LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Hastings Standard, Issue 141, 8 October 1896, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

In keeping with the close celebration of the Hustings A. and I'. Show there will l)c no publication of the Standahd tomorrow. ]>r Hosking lectures at the Salvation Aiiny Barracks to-night on " Quacks." The Salvation Army have a musical "go" and coffee supper to-morrow night. Train arrangements for the Show, the Napier l'ark races, and a special for the lolanthe perforin;nice at Napier to-morrow night are announced elsewhere. Mr W. 11. Thompson, the well-known cyclist, has set himself out to break three records —Napier to Wellington, Nelson to I'oxhill, and Nelson to Jilenheim. At Palmei'ston North on Tuesday a man was fined C"> anil .£"2 ] : 2s costs for shooting a (hick during the close season, in default one month's imprisonment with hard labor. Thus Cockcroft, captain of the Queensland football team, on the New \- landr rs :—" As to our experiences. I think Australian teams will never be able to heat New Zealandcrs playing them on level terms, both teams tit." The Press Association agent at the Hastings races, who came all the way from Napier for the occasion, wired Rainbow as the winner of the Corinthian Stakes. What the backers thought of him when the " bookies" paid out on Mars is not stated.

The Napier people will have nu opportunity to-morrow night of seeing the Hastings Amateurs in " lolanthe." They may reckon on a really good interpretation. The Lord Chancellor is acknowledged to be one of the finest pieces of character acting seen in the colony.

Messrs Yiekers and Co. have received large support in the way of entries for their sale on Saturday. Besides a large number of horses of every description, they are also offering a cab. buggies, dogcarts, ploughs and other agricultural implements. The salt- commences at at 11.00 in the commodious yards at the back of the Albert hotel. The Catholic social to be held in the Princess Theatre on Monday evening will be on the same extensive scale as its predecessors, but judging by the number of tickets that have been sold the attendance will be even larger than on the last occasion. Good management is responsible for these successes, and in the hands of Mrs Cullen and an energetic committee nothing will be left undone to secure the enjoyment of every person present. The Palace set which appeared in the last scene in the Pollard's production of " Paul Jones" last evening was executed to the order of .Mr George Ellis by Mr AY. Percy. Young Percy's histrionic ability is acknowledged throughout Australasia, but it is not generally known what an all round master of bis profession he is. His abilities as a scenic artist will bring liim into prominence, some of liis work being highly spoken of by masters of the art. For one so young he is particularly clever.

At the S. M. Court this morning, before Dr Linney, J.P., Samuel Cousens, alias Smith, was charged with attempting to pick pockets on the racecourse on Tuesday last. Constable Dennett deposed to watching accused, whose movements were suspicious. He saw him feel the outside of the pockets of two ladies. He was positive his intentions were criminal. He was acting in concert with another man who was endeavoring to cover prisoner's actions. 'Witness arrested accused, who on the way to the station asked for a chance to "clear out. Sergeant Mitchell gave evidence that the accused came out of Lyttelton gaol in July. J. V. Hourigan deposed that lie saw accused on the racecourse putting his hands into people's pockets. Witness wished to hand him over to Detective Chrystal, and took him over to a booth with a view of handing him over to the authorities. He said to accused, " I know your game," and lie did not deny it. Dr Linney said that short sentences did not seem to liave any effect with characters like accused. He would therefore sentence him to twelve months' hard labor. An elderly man, a laborer, named Dennis AYrenn, who has lived at Timaru for many years, was speaking to Mr Tracey, gardener at the convent, on Saturday morning, in the convent grounds, when he suddenly fell and expired. He had been under medical attention for some time for heart disease, and a certificate being given no inquest was considered necessary. Deceased leaves a widow and several young children. 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 fill leading storekeepers. —Advt. Beautiful New Zealand! The land overflowing with the buttermilk and applesauce of prosperity —produces anything and everything, such as petticoat government. unemployed, and coughs and colds veritably; but that's not a drawback, they can be cured in every form by taking Woods' Great Pepperweut Cure.—Adyt.