LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Hastings Standard, Issue 17, 15 May 1896, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Captain Russell returned to Hastings yesterday. Mr Charles Ilall, M.H.R., passed tlirougli Hastings yesterday on liis way to Napier. The Good and Kind Society meet in St. Matthew's Ilal! this evening. A full attendance is requested. A petition against the action of the Council in forming a new pound is being taken round tor signatures to-day. It is expected that the award in the Quinlivan- Douglas arbitration case will not be made before the end of next week. A Melbourne milk dealer, named Urquhart, was fined ,£lO for selling milk containing 1.3 per cent of added water. It is said that the hurdler Canard has changed hands. Mr T. Quinlivan being mentioned as the new owner. Weights are duo for the principal events of the Waipawa, Masterton-Opaki, and Otaki Maori meetings to-morrow. A 6-tooth wether killed in the Umutaoroa weighed l-3 v 2lb when dressed, and a - tootli maiden ewe turned the scale at 1361b.

It is stated that Mr J. Taylor ofWoodvillo will be a candidate for the AX aipawa seat. Mr Taylor will stand as an " Independent Liberal." A prohibition order was granted against an "imbiber" this moring, to take efiect in the Hastings and Napier boroughs and the County of Ilawke's liay. We have heard it stated that the new electorate will take in the Borough _of I'ahiatua, and extend to just the other side of the Borough of Danevirke. —Examiner. The terrible accident to Peter Jarvis reported in another column will no doubt have the effect of causing owners of vehicles to see that they are provided with lights in future. Mr S. T. Tong is making good headway with the building opposite the Railway Hotel. The premises, when finished, will bo one of the finest shops in Hastings, anil will be occupied by Mr F. Bethell, saddler In the Native Appellate Court to-day an appeal on succession to a deceased owner in the Ivaramu Block is being heard, Mr P. S. M'Lean is appearing for appellant and Mr J. M. Fraser for respondent. Last evening two swaggers at Waimarania were poisoned by drinking water containing arsenic used for slicep-dipping purposes. Dr. Nairn was sent for, and soon had the men out of danger. A schoolboy named Farmery was run over by another boy on horseback this afternoon, and received injuries to bis shoulder. The little fellow was on his way to school and was the victim of a foolish prank, Mr Justice Denniston considers that if a solicitor is called upon to act in the Supreme Court and the Magistrate's Court at the same time, it is his duty to attend to the business demanding his presence in the superior Court. The Hon. Richard Reeves is still suffering from burns sustained while extinguishing a fire which originated in his bedroom at a Reefton hotel, through curtains being blown against a lighted candle. It will be some time yet before he regains the use of both hands. The headmaster of the Central School, New Plymouth, makes it a practice to convert the striking news of the day, such as the South African business, into the subject of lessons. Of course he uses the newspapers for the purpose. A Shannon settler says he has found that the sowing of mustard is a good thing to get rid of the grass grub. He was troubled with the pest and he turned up the land and sowed mustard. Then he dug the crop in, and his land is now free from the grub and is richer for the mustard. —Manawatu Farmer. A young man named Merson narrowlyescaped fatal injuries at Masterton. He was standing under a building which is in course of erection, when an iron block, which had been adjusted to the top of the building, fell and struck him on the back of the head, inflicting a nasty scalp wound. His escape from death was miraculous.

There was a good muster of the Hastings Bides last night for company drill, and after the men were dismissed the new Morris-tube range was opened. Sergeants Shanly and W. North picked the teams, the former team winning the match by 9 points. The canvas target and trench on the Te Mata range will be finished in a few days, and as soon as the range is opened they will fire for the company belt, of which the members will get due notice. Lieutenant Peck, of the Royal Irish Fusiliers, who, while cycling, fell with his machine from the St. Catherine's Breakwater on to the rocks below, a distance of 40ft., died recently. The lieutenant, when half-way over the break—hia mar-hinn in a rut, bat he

