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Motueka Star, Volume IV, Issue 155, 13 February 1903, Page 5

Political feeling runs so high in certain parts of the Wairarapa that Liberals and Conservatives won't meet at afternoon tea. One Conservative family deprives itself of music tuitiou for the youngsters because the only two music; teachers in the place are Liberals.

The estimated population of the polony on December 31st was 863,360. The male population was estimated at 455,385, and the number of females at 407,975. The foregoing figures include the population of the Cook and other Pacific islands annexed in 1901. of which the total population is given as 12,292. Excluding Maoris, the copulation of the colony, during 1902 increased I y 20,268. ' , WAOES WORM FlGS—the Wondered Horm Worriers—are a safe and sun remedy, z?i rs boxes ; sold evervwftere.

SPRAINS are oiten more serious than broken bones on account of not beinoproperly treated Apply Chamberlain's 1 am Balm freely as soon as the injury is received and it will quicklv restore" the parts to a healthy condition A, Manov sells it. - Y

CHAMBERLAIN S PAIN BALM n £ e ?" alas a household fliniment. li,;f k , k . nown remedy for rheumatism Shif ? ' lu!nsyl u ! ns y andgfcindular swellings, it ii int°Ji SP w mS *^ ruises ' burns a "dscatds tis invaluable One application gives rebel, fry it. A. Manoy sells it.

An extraordinary accident happened to two young men named Munhs and -tiodgm.s, at Tane, near Pahiatua, recently. They were sitting on a log, smoking, when some sparks fell into a c-amnster containing blasting powder which had been lying, unnoticed, against the log for about a year An explosion followed, and the faces of the young fellows were seriously burnt, tiodgms leit eye was also-seriously injured. J

The case of ex-Sergeant Leonard, the linesman who was reduced to the ranks for adversely criticising the methods 01 some recruiting officers, has aroused a storm of indignation in the JSoith of England. At York, in the presence of some 2000 townspeople he spoke at, some length, and received a great ovation. He argued that discip - hue in the army was kept ud by a kind of firm hand, and could* not be kept up if officers and non commission ed officers were allowed to bully and curse and swear at men who had volunteered for their King and countrv As a result of such conduct men lost all respect for their officers, and it led eventually to desertion.

A man named August Magussen met his death in a horrible manner at a timber mill at Worsley, Western Australia, recently. Magussen was crossing a connecting i-od by which a movable saw worked, when he was struck «» the middle of the body by the rapidly wni.-hng saw, and practically out in two. The engme was stopped as soon as possible, and Magussen dragged from the saw. He gasped a couple of times, then expired; His right leg severed at the thigh, and his left hip bone was sawn through, the flesh on the hip being terribly mangled, while the abdomen was cut open. At the inquest a verdict of accidental death with no blame attachable to anyone' was returned. Deceased had frequently been warned by his mates as to the risk he ran through going too close to the gear connected with the saw. football is a manly game That nardens muscle, knits the frame And makes New Zealand's hardy youth Our pride and strength, and that's the truth Bad coughs and colds attack the strong As much the weak that's sure, *" Let both—they never can go wron°Take WOOD'S 1 GREAT PEPPER-\ MINT CURE. j