LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Hastings Standard, Issue 103, 25 August 1896, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Dr Hosking lectures to-night in the AVesleyan Church. A reduction in the Columbia Skating Eink charges is announced.

The Amateurs meet for lolantlie rehearsal this evening at half-past seven. An attractive programme for the Catholic social on Thursday next has been drawn up. A record attendance is assured. A meeting of members and intending members of the Hastings Glass 8a11,,, Club is called for to-uiorrow evening. The usual fortnightly meeting of the Debating Society takes place in the Council Chambers this evening, when impromptu speaking will be taken. Ladies are specially invited. Mr W. Bogle, who has for some time past represented a Napier syndicate in Coolgardie, returned to Hastings last evening by the express, and went to Napier this morning. Mr Bogle leaves again for Western Australia in a week or two.

Mr M. C. Tullv, stationmaster at Clive, met with a very nast.y accident whilst riding his bicycle oil Sunday night. Mr Tully, who was returning from church in Napier, was pedalling along the road at a good speed, andwhen nearing the approach to the Faradon bridge, the fork supporting the handles of the machine snapped, and he was precipitated on to the gravel. Fortunately he has received no serious injuries, but the right side of his face where he grazed the ground is ploughed and reduced to a pulp, besides which he received a few ugly cuts about the head and face. Dr Linney drove down to attend to the injuries, and from the latest accounts, though he is suffering considerable pain, Mr Tully is doing well. Last night in the Clive Presbyterian Church, the Rev. Mr Fraser delivered his lecture "An Hour with the Humorists" to a highly appreciative audience of about a hundred people. The lecture was in aid of the library fund of the Sabbath School. The lecturer gave examples of English, Irish, and Scotch humor, and took special pains to refute the absurd notion that the Scotch have no sense of humor. One of the anecdotes he told, which was somewhat as follows, is enough to prove the point: A learned professor met a " daft body " called Jock, and in order to tease him said, " Jock, hoo lang is it possible for a man to live wi'out brains? " "I dinna just ken," replied Jock, " hoo auld are ye yoursel*?" Mr Fraser's lecture was uracil enjoyed, as was also the pieces of music rendered at intervals by the choir.

An experienced ploughman is advertised for.

Twenty-four births were registered in Napier last month and seven deaths. The cost of staging " The Gondoliers " by the Auckland Amateurs is estimated at £750.

There were 21 deaths from consumption in the colony last month, against 9 for June.

Three deaths of young children from diphtheria have taken place in Featheston during the past few days. The Native Land Court was occupied to-day with the partition of the Karamu reserve. The contending parties were Henri Tomoana and Raihauia, who is successor to Te Hauhuhutata. Mr M'Leau appeared for Henri Tomoana, and Mr J. M. Frazer for Raihauia.

The Indian durbar last evening by the Salvation Army was largely patronised, the barracks being crowded. The meeting was led by Captain and Mrs Dixon, of Napier, and Captain Wansborne and Lieutenant Halquist, of Waipawa. An appeal on behalf of the travelling expenses of Adjutant and Mrs Drew, who are leaving Hastings, for a well earned holiday of a week or two, was heartily responded to, and a good sum was raised.

One of the best known business men in Hastings is Mr W. A. Carter, who has in various ways identified himself with the interests of the town ever since his arrival here over four years ago. Starting on the firm business principle of supplying the very best of boots and shoes he has built up a connection which is a permanent one. With the advancement of the district, Mr Carter keeps pace with the times, and his stock now cannot be surpassed. He announces elsewhere that he gives the best value in Hastings, and offers special inducements to country patrons. As boots and shoes are included in the " necessaries of life" in this colony, intending purchasers should keep the above facts steadilv in view.

The new annunciators ancl telephones in connection with the proposed local Telephone Exchange are to hand, and the department will be in full swing in the course of eight or ten days. The new machine, which is a vast improvement on the old style, has two receivers, one flat and the other cylindrical, which if placed simultaneously to the ears completely shut out any foreign sounds, and the listener is enabled to devote his entire attention to the message without being distracted by local noises. The instrument can be placed against the wall if one so desires, but it can also be fixed upon an office table, and messages can be both delivered and received without leaving one's seat. Thus a busy man will be spared the nuisance of being obliged to get up from his work every time the bell rings. The transmitter, which is also contrived with a view to the convenience of the public, consists of a nickel-plated trumpet-shaped bar which surmounts the telephone and swings horizontally on a swivel after the manner of, and not by any means unlike, a weathercock on a steeple. In the new instrument an effort has been made to obviate that bane of all telephone users —indistinctness—for in the centre of the diaphram of the transmittor is fixed a nipple, which acts as a distributor for the sound of the voice, and ensures a clear enunciation at the other end of the wire. Master John Robertson, who has been promoted from the position of messenger, is placed in charge of the bureau, with an advance of salary; and from the scrupulous manner in which he has always discharged his duties, there is no doubt that the young gentleman in question is in every way worthy of the confidence reposed in him. Neil's Compound Saesaparilla. 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 Celebrated Livee 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. 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 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.