LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Hastings Standard, Issue 240, 6 February 1897, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Mr Smith announces in another column cheap fruit, vegetables, Ac. Our fourth page contains the concluding part of Chapter VI. of Indian stories, and an article entitled " Kail way Carriage Mysteries." The Standard was one of the first papers in the colony in which the late Legislative Council appointments were announced. Nothing like being up-to-date. The Lord's supper will be commemorated at the Presbyterian Church tomorrow morning. In the evening a thank-giving service will l>e conducted bv Mr J. F. Dodds. M.A., of Kaikora. At the monthly meeting of the Hawke's Bay Highland Society a vote of thanks was passed to Chief R. I*. I*. M'Lean, M.11.1i., for his gift of a handsomely bound and illustrated volume of " Sketches of Scottish character." It was decided to hold the next monthly meeting at Hastings on the first Friday in March. We have received the following wire from one of the Hastings tourist party : " Had a verv bad start, and were weather hound at Poind till Tuesday morning. Arrived at Tarawera on Wednesday night and camped, Reached Taupe on Thursday, ami, leaving early in the morning, arrived at Kotorua at o o'clock last evening. All well." The annua) picnic of the children attending the Church (if England Sunday School took place to-day at the I'ark. off Haveluck [toad, under the superintendence of the ltev J. Hobbs ami the teachers. The weather was all that could be desired, warm sunshine and a cool biee/e, and the children were enjoying themselves greatly, there being plenty of good things and ail manner of games provided for their amusement. Eet LKS' tJI'JMSK .lM> [fc'-x I'.iMi C 11 tains Quimnt ,u:«l lion in a l.uli "f purity , an 1 i-* L..- tm *: »«,'.-••• jbk strengthening, and efficient agent yet discovered. 2a #d p, I Lottie. T.r be obtained from A. F>.« i.e.~. ch-ms-i. N»pn.r and ilaati !>*."<, itud &t all kadtng counuy stow*.—A»v»,

Pollard's Opera Co. are at present playing at Nelson to good houses. The Geo. Darrell Co. will visit Hastings in a couple of week's time. The exact dates are not yet fixed. Two prominent members of the Kaiapoi Football Club—Messrs Pegler and M. Lynsyey— are about to take up their residence in Hastings. Thomas Barnes Birkett, a remittance man, aged 27, was found dead in bed last night at Napier. It is supposed to be a case of suicide, a small empty phial, which had contained poison, being found near him. Deceased was well connected at home. He had been drinking very heavily for some weeks. Mr John Fuller and his talented company with his new Myriorama appears in the Princess Theatre on Friday and Saturday next. Mr Fuller is spoken of very highly by the press generally, and his company consists of artists distinguished in their profession. Mr G. W. Williamson, who has been head master of the Waipawa District School for twelve years, and who has resigned, was presented by the teachers and pupils last evening with a handsome marble clock suitably inscribed. Since Mr Williamson has been in charge of the school, it lias gained over £IOOO worth of scholarships. He intends to engage in agricultural pursuits. Enormous numbers of women are arriving in Kalgoorlie (W.A.) to join their husbands. At Wellington the other day a Chinaman was convicted and discharged for being drunk. The North Otago Times regrets to learn that Mr Thomas Bracken is so seriously ill in Dunedin that he is not expected to recover. Miss Godfray has been appointed matron of the Waipawa District Hospital. There were five applicants for the position. Theprineipal Victorian goldfields yielded dividends as follows during 1896 :—Bendigo £177,020; Gippsland, £115,468; Ballarat, £75,266 ; Beechwood, £55,641. The Dunedin Board of Conciliation'adjourned on Friday until Monday to allow the contesting parties, the Seamen's Union and their employees, to come to a settlement. George Field, a resident of Summerliill, N.S.W., was fined £lO, or four months' imprisonment, for stealing a quantity of gas, the property of the Australian Gaslight Company. Captain Russell, the Leader of the Opposition, who is at present on a visit to Dunedin, says the Otago Daily Times, is unfortunately suffering from a chill, and is at present confined to his room. Mr Fish, M.H.E., went to Melbourne on Saturday from Dunedin to consult Dr McCarthy, the throat specialist, at Sydney. His many friends hope (says the Star) that he will benefit by the change and treatment received in Australia. The Customs duty collected in the December quarter was £464,331 against £406,007 for the same period in 1895. The beer dutywas £21,117, against £17,653. The gold entered for exportation in 1896 was valued at £1,041,764 against £1,162,164 in 1895. The Rev. R. Laishley, Congregational minister, Auckland, died suddenly yesterday from hemcerhage of the lungs, aged 81. He arrived by the Cadmire in 1860 under the auspices of the Congregational Colonial Missionary Society. The Huddart-Parker Co. have submitted alternate time-tables to the Government under which the Vancouver mail steamers would call either at Auckland or Wellington. It is probable that the matter will be submitted to Parliament. The company intend to run the Aorangi on an experimental trip from Wellington in May and return in June. The destruction of deer by poaching is said to be very prevalent in the Wairarapa. The Acclimatisation Society have been informed that in some outlying districts the animals are killed out of pure wantonness, and in others to feed dogs, but they have great difficulty in securing evidence sufficient to warrant a prosecution. A prosecution under the Factories Act, 1894, was made in the Wellington Magistrate's Court yesterday. Jones and Ashdown, tailors, Lambton Quay, were charged with having employed in their factory four females after the hour of 9 p.m. The defendants had a permit to allow certain of their emplyees to work overtime till 9 p.m. Defendants were find £5 and costs. The Christchurch Prohibition League last night discussed the advisability of nominating a licensing committee, and passed a resolution that the league will work with unabated vigor for the absolute prohibition of the liquor traffic by popular vote, but will decline to nominate a committee to administer a system to which they are entirely opposed, leaving it to individual members to exercise their own discretion as to supporting men of good reputation.

