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Motueka Star, Volume III, Issue 107, 22 August 1902, Page 4

! The TakajKa l News >ays :--At a meet ing nekl 1.-Ut irigi.t,- :.t‘ 'trie' Srihoobof Mines, t > conkirler tiie question rtf forming ;t 0 f-operaUvo Association to take over the local Butter Factory, it was resolved that a c <mpaiiV be f.rrrried for that'-purpose, with l ari capital of LI3OO. : It was '.-stated -that ooly 2- 61 per snare 'Would l Ini called up, and rt w;«s deci<le<( that milk suppliers be ca;:va.s.sed first for shares. : ' ' • - ■ • Tiie Outlook relates 1 an anecdote ab nt. Uird i.namptqir. A passer of counterfeit coins was successfully defended by Hawkins,'and he explained ’t * vine < if his fmeirtls why he never had' 1 any doubts about his acquittal. “Ye j see, 1 I wms fortunate enough to get ’old of that ’at.chet-faced young chap, ’Awkirrs. And, strike me lucky, tf the beggrir didn’t tiy fust the quid an l then the bob between ’is teeth before.' he’d tike the brief. I knew ’e would pull ore through.” ! 1 Another record for high-priced realty in 'New York C ty has just been broken by toe pu cha -e rtf ii small plot 1 —-a't !, the "corner of 149th street arid Third-avenue —at the 'rate of a square foot. The. pi »t extends only 6 n on orife street and 14rn on tlie othe , and is tHangular in shape. The new owner purposes to take advantage of ; tlie law which gives lauded proprietors a sft-“stonp-ji'Ue privilege-” ami to constrrtct a.u uudergron’ iil ro nn TiVrining' • sft under either street. Th's is t » be -ranWd to'a fiorisr, or similar tenant, at. * a rent of L2QO a year, which, owing t > the greatdemand fbr acc-immodati n in-that district,'them iinll be r no difficulty in getting; As the c >st of the Whole propertyr—4o squai*e inches—is-1 L4O, the merits of the investment are obvious. The demand t‘, 1* residential qu -.i ters “upr?town” bis become so keen t : iat at an apartment’hotel ivow being' .built;the,best suites are to be let at ' L 3600 a year, while JLSOO a year will be asked for one room a fid a bathroom .

A Dunedin corre^ponden*states that dredges are being;sacrificed whoipsaleu - ■BMiits Whic4ineoftt i <frQoi ) .. I £6OOO to i.* •j£9Q©(ty are being sbld l at .£800... te;£&<9oo,iriclp<Ung vlaimin without a tajruMbttvingl ;Same in JSrftw Sduth - tWAlesj iwhefe dredges .jeaivn b& -bought!y. m if.»r lesKithjintmtmijpkid.fcwvthe! engine •• rtlid lioilleteJ - ,f a*. .//.-•••/; Mil • • - v;in h skmlei-«t tire" Supreme > Court. ■> receyfcly*• His Honor remarked >. / tluit woma unpossessed, every V privilege; t«» ■ i»< >-wh day s,il pitj »aI hu.sband.'.Ktill remains ; > liahle hir tpiigiie. . .; ■ s i ! As< aii i udtcatitaiv;,*»f .the , >anumnt! inf- , i „ : money Shat Sis being,: iti vestedit* !t»w buildings at-present in Dunedin j the . btar thatm two-architects.’ offibesiaione tlie sUiw ti)ts m and; when the*,, uv w elec trie,. car house. • and {many other-* buildings fere taken in-, ■> - tel consideration a oiodei'ate computajtioh of tbe.oapatal thnfj invested.faminot •■•..; be less i£IQO,OO(X ; / :> . , - • »iA- warning, ip >te is .sounded by Cap.. ; tern .Leslie, pf .the/ steah6eri/JBoveri»% }which arrived in-. Melbourne from Dim , whb ? ateistillffi >cking to South Aftipa iii the »hopeT..f iietterong-themselves. He > states tiiat wlieu the JBoveric was-.tit pent there were a large : number of un- •' employed, and their ranks ,>&vere -'being »ihci/eased from day to day* as the. men who belonged to the various Contingents were given their discharges The • Auckland Star reports :-i A .waggoner employed on,an up country station'had. a startling- experience the > “ti.er day. He was driving four horses attached t-> a waggon across aprivately con.-tructed bridge built at a . height <»f about twenty feet above the: level of : the stream, when the whole--structure gave way and the waggon and slialters were precipitated into the water. Fortunately the leaders, bad . : reached' the opposite side, and the sudden .'jerk broke the pole, thus free- * ’ ing them-.: The driver hung on to the , reins and'- was dragged. . clear of the waggon but had to relinquish his hold, dropping into the water - after the, struggling polei s had, been swept down stream. This probably-saved: his life* for had die been entangled in. : the wreckage he would , never have risen to the -surface., The two horses, we re drowned and the waggon lost, but tbe - - driver ma naged to get ashore safely. Secretary Hay's , poem ; “Little Breeches,” was frequently attributed to the late Bret Harte". A young lady once said to him : “I am highly ple;u»od to meety.m, Mr Harte. 1 have read all your: poeipsi. hut X have enjoyed • “Little Breeches!’ the most.” s “Par-*, don me,, madam,” Harte is said to have. ; eplied, “but you have put:the ‘Little Breeches’ t>n the wrpng man.” The latest clever swindle on the (Johtinerit c(»nsists ,of . turning ten Bank of’England notes, into eleven by a, little manipulation. The method shows infinite ingenuity. Each of the ten banknotes is cut into ten pieces ; I- these are placed together on a transparent paper, and : to each of the patched uotesia false scrap is added to replace the piece taken iup . .to the elevehth. It. .was only when the different numbers of the notes were carefully examined at the bank that the fraud was discovered. Daily Expressj . : : ■; t . IF Y,QUR CHILDREN are subject to croup watch for the first symptom of the disease—hoarseness. If Chamberlain’s Cough' Remedy -is'£iven as soor as the .child becomes hoarse, the attack can be averted. Even after the, croupy cough has appeared the attack can always be prevented by giving this remedy. litis also invaluable for colds and whooping cough. It always cures and cures quickly. A. i Ma^ioy,;Motueka, sells it. . ■ • - Worms undermine Children's Constitutions. Use WADITS WORM RIGS, is , boxes.- ' , j i: %* Subscription to MQTUEKA ST AR - _ i . Three Shillings and Sixpence a Quarter which ! may begin any time