LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Hastings Standard, Issue 2, 28 April 1896, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

" r -.c Heretaunga School sports were yesterday postponed until Thursday next. The Napier Carnival in aid of the Brunntsr Relief Fund to-morrow promises to be a huge siieeess. The cry for more police protection has ; Jiii-i its. effect, and to-day Sergeant Hit's < hell has an assistant on patrol. I A Sydney paper suggests that a list j -■•lovtld 'je published of persons in New i V" iles who are not J.P.'s. i The i'anuai- general meeting of the j Building Society takes place j ; >< nig in Mr Dennett's auctionu j light was one of the roughest experienced in Hastings for many months. I 'I he rain descended in torrents, and the { wind was especially strong. I ■ A good deposit of coal has been dis- ! eov : ere.i tun miles from,Woodville. Should | i.Lo; tind prove lasting it should be of greift-t benefit to the district. Vjt the Hutt County Council meeting i thejother day, Dr Purdy stated that the j Hunt district is one of the healthiest in j the »colonv, although generally credited j '.Villi*, bu p.g the opposite. | Tt lis stated that the Eketalnma-"YVood-»;U«>1 railway will not be opened for at eighteen months, d. little boy named George Graham u w accidentally drowned in a bucket of v.Misuds at Maidstone (Victoria). IV'' Wellington correspondent of the Lytic]ton Times put the Colonial Treasuitir's surplus for the financial year just elosLd at between £ 1-70,000 and £200,000. It' is very likely that the Hon. E. J. Section will deliver an address to the j Mat-ris when in Oreytown next week. | (|<«orge M'Leod Matlierson who was re- | ep;;[i.]y killed by a fall from a Coolgardie ! ho!'-' balcony, left £32,000. Nearly all j thisfrwas made in four months in West Au/^lia. j 1l»«' •'".■]>■ ivt of the Hastings School Commute- which appears elsewhere, is one that any school may well be proud of. Under; the able management of Mr J. A. Smith,j it has made very rapid strides.

One >of the purchasers of a portion of the lafo chief lieneta Kawepo's property on the '!K aramu Koad intends at an early date to| erect a handsome dwelling oil the property, which is calculated to be one of the Vest building sites in the township. 11 [ili'tform placed over the footpath near M . - si\\ uiiams arrl Sons' premises ha c>> ll>o w ans;i \ w cn u nm., the past ieisv weeks. Ami i 4 t.a lu been 1 » if tl ,tn<l it is tunc t'tc Council, onsidered ; •• _ f< 0 1 1 ■ - ,• /> A netwml meeting of the Junior Clnl> will be held as r ,ojj a£ e:>n be arranged in the Iheusre Itoyal Nspior. Captain JXussel will preside." Sir ]►. Stout will adures.s the meeting on Higher Education, and Mr Kiley, Director of the Technical School. Wellington, on Technical Education. Mr Greenwood's handsome residence, next the Havelock Bridge, will be completed in a few weeks' time. The archift or, Mr Frame, of Napier, and Mr McKen/ie, the contractor, are to be complimented 011 the very excellent manner in which the whole of the work has been carried out. Mr. Greenwood intends planting an extensive orchard this season. Notwithstanding the inclement weather a very fair number were present at the annual meeting of householders at Havelock last evening for the purpose of electing a School Committee. The following gentlemen were appointed :—Messrs G. Kemp, A. Dunn, H. Miller, M. Newrick, W. Templeton, H. Campbell, and J. T. Lean. Mr Campbell was re-elected chairman for the coming year.

When the Brunnerton accident took place it was mentioned that if the men were insured in an accident insurance company it would mean the payment by the company of something like £30,000. Inquiries were made as to whether the men were so insured, but no definite reply could be received, at least in Oamaru. However, they were not insured ; but had they been it would have made but little difference to the wftlows and children, for one of the clauses of the Accident Insurance Company's policy is that in the event of a catastrophe of a general character, no greater sum than £I,OOO shall be paid in respect of all the persons who lose their lives. That is, while it mar cost the company £30,000 if cac*loses his life at a different time to 'ii.-.t the others mm cit. ojilv XI.OOO i;~ p;<--übli> if the\ ail TiH 4 r JiVi'S i nt \ 'ip u- • \ery well pro- *> 'i . c tin-. ' * v.'n Otago Time;.