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

Records in school attendance are not uncommon, but that of F. A. Winchester, a pupil at the Ross school, deserves being recorded. For seven years he only missed half a day, and that through illness. j The expenses of Mr Millar, M.H.R., at the general election amounted to £9B 19s 6d. and those of Mr Arnold to £94 12s 6d. On the New Zealand .Register of medical practitioners, which is published in the Gazette last week, appears the names of 771 doctors, 79 of whom however, are set down as having left the colony. Wellington is given as the residence of 79 doctors. On the dentists register (also published) are 357 names, 7 being given as having left the colony." Queen Victoria was one day discussing dogmatically on her disapproval of widows marrying a second time. "It should be illegal," said Her Majesty, sternly, "for widows to marry again." "Why, grandmamma," said the beautiful, innocent eyed Alix (now the Czarina) with great naivete, "If one widow had not married again you would not he here !" The Queen had forgotten for the moment that her mother, the Duchess of Kent, had been a widow %vhen she married the Duke ! It is said the Queen was stricken dumb for once in her life ; while the King, then Prince of Wales,, was obliged to hurry out of the room in fits of explosive laughter. Ever after he called his naughty little niece ''Cheeky," though no one has ever been able to discover whether the remark was the rasult of sheer guilelessness or utter guile ! Th-j widow of William Leys, who was killed last January in the terrible accident in the tunnel through which the New York Central Railway enters heart of New York, commenced an action against the company for compensation for the loss of her husband. The company did not think it worth while to dispute their liability for the payment of a reasonable sum. The jury found for Mrs Leys, and assessed the compensation to her at the enormous sum of £21,000, which, it is proudly declared, beats all records in railway compensation cases, either in the United States or in England. Notwithstanding that the company did not defend the suit, it is understood that the verdict will be appealed against on the ground that the damages awarded are grossly excessive. ***/OB PRINTING cf every description executed with neatness, and despatch at the Motri.e\aStttrCtffict+ J