An important discovery has been made by Sub-inspector Tindall in reference to the Butler case. A quantity of handkerchiefs, a revolver, and two church books were found nt the second-hand shop of Mr Woolf in Bathurst street Sydney. Mr Woolf explained to the otlicer that they were portions of the contents of a large trunk he had purchased from a man about eight or ten week ago. The date of the purchase, however, might have been earlier than last year. When he was shown a portrait of Butler Mr Woolf immediately identified it as that of the man who had sold him the trunk. In the course of business Mr Woolf disposed of the trunk as well as most of the contents. Some of the handkerchiefs obtained by Sub-Inspector Tindall were marked " Mrs Lee Weller " and "A. Lee Weller. "• On the revolver were engraved the words " Liege " and " Constabulary." In one of the church books was written " Nancy Lee Weller," and in the other " Nancy Weller.' There were also ladies' handkerchiefs marked "It. liourke," •• W. C. llill" and other names. Some of MrLeo Weller'* visiting cards were al»o amongst the contents of the trunk, Un-re is a strong probability that the trunk was the sea chest which belonged to C aptain Lee Weller. Wellington warehouse price* are m every instance elu»'g>d i>\ :;.e i\ i. . when executing orders received by p"»t. Those of our residents vviiu want really nice fashionable goods need not hesitate t ii>" ;t e<.mmuiLiCAniiir w.:;: tin- I'. I. I Wellington. Complete furnishing is now a -special feature of the D. I. C-, and those who anticipate requirement.?! m tins direct tii.n w.'d hi- s'.'.ppht .1 \v.:h > '.u-s and est.i.iat.-s po.-L irt.f. — Vi'vr. |ii. I'i- vii-. Indirection. Heartburn. iVwtlveiless. II- adaelit . Furt>-d Tongue, H aid. and alt smiptoius arissing fri-m i d.-i > 1 of ihf l.wr. aitfinath, or ktdfie\». 'lin-v cieitns« Use !><>•,i, !-. and act like a chtirm in remaking ail inIIII I!-, bs ..*l, lu-nng and refre->i.mg uu n'riyle -■-nt-iis. Is tul and 2a 6d per bu\. A b 'tut—A. il«.vUb and IiMUogt.—ABVT.

