday afternoon, Mr Henry Baigent, who is a keenly observant and progressive man of business, informed us that the improvement was most noticeable, and he was pleased to observe such outward and visible signs of advancement. Speaking of the state of the weather on Wednesday afternoon, Sir Joseph Ward said that the rainfall was one of New Zealand’s best assets, remarking that in the parched districts of Australia the people would give anything for the showers of rain which fell in New Zealand, where*such a thing as a drought was unheard of. At the last meeting of the Borough Council, His Worship the Mayor, Mr Hursthouse, referred to the street now being constructed through the Northwood Estate, and said it would perpetuate the memory of a good man to name it Fearon Street. Councillors heartily approved of the suggestion and it was resolved to fall in with it, on the motion of Cr Simpson, seconded by Cr Edwards. After soliciting a holiday for the school children last Wednesday afternoon, the Acting Premier sa : d he hoped the time was not far distant when some of those boys and girls around him would be enrolled as cadets in the Motueka Post Office. If the business increases in the local office as it has done of late, our worthy postmaster. Mr Gilbert, will certainly need extra assistance and there is no reason why the girls should not have a chance as well as the boys.