LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Hastings Standard, Issue 47, 20 June 1896, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

A quantity of reading matter appears on our fourth page. The Good and Kind Society met last evening at St. Matthew's Hall. On account of the wet weather the attendance was not as large as usual. It was decided to hold euchre and draughts tournaments throughout the winter. On account of counter attractions it was resolved that no meeting be held next Friday. Mr "Wright, second master of the Heretaunga School, last evening received a wire announcing the dangerous illness of his father in Nelson, and requiring his immediate return. He left for south this morning. Hastings residents will sympathise with Mr Wright-, and the hope is expressed that the illness which takes liim away will not prove as serious as anticipated. Notwithstanding the inclemency of the weather the attendance at the weekly practice of the Operatic Society which took place at the Oddfellow's Hall last evening, was very creditable and spoke well for the enthusiasm which Mr George Jias succeeded in instilling into the members. They were occupied with chorus work, and Mr George decided to wait for a fuller rehearsal before announcing the caste. A meeting of the Mutual Improvement Society was held at the Weselyan Church last evening, liev. Dr. Hosking presided. Mr E. S. Goldsmith read a very instructive and interesting paper on " The Bible in State Schools." Several of, the members took part in the discussion. The following resolution was passed unanimously : '* That this meeting deem it desirable that a Text Book consisting of selections from the Bible should be composed for use ill our State Schools, believing that it would be for the moral benefit _of the rising generation. ' At the meeting next week Mr K. .T. Boberts will introduce the subject of " Gambling and the Baces." The Native Appellate Court sat in the S.M. Court this morning. A complaint bv Mr Baldwin that statements with regard to himself in the Tamaki decision at Danevirke were misleading was received bv the Bench, who promised to consider'the matter. Judgment was given on relative interests in Omahaki Block. Argument was taken ki an appeal against successor to the interest of Te Awawa in question of validity of will in those cases Kin<npowu-waiu and Owahaoko D. No. 6. The"Chief Judge, sitting with Judge Scannell, "ave decision in cases Eparaima, Purimu JMangatou, and Tahoraiti No. 2. The was referred to the Supreme Court.

The Native Land Court sitting has been adjourned until Monday. There were 13 deaths in the Colony from cancer last month. The Ziman syndicate have refused to arbitrate in the Reef ton mining dispute. At a meeting of butter sellers in Sydney it was agreed to reduce the price twopence per lb. all round. A patient in the Auckland Asylum died on Thursday last, aged 61. He had been in the institution 38 years. Some ungallant police officer in Marlborough has issued summonses to four young ladv cyclists for riding on footpaths. A prohibitionist lecturer in Oainaru the other night overbalanced himself and fell off the platform. It is sad to think of what Prohibition is responsible for. Mr McMillan of Palmerston last week sold 40 tons of sugar-beet in small quantities. The average price obtained was 25s per ton. A Maori boy who was brandishing a fire-stick at Waitotara struck a native girl in the eye and she will probably lose her sight. Five footballers have been admitted to the Imnedin Hospital this season, four with broken collarbones, and the fifth with a dislocated shoulder. Mrs Hawkins, the wife of the victim of the Kaiwarra murder, is amongst those who firmly believe in the innocence of Louis Chemis. Mrs Hawkins and Mrs Chemis live together. Messrs George Hutchison and 11. P. Bell, M.H.li.'s, returned from England by the San Francisco steamer yesterday, and will probably take their places in tlie House on Tuesday next. " The woman in Hood's ' Song of the Shirt' had quite an easy time in comparison with the school children of New Zealand," is the outspoken opinion of a South Canterbury schoolgirl who wants fewer lessons. Mr Crabbe, temperance lecturer, has nnthorised the issue of a writ against tiie " Fat Contributor" for contempt of court in commenting on the case Crabbe v. N.Z. Times. A party of men working on a farm near Gladstone had a narrow escape from poisoning the other day. Just as they were about to take their midday meal, it was discovered that somehow a stick of phosphorous had been boiled with the potatoes. Fully 800 ladies promised to join the Health Society promoted by l)r Emily liyder when she was in Auckland in February. But when another meeting was held a few days ago to form the society, only two were present. The idea has been abandoned. Permission was granted in Chambers in Dunedin yesterday to withdraw the summons for permission to \V. Brown to peruse the books and documents in the possession of the official liquidators of the Colonial Bank in connection with the proposed sale of certain assets of that institution. It is probable that the Ward Association will be wound up immediately.

As it is felt that tuberculosis is very much more prevalent in the colony than is generally believed, the Wellington Agricultural ami Pastoral Association is forwarding a circular to all kindred Associations, asking their co-operation in endeavoring to obtain from the Government an advance copy of the proposed Bill dealing with this subject, so that it can be discussed, and suggestions made if thought necessary. Owning racehorses is not always a profitable pastime. In the course of proceedings at the Nelson Magistrate's Court, the defendant Xeaine, in his evidence in connection with a bankruptcy prosecution, stated that at the last Hampden races he won «£li> with his wife's horse, but that to win this amount it cost him about £2~> for the keep of the horse. There was thus a loss to him of about £l7 10s, as he stated that he only got half of the stakes for training, his wife, as owner of the horse, taking the rest. At the Counties Conference in Wellington yesterday a motion was adopted " That the Local Government Bill as a whole was unworkable, and that the conference do its best to suggest such alterations and details as will make it workable." Objection was taken to one-man-one-vote so far as the country was concerned ; also to the proposal to combine the different local bodies, on the grounds that it would be impossible to get representatives together for four or five days to discuss municipal matters. Several delegates also expressed the opinion that the bill would enhance the cost of management. 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. 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 family, with a 2/6 bottle, was a serious loss to them. It is sold bv all Grocers and Chemists.—Advt. Stop that Cough by taking Neil's Balm of Gilead, a positive cure for coughs, colds, chronic broneliitis, 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 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 Compound Sarsapakilla. A household medicine for purifying the blood and toning up the system. In large bottles at 2s 6cl 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