The Motueka Star. PUBLISHED TUESDAYS AND FRIDAYS. “Te Ora Mota Iwi.” TUESDAY, JUNE 16, 1903.

Motueka Star, Volume IV, Issue 190, 16 June 1903, Page 3

The Motueka Star. PUBLISHED TUESDAYS AND FRIDAYS. “Te Ora Mota Iwi.” TUESDAY, JUNE 16, 1903.

A reminder is given of the professional visit to Motueka of Messrs Tatton <sc Son, dentists, which is fixed for Friday and Saturday next. A special meeting of the Motueka School Committee will be held on Wednesday night. Mr Robert White, of Ngatimoti, who is leaving the district, notifies that he has for sale a strong trap and hand separator, which may he inspected at yuMr A. Manoy’s store on Thursday next. Mr James Drummond, of Lower Moutere, has been elected a member of the Kelson Agricultural.and Pastoral Association' The society which will hold its next show on the Ist and 2nd of December, is well supported on this side of the Bay. At a meeting of the committee of the Motueka Library, held on Friday night the resignation of Miss Parker, as librarian was accepted with regret. It was decided to invite applications for the combined office of custodian and librarian. Contractors and others are reminded that tenders for alterations and additions to the Motueka Borough Schools and grounds must be sent in to the

chairman, Aloffatt, by to-morrow afternoon.

The.s.s. Victoria, which arrived in Wellington last week, brought fifty tons of fruit trees for Motueka and outlying districts. At a sitting of the Old Age Pension Court held yesterday, Mr Wilson Heaps granted two renewals, one for .£lB and one for ,£4.

At the Stipendary Magistrate’s Court on Monday two prohibition orders were issued for twelve months, to be in force in the Motueka Licensing district. One was granted at the request of the applicant. Obliging tramp : Have you anything to do in my line today, madam ? Lady: What is your business ? - Tramp : I’m' a dentist, madam. I’ll put a good set of teeth in a mince pie for you. free of charge.

X.On the information of Constable Reed, William Cromer and Charles Brunning were charged with disorderly behaviour and fighting on the evening of the 6th June. The constable detailed what he saw and stated that as it was the fiist 3 charge against the accused, who left when asked, he did not want to press the charges. The Magistrate, Ur Heaps, pointed out that the accused were liable to a fine of £lO, or three months imprisonment. He fined them 10s each and costs 7s each. The fine was paid. Several civil cases set down for hearing were arranged, or settled out of court. Very general sympathy will be felt for Mr and Mrs C. D. Caigou in the loss they sustained on Monday morning through the death of their second daughter, Flora Emily, a bright, winsome child of seven years of age, who was a great favorite with her classmates. The deceased was attacked with scarlet fever, and an improvement was so noticeable in her condition last week that her early convalesence was looked for, but unfortunately a relapse occurred with fatal results. The funeral takes place to-morrow. Sometimes the editor gets the better of unpleasant intruders into his sanctum. A friend of ours, says a writer in “Covnhill” was seated in his editorial chair, in a Yorkshire town, quietly snipping paragraphs from contemporary journals, when in walked unannounced, feiocious looking rimn with a heavy stick in his hand. “Is the editor in he asked. The menacing tone in which the question was put, .‘-bowed that he had not come to make a friendly call, to insert an advertisement or to pay a subscription to the journal. “No, sir,” said the editor, ®with admiv able presence of mind ; “he has just gone out. Take a seat and read the paper, be will return in a minute.” Down sat the indignant visitor, crossing his legs, with his club between them, and commenced reading the paper. In the meanwhile the editor quietly vanished downstairs and at the landing he met another excited man with a cudgel in his hand who also asked if the editor was in. “Yes, sir," was the prompt response ; “you will find him upstairs reading a newspaper.” The second visitor on entering the room commenced a violent assault upon the first which was resisted with equal ferocity. The fight was continued till they both rolled to the foot of the stairs and had cudgelled each other to their hearts’ content.

An idea of the enormous pace now available on the French racing tracks can be gathered from the fact that in a recent ten kilometre (6 miles 376yds) motor cycle race on the Parc des Princes' track, Paris, the winner, Maurice Fournier, covered the distance in the marvellous time of 6min 44sees, which gives a pace of a little "short of sixty mips an hour.

