Hastings.

Daily Telegraph (Napier), Issue 5978, 1 November 1890, Page 3

Hastings.

[OWN CORRESPOND.-NT.]

At the R.M. Court, boforo Mr 0. A. Fitzroy, J.P., yesterday,, three individuals faced the Bench, and owned up to being drunk tho previous evening. Fined 5s and 2s costs each. Tho whole of the fines wero paid. A heavy loss to Mr C. Farmery has been caused by the death of tho hue draught

htallion " Rob Roy," especially hs the season

is now on

This horse so familiar to your

Hastings readers got a kick in the fetlock, but little notice was taken of it at tho time.

Tho log soon swelled and tho horse died iv v few days, from blood poisoning. Rob Roy was purchased from Mr Broughton some three months ago by Mr Farmery aud

cost him in the purchase money and other expenses about £70 which is of course a

:otal loss

The Committeeof the Hastings Athenaeum

are doing their best to revive the drooping prospects of that useful institution. It was stated at the last meeting that tho recently appointed secretary had been so successful in collecting tho subscriptions overdue that they would be able to pass most of tho accounts that evening and soon to clear

them all off,

There is every prosptct of

the amount duo to the Athenteura being collected, which will thou leavo a balance to credit. The committee expressed them-

selves pleased with die manner in which the new secretary and custodian, Mr R. R. Price, was performing his duties. fho Catholic picnic on Nuvomhor lOth will take place at the Willow Pah, per-mis-ion having been kindly given by Mr

Mcl lardy. Tho Council will rocoive tho good wishes of foot pus«engers in the main road, especially ou the coming dark evenings. Tho footpaths aro now nicely levelled and Banded on both sides tho full length, and now only await their coating of tar to mako them perfection. Tbo promoters of tho recent gymnasium ball were wise in their generation. Although Chinese lanterns were hung about tho room

they were not lighted. No doubt illuminated lanterns add much to the beauty of the scene, but the pleasure thus afforded is sadly marred by a shower of grease upon your clothes no matter which sox you may happen to be. new that the time-table on tho railway has boon restored to something like its old position —and to say the truth the omitted portion, tho Sunday service, is very little missed—it may be iv place to .peak of an improvement which is capable of being made without any additional expenditure I need not say that I believe that Hastings residents will agree with me, because I am quite sure of it. I speak of the train which leaves Napier at 11.5 a.m. This tram does not connect with any up-country tram, but is a terminal otio at Hastings. Now this train should leave Napier somewhere ai.out 1 o'clock, so as to clear the mail train. It thou would ..til) be at Hastings in time lor .he 1.37 to Napier. If this would not do it. could leave tit 12.30, to meet the mail at Ftirndun. The object that would bo gained by this would _*"_ that Hasting., ncoplo could by going to Napier by cither morning crtin, do their business in Nipier, and return in time not to iuteilero with the businc.R i f the second halt' of the day. As it, js, that is nearly iinput.-libie, urn tho banks aud mauy offices open only nt 10 a.m., thus leaving only even by tho first train one clear hour for business Under th. present system people have to wait about N'tmi-r until 3 p.m., fretting home about -1 I o'clock, when, of course, the dsy >s spoilt. Mr Morgan leave, tho Railway Hotel tc .-.t week. ' I. hear that a former laudlor. will rosumo his old position at this populai hostelry. Owing to tho continued indisposition of the Rev J. Berry, our Wesleyan friends who were anticipating a visit from that gentleman _.n Monday next are deferring their jubilee meeting" until February next, whon it. is hoped that, either Mr Berry or the Rev W. Morely. of Christchurch, will be able to bo pr<.sent to advocate the claims of tho tj.'innectioual Jubilee Fund. I hour that an I'jitertaJumeut in connection with tbo B..nd of Hope will be held on Thursday next in St Matthew's schoolroom, kindly lent by the Rev J. Hobbs. Several of out- local I singers have promised their services for the concert, under Mr E. S. Goldsmith. There will bo recitations and lantern views, I .lie latter given by Mr E. fti ...d. As tbo ' proceeds will be devoted to providing ftmd.s I Tor the annual picnic of the juveniles (to be held on Monday, November Jnth) theio will no doubt be a good house. 'the Hand which numbers /.vro than eighty, is conducted I'ortt.isrht'v by the Rev E. S. Beecroft in tho Wesleyan Church, but h_s been . ti-ictly undenominational from it. r .„mi_-et-ce_-u_t nearly thr.o years ago.