LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Hastings Standard, Issue 31, 2 June 1896, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

The Premier left Wellington yesterday on his way to Invercargill. A five-roomed cottage is advertised to let. A Chinese missionary visits Hastings at the end of the week, and preaches in St Matthew's Church on Sunday next. The annual meeting of the Hawke's Bay Licensing Bench takes place tomorrow at noon. The Auckland mining boom continues, and on Saturday sales were recorded in 77 different stocks. The value of the yield from the Hauraki mine, C'oromandel, for the last four weeks was £6,129. A runaway horse capsized a dogcart in the vicinity of the Princess Theatre last evening. Fortunately but little damage was done. A meeting will be called to-morrow evening at St Matthew's gymnasium of those who may wish to reopen the gymnasium for the season. The census returns of the colony arc not yet complete but it is understood they will give a total population of about 701,400 which means an increase in the last five years of about 75,000. Tho Ferth Morning Herald strongly depreciates the employment of Germans in the West Australian civil services, and demands that appointments should be restricted to Australians and Britishers. A conveyance leaves the Carlton Hotel on Thursday morning at 8.80 for the Te Mata Range with the Hastings Rifles competitors for the medal shooting. Lieut.Colonel Newall will superintend the tiring At the S. M. Court this morning before Mr W. Beilby, J.P., an old man 76 years of age was charged with drunkenness. As the poor old fellow had no previous' convictions he was discharged. The Napier Licensing Bench yesterday granted an 11 o'clock license to the new hotel on the Marine Parade. Mr C'arnell and Mrs Hill were the only members of the Bench who voted against the granting of the license. I Sir Maurice O'Rovko is of the opinion that the manner in which business is con- ' ducted in the New Zealand House of Representatives compares very favourably j with that of the English House of Commons.

A peculiar and painful accident took place at the residence of Major Keddell, Oamaru, last week. A largo mastiff was lying under the table, and as Mrs Keddell entered the room the dog sprang up, it is said playfully, and snapped at Mrs Ivcddell's face, making a wound in the cheek which bad to be drawn tegcther by a dozen stitches. A railway station inspector, in giving evidence at an inquest on a young lady who was killed through getting between a train and the platform, stated that most women alighted from the right foot foremost. with the result that, if the train should start suddenly, they were sure to lose their balance; and their footing. This is worth remembering. A happy ceremony was performed at the Presbyterian Church this morning, when Mr Henry Thompson, of Tomoana, was married to Miss Johanna Neilscn, of Hastings, llev. A. S. Morrison, M.A., was tile officiating clergyman. Quiet a large number of friends were present, and the service was a, choral one. Tile bride looked charming in ereme cashmere with wreath and veil. The Wedding March Mas nicely played by Miss Collinge on the departure of the happy couple. In the Central Buildings recently erected by Mr C. Hughes is the cash drapery and stationery establishment of E. Brown, who has imported a first-class stock. It comprises all goods usually found in an up-to-date shop, and the quality of every article sold may be fully relied on. Only the best lines are on the shelves, and customers can rely on every attention being paid to t-lieir wants. Every description of general drapery is purchasable at veryreasonable prices. Stationery, fancy goods, school requisites, ivc., also form part of an attractive display. An advertisement appears on our third page.

Tlicy have Prohibition in the Tapanui district, and the local Courier man writes therefinent: " Since Prohibition, bankruptcies and private compromises have been of frequent occurrence. If sly-drink-ing. depreciation in the value of property and bitterness of feeling between public men are to be taken for anything then Prohibition has accomplished much." Much consternation was caused lastwinter, 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 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, Ac. 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, &c. In bottles, 2s and 2s 6d. at Neil's Botanic Dispensary, Emerson street, Napier, and all leading storekeepers. —AdVt. Neil's Compouxu Sarsapartlla. 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.