The Motueka Star PUBLISHED TUESDAYS AND FRIDAYS. “Te Ora Mota Iwi.” TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 24, 1903.

Motueka Star, Volume IV, Issue 158, 24 February 1903, Page 3

The Motueka Star PUBLISHED TUESDAYS AND FRIDAYS. “Te Ora Mota Iwi.” TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 24, 1903.

At the last sitting of the S.M.' Court held at Takaka a claim for .£IOO damages by Mr Charles Lewis against W. A. Shiers, o( Table Land, was adjourned for service of summons. Major Geneial Babington, Commandant of New Zealand Forces is expected here next week to officially inspeet the Motueka Mounted Rifles. Mr Joseph Taylor, has served a number of writs on the Puponga Coal Company, all of which are connected with the recent criminal proceedings taken by the company against him. Two cases for alleged malicious prosecution will be heard at the next sitting of the Supreme Court on 11th March, and other cases (in one of which Mr Taylor claims over £II,OOO for alleged depreciation of shares in the company and for breach of contract, etc.) will be heard later on.—Golden Bay Argus. We have received from Mr H. E. Stanton, representative of Messrs Abel, Dykes, Ltd, wholesale stationers and Printer’s brokers, of Auckland, a very handy little pocket memorandum book, which also contains calendars for the present year and for 1904. According to the Christchurch fruit market reports, Nelson apricots are realising, at auction, 6s to 7d per quarter lb box, dessert apples 5s and co< king 3s per case, plums 2d to 3d and Japanese 3d to 4d per lb. Nelson arejyqrtb 3id to 5d per„lb. . ! fC. Mr Fred Symes,' local manager the Bank of New Zealand, has taken possession of the new banding premises,] \ and expects to be able to transact]] jbusiness there this wee]y_^~—--f MFdolm King,''Government- Auditor, fis at present in Motueka. Yesterday the accounts of the Wharf Board were audited; The direct steamer Manaroa leaves for Wellington at 6 o’clock to-night. A good opportunity is afforded to visit the well known caves on the Takaka hills next Sunday, when, if sufficient inducement offers, a conveyance will leave Holyoake’s Hotel at eight o’clock. Given fine weather the j outing should prove a most enjoyable I one. | WAFE’S WORM FlGS—the Wonderj ful Wor?n Worriers — a?~e a safe a?id sitre 1 remedy, in is boxes ; sold everywhere.

The Defence Department has notified Captain Deck, of the dotueka Mounted Rifles, that the sum of £ls has been allocated for cash prizes ‘for the company during the next financial year, which commences on the Ist of March.

Last Friday was an exceptionally heavy day at the port of Wellington, and almost every berth at the wharves was occupied: There were 21 steamer’s and seevn sailing vessels, exclusive of the ferry boats, in the harbour, and the net tonnage amounted to 37,241 tons.

The Hokitika Borough loan of LIOjOOO has been successfully arranged, and a first instalment, LI 000, received.

A general meeting in connection with the proposed Racing Club for Motueka will be held in the Band Hall on Saturday evening at eight o’clock sharp. The business will consist of the election of officers and the drawing up of a programme. A full attendance is requested. Sergeant Major Roberts, drill instructor, arrived in Motueka last week to superintend the volley firing of the local corps. The officer in question is well up in his work and is popular with all classes.

A cablegram received by the Agricultural Department from the Agent General last week states that the raspburry pulp shipped by the Karamea on behalf of the Motueka Syndicate has been sold at good prices. There was a loss of about 25 per cent through defective tins. * • The s.s. Huia which arrived off Motueka on Saturday morning, from Wanganui, ran aground when attempting to negotiate the channel. She was floated off yesterday morning, and left for Wellington shortly after, arriving at her destination last night at 7.45.

