The Motueka Star PUBLISHED TUESDAYS AND FRIDAYS. "Te Ora Mota Iwi." TUESDAY, JUNE 23, 1903.

Motueka Star, Volume IV, Issue 192, 23 June 1903, Page 3

The Motueka Star PUBLISHED TUESDAYS AND FRIDAYS. "Te Ora Mota Iwi." TUESDAY, JUNE 23, 1903.

Mr M. Hylarid, of Lower Moutere, advertises in this issue 40 young ewes for sale. Messrs Tatton and Son, dentists, of FMelson, notify that in future they will pay regular monthly visits to Motueka, due notice of which will be given. The firm in question has a most honorable record, built up since 1858. Lieutenant W. H. Boyes, of the Takaka Mounted Rifles, has received notice that he has successfully passed his examination. Mr H. Bussey, of Takaka, has been duly installed as Worshipful Master of, the Golden Bay Lodge of Freemasons. Sir Thomas Lipton is reported as having said that he would give every penny he had and begin life over again at the bottom 6f the ladder if he could but lift the American Cup.

We heartily congratulate our contemporary, the Greymouth Evening Star-, on the fact that through generous support accorded, it has been compelled to enlarge. The Star is brightly written, well conducted, and is the leading exponent of public opinion in Greymouth.

The Golden Bay News says:—A child of, Mr G. Gate, whilst playing with other children with one of the tramway trucks, fell in front of one of the wheels, which passed over its leg, and cut and bruised it badly. The wound was stitched and dressed, and the patient is progressing satisfactorily. His Woiship the Mayor, Mr J. S. Wratt, has received a letter from Lord Northland, hon. Secretary to the Veterans'. Home, asking for full particulars of all men who proceeded to fight for the Empire in South Africa, and who were killed, or died from disease or accident, whether they proceeded with any of the New Zealand contin gents, or went direct to Africa and enrolled there. It is explained that the object is to have the names of those svho fell inscribed in the National Memorial Tablet in the .Veterans' Home The Mayor will have the necessary information supplied. Our readers will see by a notice in our columns that Miss W. Greenwood is about to begin practice as a teacher of music in this district. She is taking up the teaching connection of Miss Hornsby, who is leaving for the Old 'Country to study. We understand that Miss Greenwood is a thoroughly qualified teacher. She is a granddaughter of Dr Greenwood, who with his family resided here for so many yeavs.

At a special meeting of the Motueka School Committee, held last Wednesday, there were present Messrs Moffktt [chairman], Knapp, H. Boyce, and Jordan. The business was that of considering tenders for the works recently advertist.d. The only tenders received were those of Mr A. Miller, which were both accepted, the price for shelter shed, partition, and repairing firewood shed, being .£32 6s ; for a picket fence .£lB, and for one of corrigated iron ,£2O 15s, the latter being decided on. It was resolved that the new fence be erected in a line with the buildings on that side of the street, thus making the street 7ft wideropposite the school, this being subject to there being no objection on the part of the Education Board.

A pleasant little*function took place at the Bank house last evening, when h"ss Hornsby's pupils tendered her a farewell musical evening. A choice programme was gone through, Miss Hornsby's contributions being greatly enjoyed. A presentation was made to her, by her pupils, of an illuminated address (the work of Miss Amy Woodman), a greenstone brooch set with j pearls, a gold and greenstone pin, and j a lucky charm for her watch chain. ; The presentation was made by little ! Miss Symes. she being the youngest j pupil. Miss Hornsby leaves Motueka on Saturday for London to pursue her , musical studies, arid will take with her '• the good wishes of her many friends. f It is very gratifying to learn that a portion of the raspberry pulp shipped to England by the Motueka Fruitgrowers' Co-operative Society has realised .£35 per ton, a most satisfactory price, calculated to cheer and encourage the shareholders. The London agents also allude to excellent quality of the consignments and to ithe favorable remarks of buyers concerning it. Sadie Vaile Concordia, th« Holstein cow of the Brotherton stock farms, said to have produced 220 lbs of butter in 60 days, had a bull calf. This has been sold to Henry Stevens and Son, of Lacona, N-Y., for the sum of 4000 dollars at an age of only ten weeks.

The Ash burton No License Council bas decided not to hold the proposed demonstration on July 9 to celebrate the carrying of no license and the clos-

ing of the hotels in "the 'district. The cost of defending the action for upsetting the local option poll amounted to LI II and the expense of the Ashburton campaign L 540 19s 4d—a total of L6511954d. Of this amount L 241 9s 7d has been raised, leaving a deficiency of L4lO 9s 9d. The Salvation Army authorities report that great poverty exists in Ballarat East, and that some families are entirely destitute. Staff-Captain Phillips, who has just concludedja tour through the district, states that many of the people at present being relieved by the Army are tributers, and, in some instances, fatners have been unable to earn more than 3s per week, In one case only 2s 6d had been drawn for a fortnight, and the family broke their fast on Wednesday on the last piece ot, bread there was in the house. The Salvation Army has instituted a poor fund for the relief of the poverty-stricken, and_the officers state that the relief has to be given with the utmost delicacy, for these people, though poor, in many instances would rather starve than let their povertv be known.

Gum boots for ladies are now quite fashionable at Nightcaps, Otago, The members of the Jewish community in Wellington are subsciibing liberally to a fund for the relief of their persecuted compatriots in Southern Russia, In London last month a curious judgment was given in an action for payment for tugboat service, The owners of the tug Sarah Joliffe sued for tor towing the four-masted barque Port Caledonia and asked for remuneration as against the four masted barque Anna, It appears that in a gale in Holyhead Harbour the Port Caledonia dragged on top ot the Anna. In answer to signals from the Port Cajedbnia the tug went out, and it was admitted that the Captain agreed to pay to be towed into safety Mr Justice Bucknill, and the Trinity Masters' fonud that theamount was excessive, and awarded the tug only £soo, an dismissed the claims against the Anna with costs against the tug, though it was shown that both ships were m danger of dragging on the rocks. According to the Mataura correspondent of a Southern paper, a local farmer has experienced a sample of •'unwonted generosity." About e'ghteen morths ago an employee of Mr J. E. Humphreys neglected to stable a working horse one night, The next morning the horse was found entangled in a fence and died shortly afterwards trom its injuries, The value of the animal was set down at £3O, and the employee P aid .£5 as compensation to his emplover, The latter was agreeably surprised "the other day when his erstwhile employee presented him with £2s, the balance of the value of the animal, Mr Humphreys, however, considered that would have about covered the value, and returned to the employee,

The most pathetic incident of the cruise oi th© Parliamentary party that went to study the manners and methods of the South Sea savage in his native lair was the fall of the Hon. Minister in charge, states the Post. The Mapourika was at anchor, and the hon. gentleman, faultlessly dressed, in steping into a sampan or a surfboat, in his eagerness to hurry ashore and present the natives with the Premier's compliments and a tenpenny flag, fell head over heels into the sea. There he splashed and spluttered until a big sailor hauled him on board the boat by the tails of his frock coat, and spread him out to drip. A Masterton paper says, that there are at present 85 hotels in the six leading townships on the West Coast of the South Island, the aggregate population being 11,923. A new league has been established in Devonshire [England] to combat the prevalent practice of 'standing drinks.' [ The motto of the league is 'Pay for I your own, liquor.'

Mr Gumming, Borough Treasurer of Westport, the othei day received .£845 for Westport liquor licenses. Seventeen publicans, at .£45 each, paid .£765, and two bottle licensees LBO. About 150 men aie now emploved on the Government coal mines on "the West Coast.