Progress of country towns is some times guaged by strange methods. Here

is one of the latest —Stratford continues to progress. A “sandwich” man made his appearance here for the first time this morning, and the legend he bore was to the effect that the skating rink would be open. The full back of a Waikato football team is named Death. The name suggests possibilities—that the opposing team dreads encounter with the dread full back, that his clutch is fatal, that no man ever beats him— and various cxi her alleged jocularities that the scribe is too busy to think of just now. Lady Weld, in religion Mother Mary Gertrude Dolores, died last April at St SohoSastica’s Priory, Fort Augustus, N.B. She was the widow of the late Sir Frederick A. Weld, who was governor of Tasmania from 1875 to 1880. He was afterwards Governor in West Australia and at Straits Settlements.

A pretty lesson in chivalry, accord ing to the Star, was given on a tram car on a recent evening, by a Southern member of the Bench of Anglican .Bishops in Auckland. Three ladies stepped on to a crowded car at Newmarket, and-stood on a back platform. His Lordship, who was sitting on the very corner of the outside seat, rose offered his seat to one of the ladies. Then there was a dramatic pause, and then, inspired by the Bishop’s example, two gentlemen rose and offered thenseats to the other ladies. For the rest of the journey to town the passengers were afforded the dramatic spectacle of a bishop standing on the platform of*a tram car. His Lordship was perhaps unaware of the by law on over crowding, but it is to be hoped his chivalrous action will not result in his appealance in the Police Court.

The largest shipment of live stock eve.i made to South Africa from New Zealand was taken away from Wellington by the Essex last Friday. In all, 3100 sheep wn-e shipped, the whole being fat .stock destined for slaughter immediately on arrival. There is evidently a large demand in South Africa for stock of this description, the shipment being made in response to cabled instructions. It is believed by business men competent to judge that definite word will probably be received from South Africa in the course of a few months for sheep suitable for re-stock-ing purposes.

A V estport Business Men’s Association was firmly established at a meeting held at Mr W. T. Slee’s office last week, rules being adopted and officers elected, with Mr Slee as Secretary. The Association will regulate holidays, and seek to control the credit system, in which there is no legaj protection. “The chief attraction at a bazaar at Auckland, Lew Zealand,” says a London paper, “was a weight-guessing competition, in which the competitors had to determine the weight of a fat pig. The bazaar lasted three days, but as nobody remembered to feed it the animal died.”

It is reported in Sydney that the leading brewery companies of New South Wales have ‘cornered’ Tasmanian hops until 1906. In respect of this rumour an “Age” reporter recently interviewed the manager of the largest brewery company in Melbourne. The reporter of the interview gives a surety of good times for New Zealand hop-°row-ers, for the manager remarked that though New South Wales brewers might have “cornered the hops of Tasmania for three ° r ]P U3 i,Y ears : w °uld make no difference to the Victorian breweries because New Zealand and Californian hops could be bought at the same price. This news should cause an awakening amon<*st. the denizens of the Nelson district. °

T In . the report which he presented to the Napier Licensing Committee, Inspector Macdonnell said :--“I never experienced proving breaches of the licensing laws than Ido here, I attributed this, in a measurh, to the serious consequences of convictions and endorsernents on licenses, I have alvvavs found that the severer the penalties, and'themore serious the consequences, the harder it is to prove breaches of the law ”

WEDDING BELLS. There was a large attendance at the Methodist Church this afternoon to witness the marriage of Mr Charles G. M. Boyce, son of Mr George Boyce, to Miss Eva McGlashen, daughter of Mr and Mrs James McGlashen: Both contracting paities are well known and highly esteemed throughout the district, the bride from her long association with the church as organist etc., and the bridegroom because he is (like his life partner) a native of the district, who has successfully followed up the calling he has selected, at present holding the important position of head master of the Charleston public school. The nuptial knot was tied by the Rev. J - r Reader, and friends and acquaintances had deemed it a labor of love to tastefully decorate the sacred edifice for the occasion. The bride, who was neatly and tastefully attired in white silk, with the orthodox orange blossoms, and carrying a choice bouquet, had as bridesmaids Miss Elice McGlashen, sister, (dressed in white muslin, with felt hat) and Miss Cora Boyce, cousin (dressed in cream silk, with black picture hat]. The bridegroom had as best man, his youngest brother, Mr Arthui Boyce. The service was partly choial and the Wedding March was played -by Miss Lammas.

The bridegroom’s gift to the bride was a handsome gold necklet, set with diamonds and garnets, and the bridesmaids, gold brooches. The bride’s gift to the bridegroom was an initial gold ring. The bride was also the recipient of numerous valuable and useful presents including a nice set of toilet ornaments from the children of the Sunday School.

- Shortly after the ceremony the happy couple left for their future home at Charleston, bearing with them the best wishes of all. The bride’s travelling costume was of violet amazon cloth with black strapping and toque to match: