LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Hastings Standard, Issue 23, 22 May 1896, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

The Premier will arrive by the express this evening, and deliver a political address at the Princess Theatre at 8 o'clock. A lad named Tom O'Connor broke his leg while playing football at the Marist brothers school, Napier, yesterday.

Tiie Australian cricket team return by way of America, leaving 'Frisco for Auckland on October 15th. Alexander Bedingfield, who was charged with sending a threatening letter to a girl at Omiojidville, was acquitted, the evidence of identification being insufficient. On Monday morning at 8 o'clock tlie team chosen to represent the Hastings Piilies will leave for Napier to take part in the firing competition for the Coleman shield.

Attention is directed to the important salvage sale to be held by P. A. Herman and Co., to-morrow morning, and to the sale of furniture, &c., at their rooms in the afternoon.

The Native Appellate Court was occupied this morning with a number of cases for survey liens against several Natives. This afternoon the Omaliaki appeal is again in evidence.

The dead body of a man named Richard Ward was found in an outhouse on the premises of Nelson Bros, at Waipukurau yesterday. At the inquest on the body the jury returned a verdict of " Death from natural causes." Deceased was 64 years of age. A. Holder, who now holds the world's record for the 440 .yards hurdles, returned to Wanganui from Napier on Wednesday last, and received a great reception from his club mates and the general public. Afterwards he was entertained at supper by his club, and many speeches were made congratulating him on his brilliant performance.

At the inquest on Charles Bridge, before Deputy-Coroner Sutton yesterday, the evidence showed that the deceased, in company with two fellow employees named Fraser and Baird, attempted to cross the river in an empty cart where no ford existed. The swirl of a rapid current turned the cart over just as the deceased, who was driving, attempted to bring his horses round. His companions jumped clear and swam to the shore, turning round just hi time to see their companion disappear. From investigations made afterwards it was found that one of his legs had become fixed in a portion of the cart, and when it overturned he was taken underneath. The shaft horse was drowned, and by the time Fraser and Baird had released its body and righted the cart poor Bridge was quite dead. A verdict of "Drowned by misadventure" was returned.

A hunt takes place at Riverslea to morrow.

The Good and Kind Society meet at the St. Matthew's Hall this evening.

Mr A. Lean calls attention in another column to an important horse sale which takes place to-morrow. Detective Kirbv appeared before the S.M. at Wellington yesterday morning, and was remanded until Friday next.

At Goldburn, William Lyons has been sentenced to five years' penal servitude for killing a horse at Forbes and wounding another. A servant at a Waipawa hotel, who is about to be married, and had saved ,£2B, found the other night that the money had been stolen from her room during the day. At Woodville last week, Mr Bowden, while playing in a scratch football match, had his right cheek bone fractured by coming in contact with another player's head.

The Melbourne University has turned out thirteen women-doctors, and this year's entries show that there arc ten girls more studying medicine, or one woman medical student to every twenty men ditto.

Apropos of the gold fever, a correspondent of the Waikato Advocate says:— Crowds of swaggers are seen passing through this district every day, coming from Tarauaki, Taupo and Wellington districts on their way to Waihi.

The case of Flyger v Castlecliff Eailway Company is now proceeding at Wanganui. Plaintiff claims £SOO for damages alleged to have been sustained through defendant's negligence. The sum of ,£SO was paid into Court. The following players will represent the Harriers in > their match against Give to-morrow : —Ti, Awhi, McDonald, Joll, Peeti, Sutherland, Collinge, Nesbit, McDonald, Sutherland, Gibbins, Graham, Williamson, Kennedy, August ; emergencies—Sherwood, Woon, Wawn.

About 411 eases of truancy were investigated during the year in the Punodin Educational District; 105 penalty summons issued; 71 convictions recorded and fines to the amount of .£7 2s recovered. The average attendance shows an increase of 342 for the year. A correspondent to a goldfields paper states he was informed by a Tarras settler that, last year, rabbits took potatoes from his field and stored them up in their burrows for winter use, displaying many of the characteristics of the 'squirrel in so doing! He wishes to know if anybody else noticed the same thing. Mr John Hagan, an old and respected settlsr of Trentham, Upper Hutt, died suddenly while in the act of dressing himself on Tuesday morning. He was in his usual health when he retired the previous evening, and got up about 5.80 to go about his usual business, and whilst putting on his clothes expired without uttering a word.

"As to the Melbourne complaint that Sydney sees more of the Australian Squadron than Melbourne, complaints ought not to be made against the admiral, but against the Creator, Sydney being by nature absolutely the most convenient harbor in the world."—Admiral Bridge.

An old man, 69 years of age, who has been in New Zealand for 35 years, made application to the Wellington Benevolent Trustees recently for assistance. On being asked by the chairman why he had not made some provision for his old age during that time, he replied that very probably some people were born to be poor.

There was a good muster of the Hastings Eifles last evening. After parade Captain Lewis in a neat speech presented marksmen's badges to the following members of the company:—Color- Sergeant Ross, Sergeants Shanley, North and Cook, Corporal G. -Toll, Bugler Heathley, Vols. Britten, Foreman, Guthrie, Hamblyn, S. North, Jack and Timms. After drili some good shooting was made in a Morris-tube competition. At the S.M. Court this morning before G. Ellis, Esq., J.P., Hugh FitzPatriek was charged with being drunk and disorderly. Constable Bennett testified to the arrest of accused, who, when refused a drink at Sunn an's Hotel, had threatened to bum down the place. A fine of £5 was imposed, with the alternative of 14 days' imprisonment. The accused elected to " take it out," and was conveyed to Napier gaol under the charge of Constable Bennett this afternoon.

In noticing the death of Alfred Brandt, who died at the Twelvemile on Saturday week, the No Town correspondent of the Brunner News says :—Deceased came out to this colony when quite a young man, being possessed of ample means after seeing a short term of military service in the Crimea, where, as one of the heavy cavalry division, he witnessed the charge of the Light Brigade up through the "Valley of Death" into the "Jaws of Hell," and was one of the "Heavies" that helped to cover the retreat of that remnant that came back shattered and torn of the ever memorable " Six Hundred.'

On the arrival of the s.s. Stormbird at Wellington on Sunday (says the Post) David Plunkett, a fireman on the steamer Huia, was landed and taken to the hospital to be treated for severe burns and cuts about the head and face, which he received last week while his vessel was engaged in tendering the s.s Indramayo, which lay off Wanganui. The injuries are supposed to have been caused bj' an explosion of foul air which had accumulated in the steamer's hot well. A similar accident took place some twelve months ago on the same steamer, when a fireman was also injured. Experts then attributed the explosion to the use of acid in the well. No such preparation has, however, been used for several months past.

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 Liver Tonic, 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 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.

Neil's Corn Cure 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. Much consternation was caused last winter, amongst the medical men in Wellington, by the introduction of Woods' Great Peppermint Cure for Coughs and Colds ; that a very bad cough could be cured by a 1/6 bottle, and a whole familv, with a 2/6 bottle, was a serious loss to them. It is sold by all Grocers and Chemists.—Advt .