LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Hastings Standard, Issue 44, 17 June 1896, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

There are 3651 Chinese in New Zealand, including 34 females. Mr W. Y. Dennett sells at his Auction Bazaar to-morrow afternoon furniture, second-hand piano, sewing machine, &c. The presentation to the Hon R. J. Sodden 011 the occasion of his 51st birthday will take place on Monday next. It will come as a surprise to many to learn that according to the last census returns there are 37,300 more males than females in the colony. Bishop Mules, speaking at Nelson the other evening, asked cyclists to remember that their souks as well as their bodies needed refreshing on the Sabbath. The Native Appellate Court lias been engaged all day unravelling the interests of the three parties interested in Omahaki. The division is likely to occupy some time. As evidence of the progress of Hastings, it is stated that the block at the corner of \Yarren and East-bourne streets litis changed hands at a big price, and that substantial buildings will be erected thereon shortly. The members of the local Fire Brigade me perhaps called upon more often than any volunteer body in the colony, an<! their good work is seen at every fire, yet the insurance companies contribute nothing to the support of so worthy an institution. With ref' rence to an objection to the local school committee from Mr Greaves re instruction received by his child, the Education Bj>ard resolved tluit the book objected to was sanctioned by the .Department, and that if he objects to the teaching the child may be withdrawn. A thoughtful act at ihe lire in Railway Station street on Monday morning, and one to which reference was overlooked, was the generous action of Mr and Mrs Nauman in providing tea and coffee and refreshments for the lirem'-n and others who assisted in quelling the eonllagi ation. Such an act of kindness is worthy of mention. At the soidoft' tendered Mr Thomas liowdeii last evening. Mr .1. Sheridan, of the Government Life insurance Department. and who holds a gold medal for an elocutionary contest in the Empire C.'iti, contributed an exceedingly clever sketch, which was received with rounds of applause. The nominations nud acceptances for the several events of the Hawke's Hay •Jockev Club's Winter Meeting, which opens 011 Wednesday next, imi»t be regarded as highly satisfactory. For the Hurdles 1 w. ! v horses have accepted, and for the big Ste< plechase the same number have cried content. For ten other events lot) nominations have been received.

A Wnnganui residein. named (>. I>. Kirkwood. was found up to his waist in the sea, and was committed to 11:o asylum or .1.2 lis. The Premier's salary from various sources now amounts to £2Mf() per annum, snvs a Southern exchange, amounting up as'follows: —Salary £IOOO. German Syndicate .£750, Estates Board 4:500, honororiuiu £•2lo,house allowance .£200: and of course travelling exs.in the bargain. The Colonial Treasurer, in the witness box, stated his animal income was five thousand pounds per year. The Wellington correspondent of the New Zealand Herald wires as follows; — Mr John Uryee will contest the seat against Mr E. M. Smith at the coming elections. No doubt ho will be warmly welcomed back to the House by the electors of the colony generally. Every inducement has been brought, to bear to persuade him to stand, and he has received large promises of support. An Auckland shopkeeper has issued a handbill to be placed on the door of his shop when closed on the weekly halfholiday. It states that the shop is shut ••in unwilling obedience to an ill-con-sidered, arbitrary, and unjust law. under which poor and struggling shopkeepers (many of whom cannot afford to employ assistants, and are barely able to keep out of the Bankruptcy Court) are deprived of one-twelfth of their opportunity for earning an honest living. When Butler, who was sentenced to twelve months for being at large in Melbourne the other day, was being tried in Dunedisi, ho exercised his right of challenge most freely as the jury were being sworn in, and the peculiar fact was noticed that every member of the panel wore his hair parted in the middle. Being questioned as to the reason of this at the conelusion of the trial. Butler said, I chose them purposedy ; I have never know a man with his hair parted in the middle who was not a weak-mined man."' The Reiunark (S.A.I irrigation settlement so far has been run on strictly cold water lines, the Act under which it was established stipulating that no place for the sale of spirituous beverages would be allowed to exist. The settlers are nowtired of their enforced teetotalism. and are petitioning the Government to consent to granting a license. They are willing to content themselves with the Gothenburg system as far as local circumstances permit. A painful event occurred recently in the Baptist Church at Bewdley, England. A wealthy lady named Mrs Lowe, who had generously supported the local Baptist cause was announced to conduct the service. She had given out the opening hymn, when she fell dead in the pulpit, death being due to heart disease. The service was at once stopped. It's a fact, says a well-known Christchurch divine the other day. to a friend, that Cough Mixture, 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 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 Tonic, 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.—Advt. Neil's Compound Sarsaparilla. A household medicine for purifying the oil and toning up the system. In large buttles .it e.i ii N.-il's Dispensary, Eaters. :i -.tree?. N:.pier. and nil leading st or ekee pers.—Ativr. Nrtii/ 1 - Coks < "»;.-• it .are, ei'iw hard .J f l r,.-. \ f< ill.plicate..r,, 1 y i-< 'per at Ned - !%. I* 1 luit tvuti street. Napier, ;Uid all kid reLt-epers,— A»v r