LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Hastings Standard, Issue 152, 22 October 1896, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

... . Correspondence and Australian items nppenr on our fourth pag<? to-day. A shock of earthquake was experienced in Hastings about two o'clock this morning. The Napier electoral roll is being printed at the Hastings Standard oflice, and that of llawke's Bay by Mr A. A. George. A tnngi was held to-da v at the "\Yaipatu L'ah in connection witli the decease of the young son of Taranaki. A large number of Natives attended. The 11. I>. Education Hoard has resolved to call for tenders for the building of an addition to the Hastings school to accommodate 200 children. It is to be hoped that it will be pushed on with all possible speed, as the attendance is daily increasing and the teaching staff is greatly hindered in its work. The concert in connection with the Hastings Brass Hand to be held in the Princess Theatre to-night should attract a crowded house. The object is a good one, and the band is deserving of every encouragement. A good programme has been arranged, and the pick of local talent have promised their assistance, including Mesdames Price and Faulknor, Miss Smith, and Messrs llyan. Joil, Fowler, Goldsmith, Kirkpatrick, Ilolroyd, Barrett, and King. The Band will also render choice items at intervals. Tickets for the Art-union may be obtained at the door. One of the most successful sales ever held in the district was conducted by Mr \Y. Y. Dennett yesterday on the premises of Mr T. Bowes, of Greenmeadows, who intends leaving for Sydney. There were upwards of 300 present, and as the bidding throughout the day was spirited the prices realised were in almost all cases exceptionally good, the sale running over «£7OO. The auction commenced at 10.30 a.m. sharp, and continued, with an interval for lunch, until 6.15 p.m. Luncheon on an extensive scale was hospitably provided for the visitors by Mr Bowes, and Mrs and the Misses Bowes were indefatiguable in their attention to their guests. Genial Manager Lohr with his latest •' lion," Charles Godfrey, the dramatic vocalist, who has a big London reputation, will be with us on Tuesday next. The •• star" is supported by a burlesque company. 20 strong, which includes the Bovis Bros, (here with Sheridan's " Fun on the Bristol" Company), and a number of new faces, among them Miss Ada Baker, described in the bill as " Australia s Nightingale ; Miss Beanie Galletly. eccentric danseuse : Mr P. C. -Josephs, a basso ; the sisters Lingard. spoken of as " whirlwind Terpsichoreans Trixie. a " fairy frolic and Mr -T. G. Bain, " Australia's Chevalier." Charles Godfrey, it is stated, draws £'4oo from Lohr for 24 appearances in the four chief towns of the colony. He told a Melbourne Age interviewer that he started his stage career on the munificent salary of 10s a week. Now he commands JEIOO for six consecutive performances. The company have accomplished record business wherever they have appeared, and in conjunction with Edison's latest invention. '• The Kinematograph," they should easilv fill the local Theatre on Tuesday night next. The box plan is now open at Mr Hani's.

The Native Land Court was again adjourned to-day in order to allow one of the claimants to obtain counsel. The Minister of Lands is at present on tour visiting Danevirke, Norsewood, and Woodville. Pollards had a big house in Wanganui on Tuesday night, when they staged " Bip Van Winkle.'' The public debt of New Zealand is L 19,000,000 less than that of New South Wales and L 4,000,000 less than that of Victoria, There is reported to be a good deal of disease amongst the natives in the Wairarapa district. The chief complaint is asthma. Several tenders ranging from .£!■")00 to £2OOO, have been received for the erection of a theatre in Hawera, and are now under consideration. On Monday, July loth, all the liquor shops in European Hussia passed into Government hands, when diyine service, celebrating the event, was held in nineteen chief liquor shops. It is over two months since a bankruptcy occurred in the Canterbury district. There have only been 24 bankruptcies there since the beginning of the year. Charles Godfrey, when "doing" the three halls nightly in London, has his special brougham and dresser always in waiting at the stage doors, and skips from theatre to theatre with the rapidity of a fire engine. " In Norway, the liquor traffic is under State control, with a provision that every five years all men and women 2o years old or over shall have a chance to vote as to whether they desire to have the State liquor agency continued or not. If it is abolished th'ey will have Prohibition out and out. They voted this spring in 12 leading towns against the curse. When the voting was over, the people sang, • A Firm Mountain is Our God," and the Lutheran priest pronounced the benediction." —Home paper. Wellington warehouse prices arc in every instance charged by the 1). I. C. when executing orders received by post. Those of our residents who want really nice fashionable goods need not hesitate about communicating with the I>. I. C., Wellington. Complete furnishing is now a special feature of the J). I. C., and those who anticipate requirements in this direction will be supplied with catalogues and estimates post free.—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 IMspensarv, Emerson street, Napier, and all leading storekeepers.—Advt. Nkii.'s Cklkukatkh Livkr Tonic, a pure botanic remedy for all affections of the liver, biliousness, jaundice, yellowness of the skin, indigestion. &c. In bottles 2s and 2s (id, at Neil's Botanic Dispensary, Emerson street, Napier, and all leading storekeepers.—Advt.