LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Hastings Standard, Issue 26, 27 May 1896, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

A couple of letters to the editor arc unavoidably crowded out this issue. Pollard's Opera Company appear in Hastings for five nights, opening on June 24th. The members of tlie Bench of the Native Appellate Court left for Danevirke this morning. Attention is directed to the sale of furniture, &<•., to he held by Mr \Y. Y. Dennett to-morrow. The Premier passed through Hastings this morning on his way to Wellington, well pleased with the receptions he lias received throughout Hawke's Bay. The last—the very last—name mentioned as the successor to Mr Costall as Government Printer is Mr Joseph Ivess, the celebrated newspaper planter. .At Lumsdcn, James Sedtt, licensee of Ilolmesdale Hotel, had his license cancelled for supplying liquor to a boy nine years of age. It was Lieut. Ware who made the big shooting at the 500 yds range in the Coleman competition on Monday, not Lieut. Wean, as one of our c-omps. made it. A splendid photo, of the ship Coromandel as she now lies capsized in Wellington harbor is on view at Mr Hunt's book depot. The picture is the work of Mr £. A. Anderson. An old offender named Frances Middleton was charged at the S.M. Court this morning before G. Ellis, Esq., J.P., with being drunk and disorderly. Accused was convicted and discharged on condition that she left the district immediately, and was ordered to pay the costs of cab-hire, which had to be .brought into requisition in taking her to the police station. Mr Seddon was a victim to discipline last evening. While talking with some friends at the station the express moved away without its full compliment of passengers. It was rather a blow to the Premier to be left in the lurch, but with the aid of one ofMrßeeeroft's conveyances he was able to reach Napier in time to address what is termed the most enthusiastic political meeting ever held there. Although the Premier was compelled to deliver his address without having his usual evening meal he appeared to be in great form.

Although the attendance at the Catholic social in the Princess Theatre last evening was hardly up to that of previous years the affair was a great success from every point of view. The utmost harmony prevailed, and all present thoroughly enjoyed themselves. The lioor was in good order, and the music excellent, being supplied by Miss Caulton (piano), and Messrs Barrett (piccolo), and King (violin). Mr W. Y. Dennett made an efficient M.C. Mr and Mrs McNamara helped not a little to make the affair the success it undonbtedly was. Dancing was kept up until an early hour this morning. Although many persons may not agree with the maimer of worship of the Salvation Army, all must admit that they do a vast amount of good in our colony, especially amongst the lower orders. Their latest novelty—the Light Brigade scheme —is worthy the sympathy of all charit-ably-disposed persons. Ensign Hayman has been busy in Hastings during the past few days distributing boxes in which contributions to their "Good Samaritan" work may be deposited. One has just to study the temptations of city life to forsee what a vast amount of good may be done in this direction. No doubt when the first collection is summed up a respectable amount will be found to be credited to the borough of Hastings. At Greymouth on Wednesday evening last a large number of citizens met at the Post Office Hotel to say farewell to Mr John Arnott, on the eve of his departure for Hastings, where he joins his son and Mr Cashion in the management of the Standard. Many regrets were expressed at losing a resident who had been in the district for thirty years, and hopes for future welfare were voiced from all present. In ail appropriate speech the chairman (Mr J. T. Skoglund),on behalf of the citizens of Greymouth, presented Mr Arnott with a purse of sovereigns. The recipient of the gift feelingly replied, regretting his severance with so many happy connections. Reference was made of the many honourable and useful offices held by the departing guest, amongst which may be mentioned—P.M. under English and Scotch constitutions of Freemasons, lion, secretary of the hospital for over twenty years, and senior steward of the Grey Metropolitan Placing Club, besides other duties. Mr Arnott arrived at Hastings by the express last evening.

Cecil Rhodes is said to hate woman, particularly white ones. His alleged reason for this dislike is his dread of their powers of ferreting out information and their curiosity about matters he intends to keep secret. Mr Rhodes affects the life of a hermit. He has built for himself a small hut in the grounds attached to his residence and remains therein for days at a time, even eating and sleeping there. Wright, teller in the Union Bank, Melbourne, arrested on a charge of embezzling £7O, confessed to taking £IOOO in gold from the safe. He explained that £7O only was taken on the day of arrest, and with it he went to the Rosehill races, in the hope of backing a certainty. Instead he lost every penny. The Bank authorities were unaware that the gold had been missing, accused having leplaced the money with JE3S worth of silver coin.

