LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Hastings Standard, Issue 111, 3 September 1896, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

A general servant is advertised for in another column. The Borough Council meets at the Council Chambers to-night. Tenders close to-morrow for raising and painting a five-roomed cottage. Acceptances for the first-day's events of the Marton Jockey close on Saturday next. A lost purse, containing money and papers is advertised for. A reward is offered to the finder. Tenders close on Saturday for shifting portion of a boundary fence at Riverslea and re-erecting same. The girls' concert which was to have been held in the Wesleyan Church on tomorrow night has been postponed until Wednesday, the 9tli inst. Mr R. J. Roberts, who was approached with a view of his allowing himself to be nominated for the Borough Council, declined to become a candidate. The opera " lolantlie " will be rehearsed to-night. Members are particularly requested to attend as the opera will be staged on the 29th inst. Our Mr W. D. Arnott has gone south this morning by the express for the purpose of giving evidence before the committee set up to enquire into tli» operations of the Press Association. Owing to the heavy rain yesterday the attendance at the meeting of the Glass Rail Club was small. The shooting was however good, the first and second match being won by Mr T. Stewart, and the third and fourth by Mr S. Lindsay. Professor Hoffman, an -expert in character delineation, has opened a studio for a short season next to Caulton's hotel. The professor comes here with a long practical experience as a phrenologist and general reader of character. That his records in this line are good is amply testified by the many testimonials he holds from his patrons. Owing to the unexplained detention of some bales of our paper by the Railway Traffic Department Napier, we were placed in an extremely awkward position yesterday evening, and we take thjs opportunity of thanking Mr A. A. George for the supply of paper on which the issue was published. A gentleman who has just returned from Auckland informs us that that city is fairly booming, Houses are going up in every dicection, and there seems to be a large circulation of soid cash, calised by mining transactions. Everything points to the rise being a permanent one and not a temporary fiasli.

The stud horse Wonderland arrived here Inst night en route to Ngapuke. On the invitation of Mr Campbell we had a look at him. He is not a big horse to look at, although he measures well all round and shows a lot of quality. Being got by the great Musket he should be a great acquisition to the district. We intend to have a little more to say about Wonderland later on.

The Hastings Town Band will play the following programme (weather permitting) on the Racecourse on Sunday next, at 2.30 p.m.:—Quick march, Sweet Sabbath Strains ; hymn (quartette), Lead Kindly Light; anthem, Like as the Hart; dirge, Garland of Flowers ; quick march, Safe in the Arms of Jesus; selection, Alas! those Chimes (Maritana) ; quick march, Stabat Mater (Rossini); Fantasia, Art and Nature; God Save the Queen. There will be no collection. Mr Frank Sutherland left for Taranaki by the express this morning. During the time he has been in the employ of Mr H. H. Hunt his courteous and obliging manner has made him a wide circle of friends, and his many sterling qualities have rendered him most popular with all classes of the community. Many friends were at the station to bid Mr Sutherland farewell and a prosperous future.

Our Omahu correspondent writes : "The dog fiend nuisance still continues in the Omaliu district. Yesterday one was seen in Captain Hill's paddock chasing the sheep and lambs, and was fired at. but unfortunately not hit. The sheep owners complain bitterly of the apathy of the constable in charge at Taradale. as arrangements had been made by Mr Broughton to meet the constable and point out the dogs in the district which were unregistered, but so far there has been no appearance of that officer. Surely police business is not so very brisk that the constable in charge cannot find time to assist the sheepfarmers in abating this expensive nuisance." Rinking has undoubtedly caught on wonderfully in this town. The Columbia Skating Rink was filled last night, with a merry throng of the patrons of the graceful art, a good number of whom are fairly proficient on the wheels, and the philosophy with which the novices take their many spills is an object lesson in patience and perseverance. The three mile championship race between the local champion, H. Sollit, and J. Hay was very keenly contested, the men being very evenly matched. The applause when one or other of the contestants forged ahead was loud and enthusiastic. Finally a very close race was won by J. Hay. We understand that the winner has been challenged for another race, the distance to be four miles.

The Bachelors ball, which was held in St. Matthew's Hall last night, resulted in one of the most happy and enjoyable reunions jof the season. The room was tastefully dressed with flags and other artistic decorations, which, together with the whirling colors of the ladies' draperies, lent a brilliancy and charm to the scene which can only be appreciated by those who had the pleasure of witnessing it. The stage was furnished as a drawingroom, and it was a welcome retreat for a weary dancer or for those young ladies and gentlemen who had other —but that's no business of ours. The supper, which was on a grand scale, was a right down regular royal banquet, and was supplied by the lady friends of the bachelors, who should feel a daep debt of gratitude to them. The music, no small element in the success of a ball, was played by Miss Nellie Caulton in a fauntless style, and extras were played by the Misses Roach, Stevens, Robertson, and Neill. During the evening the ladies, revolting against the thraldom of fhe tyrant man. formed a set of lancers all to themselves, which was jiiet by a counter move on the part of the gentlemen, who made up a set of their own. After a very short trial of this experiment of the mutual independence of the sexes, both were .glad to come to terms and resume their former relatione. Mr T. H. Stubbs. who bore the bmnt of the work in conjunction with tins affair, has been most successful in his efforts. Christchorch c&n now boast an undertaker who undertakes «o embalm,

The young man James Shore, who is in custody on the charge of murdering the old couple at Petone, is a prominent footballer. His father was a police constable. Mr J. S. Waite, draper, of Geraldine, while putting some articles away on a shelf in his shop fell off a stool, and, coming in contact with a sewing machine, broke two of his ribs. Andrew Kelly and Nicholas Nicholls have been committed for trial at Christchurch on a charge of having stolen eight horses, two sets of shaft harness, six sets of leading harness, and eight horse-covers, the property of Mr Maslin, M.H.R. As the engine attached to an express train from Invercargill was about entering the cutting at the Caversham gas works a few days ago, it ran against some obstruction on the line. On examination being made it was found that a large stone weighing from 501b to 601b had been placed between the rails. A sermon preached a few weeks ago by the Eev. Dr. Peters, of New York, on the subject of marriage, is the subject of grave comment in the secular as well as the religious Press. Mr Peters appears to be an enemy of marriage. He said that of one thousand couples whom he had married. " the majority entered into matrimony unadvisedly, unthinkingly, and without proper consideration ; " that young ladies give their consent too easily ; " though a marriage without love is a mockery that blushes to the skies that " thousands of marriages never realise the happiness which was anticipated previous to the tying of the knot," and that " thousands of married women would be better off if they were not married." As an alternative to marriage Mr Peters proposes that " the brightest and prettiest girls in the city (New York) shall decline to wed in order to devote themselves to some noble work." 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.

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