LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Hastings Standard, Issue 42, 15 June 1896, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

The Hon. 11. K. Taiaroa, M.8.C., is < j. present on a visit to Hastings. Peter Mieplason was committed for trial at Napier on Saturday for stealing a bicycle from the Zealandia factory. The Native Appellate Court mot this morning but immediately adjourned until 10 a.m. to-morrow, when the decision in the Omahaki case will probably be given. Another bolt took place yesterday morning, when a milkman's cart was carried at full speed behind a frisky horse down Karamu road. Beyond the loss of some milk no damage was done. The population of Hastings is officially given at 0.198 —3.617 being males and 1,081 females. !Six half-castes and four Chinese are included in the total. There are males and 4,699 females in Napier. An important decision was given by the Native Appellate Court at Banevirke in the Tamaki case. It was an appeal from a decision given by Judge Ward on an up-, plication by Mare liautalii and others. After a lengthy hearing Judges Scnimell and Mair dismissed the appeal. Mr C. B. Morrison appeared for appellants, Messrs A. S. Baker and 11. T. Blake for one set of respondents, Messrs C. A. Bouglman and A. L. B. Braser for another set of respondents. An old offender named Michael Barrett was arrested on Saturday night for having imbibed too freely. He had evidently been celebrating the anniversary of one of the victories of the 40th Uegiment, of which he was singing praises as the best regiment that ever served the Queen, and of which not a little of its success was apparently due to Michael. He was interviewed by Mr Beilby, J.P.. this morning, and not having been called upon to answer a charge for six months previously lie was convicted and discharged, the hero of many tights, according to his own showing, promising to leave the town at once.

A very narrow escape from wli.it might have proved a serious accident happened last evening. While Mr John Walden, of Wall road, Southland road, was returning home from church with his little sou in a bnggv they were run into by a horse being ridden double banked. The collision was a serious one, and the trap was capsized. The boy managed to get out without injury, but Mr Walden was thrown rather heavily to the ground, and was partly stunned. One of the riders of the horse had also to be assisted to his feet, but in the commotion both made away without making themselves known. The' collision took place opposite Macldison's and the horse bolted with the upturned trap towards the Bank comer, where it was secured. Both the shafts-of the vehicle were broken and the tra-p was considerably knocked about. Fortunately beyond the shaking, Mr Walden was not otherwise injured. Another trap accident happened this morning. While two lads named Rigger were coming to school from Maraekakaho in a trap behind a spirited young horse the animal shied at a culvert about seven miles from Hastings, and went over an embankment about ten feet. The elder brother -James was thrown jrom the trap and the wheel of the vehicle passed over his body, severely bruising his legs and ribs. The younger brother stuck pluekily to the horse, and no further damage resulted. The boys are pupils of the Heretaunga School, and come to town every Monday morning returning on Friday afternoon. James Rigger was able to attend school this afternoon little the worse for his mishap. His escape was a most fortunate one. From a farmer's point of view South Africa caimot be compared with either New Zealand or Australia. Farmers, however, have one important advantage : they can find a ready market for all the produce they grow. The rainfall runs from 1") to 25 inches per annum, while in many parts further south it is] only eight or nine inches.

Horseowners are reminded that entries close to-morrow night for the minor events at the Hawke's Bay Jockey Club's Winter meeting, and acceptances are due for the Hurdles and Steeplechase. The Manawatu Standard states that the Ziuian syndicate are purchasing the reefs in the Tararua ranges discovered bv Mv 11. H. EUiotte, who was prospecting on behalf of a local syndicate. The Pollard Opera Company will play at Hastings from "22nd to 27th .Tune (race week), and Napier from 29th June to 3rd July. Seasons follow at Palmerston, Feilding, Marton, and New Plymouth. The company leave shortly for South Africa. A slight fire broke out at the residence of Mr Chadwick on Saturday morning at 4.30. A fire had been left burning all niglit for the convenience of a nurse who was attending an invalid, and in some manner the surrounding wood-work became heated and ignited. The damage, estimated at .:£lO, is covered by insurance. A Sydney burglar burgled a suburban residence the other day and annexed LIO worth of goods and chattels, but "while engaged in maturing his felonious little plans," as Mr Gilbert expresses it, he dropped a roll of notes worth L2OO, which the householder promptly popped in the bank. Fair exchange is no robbery. The value of the sen-ices rendered by the local Fire Brigade cannot lie overestimated, and to their long list of useful works must be added that of this morning's fire. What promised to be a conflagration tliat would have swept the whole block was quite under control within a short time of the engine getting to work. The insurances on the buildings in the block are very heavy, and it is not too much to say that hundreds of pounds were saved by the efforts of the Brigade. And yet that body does not receive a penny contribution from the Insurance Companies. Surely there is a screw loose somewhere. Archbishop Redwood administered the Sacrament of Confirmation to twenty-five aspirants in the Catholic Church yesterday. In the evening His Grace preached a farewell sermon and in the course of his address thanked the congregation for their regular attendance throughout his mission. The congregations to whom he preached in Hastings were amongst the best and most attentive in the colony. He exhorted all who had not already consecrated themselves to the Sacred Heart of Jesus to do so that evening, and between thirty and forty responded, to the invitation. In conclusion the Archbishop bestowed the Papal Benediction on all present. We understand His Grace proceeds to Home in the course of a few days. It's a fact, says a well-known Christchurch divine the other day, to a friend, that Cough J Fixture, called "Woods' Great Peppermint Cure, is the very best thing for throat Irritation and Cough I have ever taken ; I notice all the Grocers and Chemists keep it —a never failing remedy. Wholesale Agents, N.Z. Drug Co.—Advt. Stop that Cougii by taking Neil's Balm of Gilead, a positive cure for coughs, colds, chronic bronchitis, influenza, &e. In large bottles at 2s Od, at Neil's Botanic Dispensary, Emerson street. Napier, and all leading storekeepers. —Advt. Neil's Cklktshated Liver Toxic, a pure botanic remedy for all affect-ions of the liver, biliousness, jaundice, yellowness of the skin, indigestion, etc. In bottles, 2s and 2s 6d. at Neil's Botanic Disponsnry, Emerson street, Napier, and all leading storekeepers.—Advt. Neil's Compound Saesapaiulla. 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 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