LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Hastings Standard, Issue 146, 15 October 1896, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

the visit. Mr Sinclair seems to be constantly on the watch for new outlets for the produce of the colony he represents, and in a recent communication he points out that there is a large market for Victorian meat, butter, &c. in South Wales, and strongly recommending shippers to open up a direct trade with Cardiff by getting steamers to call there en route to Manchester or London. He states that he called on the principal importers of produce at Cardiff, and furnished them with full information concerning the Victorian trade in food supplies. There seemed a general desire to open up a direct trade, as getting supplies from London by rail greatly ad:led to the cost, the freight being 25s a ton on meat. There were laigj cool stc r s at Cardiff, and the landing charges, including wharfage, were Is (id per ton, and Is per ton delivery from the ship into the cool stores, The meat exporters of the Argentine Republic recognise the value of Cardiff as a good distributing centre for the large populations in the coal-mining towns in Wales, and were making every effort to secure a trade by arranging for steamers bound for Liverpool or London to call there. While, he was at Cardiff a steamer from the River Plate discharged 10,000 carcases of mutton, the sheep weighing about 451b each. There mis a prospect of large trade in frozen rabbits, and several importers said they would communicate with the "\ ictorian growers, and there was a probability of some of the leading produce importers visiting Melbourne. New Zealand can supply food products equal, if not superior, in quality to that obtainable in \ ictoria, but unfortunately we lack the aggressiveness of the Victorians. We can, however, take advantage of the suggestions made by the Victorian expert, and we trust that our large exporters will note the new outlet mentioned by Mr Sinclair.

The express this morning was crowded with passengers returning from the races. Among the attractions at the Park races yesterday was the historic racehorse, ltobinson Crusoe. Mr li. D. IMI has announced himself as a candidate for 11 ici I trey seat against Mr A. 15. Guinness, the present Chairman of Committees. If the attendance at the Prohibition debates of the past two evenings may be taken as a criterion the subject is not the burning question in Hastings some people would have us believe. The friends of Mr T. Quinlivan were to meet at the Jockey I lub s rooms at Woodville last night to present him with a token of good feeling and to wish him good luck in his new venture at Hastings. The eommitte of the Sydney City Mission have refused a donation of .£-10 from the recent Charity Fete, on the ground that the money was raised principally by means of an art union. In New Zealand such things are not taken into consideration. A curious tribute of praise was paid to l>r Ilosking at the conclusion of the Prohibition debate last evening, when the occupants of one of the boxes sent a shower of bouquets 011 to the platform. The reverend gentleman bowed his acknowlegnient with a naivete particularly striking. The County Club will be represented in the match against tlu; Scinde Club on Saturday next by the following players : Andrews. li. Brathwaite, D'Emden, J. A. Fraser, l)e Lisle. Gal way, Lewis, Stuart, Taiaroa, Tomoana. White. Emergencies —Hiilson, H. Fraser. The match will begin at 2.15 punctually. A limb of the law received a rebuke from the Bench this morning. In a charge for boarding a train while in motion, the lawyer, after being unsuccessful in attempting to get the railway porter and guard to produce their written certificates of appointment, asked the witnesses if it was not- a fact that on a subsequent day to which his client was alleged to have committed the offence Archdeacon Williams jumped on the train while in motion. '• We are not here to try Archdeacon "Williams." remarked Mr Beilby, "we are trying your client." The Bench was satisfied that a breach of the railway regulations had been made, and the defendant ss. costs 7s, and witnesses expenses Bs. The bounds of duty were somewhat overstepped by Detective Crystal and ActingDetective liamsay yesterday on the Park racecourse. For some reason, best known to themselves, they forcibly ejected a woman from the lawn enclosure, and created anything but an edifying scene. When told' that she must retire from the enclosure she demanded a pass forom the gate-keeper, saying that she had paid for entrance and was entitled to a pass or a refund of her money. The man at the gate was willing to comply but one of 1 the " D's" ordered him not to give it. , Had the ticket-man the slightest knowledge of his duty he should have given the pass and at the same time consigned the •• D's " to Dante's Inferno for . having the audacity to interfere^ with him in the execution of his duty. No matter on what grounds the woman was ordered off. she was entitled to either a pass or a return of her money. We are ever ready ' to laud the police for doing their duty fearlessly and honestly, but the above exhibition is worthy only of the severest censure. . It is alleged that the mate of young Elian, who was so severely injured, at 1 Tokomaru several weeks ago and has been i lying in the Palmerston Hospital ever siifce, drew the money for the bushfelling contract in which both were engaged on ! and cleared out, The police are making [ enquiries as to his whereabouts. —Daily ( Standard. i In the course of an argument in the Supreme Court at Christehurcli it was ehcitecj that under the Government svsteni of legacy duty a man entitled to . an annuitv of £"200 per annum would have to pay a duty of A"209 to the Government, though he might die witliio a 1 moutb.

At Dunedin, James Smith, a farmer, of Tapanui, has been adjudicated a bankrupt on the petition of the Bank of New Zealand, who got judgment on account of an overdraft figuring in the Colonial Bank's " B " list. The Gisborne Amateurs stage '■ The Mikado" four nights next week. Mr Geo. Swan, of Napier, appears in the name part. Mr E. P. Greville hac retired in favor of Mr Cameron in the contest for the Masterton seat. I am sorry to hear (writes a London correspondent) that Mr A. H. Gee is so dissatisfied with the artistic progress here thxt he lias resolved to return to New Zealand. As a couple were about to be married in New York, the other evening, a large pane of glass fell from a skylight on the bride's head and knocked her senseless. When she recovered she had her head bound in bandages and then the ceremony proceeded. The population of Ireland is still going down. The births annually greatly exceed the deaths, but immigration still steps in as the counterbalancing agent. Within the last quarter Ireland has lost 11,145 in population, which brings down the numbers to 4,560,000 as estimated by the Registrar-General. Says Monday's I\ 15. Herald:—" Mr C. A. Eitzltoy, the Opposition candidate for the Waiapu electorate, left Gisbome this morning on a trip up the Coast to meet the people and generally make himself known to the electors. Mr Fitzlloy. it may be stated, will not address the electors until after the* close of the session, by which time he. will have made himself known personally to the great bulk of residents in the constituency." STOr that Cougii 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. —Ai>vt. It's a fact, says a well-known Christchurch divine the other day, to a. friend, that Cougli Mixture, called Woods' Great Peppermint Cure, is the very best thing for throat Irritation and Cough I have ever taken ; I notice all the Grocers and Chemists keep it —a never failing remedy. Wholesale Agents, Drug Co.—Advt. Neil's Compound Sarsaparilla. A household medicine for purifying the blood and toning up the system. In large bottles at 2s Oil at Neil's Dispensary, Emerson street, Napier, and all leading storekeepers. —Advt. Neil's Cklkmuted Liver Toxic, a pure botanic remedy for all afieetions of the liver, biliousness, jaundice, yellowness of the skin, indigestion, <!fce. In bottles 2s and 2s Gd, at Neil's Botanic Dispensary, Emerson street, Napier, and all leading storekeepers.—Advt.