The Motueka Star PUBLISHED TUESDAYS AND FRIDAYS. “Te Ora Mota Iwi.” FRIDAY, JUNE 27, 1902.

Motueka Star, Volume II, Issue 91, 27 June 1902, Page 3

The Motueka Star PUBLISHED TUESDAYS AND FRIDAYS. “Te Ora Mota Iwi.” FRIDAY, JUNE 27, 1902.

The news of the indisposition of King Edward, was received in Motuoka with feelings of regret on Wednesday last and all preparations for the festivities to be held on the 26th were at once discontinued. The heartfelt sympathy of all loyal subjects will be extended to their Majesties the King and Queen and also to the Royal family, in their time of trouble and a speedy recovery from the operation which it was necessary to perform wished for. The high flood in the Motueka river a few days ago resulted in the washing away some of the willow protective works on Mrs W. Atkin’s farm Wiiakarewa and eating into the eastern biink of the river. As the encroachment is likely to prove a.menace to the Trust’s property, and also to the Borough, Mr A. R. Edwards, the local agent, intends to temporarily repair and protect the spot, pending the erection of a permanent groin which will be necessary. Mr R. McKenzie accompanied Mr Edwards during a late visit to the locality and agreed that the damage should be repaired without delay. We mav state that the encroachment is about four chains above the protective works recently completed by Mr Edwards and which are doing good service. Mr R. McKenzie, M H.R., delivered a pve sessional address in the Institute Hall on Wednesday evening when there was a very good attendance of electors including residents from Riwaka, Moutere, Sandy Bay and other portions of this important electorate. Mr Mckenzie gave a very lucid address on. past legislation and referred to measures whigh will be brought forward during the next session of PPBfcParliament. At the close of the ada unanimous vote of thanks and confidence was passed, a tribute appropriately acknowledged by our member. Mr J, S. Wratt, the Mayor, occupied the chair. A full report is unavoidably held over.

A full practice of the Motueka Football Club will be held on the Cricket ground tomorrow, (Saturday) lifter noon at 3 o’clock. As there is to be a mi toil between the local players and the Riwaka Club at an early date i& is imperative that the team b' present on Saturday to be coached.

. Some excellent photographs of the protective works at Glover’s Overflow, taken by Mr C. Holyoake, appear in the last issue of the Weekly Press, of which Messr s Rankin and Sons are the local agents. The members of the Nelson Young Men’s Institute intend holding a Gymnastic Exhibition in Motueka on the evening of the 9th of July. A programme in connection therewith is now being circulated. At Mr McKenzie’s meeting on Wednesday evening, His Worship the Mayor, Mr Wratt, stated that he had acted as chairman of every political meeting held in Motueka by Mr R. McKenzie.

In another column Mrs Bisley and family tender their sincere thanks to the Motueka friends of her late son and also to the school children for erecting a tablet to his memory in the local state school.

The Joseph Simms arrived at Motueka yesterday with a cargo “of 1200 sacks of prime milling wheat for the Motueka Flout Mill.

Mr E. A. Knapp, with the Corporation workmen, started this morning to adjust the jaws of the stone breaker. It is expected the machine will be ready to knapp stones in a few days. A thoughtful act was performed yesterday by Messrs R: McKenzie and Holyoake, who purchased a guinea’s worth of cake from the Celebrations Committee for distribution amongst the inmates of the Whakarewa Orphanage The children will, no doubt appreciate the gift. We are informed that the provisions manufactured by Messrs Harris and Stone, of Brightwater for the Celebrations Committee arrived in Motueka on Wednesday evening in excellent condition. The firm in question carries! out their contract faithfully and ,as to the quality thereof the Committee, after sampling the cakes, sausage rolls, buns etc, expressed themselves as highly pleased. It is due to Messrs Harris and Stone to say so. We are pleased to hear there isa decided improvement in the health of Mr H. Budden, of Riwaka, who has been very ill of late. We trust soon to hear of iiis permanent recovery, During his visit to Motueka, Mr R. McKenzie, M.H.R., inspected the miniature steam engine made by Master Percy Knapp. Steam was got up and the engine worked for some time, everything* going smoothly and satisfactorihL Mr McKenzie showed great interest in the operations and complimented Master Knapp on his mechanical skill and diligence.

