The Motueka Star PUBLISHED TUESDAYS AND FRIDAYS. “TE ORA MOTA IWI." FRIDAY, MAY 23, 1902.

Motueka Star, Volume II, Issue 81, 23 May 1902, Page 3

The Motueka Star PUBLISHED TUESDAYS AND FRIDAYS. “TE ORA MOTA IWI." FRIDAY, MAY 23, 1902.

A replace advertisement from Mr Manoy will appear in our next issue. The combined choirs of St Thomas’ and the Methodist Churches, under the leadership of Mr H. E. Boyes, are at present engaged in practising the wellknown cantata “ Esther,” which they propose to give shortly. We understand satisfactory progress is being made, and that a treat is in store for the music loving public. It is notified that Sergeant Major Healey will be in Motueka from 26th to the 31st, when he will give instruction to the members of the Motueka Mounted Rifles each evening, except Wednesday, commencing at half past seven o’clock. The Sergeant Major is a most efficient instructor, and we have no doubt the corps will benefit by his visit. There was a very good muster of the Motueka Mounted Rifles at the Port last night to meet Trooper Scott, of the Sixth Contingent, who arrived in the Lily from Nelson. A procession was formed and the Trooper accompanied to town. Upon arriving in front of the Motueka Hotel, His Worship the Mayor, Mr J. S. Wratt, in a shoit speech, welcomed Trooper Scott, on behalf of the citizens, mentioning that he was the first soldier, who had seen active service, to return to Motueka in order to take up, once more, his duties as a citizen. His Worship concluded by calling for three hearty cheers for Trooper Scott, which were given with a will. Mr A. F. Robertson, the new host of the Provincial Hotel, Nelson, has, during his occupancy, effected considerable improvements in and ab )Ut this well known hostelry, and as a result of his enterprise, the popularity of the house has been materially enhanced. Visitors from this side of the Bay will find Mr Robertson a ger.iil Boniface, capable of providing up to date accommodation, an d ever ready to bestow the b sb of attention upon his customers. The football match, Nelson v Motueka, which is to be played on the local cricket ground to-morrow, promises to be well contested, and it is expected there will be a good attendance of the public. The Nelson team will reach here this evening, and are to be brought to town in Mr S. Fowler’s conveyance. The players selected to battle for Motueka are : —R. Bate, T. Reuben, L. Manoy, F. Fry, Petiha, O. Fowler, L. Cederman, Morgan, Delaney, L. Drummond, H. Fry, Francois, G. Boundy, Huut, M‘Farlane. Emergencies, P. Knapp, Goodman, McGlashen. Mr Rowland Boyes, who was a cadet in the local Post Office, has left for the head office at Wellington, to which he has been promoted as a telegraph officer. Mr Boyes left here on Wednesday morning to take up his duties. Being a native of the district, his friends and the public wish him a prosperous and honorable career. Nominations for the office of Councillor of the Borough of Motueka must be sent in to the Returning Officer, not later than noon on Monday next. Mr D. Wilkens, of Flaxmore, Upper Monte re, advertises for a smart lad, who must be a good milker. An importont notice, of interest to returned troopers, appears in this issue.

On "Wednesday afternoon members of the various School Committees in the district together with a number of teachers, met in Motueka to discuss the school attendance question and the necessity of having a truant inspector appointed. The conference was of a satisfactory nature and it is expected good will result therefrom. Mr R. H. Rankin occupied the chair. It was stated by Mr Glass, in his address to the Farmers’ Union at Masterton last week, that there was a difference in the quality of North and South Island sheep, but not such as to make the existing difference in the price. This was attributod to the companies, but it was not the companies at all. It .vas the fault of the farmers. If the farmers did not supply the meat to the companies, the latter would have to come to the farmers for it,! The prices would not increase, unless the producers combined, so that it rested entirely with themselves: A Liverpool official has received a letter from his son, who is in Natal on engineering business. He says that Boer boys ride ten miles daily to and from school, and are able to shoot well with shotguns from the saddle. To ride and to shoot are as much, or probably more, a part of the B essential education of each Boer boy as reading and writing and the physical education, begun young, makes the Boer a very difficult enemy to overcome in broken eouutry. Temperance advocates will find encouragement in the following statement taken from the circular of a London distributing firm : “ Among the Prohibition faddists absurd statements are made as to the excessive consumption of spirits in Australia, the fact being that with the exception of Western Australia and . Queensland the consumption per head is greater in Great Britain. The figures are as follow Great Britain 1.1, New South Wales 0 75, Victoria 0.89, South Australia 0.4, Western Australia 1.3, Queensland 1.4, Tasmania 0.48.”

