LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Hastings Standard, Issue 64, 10 July 1896, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Ail article on the Pomahaka murder case appears 011 our fourth page. An extraordinary meeting of the Good and Kind Society will take place in St. Matthew's Hall this evening, when every member is requested to attend. An old lady named Ann Holland, 85 years of age, died suddently at the Lower Hutt on Wednesday. Deceased was a very old colonist, having come out in the ship Arab in 1841. Colonel Fox, attended by Lieutenant Colonel Newall, inspected the local Volunteers in the drillshed last night. DrillInspector Hopkins was also present. The corps, under Captain Lewis and Lieutenant Weir, was put through some difficulty manoeuvres and showed sound knowledge of the sword and bayonet, the manual, and the firing exercises. At the conclusion Colonel Fox regretted that the companys drill was not as good' as it might have been, but this he attributed to the limited accommodation in their drill hall, and to the difficulty of drilling in the open owing to the bad weather. He was glad to see thev were commencing to make a study of outpost duty. It was the most necessary knowledge required in a soldier, and without it, notwithstanding their good firing, thay were completely at the mercy of an enemy. He had given some instruction to the officers in this branch, which they would communicate to the men. A reserve force was being formed, into which such men as had done their work loyally and faithfully could retire when their age prevented them from keeping pace with the younger Volunteers. When he came here for the first time four years ago there was no local corps, and he was glad to see to-night such a good muster of bright intelligent young fellows. He was si*e there were several young men in the ranks who were ambitious of becoming non-commissioned officers, and he noticed the company had not a single corporal. This should not be ; vacancies should be thrown open to the rank and file, to be competed for, and the appointment given to the best man. He congratulated them tipon their proficiency in firing, manual, and sword and bayonet exercises. They compared very favorably wilt the corps ia large centres, although they had not, like them, the Drill Instructor continually at their elbow. There were present a total muster of 35, ia*hidi«g officers, out of a possible 45.

Colonel Fox and Lieutenant-Colonel Newall were passengers for Wellington by this morning's express. The usual weekly practice of the Amateur Operatic Society takes place to-night, when the caste for lolanthe will be announced. A young lady on a bicyclo in Wellington on Tuesday ran over a pedestrian with the result that the latter sustained a severe injury to one of his kneecaps. We regret to learn that E. Woolley, •who met with the accident whilst exercising The Plug yesterday morning, is lying in a precarious condition and suffering considerably. Thompson and Co., proprietors of the Steam Biding Gallery, have, since their arrival in Hastings, had to contend against the elements, and they have decided to have a field day on Saturday, when children will be allowed the usual ride at half rates, a turn. Last night an aged Maori who had absorbed more beer than he was able to manage, lay down under his horse's feet in the vacant section opposite Webster and Stuart's and howled lustily for assistance. It was at first thought the poor old chap had sustained injuries, but Sergeant Mitchell, who arrived upon the scene, pronounced him to be in the ecstasies of a rattling, roaring, ranting, royal drunk, and handing him over to the care of two of his compatriots, the sergeant placed the horse in a livery stable for the night. At the S.M. Court this morning, before Messrs G. Ellis and John Arnott, J's.P., Arthur Brightwell was charged with using, toward Mr T. Quinlivan, insulting and threatening language, calculated to provoke a breach of the peace, in the Heretaunga Road on July 8. Mr Lewis, who appeared for the prosecution, asked for permission to withdraw the informations both in this case and in another, against the same defendant, arising out of it, as Brightwell had apologised and agreed to pay costs, 7s in each case. The bench allowed the charge to be withdrawn. A lad named Maurice lireen was charged with maliciously pulling lip and chopping posts and planks forming the bridge over the Makirikiri Creek on March 25. Mr Williams, who prosecuted on behalf of the Borough Council, asked for an adjournment, as his witnesses were unable to attend owing to the swollen state of the rivers. The case was adjourned to the 24th instant. The Star of Hope Lodge, 1.0. G.T., gave an open entertainment at the Oddfellows' Hall last evening, when the public showed their appreciation by rolling up in numbers sufficient to comfortably fill the hall. A very good selection of songs and recitations was contributed by the members, and the choruses by the chojr were a feature