HASTINGS.

Daily Telegraph (Napier), Issue 9825, 26 July 1900, Page 8

HASTINGS.

COEESSPONDENT.] Mr and Mrs Charlton passed through Hastings by the express this morning, en routs for England. While in Hastings they were both very popular and their many friends hope to see them once again passing through by the express, upon / their return to Napier. " The only police result of yesterday's steeplechase meeting was that of a first offender for getting drunk, and Mr . JBeilby, J.P., who presided at the Magistrate's Court to-day, convicted and discharged him with a caution. •, The bookmakers who were allowed on the course yesterday on payment of a fee of £7 each, are not- rejoicing over the event. Only one out of the crowd is said to have made anything out of it, while the rest barely cleared expenses. The visit of Mr Hales to Hastings ought to be of much consolation to the inhabitants *of Hastings and Pukahu.

Briefly his opinions after an exhaustive inspection are : (1) That the proposed -expensive concrete groin would not only ■be unnecessary, but even injurious ; (2) that the work now being done by Mr _Hugh Campbell, as chairman of the JPukahu river board is the best that could be done under the circumstances, and i 3 likely to be permanently successful ; and (3) that there is no danger to Hastings from the overflow of the Ngaruroro at Roy's Hill. A strange robbery took place last night or early this morning at O'Reilly's Hastings Hotel, when the dining room accessories, such as spoons, forks, etc., were taken away. Some suggest that it is only a lark on the part of someone, but if so it will be an expensive one for the delinquent if found cut. The Hunt Club ball last night was as much enjoyed as its predecessors. There could not have been fewer than 200 person*'present. The ball was under the direction of Messrs E. H. Williams, M.C. ; G. Sunderland, president; and Pinckney, secretary. The music was provided by a band of six under the direction of Miss N. Cault-on (pianist) of Hastings, and was highly appreciated by the dancers. .Mr J. Garnet surpassed himself as a decorator, the Theatre being embellished in an artistic manner. The supper was in the capable hands of Mr Roger Winsley, ' which is a guarantee of its excellence.