We have received an excellent article on the proposed coronation of King Edward from Mr Joseph Taylor of Nelson. Untoward events preclude its insertion in the Motueka Star just now, but we hope at a future date to publish his thoughtful remarks on such a function. provisional directors of the Motueka Fruit Growers’ Co- operative Society met last night and finished the revision of the proposed rules, which shareholders can inspect at the office of the Secretary, Mr G. H. Budden. A general meeting of the shareholders will be held at the Band Hall on Monday evening at "seven o’clock sharp, when the rules will be read and discussed. It is hoped there will be a

full attendance and that the shareholders will observe punctuality, as the business will occupy some hours. The provisions which were thrown on the bands of the Celebrations' Committee through the postponement of the Coronation of King Edward have been offered for sale privately and we are pleased to hear that a large quantity has been disposed of. There is still some cake left, and we would ask those of the public who have not

bought anything to assist the Committee to minimise the loss by purchasing from them.-

Owing to the heavy rains on Monday and Tuesday last Mr Roderick McKenzie was unable to address the electors at Lower Moutere and Ri .vaka., and as the House is to meet on the Ist of July, the member for the district will be unable to meet the electors in the localities mentioned until after Parliament rises.

Bishop Oowie, who recently notified his resignation of the Primacy of the Church of England in New Zealand owing to ill health, died on Thursday last.

In anticipation of the Coronation festivities, which unfortunately did not eventuate, Mr George Boyce, of the Swan Hotel, decorated his hostelry with native ferns and shrubs. The work was not completed, because of the news received, but from what we have seen the display would have been an excellent one. The decorations are to be left on the building for a few days and on Saturday night it is Mr Boyce’s intention to add to their effectiveness by llluninating the outside of the hotel with Chinese lanterns. The Coronation number of the Auckland Weekly News, presented to us by the local agent, Mr P. Moffatt, is an excellent production, in which the proprietors of that journal maintain the reputation they have gained of issuing a high class weekly newspaper. In addition to a colored portrait of His Majesty the King, copied from an approved painting by a leading English artist, which is well worth framing, there ai*e photographs of the King, Queenj- ahd other members of the Royal family, pictures of historical buildings, such as Westminster Abbey, Windsor Castle, Buckingham Palace, St. James’ Palace, Houses of Parliament etc. There are also photographs of the Archbishops of Canterbury and York, Lord and Lady Ranfurley, Premier Seddon and many other notobilities. Taken altogether the number before us is a most creditable one, and it is to he regretted the postponement of the coronation renders its publication somewhat in opportune. We learn on good authority that there are no less than forty slips on the Riwaka—Takaka road, as a result of the late heavy rains. It will take time and money to put the road in good order once more. A great deal of damage was also done to the road to Sandy Bay, which was rendered impassable. New Zealand is threatened (says a Southern contemporary) with the loss of many of its expert telegraphic operators. Between 25 and 30 have already applied to the South African Government for positions in the service there, and a good few have been accepted. It is reported (the Auckland Star Waihi correspondent telegraphs) that a sensational jump took place at the hunt of the Tauranga and Waikato hounds, an engaged horse named Ascot, ridden by Mrs Geo. Wrigley, --the owner, having negotiated a gorse hedge, with a ditch on either side, measuring from the take off to the landing place 37 feet. It is said that the horse rose clear six feet, landing 20 feet on the other side of the hedge. The rider was pitched out of the saddle, striking the ground with her shoulder, and receiving a severe bruising. When peace was proclaimed at the end of the Crimean war in 1856, the news took six months to reach New Zealand, whilst the news of fjpeace the other week was flashed to the Colony in a few hours.