LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Hastings Standard, Issue 199, 17 December 1896, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Interesting reading will be found on «ni- fourth page. A hot wind ivus blowing all day. which, with the dust, limde things generally very uncomfortable. The Mayor will formally open the Industrial Exhibition at the Princess Theatre this evening at 7.30. The lion. W. Kolleston, who was a visitor to this district for the past few days, returned South by this morning's sxpress. The Napier Operatic Society have under consideration a proposal from Mr G. Ellis to occupy the Princess Theatre with •' The Schoolmistress on either Boxing night or New Year's Eve. The County second eleven concluded their match against the Rivals at I'arndon yesteirday afternoon. The home team won by an innings and 203 runs. Boyd was the most successful bowler for the winners, while Ivnapp was the only batsman to make double figures. Mr Evans, an employee of Mr R. .T. Roberts, architect, met with an ugly accident this morning. Mr Evans went out to tut; paddock for the purpose of catching a horse. He seized the animal by the mane, but in turning his clothes got entangled in a barbed wire fence, with the result that he slipped and fell under the horse's feet getting his ankle broken at the joint by its hoofs. Mr Evan's immediate requirements were attended, and he was brought home in an express, when Prs. Toswill and Linney, who were called in, set the limb and the sufferer is doing as well as can be expected. It is more than probable that only for the prompt action of Messrs Clifton, William and George Britton and Dan Harper, who happened to be working near the scene of the accident and who rendered effective service to the sufferer by placing his leg in splints, the limb would require amputation. A rather animated discussion over the ownership of a lish took place in the main street about 5 p.m. last evening between a Maori man and woman. Sarah opened the debate which was conducted on other than Parliamentary lines. Both parties soon got going at top, and their tongues resembled the motion of governor balls oil a mad run-awav engine. An audience assembled in double-quick-time, especially as the show was gratis. No interpretation was necessary for the audience to understand that the subjet was a hot one, and that the place they consigned one another was hotter still. The height of excitement was reached when Sarah gave her opponent to understand (by way of action) what he could do. The proceedings terminated, as most discussions do, in neither party winning, and, at the same time, neither party defeated. An extraordinary Gazette, issued today further adjourns Parliament to February 18. All laborers employed by the Napier Borough Council are insured against accident, the borough paying the premiums. The Xapier Borough Council have reduced their overdraft during the past twelve months by .£IO2B, their indebtedness now being JE3451. I STOPPED THAT COUGH AND Cl'ReD A very bad cold by a single bottle of Dr Pascall's Cough 'Mixture. Signed. R. MeDowall. 4s 6d and 2s 6d. Eccles, chemist, Napier and Hastings.—Advt.

The offices of the Magistrate's Court will be closed from the 24th inst. to the 4th of January, 1897. The Government has decided not to take part in the Tennessee Exhibition of 1897, and has declined to come under the treaty with Japan. Information was received in Wellington yesterday of the death of Constable Thomas Stewart, of Blenheim. He had been laid up three weeks through blood poisoning, and he succumbed on Monday morning. Cannibalism as practiced among fish is one of the sights of the Wellington Exhibition. The trout turned into the fountain have spawned, and the goldfish are eating the young trout. In revenge the old trout are eating the goldfish. The law of compensation. It is computed that somewhere about 1000 property-holders hi the city of Wellington will be affected by the survey which is now being made by Mr Ward at the intance of the Corporation to determine the question of encroachment of property upon the street. The oldest member of the French Societe des Gens do Lett-res is a woman, Madame du Bos d'Elberg. She was born in May, 1799, and still writes vigorous letters to the newspapers from her home in Algiers. Fifty years ago she published a number of novels. Mr Bertie C. Paget, who was killed by a fall from his horse at Jerilderie, New Sourh Wales, about a fortnight ago, was a cousin of Joseph Chamberlain, Secretary of State for the Colonies, and came to the colonies to see colonial life, little thinking he would find an Australian grave. The strawberry industry is making rapid strides in the Waiinate district (say the Waimate Times). Mr T. S. Hardy has sent away a ton of the fruit direct to Wellington, where it will probably release from yd to Is per lb. We understand that fully 100 lads are employed at strawberry picking in the Waimate district at the present time. Cotham Wesleyan Chapel, one of the best buildings in Bristol, which was erected eighteen years ago at a cost of £II,OOO, was entirely destroyed by fire recently. There is evidence that the building had been destroyed by thieves, who ransacked cupboards and drawers, and even drank the sacramental wine. They must have either accidentally or intentionally set fire to the building. Stephen Bosher, who is now serving a sentence of two years, will be charged in about three weeks' time (says the N.Z. Times) with the murder of Mr and Mrs Jones, at I'etone. Bosher"s second wife mow Miss Reece) is in better health than she has been for some time past. When tin' trial comes on there will be between tiO and 70 witnesses. The police are adducing very strong evidence, and the case is likely to cause widespread interest. To Mr Arthur Morrison, the elect of C'aversham, belongs the honor of securing the largest majority of any candidate at the genera] election. He polled more votes than his three opponents, and beat Ins.nearest by 2098. Second on the list is the Hon A. J. Cadman, who beat Mr Edwards for Ohinemuri by 1905 votes. Third is Mr A. Guinness, who won the Grey seat by a majority 1777 from Mv R. I'. Bell. Fourth, Mr Scobie Mackenzie who headed Dunedin with a lead of 1620 ; and fifth. Premier Seddon, who defeated Mr Grimmond for Westland by 161:3. A young woman employed in one of the city dressmaking establishments met with an adventure on Sunday says the Post. Feeling confident of her ability to ride her bicycle along the narrow concrete top of thebreastwork at the Thorndon Esplanade, she foolishly made the attempt, but losing her nerve, allowed the machine to run over the edge. Her position would have been awkward enough if she had been left free to struggle in the water, but unfortunately her dress caught in the spokes of the bicycle, and she would have been drowned but for the assistance of a passerby who had great difficulty in hauling her and the machine together on to the breastwork. Ecclks Casc.yba Liver Regulator is a safe and effective remedy for Stomach and Liver Complaints,, such as Indigestion, Headache, Constipation, Furred Tongue, &c. It never fails to relieve or cure. 2s 6d per bottle. From A. Eccles' chemist, Napier and Hastings, and all leading country storekeepers.—Advt. Wellington warehouse prices are in every instance charged by the P. 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 D. I. C., Wellington. Complete furnishing is now a special feature of the D. I. C-., and those who anticipate requirements in this direction will be supplied with catalogues and estimates post free.—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.