LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Hastings Standard, Issue 76, 24 July 1896, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Poukawa again occupied the Native Land Court to-day, the evidence of Oriwia being taken under Nukanoa. A letter from " Common Sense," in answer to the effusion of " Straight Out," is unavoidably held over. The Kinetoseope will only be on exhibition to-day and to-morrow. Those who have not seen it should not fail to see the marvel of the age. The paintings in Messrs Land and Heighway's window are from the brush of Mr T. C. liushton, an artist of some renown. The Bush Advocate is informed that Governmcntintendacquiring another large block of land in Hawke's Bay. Messrs G. H. Vickers and Co., hold three important sales to-morrow. _ A glimpse at their advertisement will find full particulars. The Rifles paraded last night, Lieut. Ware in command. There was a good muster, and the • volunteers were put through a course of company - drill, skirmishing and outpost duty. It is understood that Mr Douglas is not satisfied with the weights his jumpers have been awarded in Caulfield, and that Donald M'Kinnon and Tiritea will not make the journey but go down for the Christchurch meeting. Barry Bros, announce elsewhere that they have received a shipment of 415 tons eoa'l by the barquentine Stanley from Newcastle, which is for sale at the ship's side for cash or otherwise, at extremely low rates. As the demand for the article in Hastings is great, no doubt many will take advantage of the low rates ruling. The express last evening did not arrive until after eight o'clock, three hours behind time. The cause of the delay was a huge slip at the Kopua viaduct, where repairs were being made after the recent Hoods. The rainfall was heavy arnrl the deviation which was being constructed suffered considerably. The trains were unable to get through, and passengers and mails were transferred over the slip, and the respective trains returned north and south. Gangs of men were at once put on to effect repairs, and it is expected that the line will be clear to-morrow or Monday. In the meantime the goods traffic lias been suspended. The Star of Hope Lodge, 1.0. G.T., held a very successful " pound-social" last evening in the Oddfellow's Hall, when about fifty members of that lodge were present. 'After the usual business some forty visitors from the Bond of Unity Lodge (Napier) and the Pride of Hawke's Bay Lodge (Spit) were admitted, and a very pleasant evening was spent. Refreshments were handed round, and a very good programme of songs, recitations, musical selections, and pieces by the choir were contributed towards the enjoyment. After a hearty invitation had been extended to the local body by the sister lodge at Napier to a return social on next Tuesday fortnight, the lodge was duly closed at 10 o'clock. Edward Trickett, the once famous sculler, is now a prominent member of the Salvation Army at Echuca, Victoria. The New Zealand Herald thinks the proposal for State fire insurance is one of the most pronounced socialistic departures yet made by the Government. The Hon W. McCullough, M.L.C., who has been busily engaged preparing for the flotation of several Thames mining properties on the London market, leaves thia month on his return to New Zealand. Steps are being taken by influential men to place the Hon J. G. Ward on his business feet again. It is stated that the agencies alone of the J. G. Ward Association, bring in about .£2500 a year. Joseph Darlington, licensee of the Carriers' Arms Hotel, Ada Valley (Otago), was found dead in his bed on Saturday morning. The -wife of the deceased was found dead in similar circumstances a short time ago.

There are only nine cases of typhoid in the Wellington hospital at present. Sir Robert Stout has been petitioned to stand for W aihemo at the next election. Forty-four mining leases of 100 acres each have been taken up in the Buller district since the beginning of the year. A motion that any persons assembling in a public place in the city for the purposes of betting should be prosecuted is to be discussed by the Auckland City Council. The Auckland City Council has declined to recognise a claim of ,£221 made by the licensee of the Club Hotel as compensation for damage for the flooding of his premises through the bursting of a water-main. It is costing the Cape Colony £3OOO a day to guard its borders against the terrible rinderpest; and Dr Edington, director of the Bacteriogical Institute, Graham's Town, says that £'1,000,000 sterling will have to be expended before the scourge is overcome. According to Mr E. M. Smith, the capital of the company which he has so successfully floated to develop the Taranaki ironsand industry is £450,000, not the paltry £45,000 that has been stated. More, his company has a guarantee of not less than £350,000 working capital. The most modern and economical applieance are to provided. The fishing boat at the Thames recently confiscated because the owners had been found removing oysters in the Auckland close season has been returned to them. In further prosecutions against Auckland fishermen for similar offences, fines ranging from £1 to £5 have been inflicted. The Education Board having provided a bathroom in the schoolmaster's residence at St. Clair, Dunedin, Mr J; J. Ramsay, who contends that it is a piece of "coddling " of a particular school, has given notice to move—" That in view of the action of the Board it be resolved to build a bathroom at every teacher's residence in Otago." The following are the drawers of the placed horses in Tattersall's consultation for the Grand National Hurdle Eace, 50,000 subscribers at ss:—First prize, Miss E. M'Govern, Redhill, Brisbane, £5600 ; second, Goddard and Co., Stock Exchange, Melbourne, £1450 ; third, R. Orr, Howling (N.S.W.) £9OO. All these are the net amounts. A short time since, it is stated, 6050 dogs were destroyed in and around Sydney in one year. The bodies were contracted for by a man who boiled them down ; the solid part was bought bv poultry farmers, and helped to supply the market with fresh eggs ; the liquid, called " soup," was used by the Chinamen for forcing lettuce and celery; and the fat and oil used for the several hair restorers. Before the District Court rose at Wanfanui on Monday, Mr District Judge Martin took occasion to remark that the criminal calendar was a very sad one. Out of the five persons indicted four were under the age of 20 years, were New Zealand born, and so far as it went —they were all able to read and write—had received their education in the colony. He wondered what many of our young people were coming to. Says the Hunterville ExpressMr Lloyd, who has a contract on the Otairi station, had a startling experience the other day. On his way to Hunterville 7lbs of blasting powder, in a haversack slung over his shoulder, exploded, fortunately with no worse result than singing off the whiskers on one side of his face. He was riding one horse and leading another. Both animals had their tails considerably scorched. It is thought the powder ignited through matches in the bag. The powder was loosely wrapped in paper, which no doubt accounts for the miraculous escape of Mr Lloyd. 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. 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 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 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. " Drunkenness is not a sin—simply an excess of conviviality," says a thirsty philosopher. " Nothing like a good skinful of whisky for a bad cold." Don't you belive it, my friends, take that unfailing remedy, Woods' Great Peppermint Cure for one shilling and sixpence.—Advt.