The Motueka Star PUBLISHED TUESDAYS AND FRIDAYS. "TE ORA MOTA IWI." TUESDAY, JULY, 22, 1902

Motueka Star, Volume II, Issue 98, 22 July 1902, Page 3

The Motueka Star PUBLISHED TUESDAYS AND FRIDAYS. "TE ORA MOTA IWI." TUESDAY, JULY, 22, 1902

According to latest advices, His Majesty King Edward has passed out of the Valley of the Shadow of Death and is on a fairway to be in sufficient g >od health to be crowned, according to auoient ctislom irr W-estminster Abbey on the 9bh of August, the date which has been officially fixed for the s )!enn and important function. The sudden postponement of the coronation through the- serious illness of the King,

and the genuine sympathy shown j by the people throughout His MajestyV vast dominions during the period* the Sovereign’s life was in jitppardy, y will cause the 9th of August So be observed naorP' a day of .thank-Uving than one of pleasure only, and She religious element will be more marked than if the ceremony had taken place von the date originally fixed. The devotional services being over, loyal subjects be more free to rejoice, and their rejoicings will be the more genuine and hearty with the knowledge that having passed through a season of trial and affliction, King Edward is in deed and in truth the annointed King of a nation on which the sun never sets, a nation chivalrous, brave, and all power ful. In Motueka we hope to see a celebration, the recollection of which will be d source of pleasure and pride to old and young for many years to come, ■ • ; —.. . ■■ We are pleased to hear that Mr C. Remnant, junior, has been iiiost favorably received by the settlers whom hewaited upon for financial assistance towards the construction of a road to the site oi the proposed cart bridge. The petition circulated in fav >r of the same has been freely signed by residents of the district, who recognise that those living on the western side of the Motueka river labor undei great disadvantages in having no bridge across the river at Alexander’s Bluff, to enable them to communicate with, the outside as often, and as 1 free horn danger, as more favored landowners. The Pangatotara settleps, for whose benefit the petition is being got up, have invested their capital in, the acquirement of homesteads ; by diligence and application they have done a large amount of clearing ; a good deal of the land is yielding fair results, in return for the years of labor spent upon it, but those results' cannot be turned into coin of the realm until tlie produce is delivered in Motueka At present there is no certainty as td delivery arid it is to ensure certainty that active steps are now being by Mr Remnant. The question has been fieeljr discussed during the past week and we have heard ofj no sound objection to the proposed cart bridge. Even these who do not think the Government would be warranted ini spending, say <£4ooo, for the benefit of those now settled at Pangritotara and Pbko roro, agree that a, large extent of valuable larid—a deal of it co^ red with marketable timber-—will Chapped, with a certainty of other ho'ldjhgs being taken up ; they also aefimowledge that Government grants have been placed on the Estimates, and spent* for roads which will be less- re productive than a cart bridge erected

over the Motueka River at Alexander’s Bluff. Mr Reihriafit infbVms' Us that heiinftfehds leaving for ' Wellingtbn this I wriefe* in 1 'drdeY *td Si» fcerview Mi 4bk>' M'oKeusdb' member : for x the Mistrieti'andTseeuTe' Ms 'help in ap- f 'prOaching the Govefnment for a “vote to be* plaerid oti the Estimates in aid of the "bridge in questibri: : We ttii'st ' u he • will' receive* an- ; a‘ssiir&hce ; that ; the work- is to be gbrie on without tVfid'ue delay.- ’ to o? r o;- m <• 1 <•• '