LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Hastings Standard, Issue 97, 18 August 1896, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

A meeting of the K.O.L. takes place this evening. Business important. A stone crossing is being put down at the junction of Station Street and Heretaunga Iload.

The well-known firm of H. "Williams and Son is always abreast of the times, and the stock is at all times a seasonable one. For the spring the latest agricultural implements have been imported, and new seeds of all descriptions are now to hand. A replace advertisement appears elsewhere.

A case of burglary has been reported to the police from Havelock. It appears that on Sunday evening, just at dusk, a person entered the bedroom window of Mr Dillon, of the firm of Hoy JUld Dillon, butchers, and ransacked the premises, getting away with nothing of value, and leaving by the way by which he had entered. It is understood that the butglar was disturbed in Ms work, and no clue was left to identify any one with the o£Gur> K

An eight roomed house is advertised to let.

Correspondence and an article on Polar exploration appear on our fourth page. Captain Russell returned to Wellington by this morning's express. The Native Land Court is to-day engaged with an application by Mr H. W. Briggs, of Pahiatua, for the validation of transfers in the Waihingahinga Block. Mr Knowles was in Hastings to-day, and had an interview with the member for the district. It might be unfair to add that one of the topics of conversation was probably the Press Association.

The Havelock Football Club held their fourth annual plain and fancy dress ball at Havelock last Friday night. The affair was a great success, there being 85 couples present. The music was supplied by Messrs Taylor and Fulford, and Mr Dunn acted as M.C. The hall was very nicely decorated by Mrs Fulford. Special thanks is due to Mr C. Caulton for the provisions he presented to the Club for the occasion. The following are some of the principal dresses: —Miss Sutherland (belle), grey satin ; Miss M. Bamford, Highland Lassie ; Miss Speight, Night, looking very nice ; Miss Birss, Afternoon Tea; Mrs C. Lean, Evening Dress ; Mrs Bamford, Hospital Nurse ; Mr H. Joll, Druid; Mr J. Hayes, Cowboy; Mr A. Joll, Baker ; Mr R. Warren, Naval; Mr F. Cook, Soldier; Mr R. Lean, Nigger, very much, admired. Sir Robert Stout will shortly give a temperance address in Masterton ! Next. Three female swaggers, carrying their " blueys," have caused a sensation around Clareville by begging for food. Mr D. P. Fisher will probably be the Labor candidate for Wellington City at the general election. An enterprising burglar who entered the Shannon railway station the other night found nothing worth stealing but a rille. An old man who received relief from the Blenhim Charitable Aid Board the other day was so poor that he had only one shirt, and he had worn that so long that he was afraid to take it off for fear it would drop to pieces. Mr John Macpherson, who keeps an hotel at Balfour, Southland, is suing the estate of John Keown, who was sentenced to imprisonment for life for the murder of a bailiff. The amount claimed is between ,£BO and .£'4o. representing, it is alleged, the value of liquor (mostly brandy and whisky in bottles) -consumed by Keown before his arrest.

Speaking on the third reading of the Asiatic Restriction Bill, Mr Duthie said lie thought legislation of this class was not to the credit of the New Zealand Parliament. Mr Hogg, who followed, ventured the opinion that the junior member for Wellington Cily would not dare to give expression to such an opinion when addressing his constituents. " Oh, won't I,'' retorted Mr Duthie, across the floor Of the House.

Wellington People is responsible for the following astounding statement: —" A Southern legislator was conspicuous by his antics at Te Aro the other day. He had more than was good for him, and looked in a wretchedly filthy condition. A business man in the locality wanted a a constable to take him to his lodgings ; but the legislator insisted that he wanted to be locked up, and brought before the Court, as he stated he had been locked in a back room at Parliament Buildings for four days without proper food. The legislator is known to be a radical in banking matters, and declares this method was resorted to in order to prevent him giving any trouble. Whether this is true or not, the condition of the man was such that it should be inquired into his fellowlegislators."

Says yesterday's Manawatu Standard : A man named Andrew Kelly, alias James Kelly, was arrested on Saturday evening by Constable Griffiths on a charge of stealing from Timaru eight horses valued at ,£l6 each, the property of Mr W. S. Maslin, in July last. The arrest was a very smart one as it was done entirely on the description of the man given in the Police Gazette, which does not exactly tally with the man's appearance. Accused, who was one of the swaggers sleeping in the Shannon station the previous evening, denied all knowledge of the affair when first arrested but subsequently admitted that he was the man. Accused disposed of the majority of the horses in Christchurch for £7O. Kelly will be brought before the Court this morning and remanded to Timaru. Accused put in the intervening period, between the committal of the offence and his arrest, in Wellington. Some 140 Maories petitioned some time ago for the return of certain lands near Masterton and Porirua, which were given to the Church of England, on the strength of promises made by the representatives of that body to erect schools, &e., for the benefit of the Maoris, which promises, the petitioners declare, have not been fulfilled. This matter has been considered by the Native Affairs Committee, who report that in their opinion the Natives have a just grievance, for it appears certain that the conditions under which the land was given to the church have never been carried into effect. The Committee therefore recommend that the Government introduce legislation for the purpose of setting aside the Crown grant issued in favor of the Bishop of New Zealand, and of declaring the land papatapu, or Native land, and' restoring the same to the Native donors or their successors, along with all the rents accrued thereon.

Neil's Compound Sarsaparilla. A household medicine for purifying tlie 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, <fcc. In large bottles at 2s 6d, at Neil's Botanic Dispensary, Emerson street, Napier, and all leading storekeepers, —Advt.

Neil's Celebrated Livkk 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.

Mr. L., a broad-minded pressman, met Mr. C., a Prohibitionist, the other day. " That's a nasty cough you've got," said L. " Come and have a ram hot; it'll do you good." "No, thanks; Woods' Great Pepperment Cure for me; it beats all your rum hots for coughs and colds, it's sold everywhere."—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 bclive it, my friends, take that unfailing remedy, Woods' Great Peppermint Cure for one shilling asd sispeace.—Advt.

It is reported that the Prince of Wales netted .£50,000 by his Derby victory.

At a rifle match last week between two ladies and two gentlemen a few miles out of town (the Patea Press reports) the ladies won by two points. ■ Referring to the Premier's assumption of the ex-Colonial Treasurer's portfolio, an Australian paper says that Mr Seddon would cheerfully undertake to run Paradise, vice St. Peter retired.

A church committee at Collingwood, Nelson, having refused to acknowledge a liability for cleaning the building, the parson brought an action against three members of the committee, and got judgment for £1 10s and costs against two of them. A case was heard in Pahiatua last week when J. Kenny, licensee of the Empire Hotel, was ordered to refund to Timothy O'Gorman the sum of £6l 13s 4d, the amount of five cheques paid to him by O'Gorman while drunk. '■ You've had a fearful time here ately," said Mark Twain recently in Johannesburg. " What with revolutions, wars, rinderpest, locusts, drought, and—me. I guess you can go no further with plagues. Now that I've come you must take a change for the better." .