The Motueka Star PUBLISHED TUESDAYS AND FRIDAYS. “Te Ora Mota Iwi.” FRIDAY, JANUARY 23, 1903.

Motueka Star, Volume IV, Issue 149, 23 January 1903, Page 3

The Motueka Star PUBLISHED TUESDAYS AND FRIDAYS. “Te Ora Mota Iwi.” FRIDAY, JANUARY 23, 1903.

Despite the backwardness of the present season, the hop vines in Motueka and Riwaka are looking very well, and the yield promises to be a good one. There are over one hundred acres under cultivation. The leading business peoplexif Motueka have decided to close day on Wednesday next in order to allow their employes to witness the finish of the match between Lord Hawke’s team and the Nelson cricketers. .The s.s. Dily will run to suit the convenience of the public. African cholera is very prevalent at the Thames and Tauranga, and several children in the latter district** have succumbed to it. It has been decided, on account of the spread of measles in the district, to delay the opening of the Motueka Borough schools until the 3rd of February promoters of the proposed Racfor Motueka are meeting with encouraging support throughout the district. . The direct stearin service from Motueka to Wellington is proving advantageous to the Nelson Postal officials who on Tuesday last sent over per Lily a number of letter bags and hampers which were conveyed to the Empire City by the Manaroa. The representative team to play against Lord Hawke’s Eleven in Nelso 1 next Tuesday and Wednesday will include Messrs Lionel Boyes, of Motueka, and W. Duncan, of Riwaka. A large number of residents from this locality inten 1 to witness the match.

Mr Roderick McKenzie. M.H.R. for.Motueka, has forwarded to the Returning Officer, in pursuance of section 158 of the Electoral Act, 1902, a return of the election expenses incurred by him.' The total expenses are £ls 15s 6d. The rainfall at Inglewood, Taranaki, during 1902 reached the extraordinary total of 78133'inches.

Whilst driving home last "Wednesday, Miss. O’Connor, of Appleby, was thrown out of ?her trap when near the Jubilee Hall, Lower Moufcere, sustaining severe injuries and necessitating the services of a doctor, who attended the unfortunate lady at the residence of Mr Thomas Tannant, whither she had been conveyed. The accident was caused through stray cattle on the road frightening the horse. A number of complaints have reached us of late concerning cattle which are allowed to wander at large on the roads thereby endangering the public safety. The following players have been selected to represent Motueka in the match .to be played tomorrow at Brooklyn against the local cricket club : Messrs Meade, Simpson, L. and W. Boyes, Boundy, Mariott, W. and A. 'Talbot, Easton, Canavan and Trewavas - Emergencies Park and F. Atkins. adjourned sittings of the S.M. and Old Age Pensions Court will be held on Monday next. T The half-yearly meeting of the delegates of the Oddfellows lodges in the Motueka district will take place in the local lodge room on Tuesday. The visitors are to be entertained at lunch during the proceedings. “This,” said the guide, “is the grave of Adanr!” Historic spot! With reverential awe, nay. with a feeling of deep thankfulness, the wealthy merchant tailor on his first trip to the Orient drew near and cast a flo.ver on the tomb. “Erring ancestor,” he murmured, “1 should be the last man on earth to tevile your memory! To your sin I owe my prosperity !” It sur prises nobody in New Zealand when their mail is delivered to them at due date, despite blizzards, floods, earthquakes, and thunderstorms. It hurts them awfully though when anvthing goes wrong. A back country township, with one store, and a hotel, recently asked for a mail bag. 'lt was sent, but it stayed there for two months, and then the Department began to get 7 anxious. It asked the postmaster about that bag. Here is his reply : “The mail kutn all right ; she is hanging on a nail in the back store, but not halt full yet. Maybe I will be riding into town next full moon, and will bring her along.” A lady was reading the Old Testament to an old lady who lived at the lodge. The passage she chanced on was that which speaks of the seven hundred wives of Solomon. Presently the old woman said, “Had Solomon really seven hundred wives ?” “Oh, yes, Mary,” was the reply ; “it is so stated in the Bible.” “ Lor, mum,” rejoined the other, “what privileges them early Christians had ! Ths Premier related a story at the reception accorded him at Hokitika of an incident which occurred at the great reception given to him at the Imperial Institute, at which over six thousand people were present. He there met a gentleman from Totara Flat. In moving about this gentle-

man came across the who asked him what he thought of the ; gathering ? “Oh ! its all right,” he | replied, “only I’m surprised to see so few people here from Greymouth.” The naive simplicity 7 of some New Zealanders is remarkable. A boy, in attempting to milk a cow at Terraganda, near Bega, New South Wales, was kicked in the leg by the j animal, and then trampled to death.

The erection of; the new lighthouse at Cape Campbell is to be proceeded with at an early date. The present structure has seen its best days, and will be replaced by one of a newer design. The tower of the new lighthouse will be of iron. 64ft high, and will rest on a very substantial base. Tenders for the construction of the tower are now being invited. Tho existing lighting apparatus will be placed in the new tower.

Under the pretext of examining the sewing machine or the clock thieves have been obtaining entrance into houses in Winton recently. Unprecedented prices (says the Winton Record) are ruling for all kinds of stock, cattle and sheep being in special demand. Many buyer’s from Canterbury and other places have been searching the district for several weeks past.

A very curious medical invention has been patented in Paris. It is likely to be of great use. It is a small apparatus which placed under the arm of a patient suffering from fever, rings a small bell directly 7 the temperature reaches a dangerous height, thus summoning the doctor or nurse. The invention is simple and ingenious, and in cases of intermitent fever should prove a great boon. I might state that our financial position is an exceedingly bright one, that for the first nine months of the present year our revenue will ®be quite equal to that of the previous period. This, too, after allowing for a mortgage tax of £25,000. If I were to-night speaking to y 7 ou as Chairman of Directors of a company 7, I would say : “Business is good, everything looks bright, and there is no doubt the usual dividend will be paid at the end of the year.”—Mr Seddon. The Hastings Standard states that Mr P. K. Johnston, of Lord Hawke’s team of cricketers, who is studying at Cambridge University 7, where he is a member of the ’Varsity team, is a nephew of Sir William Russell, whose sister married his father, the Hon Randall Johnston, at one time a member of the Legislative Council in New Zealand. The family 7 are at present residing in England. Mr Johnston has had previous experience in colonial cricketing tours, and is spoken of as a coming batsman of a vigorous type. A provision in the New South Wales Liquor Bill states that girls under the age of 21 [except the wife or daughter of the lessee] shall not be allowed to serve in a bar. Another clause provides that any person found in a hotel during prohibited.hours [not being a lodger], unless for a lawful purpose, is liable to a fine not exceeding £2.

A quantity of potatoes being grown in South Wairarapa this season are intended for the South African market. A horse in mid-air is rather an unusual sight, but such .was witnessed recently. A drayload of wool was being backed into the N.Z. L. and M.A. Company r ’s premises, when it tipped, hoisting the shafter with it, and there the animal remained till the harness was loosed, when it dropped again on terra firma, little the worse of its aerial suspension.—Wanganui Herald.

The question of running the electric trains in Auckland on Sundays is likely to become a vexed one. The deed of delegation existing between the City Council ana the Tramway Company provides in its closing clause that “ No car shall run on the Lord’s Day until a Sunday service has been approved of by the citizens by a vote taken on the question.” A petition praying that the cars may be run on Sundays is being numerously 7 signed. JOB PRINTING cf every description executed with neatness and despatch at the Motn eka Star Office ,