LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Hastings Standard, Issue 176, 20 November 1896, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

+ Captain Ilnssell speaks to night in the Princess Theatre. The general elections will be held on Friday, 4th December. MrC. A. Fit/.]toy is meeting with plenty of encouragement throughout the \\ aiapu electorate.

Miss Parsons, of Hastings, will conduct an evangelistic service at Danevirke on Sundav next.

Last week's issue of the Methodist Advocate is called a Prohibition number, and contains some very readable articles on the question of the hour.

liev. A. J. Andrews lectures in the Wesli'Y.'in Church on New <iuinea. A tresit is promised, and as admission is free there should be a large attendance. A Prohibition meeting was licld last Monday at Kaikora by llev. A. S. Morrison of Hastings. T1 ic speaker had the whole audience with 1 jit 11 in his splendid address 011 Prohibition. Part 8 of the Imperial Album of New Zealand Scenery is to hand. Messrs M'Kee and Gamble are keeping up their reputation for good work, the number being an especially interesting one. The following will represent the County Cluli in the Senior Cup match witli the Waiapu Club 011 the Heretaunga School ground to-morrow : —Messrs Brathwaite, f.eisis. 1)' Kmden. Taiaroa. Stuart. Fraser, M" I lardy. White. Tomoann. I>e Lisle, Andrews. Emergencies—M'Ciirthy, Galway. There was a large number of the Hastings Ilifles at the Government Inspection last evening. Captain Lewis was in command. The company was subsequently exercised by Sergt.-Major Hopkins in outpost duty and skirmishing. After parade a meeting of the company was held, when acting-lieutenant S. llidgway was unanimously elected second lieutenant. All industrial exhibition is to be held at the Princess Theatre, Hastings, the week before Christmas. There will be a museum, art gallery, trades hall, refreshment stall, concert each evening, cooking competition, amusements, cattle show, and a host of other attractions. Various committees have been appointed to take charge of the numerous departments. Despite the remonstrances of his family. Engineer Jones, of the Fire Brigade, who so narrowly escaped with his life in the accident which befell him recently, insisted 011 answering the alarm bell this morning, and though lie had nearly a mile to come, he was one of the first to arrive 011 the scene, and worked like a Trojan. He is rapidly recovering from his injuries, thanks to his wonderful constitution and sanguine temperament. Mr Burton opens his photographic studio in Heretaunga Street to-morrow. For some time past Mr Burton has been busy preparing liis rooms, on which lie lias spared neither trouble nor expense. He may be congratulated on the result, as his studio, which is 40ft long, is quite as well appointed in every detail as the best photographers in Hawke's Bay. His work, as depicted in his showcases, has received most favorable criticism at the hands of all who have seen it, and the public, which is always ready to recognise merit, will bestow liberal patronage 011 Mr Burton. Wellington warehouse prices are in every instance charged by the 1). I. C. when executing orders received by post. Those ot our residents who want really nice fashionable goods need not hesitate about communicating with the D. I. C., Wellington. Complete furnishing is now a speeial feature of the P. I. C.. and those who anticipate requirements in this direction will be supplied with catalogues and estimates post free.—Advt. Eccles Cascara Livkr Regulator is s safe and effective remedy for Stomach and Liver Complaints,, such as Indigestion, Headache, Constipation, Furred Tongue, Ac. It never fails to relieve or cure. 2s 0d per bottle. From A. Eccles' chemist, Napier and Hastings, and all leading country storekeepers.—

