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Motueka Star, Volume IV, Issue 150, 27 January 1903, Page 5

Christmas Novelties ! NOW OPENING the above, which comprise the LATEST NOVELTIES. fif' ' .. . SUITABLE FOR GIFTS DURING THE FESTIVE SEASON. *»* INSPECTION CORDIALLY INVITED. A MANOY, HIGH STREET, MOTUEKA.

-The Collingwood County Council has at present in hand the expenditure of no less a sura than over .£9OOO, of which ,£6OOO is in Takaka Riding and 1.3200 in Aorere Hiding. Mr Sandisun, County Surveyor and Engineer, has his hands full in laying out all contracts involving the disposal of this substantial sujm. In India, China, Japan and adjacent countries there are about 400,000 people who rarely eat meat; yet they are strong, active, and long-lived. Darwin is the authority for the statement that the Andean natives perform twice the work of ordinary labourers, and subsist almost entirely on a diet of bananas. The Rangitikei Advocate reports . Mr H. M. Rockell, manager of Ruahine creamery, had a somewhat startling experience on the 24th ult. He was proceeding to Rangiwahia factory with a big load of cream, and sat on the front of the cart going up the long Pukerirnu Hill. It was very close and just beginning to rain, and he heard several very loud rolls of thunder, when all at once there was an explosion, and he was knocked off the cart on to the road in front of the wheel. Apparently the horse got a shock as well, for when Mr Rockell regained consciousness he was behind the cart, the horse having turned round instead of running over him. Mr Rockell was stone deaf for half-an-hour, and as cjld as ice. A sad shooting fatality occurred at Springhurst (Victoria) on Sunday, January 4th. A youth named John Patrick Mayer, aged 8£ years, with his brother Matthew, aged 17, John Wighton, aged 16, and Andrew Fitzgerald, aged 14, went rabbit-shooting. All but the first-named carried rifles. They tracked a rabbit into a log, and younger Mayer went to the end of the log to stje it dislodged: As it ran out past young Mayer one of the boys fired,' the bullet passing through Mayer's side. As he was struck he exclaimed "Oh; Mat!" His brother Mat ru.sh.ed over to him and said, "What ! are you shot ?" He answered "Yes," and fell hack dead. Penny Postage has proved a great boon Ever since- it ha* come into force, Such beixefits can't reach us too soon, Though bound, to arrive in due course* It is time we took care of our pence, And likewise our health I am sure, So he, with a cough and good sense, Takes- WOO&S GREAT PEPPERMINT CURE: ■..--. *»* Subscription to MOTUEKA STAR— Tn:-ce Shilling? mid Sixpence a Quarter, which way begin. a»w tint* ' '