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Motueka Star, Volume IV, Issue 147, 16 January 1903, Page 3

AMr E. F. Johansen, barrister and solicitor, notifies that he has commenced the practice of his profession in Motueka. Mr Johansen, who is a native of the district, possesses high qualifications, and no doubt he will establish a lucrative connection here, the more so as, we believe he is the first solicitor with sufficient faith in the future of Motueka to start in our midst. We are irfforhaed that a meeting of the Riwafca Collie Club will be held on the 24tli instant. Measles are spreading in Motueka. We hear of one worthy resident who has ten of his children abed with the complaint, the residue of the family being, -fortunately, convalescent, and able to minister to the sick ones. Acting on the .principle that it is “ more blessed to give than it is to receive,” Messrs Boyes and Canavan have presented us with a very nice lot of cherry plums, which we have sampled and classed “100 A 1 at British Lloyds.” Verily, they (B. and C.) have their re-ward—-in the knowledge that they are ministering to the temporal wants and. desires of a well deserving section of the community, who do toil and spin from sunrise (or thereabout) to sunset, or after, and often receive more abuse than presents like the above. The s,s. Manaroa arrived at Motueka yesterday morning after a smart run across the Straits. She left again in the evening with a cargo of fruit, etc. We are informed that to ensure the landing in Wellington of the fruit in a fresh and satisfactory condition the vessel’s hold has been insulated with the latest and most approved material, which will have the effect of shutting out the heat from the cargo space. The purebred Clydesdale horse Lord Ranfurly, which Mr C. Stade, juhr, will exhibit at the Motueka Hotel tomorrow afternoon, is a dapple brown horse, rising six years old, standing seventeen hands high, of superior action combined with a splendid temper. He was bred *by James Bishop, Esq, of Wheatstone, Canterbury, and his pedigree shows him to be well bred. The horse is evidently one thatshould prove of great service to settlers in this district. Captain Allman of the s.s. Manaroa, Mr Frank Clennel, Engineer -of the same vessel, and Mr H. L. Moffatt, wharfinger, Motueka, have applied for letters patent, with provisional specifications, for an appliance for automatically signalling the state of the tides at bar and other harbors. A model of the apparatus has been made, and those who have seen it consider the invention a really good one. It’s universal use throughout the world, more particularly with regard to tidal harbors, is only a question of time. Many years ago the race meetings held in Motueka were a success, both financially and numerically, but for some reason or other the fixture was abandoned. It is now proposed to hold a meeting in Motueka tomorrow evening to discuss the question - of forming a racing club for the district. Those interested are requested to roll up and induce their friends to accompany them in order that a representative gathering may be secured. The chair will he taken at eight o’clock. In order to suit the convenience of shippers the Manager of the Motueka Fruitgrowers’ Co-operative Society will take fruit at the factory, the Port, on Saturdays from eight o’clock until noon instead of ten o’clock.