A wool sorter of considerable experience advertises elsewhere for a position. G. H. Vickers and Co. sell at their rooms to-morrow, furniture, &c. One of the dishes eaten by Li Hung Chang in Paris was toads fried in castor oil. " Begone, dull care," is over 800 years old. The melody was formerly known as " The Queen's Jig." In Siam the first wife may be divorced, but cannot he sold. The other wives may lie divorced and sold. It lias been shown that the colour yellow, both vegetable and animal, is more permanent than any other luie. Some one lias badly blundered in connection with the case of Joseph Delahunty, who was arrested here last week on a warrant issued in Auckland charging him with the theft of a picture, valued at j£:j lO.s, from Vara Dorree. A telegram has been received from the Auckland Stipendiary Magistrate stating that the picture has not been stolen, and Delahunty was accordingly discharged from custody.—Post. The Tuapeka Times states that a Lawrence cyclist had a narrow escape from drowning in a bath in a Dunedin hotel. Arriving hot and tired from his journey to Lawrence lie proceeded to the bathroom. Some time later a room under the bathroom was found to be flooded with water. On the bathroom being forced the cyclist was found unconscious with his head just floating above water. It took three hours" vigorous efforts to restore animation. The doctor who was called in considered the attack was one of cramp after fatigue. A curious dispute has occurred at Santa Marina, in Abruzzi. The priest of the village, named Palerme, received an order transferring him to another village, but he had made himself such a favorite with the ladies of his parish that they absolutely refused to allow him to leave the place. The mayor,at the head of the Carabineers, intervened, in order to force the women to release the priest, whom they had surrounded, but they held firmly to each other, and the soldiers had to charge them m order to get him away. One woman was killed on the spot by a gunshot, and se\ eral oihers were injured. Finally the priest was literaliy dragged from their midst and escorted by the Carabineers out of the village. Seventeen of the women were arrested. It is understood (says the Lyttelton Times) that the Registrars of Electors in different parts of the colony are not agreed as to the definition of shearer in the Electoral Amendment Act. 1B9;J. Some are inclined to include all engaged in or about a woolshed who are temporarily absent from their district, another would issue electoral rights only to those who are described on the printed roll as "shearers," whilst a third reading is that shearers only means the nun actually engaged in cutting the wool of the. sheep, as the IW(> amending Act added " musterer," which would have been unnecessarv had the term shearer been inclusive. The Christehureh Registrar adopts the last reading. Some of the English papers are the reverso of the complimentary to New Zealand with reference to the passing of the Asiatics Exclusion Bill, One paper, after mentioning that, the Bill passed the Legislative Council by 11 votes against 2, goes on to say, " The two opponents who represent the small fraction of enlightment in that narrow provincial community, recorded their protest oil substantially indisputable grounds, but in that out-of-the-way colony, whose isolation restricts the views of its inhabitants and promotes selfish opinions, the voice of two crying in the wilderness is not likely to have much effect. That isolation (continues the uncomplimentary critic) explains why so modern a community reverts to the deas of the middle ages." Rudyard Kipling, when a newspaper man at Lahore, got scared through fancying he had a snake up his trousers leg. The story is told in M'Clure's Magazine by a writer who was Kipling's newspaper eelleague. The danger of snakes in Lahore was real enough, and the place was rich in scorpions. One afternoon, the two found 25 under the matting in the verandah outside the bedroom door, besides a few centipedes. 'lhey put the lot into a large tumbler and filled it up with whisky. One day, when we were dressing, I heard Kipling shouting, and went into his room. His face was pale with horror, and he was tightly clasping one leg above the knee. " There's a snake." he gasped, inside my trousers, and I think I've got him by the head. Put your hand up from below and pull him out." But before I had finished I saw the horror in his face relax, and give place to a puzzled look, succeeded by fits of laughter. Endeavoring to ascertain by the sense of touch whether it was the head he was grasping, he had discovered that it had a buckle. His braces had got down the leg of the trousers. Ecclf.s' Qcinink axd Iron' Toxic contains Quinine, and Iron in a high state of purity, and is the most agreeable, strengthening, and efficient agent yet discovered. 2s 6d per bottle. To be obtained from A. Eccles, chemist, Napier and Hastings, and at all leading country stores. —Ai>vt. I STOPPED THAT COUGH AXD CUReD A VEtiY bad cold by a single bottle of Dr Past-all's Cough "Mixture. Signed, 11. McDowall. 4s 6d and 2s 6d. Eccles, chemist, Napier and Hastings.—Advt. Dr Pascall's Pills cure Indigestion, Heartburn. Costiveness, Headache, Furred Tongue, Wind, and all symptoms arising from a disordered state of the liver, stomach, or kidneys. They cleanse the bowels, and act like a charm in removing all impurities from the blood, toning and refreshing the whole system. Is 6d and 2s 6d per box. Agent—A. Eccles, Napier and Hastings. —Advt. It's a fact, says a well-known Christchurch divine the other day, to a friend, that Cough 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.