Last week Ralph Mason fell down a shaft at Bendigo (Victoria), a distance of 800 feet, and was dreadfully mangled. The Presbyterian Assembly of Victoria, has condemned raffles at church bazaars, and s»3 - s that raffling is the root of the gambling evil. While taking a load of wood into Murrurrundi, New South Wales, John Piggott was run over by his own cart and killed instantty. England's most successful rider, M. Cannon, had the mount on the Australian horse Paris when that gelding won the Northamptonshire Stakes. An inquest at Hobart on the death of Mildred Grant, aged six months, revealed the fact that death was due to starvation. The child was illegitimate, and her mother was only aged 18. A correspondent in the Wairarapa Daily Times asserts that while the cost of freezing and killing sheep in Canterbury amounts to 54-d per sheep, in Wellington it reached Is 9d, The Ziman Company, who have recently exercised their option of purchase of Hum phrev's Gully Company, finding a working capital of £50,000, have purchased the Union Hank block of buildings in Revell street, Hokitika, for offices. A woman shot a Chinaman the other day in some civilised portion of San Francisco. Her excuse was that she only shot at him sor fun. A verdict of " not guilty " was returned and the prisoner promptly discharged. The British Medical Journal does not view very favourably the proposed attempt to exclude consumptives from New Zealand. It calls it " The proposed quarantine against tuberculosis," and expresses strong doubts as to its possible efficacy. A London and North Western express, with passengers for an American liner, ran from London to Liverpool without stopping, the journey occupying a little over three and a half hours. A " sextuplctte" cycle, to carry six persons in tandem has, according to a Brussels correspondent, made its appearance on the boulevards at Antwerp. It is of French manufacture, and its length is 14 feet, the weight being 1581b. " People in Sydney don't know it, but there are more fortunes being made in lliverina than in Coolgardie," said Mr Carrutlicrs recently at Sydney to an interviewer. The average of wheat this year was 13 bushels, that is a substantial return for land which was previously held at 3d per acre." An old man named William Nelson, 70 years of age, has been arrested at Bendigo, Victoria, on a charge of stealing a horse. Various charges of larceny are pending against him, and the police state that he has already served 88 years in gaol. One sentence was commutation from a death sentence for shooting at the police, near Creswick, in 1858, when they went to arrest him for cattle stealing. " There can be no hesitation in slating," is the report of Dr. Cresswell, " that tu-bercle-infected milk is being daily and largely drunk in Melbourne, and yet there probably is not one amongst us who would hesitate to say that the risks of contracting tubercle infection from this source are of the gravest." Private advices received at Greymouth state that owing to the unsettled state of the country it is difficult to dispose of the cargo of West Coast timber sent to Capetown, but that when affairs settle down and shippers only send the best quality thero is the prospect of a profitable trade being opened up. A frightful railway accident occurred on the Silverton tramway line, Broken Hill. An employee of the company, named Wm. Imnan, was engaged on the trucks of a train, when he slipped, and the trucks passed over his body. His leg and arm were severed, the leg being cut off near the hips. His stomach was also torn open. Lord Brassey told a Melbourne audience that his father, in combination with others, had been the employer of 70,000 men, and he believed that in the vast and varied undertakings in which his father had been concerned, through a period of 40 years, there was no record of a single strike. This he attributed largely to the system of payment by results or the co-operative principle.

News which reached Sydney from South Africa last week stated that just before the departure of the steamer stirring times were reported at Bulawayo. Thrilling tales of lonely prospectors being murdered, trading stations burnt, the looting of cattle, and the destruction of settlers' homesteads were brought into town by messengers who had ridden long distances to obtain succour for the distressed, settlers.

There was a narrow escape of a sensational dividend at the Otaki races in the Stewards' Stakes. Mystical, the horse that was beaten by a nose, would have paid about ,£l9O, while Bona Fide, which finished third, would have paid ,£122 ; and the fourth horse, Springtime, would have paid nearly .£6O. As it was the winner returned liis backers the substantial sum of £2O 19s.—N.Z. Times.

Judge Bean's method of dispensing law is not the sort you read of in books. Once, when a Texan pleaded guilty before him of killing a Chinaman, the judge said, "There ain't any law in Texas again killiii' Chinaman. Prisoner's discharged." On another occasion a man was brought before him for stealing a cow valued at about 4 dol. " Well," said the judge, li you'll pay 250 dol. fine or hang." The prisoner protested that the cow was only worth a few dollars. " Shut up !'' yelled the judge. " Come up with 250 dols. or you hang." The prisoner came up.

Much consternation was caused last winter, amongst tlie 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 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, &e. In large bottles at 2s 6d, at Neil's Botanic Dispensary, Emerson street, Napier, and all leading storekeepers.—Advt.

Neil's Celebrated Liver Toxic, a pure botanic remedy for all affections of the liver, biliousness, jaundice, yellowness of the skin, indigestion, Ac. In bottles, 2s and 2s 6d, at Neil's Botanic Dispensary, Emerson street, Napier, and all leading storekeepers.—Ai>yt.

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.