HASTINGS NOTES.

Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 564, 20 July 1909, Page 9

HASTINGS NOTES.

■ (By Telegraph.—Spatial CoiTeapondcriti '' v !: ; . ' /" "" Hastings,' Jntv 19. •' Hβ; Hastings' and_ Toznoana , G oil-'Globs i ' play« 3 a l inatoE f bii , Satiirday'at Twyfor'd, tlfe ' Hastings Club winning easily by 9 games to 2: 5 , ' The "Eiroriros" Company ,of little girls , 'fromjie Salration Army Grrte , Homo, Wellington, arrived-'here on, Saturday night, , and were taken round the town in motor oars yesterday, afternoon. .In the "evening ■ they .appeared before a crowded audience in ' the Princess Theatre', ■ presenting a . pro- , gramme ooneisting of bell-ringing, musical' • glasses, etc., as,well aa a'number of saored ' solos. , ' ' The tombstone ordered by Mr. E. J.'.Watt for his racehorse .Merriwee," which was destroyed lately, is i now iin position at Long- > lands. ,' ■ l ' . \ The Hawke's Bay Meat' Curing Company intended shipping goods when; 500 tierces were ready. Ihe hrst consignment of 200 tierces will bejent direct to Bristol, - probably at the end month. Another--300 will follow in a month's time. •The Poultry Show closed on Saturday after a successful run, tho takings exceeding those of the previous year. An auction ' sale was held on Saturday night of prize stock, and, though prices; in some cases we're low, the general tone of sale rates ap- < peared to please sellers. , , A,requisition was presented to Mr. G. P. Donnelly to-day asking him .to agree to Domination as president of the ( Hawke's Bay ' Jockey' Club for the ensuing year. Mr. DonnoUy stated that there was a probability of his being away for a part ot the present year, and, under the circumstances, he must decline. The annual meeting of the club takes place on August 6. ' Collins, of , Tomoana, who was to box four rounds with Porter, of Wellington, st the I forthcoming local meeting, has decided to , retire from the contest, owing to the death r of .the young man Long, killed by an acety- ' leno gas explosion at Tomoana Hall (Oollins'e training quarters). 'The committee has agreed to the event being ■ cancelled. '