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Motueka Star, Volume III, Issue 117, 26 September 1902, Page 4

The worthy veteran. Dr W. G. Grace, has been the recipient of very many gifts from lovers of cricket as tangible proofs of their admiration of his cricketing prowess. Many have been remarkable presents, but perhaps the most embarrassing gift he ever received was one of three young pigs which a Worcestershire farmer once sent to him in recognition of a great batting feat which tb.e farmer had witnessed.

Mr Rockfeller, son of the American Baptist multi-millionaire, is a very remarkable young fellow. He has not allowed himself to be spoiled by riches. He first went through a university training ; then at twenty three he entered his father’s business, and ever, since has worked as a clerk. He neither smokes nor drinks, has never been to a racecourse in his life, and has but two recreations —viz., playing the violin and working in the Fifth Avenue Baptist Church Sunday School. He preaches, sings, and exhorts. For the school he has built a fine clubhouse.

During the past three weeks about 4000 sacks of potatoes have been shipped at Napier for Sydney.

An offer of ,£6O a foot for a section in the business part of Dannevirke was refused last week.

Says the Tapanui Courier-The trappers have made such a thorough clearance this season that there is hardly a rabbit to be seen. The price at present is 7gd per pair. “ I think we had better go the vote right away, as the more we discuss this the more befogged we get.”—Reflection by the Hon. J. M. Twomey on the intelligence of the “ Lords.” Wholesale prices of meat are exceptionally high on the West Coast,

end the scarcity of stock is almost unprecedented. Local butchers find great difficulty in getting their order’s filled. Pneumonia, with its swift attack, Shows mercy to but few, And those that strength and good health lack Can't hope to pull safe through. When winter brings its cold and wet, Such things we can endure If we but have the sense to get Some WOODS’ GREAT PEPPERMINT CURE.

Much amusement has been created by a washing competition in connection with a church bazaar. The competitors on the first day included the rector (the Rev P. H. Eliot), the Rev 5. B. Marsh, and the Rev B. Lestor. Each was provided with a bowl, a piece of soap, and a flirty duster, and each had to wash the duster within three minutes. Three married ladies acted as judges, and they found the dusters of the rector and the Rev B. Lester so clean that they were unable so determine which was the better washed. They solved the difficulty hy giving two prizes. The clergy were well represented in another washing competition on the second day, when one batch of washers had theii work to do over again through the line breaking just as the last duster was being pegged to it.

A recent Canadian invention consists of bricklaying by machinerv instead of by hand. The machine, according to a consular report, worked by two men and a lad, will lay 400 to 6°o bricks per hour. Door and window spaces cause only a slight delay. The machine is suited for all plain work, such as walls, sheds, mills;factories rows of cottages, piers of bridges, etc. Considerable pressure is put on the bricks, and it is claimed that the work is more firmly done than by hand. The invention will do the work of six - or seven- skilled bricklayers, and it is believed that a machine adapted to build a factory covering about 60ft by 40ft could be put on the market for <£loo. The apparatus can he readily worked after a fortnight’s instruction. The United States battleship Illinois, which came over to represent the U.S.A. at the Coronation Naval Review, is the first warship in any nave to be fitted with an apparatus for taking coal whilst steaming on the high seas. The apparatus is termed the “Lidgerwood-Miller marine cable-way, ’ and it is also to be fitted on the Imperial Rusiiau battleship Retviyan. Hitherto the marine cable-wavs have been placed upon colliers, and experiments have been made in the United’ States and in the British Navies. When it was proposed to place the operating winches and equipment for a marine cable-way on a war-ship there was a #rreat outcry on the part of cer tain officers, who declared that men-of-war wer already overloaded with machinery. However, the problem was solved as follows. The onlv machinery required for a marine "cable - way are two special operating Winches, but these have been so designed that they serve a double purpose. Upon the superstructure deck of the Illinois ther were two deck winches, and these have been put ashore, and the new winches substituted occupying precisely the same bed, and employing the same foundation bolts. The Illinois can now take coal at sea from any masted vessel that it may meet in any quarter of the globe, and in time of war this will he of immense advantage. At a wedding breakfast at Paks in Hungary, in July, the best man (says the Daily Express) .vas too attentive to the bride, with the result that the bridegroom’s jealousy was excited. A fight between the two men ensued, and the whole company present soon joined in the combat. The bridegroom, the best man, the father of the bride, and her two brothers were killed, and sixteen others present were wounded, several seriously. The shock made the bride insane. Worms undermine Children's Constitutions. Use WADES WORM E/GS, rs boxes. Rheumatic Pains will soon wear"out the strongest constitution. If relief is possible, Chamberlain’s Pain Balm will afford | it. This liniment has been a boon to thousands of sufferers. One application gives relief. Trv it. A. Manoy sells it