The Motueka Star PUBLISHED TUESDAYS AND FRIDAYS. "Te Ora Mota Iwi." FRIDAY, APRIL 10, 1903.

Motueka Star, Volume IV, Issue 171, 10 April 1903, Page 3

The Motueka Star PUBLISHED TUESDAYS AND FRIDAYS. "Te Ora Mota Iwi." FRIDAY, APRIL 10, 1903.

The chief attraction for the Easter Holidays is, undoubtedly, the autumn show of the Motueka Horticultural Society, which is to be held-in the Institute on iJ/onday next. The past three months have been favorable for the cultivation of flowers and as regards fruit and vegetables there should be an excellent display if one may judge from the samples exhibited of late. A pleasant and profitable afternoon maybe spent at the show and there will be no occasion to leave the building for liquid refreshments, as afternoon tea, with choice and appetising confections, will be provided by the ladies. In the evening, the Institute will be the rendezvous of practically the bulk of the residents of the district, and the time will pass quickly. As usual the String Band will discourse timeful music. Mr Thomas Heath, of Heatherdale, Pokororo, has for sale an active draught mare, thoroughly staunch ; also a light dog cart. A display of new season's drapery, etc, will be given by Messrs Everett Bros, next week. Mr Fowler, the manager, and his staff have been busily engaged of late making preparations for it. In order to procure the latest and most artistic jewellery, plateware, etc, Mr O'Donnell, in charge of Messrs Brown and Kerr's Motueka establishment, proceeded to Nelson last week returning on Wednesday evening. Those in want ot seasonable presents will do well to call on Mr O'Donnell. Constable Reid, lately stationed at Fielding, arrived in Motueka on Wednesday morning for the purpose of taking up local police work. Constable Fitzsimmons. who temporarily filled the position has returned to Nelson. Thes.s. Lily and Tasman will run excursion trips to Motueka on Easter Monday and it is expected a considerable number of Nelsonians will visit this district. A cricket match will be played at Takaka on Saturday between an eleven from Motueka and one from that ! township. Profiting by the temporary absence of a well known orchardist, some persons entered his plantation and deliberately " nationalised " the whole of his dessert pears, which (we speak as a connoisseur) were of delicious flavor and partly mortgaged to us. We hereby solemnly warn those ' " slim "" individuals that unless they speedily mend their ways there is no other sanctuary for them than our local Dartmoor. The Department of Agriculture has forwarded us two leaflets of especial interest to sheep farmers. One deals with parasites in sheep and the othertreats on inflammation of the udder. There is a marked scarcity of stone fruit this season in the South. In Invercargill plums are hard to get, and apricots ior jam making a-re unprocurable. Usually the market is glutted about this- time. The scarcity proves that the unfavorable season, so far as fruit-growing is concerned, has not been confined to Southland, or even Otago. Apples are also scarcer than they have been for many years. The London Times calls attention to the tact that the Council of Kehle College, Oxford, on which are the ! Bishop of Lincoln, and the Bishop of ' Rochester, has appointed to seventeen livings in its gift men who are going to the utmost lengths in Romanising practices that the Church of England has witnessed since the Reformation. , I The export of lamb during the i month of March formed a record for . 1 the colony. The quantity exported J was 496,000 carcases. Of this about 200,000 carcases were from Canterbury , Old England's Navy rules the sea No matter where her ships may be, Her flag will fly in every clime, Foiemost till the end of time, Her hardy sailor loves to roam ~ Upon the wave he calls his home, n J While from the cold he is secure, Taking—- * WOODS' GREAT PEPPERMIA: CURE.

WEDDING BELLS. A quiet wedding was solemnised on Wednesday afternoon at "The Oaks"' the residence of Miss Parker (aunt of the bride) the contracting parties being Emily Beatrice, third daughter of Mr and Mrs Thomas Boyes, of Motueka, and Philip C, son of Mr P. Willson, of Wellington. The officiating clergyman was the Rev. W. Wills. Th 3 bride, who was given away by her father, was tastefully dressed in white Japanese silk, with tucked and frilled skirt, the blouse having tucked lace bolero and the orthodox orange blossoms. As bridesmaids she was attended by Miss Alberta Boyes, dressed in white muslin trimmed with string coloured insertion and blue silk sash : Miss Ethel Willson (sister of the bridegroom) white book muslin, with yellow sash ; Miss Zoe Boyes (niece of the bride) white book muslin with old gold sash ; Miss Moilie Canavan (niece of bride) white book muslin with blue silk sash. The bridegroom was attended by Mr Walter Boyes. The wedding presents were numerous and included cheques from members of the family and a handsome clock given by the local Maoris to the bride (who had acted as organist of the Maori Church for a number of years). The happy couple left in the afternoon for Wakefield, thence to their future home at Wellington.