A. dental notice from Mr H. W. Frost appears in another column. P. A. Herman and Co. liold their usual weekly sale to-morrow. In the Albury Police Court a woman made an attempt, to stab a man charged with an offence on her young daughter. Preparations are being made for the erection of three lamps in the borough. A dozen or two more lights would be acceptable. The Ilokitika Jockey Club have requested the Metropolitan Club to remove the disqualification from the jockey 15 irkett, considering that he has been sufficiently punished. For years past shearers from the Masterton district and from other parts of the colony have been in the habit of proceeding to Australia for the early part of the shearing season. That they have made a good impression upon the pastoralists on the other side may be gleaned from the following, which we have jnst received from the Western Graziers' Pastoral and Finance Company : —Y\'e require a few good shearers for this season, and we prefer to have them from your colony, as tliev are verv clean workmen."

There died at Eivcrton last week Michael James Connor, who arrived at Sydney in 1834, and settled in Melbourne prior to 1840. In Victoria (says the Southland Times) he followed dairying and farming, and while at Portland ho met with a shocking accident, which crippled him for the remainder of his days. He fell sideways on to an iron spindle, which penetrated his body for a foot just below the ribs, and for the past thirty years he was an invalid, being scarcely able to walk. Deceased was eighty-seven years of agr.

The Faust Family open in the rrincess Theatre, Hastings, on Monday evening next. From our exchanges we learn that the show is a " live " one. They have a reputation as popular entertainers, and this district will get a treat not often afforded. The company is a strong one —and cver.v member is a star. As acrobats they are at the top of the ladder —as musicians they are equally as good. There is always variety about their programmes, and every item appears to be popular. The " Bisley " exhi'oiton is a big feature in the show, and is worth going a distance to see. The company is at present doing good business in Napier. New Zealand appears to be invaded by a gang of clever criminals from " across the water." The prospects of a dreary winter in Australia has driven them out to seek fresh pasture, and in New Zealand they find an easy means of obtaining a living. With scattered communities, meagre police protection, and the natural carelessness of the people—a carelessnesa due to the infrequency of burglaries—the criminal classes of Australia find this colony a happy hunting ground. We shall be subject to these visits so long as the intensity of the depression remains ; and, even when things are booming in Australia, New Zealand offers splendid opportunities to the burglar. Much consternation was caused last winter, amongst the medical men in Wellington, by the introduction of YVoods' Cheat Peppermint- Cure for Coughs and Colds; that a very bad cough could bo cured by a 1/6 bottle, and a whole family, with a 2/6 bottle, was a serious loss to them. It is sold by all Grocers and Chemists.—Advt. Stop that Cough by taking Neil's Balm of Gilead, a positive cure for coughs, colds, chronic bronchitis, influenza, &c. In large bottles at 2s 6d, at Neil's Botanic Dispensary, Emerson street, Napier, and all leading storekeepers.—Advt. Neil's Celebrated Livee Toxic, a pure botanic remedy for all affections of the liver, biliousness, jaundice, yellowness of the skin, indigestion, &c. In bottles, 2s and 2s 6d, at Neil's Botanic Dispensary, Emerson street, Napier, and all leading storekeepers. —Advt. Neil's Corx Cuke removes either hard or soft Corns. A few applications only necessary. Is per bottle at Neil's Dispensary, Emerson street, Napier, and all leading storekeepers.—Advt. Neil's Compound Sarsaparilla. A household medicine for purifying the blood and toning up the system. In large bottles at 2s 6d at Neil's Dispensary, Emerson street, Napier, and all leading storekeepers.—Advt. The New Woman, the new fashion, the latest erase, have some particular virtues to commend them ; so it is with the new cough mixture, Woods' Great Peppermint Cure —instantaneous relief for man, woman, or child is the feature of this unfailing remedy. All Grocers, and Chemists keep it. The price is reasonable, 1/6 and 2/6. —Advt.