The Christchurch Press has the following concerning a popular officer, well-known in Motueka: —Regarding Colonel Webb’s successor to the command of the Canterbury district, no official announcement has yet been made, but in usually well-informed circles it is said that Lieutenant-Col-onel C hay tor will be appointed to the position. Colonel Chaytor saw service in the recent South African war, first as officer commanding No. 6 Company of the Third (Rough Riders) Contingent, and then as commander of ’the Eighth Contingent. A horse sold the other day at the Feilding public pound realised one shilling. The picture of the Saviour has been stolen from Issak Cathedral, St. Petersburg. It is worth £IO,OOO. In summing up in the Waihi slimes case, Mr Justice Conolly expressed himself very strongly on the subject of private detectives. “I have always protested,” said his Honor, “and will continue to protest against those persons who take up the trade of private detective. I have seen a few of them, and I have never seen a decent one yet. Police detectives, lam happy to say, are, as a rule—there may be exception—an honourable body of men, but as for these private detectives, who get payment by results, I have always had the greatest aversion and contempt for them. I have known several cases in which their evidence has been utterly unreliable.” The Norfolk Daily Standard is responsible for the following amusing story :—A gentleman went into the office of an insurance agent in London and asked the clerk, in his master’s absence, the rates of premium for insurance against appendicitis. The youth had never heard the word before but he professed to consult a book, and then replied, confidently : “Two shil-" lings, sir ; the rate is the same as for other classes of furniture !”

“The first thing to strike anyone who has carefully observed Lord Salisbury

is,” says Mr F. H. Dow, in his “Marquis of Salisbury,” “his extraordinary calm, his self command under circumstances the most trying, and in crisis the most alarming, has been nothing short of marvellous.” A great ambassador of a- foreign court once spoke of his astonishment at this great calmness, and likened him to a rock beaten by the waves. During the period in which Lord Salisbury has guided the fortunes of our country events have happened which would have shaken to their foundations many other Governments and States. To his firmness and calm resolve we in great measure owe the fact that the greatness of our nation has not been impaired by the loss of Ireland and by the dismemberment of the Empire in other directions. To come to very recent events, the self-contr A exhibited by the Prime Minister all through the anxious strain of the Boer war has done much to keep the nation cool and to minimise tbe fear of disaster. As a l’esult of Mr Cruickshank’s judgment ir the case of the Mataura licensing petition, fifteen hotels will lose their licenses after June “next. New Zealand is now becoming recognised as the most suitable of all the countries of the world for settlement, and ari'influx of population from Australia and other parts of the world has commenced. Those who have arrived are merely the advance guard of the vast army of workers who will follow as soon as there is a certainty that land is procurable. Every hour of unnecessary delay in preparing for the influx is suicidal. —Waikato Argus. A French soldier being mortally wounded in Egypt, the surgeon ventured to tell him he could not possibly re- ■ cover. “Where is the danger, sir?” said the man. “Because,” replied the surgeon, “the brain is injured.” “Then you are a fool, and know nothing about it,” returned the fellow, with a characteristic facetiousness unusual in a person having but a few hours to live ; “for if I had ever had any brains I should not have been here.”—From the Times, 1802, In a District Order issued at Wellington Colonel Newall bids farewell to the volunteers in this district in the following terms :—“ln bidding an official but affectionate farewell to the officers, non-commissioned officers, and men of the Wellington district, I desire to convey my high appreciation of the uniform kindness, courtesy and consideration at all times extended to me by all ranks, to wish you continued success as volunteers and in vour private vocations as citizens, and to express regre, that pressure of necessary and important work in my office has prevented me from visiting you as frequently lately as I could have wished.—Steuart Newall, Colonel, Commanding District.” A settler of Eketahuna has found the placing of poisoned rape seed ottn the top of fencing posts an inexpensimceri and successful method of exterminatis. small birds. The Opunake Times says : \ hear of a number of cases of a disea in this district amongst calves know as “black leg.” One farmer lost te and another eight from it. Experts say those dying from it -should be buried as deep and as soon as possible. The profits of vine culture are said not uncommonly to reach £2OO an acre Farts of the colony are eminently adapted for it. and the industry is making rapid strides, especially fin the Auckland district. Penny Postage has proved a great boon Ever since it has come into force Such benefits can’t reach us too soon, Though bound to arrive in due course It is time wc tools cure of our pence, likewise our health lam sure a cough and good sense, * Takes WOOF’S GREAT PEPPERMINT CURE .