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Motueka Star, Volume III, Issue 111, 5 September 1902, Page 3

Inspector Wilson, in charge of the Nelson police district,, is at present on /v hh official visit to Collingwood. He is /§ accompanied by Sergeant Dougan, Both officers are expected here shortly. The members of the Motueka Mounted Rifies vsrho were responsible f »r the effective and artistic decoration of the Institute Hall for the, annual ♦ lance held last Friday evening are teergea nt- Major Trolove, Serges nts Fowler, Askew and Chittenden, Corporals Mftnoy and Burrell. In addition t > tiie.'.e Mr G. W_ Jenkins gave valuable aid, his services being always freely given and as freely accepted. Messrs Everett Brothers notify the un ivnl of spring and summer drapery, full particular’s of which will be published in our next issue. We' understand that in view of the approaching geueral election a large number of names have been adder! to the roll for the Motueka Electorate. In all parts of the colony persons are engaged by the Government to plac.e the names of all persona eligible, male and female, on the different electors lists. There is a plethora aspiring legislators and it is expected things will hum during the next few months. It would be a great convenience to business people arid others residing within the Borough of Motueka if the Postmaster General, or some other person it authority, gave instructions that mails for Motueka be bagged separately in Wellington and not, as now, included in those for Nelson. It often happens that steamers arrive in Nelson on Sunday mornings, carrying mail matter for this district which never reaches here till the afternoon of Monday, although the Lily frequently leaves on Sunday nights. If the correspondence was kept separate, as suggested, and placed on the steamer deliverv could be given Monday mornings. This also applies to steamexs - from the West Coast. Tenders for the erection of new I premises for the Bank of New Zealand close at noon to-morrow ; and for the building of the factory for the Motueka Fruitgrowers’ Co-operative Society v>- at 5 p,m. on Monday next. It is stated that over a dozen new buildings are to be erected in Motueka . and Riwaka before the end of the ■ year. The carpenters and painters are very busy just now ; in fact labor \ of all description is scarce. What is believed to be a record price for one consignment of fat sheep was recently.obtained by a well-known Mornaro past-ora list in the Sydney markets for 400 sheep, which brought .£6OO At Mifcimao, Victoria, two girls, the »-Ider aged 12, were placing with a gu»i wher* the wean n exploded, kill in*.: the younger- child instantaneously.

Mr'Charles At%>l«.»h is • considerably over 80 years of age, and for 71 years he has played Cricket regurlarly. He took part in a match on Queen Victoria’s Coronation Day. He played against the Graces when they were school boys, and was an opponent to four generations of one family named Bentley: The Sydney Town and C untiv Journal savs :—"‘The public debt of New South Wales, is now and the present political methods ensure heavy additions to that tremendous total. The pu’ I Vdebt is increasing far more rapidly than its population—nearly six tunes as fast, in fact, and the pace is accelerating. And while the burden of debt pei head of the population increases, the expense of living per head of the population also increases, owing to the changed fiscal arrangements, so that each individual not only carries a heavier weight, but is less able to bear it. Yet our politicians not only endeavour to add to these disabilities, but actually succeed in strengthening their own positions thereby !” An Indian Babu, visiting London, says :—“I observe that rain is the secret of the greatness of England. It washes .the streets, makes the grass and other crops to increase, and is good for beer.’' An every-day soldier is walking pi’oudly down the street, arm-in-arm with his young woman when he runs suddenly against his sergeant. He introduces his girl very respectfully to his superior officer: “My sister, sergeant. The Sergeant : “That's all right, ray boy. Sue used to be mine, too.” Collapse of private.

It has been rumoured in Sunderland recently that an itinerant tripe seller, named David Main, once a professional prize-fighter, had received news that he was the air to a fortune of £300,090. The Leeds Mercury states that, many years ago, and uncle of Main’s went to Australia, where he is reported to have amassed great wealth, and, now that he is dead, Main is understood to be the only nephew alive. Steps have been taken to sustain Main’s claim.

The camera promises to become as indispensable in. business affairs as the typewriter. It is now being used in the reproduction of documents, Statistical tables, and other papers whose duplication i>,y hand would be laborious and expensive In a very brief period the camera reprodvees these things with absolute correctness and with much labor saved.

The German officer is nothing if not practical, so there, may be an element of truth in the following amusing incident, which comes from Berlin. A sergeant was perplexed how to deal with a how-legged recruit. At last he be-thought himself of a plan. Taking a one-mark piece, about the size of a shilling, he ordered the recruit to put it between his knees, and said, “ YVoe betide you if you let the money fall before T come back in five minutes.” The unhappy recruit, with knees pressed together, struck by a happy idea, took the coin from between his knees and put it in his pocket. When the sergeant hove in sight he hurriedly replaced what he thought to be the same coin. It was, however, a twomark piece, about as large as a florin. The sergeant smiled as he complimentbe bow-legged recruit on the great pressure he must have exerted on the coin between his knees.