Two ships loaded vith New South Wales wheat, and which had got as far as the English Channel, are said t) have been recalled home because better prices will be obtained in that State. There has been evidence within the past two or three months (says the rnvercargill Times) that Southland is apidly regaining its fame as a breeding ground for Clydesdale h Quite a number of colts and fillies have left the province recently for all parts of the colony and Australia, and these all at high prices. It is stated in the well-informed German paper Lokalanzeiger that the German Emperor takes an interest in the scheme for transferring the ownership of publichouses from private individuals to "disinterested and publicspirited companies which do not aim at making a profit from the sale of intoxicating liquors. Count Douglas, who has long enjoyed the personal friendship of the Emperor, has introduced a Bill into the Prussian Diet dealing with the reform of the licensing laws. There is not at present much interest in this subject in Germany. Dentists say that if children were made to clean their teeth morning and evening, as soon as they are able to hold a tooth brush, there would be much less work for dentists than at present. A child of four is not too young to clean his teeth. Cleaning the teeth at night is very important so that all remnants of food may be brushed off. This prevents decomposing matter starting the process of decay which is so difficult to stop. This is what the Bulletin has to sav on the servant girl question : “The domestic servant has not become more plentiful, but there are 81,000 more

| women hustling after the cold comfort of the type writing job and the cheap respectability of a billet in a shop. The two things that are diminishing are the habit of being young and the habit of being an ordinary married woman with a baby ; and the three things that are increasing are the habit of being old and disappointed, of having a past, and of having a husband in the cemetery. The cost of ping-pong may be minimised by an ingenious method of restoring damaged balls which an enthusiast in the game has discovered and made public property. The celluloid balls commonly used are often bulged in, and then thrown away as useless. Instead of throwing them away they should be dipped into very hot water, when the bulge will immediately disappear, and the ball can be returned to play as good as ever. It is not necessary to immerse the whole ball. It is sufficient if the bulged part be dipped, and this can be done without scalding the fingers. A local sport mistaking ‘Motorua’ for ‘Mataroa’, in the Mauaia Handicap at Ha wera on Thursday last wired the Secretary £2 and received a cheque yesterday for .£22 17s. He would not have invested but for mistaking the name—Westport Times. According to a European palmist the average length of the thumb nail is, the case of a man, 165 millimetres, and those men whose nails are longer than this always possess unusual virility. Women, on the other hand, whose tumb nails are of abnormal length are, as a rule, very fond of pleasure and have pronounced artistic tastes. A trainload of harvesting machinery was recently shipped from Vancouver to Vladivostock. The Clutha Leader states that a mysterious disease has broken out amongst the swine herds in the Tahakopa Valley. The Government veterinary surgeon is investigating the matter, and, according to information to bane, he does not think the disease is swine fever. The Chicago meat packers admit that the consumption of beef has declined forty per cent since the agitation over the formation of the trust. It is estimated that granting women the franchise will add 760,000 names to the Commonwealth electoral rolls. The New Zealand Times states that it is considered to be probable a newspaper will shortly bo started to “ run in the interests of labor ” in this colony. The Public Trust Office fees in many cases are entirely abolished, others reduced, and rates of commission in most cases considerably lessened. The year has been a very favorable one for the office, the profits amounting to over £IO,OOO. Certainly the best medicine known is Sander and Sons’ Eucalypti Extract. Test it’s eminently powerful effects in coughs colds, influenza—the relief is instantaneous in serious cases and accidents, be they wounds, burns, scalds, bruises, sprains, is the safest remedy—no swelling, no inflammation. Like surprising effects produced in croup, diphtheria, bronchitis, inflammation of the lungs, swelling, etc., diarrhoea, dysentery, diseases of the kidneys, and urinary organs. In use at hospitals and medical clinics all over the globe ; patronised by his Majesty the King of Italy, and crowned with medals and diplomas at International Exhibitions. Insist on getting Sander and Sons’ Eucalypti Extract, or else you will be supplied with worthjess oils. THE BEST REMEDY for DIARRHOEA. “Some years ago while at Martinsburg, W.Va., I was taken with cholera morbus, which was followed by diarrhoea. The doctor’s medicine did me no good. I was advised to get a bottle of Chamberlain’s Colic, Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy, which I did, and it cured me sound and well.—G. A. Morris, Embreeville, Pa., U.S.A. Sold by A. Manoy. *** Subscription to MOTUEKA STAR: Three Shillings and Sixpence a Quarter t , jvhich may begin any time