LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Hastings Standard, Issue 67, 14 July 1896, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Messrs G. H. Vickers and Co. hold an important sale of household furniture and effects at Kailtora to-morrow. The Christchurch unemployed are said to be in desperate straits, and public subscriptions are being hawked round on their behalf. Mr Dale, the owner of the premises known as Wawn's Restaurant, cannot be accused of letting the grass grow under his feet. The work of erecting two new shops worthy of the town has already been commenced, and the building will be finished in the course of a month. Mr J. M. Sowersby is the contractor. Another of the series of socials promoted by the local* Firo Brigade during the dancing season takes plaee in the Band Hall to-morrow night. These4ittle reunions are usually very happy, and are extensively patronised, and Wednesday's gathering promises to be no exception to its predecessors. A work of art is on view in the shop of D. D. Hyde and Co., in the shape of a razor made from a piece of steel from an old plough by a convict engaged in the Milford Sound road-making gang. The instrument has been neatly turned out, and must have come from the hands of a clever mechanic. Mrs Cobb, the well - known photographer of Emerson street, Napier, announces in this issue that she visits Hastings twice a week. The work which Mrs Cobb has from time to time turned out is of the very highest order, and has earned for her a reputation as a first-class artist throughout the district. A large percentage of our so-called photographers are mere manipulators of the camera, a process which can be acquired by any school-boy in a week, but it is in the posturing, in the conception of the possibilities to be realised out of raw material, in the making of a properly-balanced picture, and above all in the finishing, lies the true photographic art, and this constitutes Mrs Cobb's claim to be regarded as an artist. Mrs Cobb holds medals from the Indian and Colonial Exhibition, Loudon, 1886; Danedin Exhibition. laß9, besides holding testimonials from a!' parts gi the colo»y.

The Brunner Relief Fund now totals £29,000, and further subscriptions are yet to come to hand. A woman at Invercargill has been sentenced to 14 days' imprisonment for slygrog selling. It is almost certain that the Australian Eleven will play in New Zealand on their return from England. Mr Newman, who has carried on such a successful grocery and general business here for some years past, contemplates retiring, and offers his large and varied stock at less than cost prices. As the sale lasts only for another fortnight it would be well for all intending to secure bargains to call at once. At the Police Court this morning, before Mr M'Leod, a poor creature, who must have had considerable difficulty in navigating his way into his rags, was charged with drunkenness. Mr M'Leod treated the prisoner as a first offender, and discharged him with a rebuke. He protested that though he had been in the colony 30 years he was never before charged with drunkenness. Sergeant Mitchell smiled. Mr George Hescott is now touring this district in search of information, circulation, &c., for his East Coast and Hawke s Directary, to be published at the end of the year. The work is an annual one, and if the 1896 issue may be taken as a criterion it is indeed a creditable production, thoroughly up to date, and dead men's names don't shine in the directory, a serious flaw in the average book. Valuable information figures throughout its 300 odd pages, which includes something of interest to every householder in the district. The work is well compiled and neatly printed. The Kinetoscope lias arrived and is on exhibition in the premises lately occupied by Blythe and Co. Apparently numbers bad been waiting for it, for before Mr Whiteliouse had time to arrange things he was literally beseiged by patrons. Last night the building was crowded, and today business continues brisk. In the window is a working model of a conjuror exhibiting his power on the thimble and the pea business, and a remarkably clever model it is. The Kinetoscope is however the big draw, and it must be seen to be appreciated. The pictures are photographs taken at the rate of 165,600 an hour, and reproduced at such a rate that a continous action is shown. A little pantomimic sketch is produced with all the fun given it by the actors, and a skirt-dance by Miss Annabelle, of New York, is an exact reproduction of a graceful whirl. A cock-fight gives one almost as much excitment as a genuine set-to; and the whole turn out is as remarkable as it is unique. A phonograph with all the latest improvements is also part of the show, and there are dozens of selections to choose from. A Bedford sen-ant girl, while washing windows, spattered water in the face of a_ passing gentleman. He looked, was con' quered, married her, and turned out to be worth £20,000. Mr J. H. Pope, "Inspector of Native schools, has so far recovered from the injuries which he lately suffered in consequence of being thrown from his horse in the Bay of Plenty district, and he will be able to return to Wellington in the course of a few days. The Otago Daily Times says that one of the results of the bad weather ki the South last week was the flooding of the Hokonui coal mine, which, it will be re - membered, was one of the securities i n the hands of the Colonial Bank which it was recently proposed the sell to Messrs. A. Lee-Smith and J. B. Reid. The destruction wrought is so complete that it is believed the mine will have to be abandoned. A bright youth, undergoing examination for admission to one of the Government departments found himself confronted with the question: " What is the distance from the earth to the sun." Not knowing the exact number of miles, he wrote in reply: "lam unable to state accurately ; but I don't believe the sun is near enough to interfere with the proper performance of my duties if I get this clerkship." He passed his examination. Stop that Cough by taking Neil's Balm 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.—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. —Abvt. 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 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 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.