A man named James Quinn was cut to pieces near tbe Lai ill ey Railway Station (Q.) recently. It is supposed that he was run over by three trains. The driver of the outgoing train in Monday's collision at. the Redfern station has been reduced to the lowest grade, while the fireman has also been reduced. The executive of the Auckland Law Society has declined to call the proposed meeting which they were petitioned to convene to consider Mr Northcroft's transfer. " You are simply raving like a pig with the measles," was the comment of a learned counsel in the Nelson Magistrate's Court the other day upon the address of his equally learned friend. ; At the Warren Lands Office, N.S.W., there were 178 applicants for one block of land near Nevertire. Owing to the officer at the Land Office having insufficient marbles the ballot had to be postponed. The steamer Merksworth, which was sunk in Sydney harbor, has been lifted with the aid of two punts, and taken into Shell Cove, where she was again grounded. It is intended to get her into dock. The brutal aspect of American football has led to the introduction of a bill in the Missouri Legislature prohibiting the game under severe penalties, the same as prizefighting, and making football a felony. The Premier of New South Wales, in his address to the electors on the Federation question says: " The present is a golden opportunity. The fabric of national brotherhood can be fashioned calmly and deliberately in a time of peace." The election of Licensing Committees under the provisions of the Alcoholic Liquors Sale Control Act has been fixed to take place either 011 Wednesday, March 24, or Thursday, March 25, at the option of the respective returning-officers. During the voyage recently of the ship Firth of Clyde from Glasgow to Sydney, an apprentice named Andrews had a providential escape from drowning. He was swept overboard, but the next wave carried him back, and he caught in the rigging. Nothing further has been heard of by the police with reference to the drowned horse, with saddle on, seen floating down the Oroua river a few days ago, and, although there is every reason to suppose a fatal accident has occurred, the whole affair is wrapped in mystery. —Standard. The Buller Miner says : —We guess we can claim the youngest compositor in the world. She stands on a chair, and just sets away as dignifiedly as any old comp, and what's more she sets clean, and that is what some colonial comps. can't do. Our prodigy is five years old. " Good enough." Good shearing tallies are reported from Knapdale station, near Gore. The shed was cut in 11 days, and during four days of that time no less than 8846 sheep (all were large crossbred ewes) were shorn by 13 shearers, which gives an average of 170 sheep per man. The highest day's tally was 2832, giving an adverage of 179 sheep per man. The Supreme Court, which was to have sat at Napier on the 15th inst., will be formally adjourned on that date to the 25th inst. The criminal business will then be taken by Mr Justice Edwards, the Chief Justice, Sir James Prendergast, subsequently dealing with the civil and bankruptcv business. The sitting in bankruptcy has been fixed for March 2nd. A young man suffering from strange hallucinations was taken to the Masterton police station last Tuesday night. The man imagined that he saw a fellow whom he described as " The Mysterious Poisoner" rise from the earth and carry him to the clouds. To protect himself the unfortunate man was dancing around with a pitchfork. He will probably be committed to the asylum. A horse attached to a buggy driven by Mrs W. Browning bolted from the Hokowliitu into the Square yesterday afternoon says the Standard, when it was pluckily stopped by a young man on horseback. Mrs Browning had her children with her in the buggy, and just previous to stopping the runaway one was thrown out, but fortunately escaped serious injury. The shaft and dash poard of the buggy were completely demolished. The Crctsus mine, on the top of tho Paparoa range tsays the Grey River Argus), is considered, so far as rich quartz is concerned, one of the best claims in the colony. During the holidays several specimens brought into to\Vn were flittering with gold, the precious metal in one piece running through the stone in all directions, and cropping out in knobs, here and there, and ever\ where making it appear like a conglomerate held together witii golden bars.

A Cnim--' laundryuian complained to the police in Masterton on a recent morning thai he luul been violently assaulted. Ills face was smeared with blood, his nose ilatteiied, and his features generally distorted. On enquiries being made it was found that two townspeople went to the Chinaman's house on the previous evening for washing. They allege that they were refused their shirts, whereupon the Chinaman took up an axe to theiii ( and in self-defence they struck liiiu oil the face.—Exchange,

It's ft 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.—Al>VT.

Neil's Compound Saksapahilla, A household medicine for purifying the blood and toning up the system. In largo bottles at iis 6d u Nti!'- Di-p«nsary, Emerson street, Napier, and till leading storekeepers.—Aurr.

1: \ CvruKhoN ,v Co., Napier, for I noM f)' - V very choice selection ot 'leas, best value in Hwkf's Bay, I'uro lev lon. K bd p<r lb, worth 2«; No. 2 ,ii ,ii 1 t'jig ; No.. ;l, Bs. All goods

of itcs! ijuality, and at wholesale price* tor i;uantitv. At l'aUerson A Co., lluier- - u-ir-tt N tic. r.—Ai>vt.