The Motueka Star PUBLISHED TUESDAYS AND FRIDAYS. “Te Ora Mota Iwi.” FRIDAY, JANUARY 30, 1903.

Motueka Star, Volume IV, Issue 151, 30 January 1903, Page 3

The Motueka Star PUBLISHED TUESDAYS AND FRIDAYS. “Te Ora Mota Iwi.” FRIDAY, JANUARY 30, 1903.

The Motueka School Committee will hold its.monthly meeting, on Tuesday evetvng. It has been deemed advis-.

able to delay opening the Borough Schools till the 9th of February and if the spread of measles is not checked by then a further extension of the holidays will be necessary.

The gratuituous insult levelled at the cricketers in this district by the Nelson Mail, was amply refuted this week by the play of Mr Joe Duncan in the match against the Englishmen, his scores being the highest in both innings. The selection committee would have secured better results had they picked half the team from local players. As for the assertion that a second class team is good enough to send here to play, we make bold to say that a representative team selected from Motueka, Brooklyn, Riwaka and Ngatimoti Clubs would give a representative Nelson town team a bigger drubbing than did Lord Hawke’s, and that in all conscience was bad enough. “Barkiss is willin’ !”

An error crept into the paragraph with reference to the visit of Mr J. A. Chisholm. He will open in Motueka next Monday week remaining here until the following Friday evening. In response to an enquiry re Election of Borough Councillors, we rnay state that the polling day is fixed by statute, namely on the last Wednesday in April, the same day being set down for the Mayoral election. In the report of the annual meeting of the Motueka District Lodge of Odd fellows, held on Tuesday, we omitted to include, amongst the names of those present, that of the Provincial Corresponding Secretary, Mr Charles Fry, who kitally furnished us with the report of the proceedings. Another very old and respected settler of the Lower Moutere passed away at his residence this morning. We refer to Mr James Flett. The deceased who was born in the Old Country ■> landed in Australia when a young man, brought thither by the news of the discovery of gold. He followed the rush with more or less success and forty yeais ago came to New “Zealand. The late Mr Flett engaged in carpentering in Nelson for a short time, after which he started saw milling at Lower Moutere. For some years past he suffered from creeping paralysis which, however did not prevent him from engaging in light occupation. About two months ago the deceased fell ill, and he gradually became weaker, the illness terminating fatally as stated above. The funeral takes place on Sunday.

Yolunteers and others will be pleased to hear that Major Wolfe, in charge of the Nelson Yolunteer District, has been promoted to the rank of Lieutenant Colonel.

A young woman picking raspberries in Mr Fred Holder’s plantation at Riwaka put up a record tally one day this week, being credited with 204 lbs. This is something like business, showing what can be done in the way of picking.

Mr 0. W. Hursthouse, Chief Engineer of Roads and Bridges, accompanied hy Mr Roderick McKenzie, M.H.R., arrived overland from Nelson on Wednesday afternoon. A visit was paici> to the site of the proposed bridge at Alexander’s Bluff, and we are informed that an engineer will be sent from Wellington "at an early date to make final arrangements for the speedy construction of the much needed bridge..

Owing to the late showery weather the raspberry plots in this locality have been greatly benefited and we are informed on good authority that the yield will far surpass that of last season. •

The next meeting of the Motueka Wharf Board will be held on Monday, the 9th of February. The adjourned meeting of persons

interested in the formation of a Racing Club in Motueka .vill take place tomorrow evening. A very respectable amount has already been guaranteed and there is now every probability of being held here at no distant date.

Was it collusion, dishonesty, or was it carelessness on the pait of officers of the Wellington Harbor Board ? A few trips ago the steamer Manaroa received on board, for delivery at Wellington, a small box of butter, plainly addressed si that a way faring man, though a fool, could not err about it. The box was taken from the vessel and placed in the cargo sheds at the wharf. Upon the firm to whom it was consigned, applying for delivery no trace of the butter could be discovered, and they forthwith sent in a claim for the same A week later the captain of the Mana, trading to Ratea, came across the box in question aud kindly brought it back to Wellington where he handed it over to Captain Allman. The question is, How did that b jx of butter get on a steamer trading to a North Island port ? In addition to the above mystery v e hear of claims being sent into the owners of the Manaroa for cases of fruit which have disappeared from the Wellington wharf. The cricketing fixture for to-morrow is the match between Riwaka and Brooklyn Clubs, to be played at the last mentioned place. The game is expected to be an interesting one. It costs the Wanganui Charitable Aid Board between .£6O and .£7O per annum to supply the old men in the Jubilee Home with tobacco. Each of the smokers is allowed a large stick of ' obacco weekly.

At the annual meeting of the Westland District Lodge |of Oddfellows the P.G.M., Bro. Perkins, at a banquet held in the evening, stated that although the membership was not strong, about 200, the accumulated funds amounted to £9,000, or about £45 per member, which he considered was satisfactory. At a later hour. Brother Holder gave a sketch of tiie early days of the West Coast, w*hen in the lodge room they had as many as 11.0 at°a meeting. It. is a far cry to the meeting of Parliament next June (writes the Wellington correspondent, of the Lyttelton limes) yet political gossip :s already trusy rumouring that a motion of censure will be moved on behalf of the Independent members representing the southern constituencies relative to the administration of the Education Department. It is declared that the motion will receive large support from the Ministerial side as well as from the Opposition.

During the hearing at Clerkenwell (London) County Court reeentlv a witness stated that he had 32 children; Again, in the course of a case at Marylebone, it turned out that a female witness had 18 children; and, next day, m the same court, a father deposed that he had 19 “branches.” Asked if the 13-year-old boy before the court was the youngest, the patriarch calmly replied, “No he s only the. seventeenth ! ’ and everybodv gasped. According to the London “Daily Mail,” over four million working days were lost in Great Britain through strikes and lockouts last year. The wastefulness of such a method of meeting differences is made clear by the statement that this represents* the industry of a thousand men for nearly fourteen years. Old Age Pensions in this land Have proved a marked success, They give the old a helping hand, And keep them from distress. There’s only iust one other thino - That’s needful to ensure ° Sound lungs, that we the praise can sinoOf WOOD'S GREAT PEPPERMINT CURE.

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