of the entertainment. Mr R. J. Roberts occupied the chair, and in the course of an interesting address advocated the cause of temperance. He referred to thewritingsof " Colensus,"in the Auckland Weekly, who through by no means a Prohibitionist, recognises that in the near future prohibition in this colony will be an accomplished fact. During the evening stirring addresses were also delivered by Rev. J. Hobbs, Rev. Mr Pendry (Waipawa), and Rev. Dr Hosking. A solo by Mr Pinnock was well received, as was also a well sung duet by Misses Kingswell and Patterson. Mr J. Holroyd contributed two vocal items and a recitation, for all of which he was loudly applauded. Miss Patterson sang a pleasing ballad very nicely, and Miss Rice, who is the possessor of a good voice, also sang. A quartette by Misses Kingswell and Patterson and Messrs Kingswell and Pinnock was given with good effect. Miss G. Mayo although at a disadvantage in playing'her own accompaniment was successfulinasolo, and Mr Lagor amused the audience with a comic item. Altogether a very enjoyable evening was spent, and future gatherings by the Lodge will be looked forward to. The liberal reward offered for the recovery of the body of Mr J. I. Lawson has been the means of inducing a number of people to make a thorough search along the banks of the Pohangina and Manawatu rivers. A couple of stout hearted men have been diving several times into the Pohangina river at the spot and some distance from where the sad accident occurred, but unfortunately without succes.—Manawatu Times. A singular mortality among milking cows has occurred at Fitzroy. On a recent Saturday Mr C. Blanchard found his cow dead in a paddock, and on the following morning Mr G. Davy sustained a similar loss, in the same paddock. Both cows had apparently died with a struggle. The incident should be at once reported to the Stock Inspector, in order that the cause of death may be ascertained. —Taranaki Herald. Another Crimean veteran, who was stone deaf, had gone through the entire Crimean campaign, and had saved the life of his commanding officer, has been allowed to die an inmate of the workhouse infirmary in Birmingham. An English paper properly protests against this callous indifference to poor men who have risked life and limb in the service of the country, " especially when we recollect that we are paying .£IO,OOO to a German Prince who never faced an enemy in his life," In speaking at Eketahuna the other day, the Rev. A. C. Yorke incidently remarked that distant rumours had reached him that some church people in a village —should he say Eketahuna ?—were in the habit of raising money for church purposes by dancing. He said there was no connection at all between dancing and religion, and he thought that such a means of raising funds was an improper one. It seemed to him that the generality of church people was rather lax in this respect, and it always seemed necessary to have bazaars,' art unions, sales of work or socials to raise money for the church. He did not think this was right. The object was such that people ought to give straight out. Stop that Cough by taking Neil's Bahn of Gilead, a positive cure for coughs, colds, chronic bronchitis, influenza, &c. In large bottles at 2s 6d, at Neil's Botanic Dispensary, Emerson street, Napier, and all leading storekeepers.—Ar>vt. Neil's Celebrated Liver Tonic, 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 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 Curb 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 It's a fact, says a well-known Christchurch divine the other day, to a Mend,. 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. moM» Agents, H.2. Drug Ct.—Am,

An Italian has broken the record by playing the pianoforte for 46 hours without a check. An English gentleman at Stockport lias challenged his Italian rival to play against him for 50 hours. The boxing contest between W. Dentice and J. Donovan for the light-weight championship of New Zealand, which was fought in Wellington on "Wednesday night, resulted in a draw after eight fierce rounds. Dentice had the small bone of his right arm broken. Mr George Anderson, M.L.A., who has been greatly interesting himself in the release of the Mount Rennie prisoners, has been informed by the New South Wales Under-Secretary for Justice and the gaol authorities that November 26 next has been fixed as the actual date of their release from gaol. For having tied a tin to a dog's tail, with the result that the hamstring of one of the animal's legs was cut, two men named John Runkin and John Mill were recently fined 2s 6d, with £ll4s 6d costs, at Outram. The men agreed to pay the owner of the dog £B. In a letter to the Dunedin Evening Star Lady Stout remarks : —" It may be Bible morality to bring children into the world without any consideration as to their future, but I consider it immoral and criminal to add to the burdens which poor women already bear by the additional burden of delicate and unwelcome children."