LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Hastings Standard, Issue 251, 19 February 1897, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

A quantity of miscellaneous reading matter appears on our fourth page. A sharp shock of earthquake was experienced at 12.00 this morning, in Napier. "We beg to acknowledge with thanks the present of a box of luscious grapes grown by Mr C'ook. Messrs G. 11. Vickers and Co. will hold an auction sale of miscellaneous articles to-morrow afternoon, commencing at 2.: i(). Constable Smith, Mrs Smith and six children arrived by the express last evening. The constable took charge of the station this morning. liishop Williams, assisted by l>can Ilovell and the liev. .1. Jlobbs wiil hold a continuation ser\ice at St. Matthews' Church on Sunday evening. Messrs Williams and Kettle, Limited, have added to their stock sale which takes place at Stortford Lodge on Tuesday next. 1000 2-tooth long wool ewes and 1 yearling steers. News has been received front New South "Wales of the death fruiueonsvnnption of William Meyers, second son of Mrs .f. Palmer, l'eeeuscd was onh "25 years of age, and was well known here as the driver of the Msiraekukaho coach. The ye - work of the Canterbury Agricultural and Pastoral Association shows a balance to credit of I s . At Nelson ve-terdav, the second otlicer of the bansi:e Asterion. named ( Impmaii, fell to the bottom oi tilt- ships hold, M.ls taining serious injuries, his ribs being broken. t red L. Medder. aged about the y<_ar», vi-dio»"' t ti . ii:iwa\ Witiii !• i \o:r at the Pdlltf tut Wednesday. He had gone to the place with hsa brother tor water, ami while hslung for eravfisb f<>li I m. At the inquest the jur* e\pt.l lb. j I'piMum that the reservoir should be at I once !• : d ill. j 1 lie question of the construction of u ! drv dock for \\eliu>t;tuii is tutaftttig con- s sSih-niMe interest in, merctuiUle circle*. ! and Mr (.ale, ch'to t'l t!l of the Uarb.u ! Hoard, hrt.'i iT'lVelt n-iUce of tli",' follow mg : motion : - " l'i.at tin* cjio'iiset-r report to , the board m committee u|«.n the most j -■.'t.ii-li- f-■ f .i i v -i'M-k and acce" ' > >t:> -> :it the p<.t! ot Wflililttun to a'-eom u..~iate ti.. Ur.-i-i - a *uuig IUJUi-oi-war | u: uzlval. I

Mr P. T. Spillane has taken over the Clarendon Hotel, Palmerston North, and lie will no doubt make himself as popular a host there as he was in Napier. The knife for which search has been going 011 since the Pet-one murder, and which is believed to be an important link in the case, has come into the hands of the police. By the fire at Pahiatua on Sunday night the Mangatainoka Football Club lost their magnificent banner, which was made and presented by Mrs J. Prenter. The banner was valued at £'2s. According to a contempoi ory, the Maoris, who are good prognosticators of the seasons, state that the winter season will set in early this year and that it will be a severe one. JS. large consignment of Lincoln sheep is to be shipped by Mr G. 11. Scales to Monte Video on board the lvaikoura. Some of the sheep are from the estate of Messrs Perry F>ros., Masterton, and some from Auckland. It is understood that nothing definite will be decided as to the date of the meeting of Parliament until the arrive] of the Premier, who it is expected should reach "Wellington about the second week in March.—Post. Mnngatainoka railway station, the vote for which, £1582. has been authorised by the Cabinet, will be the next station beyond Pahiatua on the EketahunaWoodville line. The work of construction is to be proceeded with at once. Needlework is evidently very well taught in many of our schools (says the lilenheim Times), but Messrs Sturrock. Simpson and Robinson " take the cake." The lilenheim boys have got higher marks for needlework than any other school in the province. On Tuesday evening Mr Adams, the eontractor for the erection of the Mangatera bridge, had a wounderful escape from serious injuries. He fell through the stringers of the bridge into the river, and was a good deal brused by contact with the timber. No bones were broken, and he will soon be able to resume work. —Advocate. Wife-beaters in Germany are punished in a peculiar and sensible way. They are not imprisoned, as in this country, but are arrested every Saturday after their week s work is over and kept in durance until Monday. This is done regularly every week until their sentence has expired, the object, of course, being that the delinquent may during the week earn money for the support of his family. Lord Onslow has sent out an illuminated address, framed in oak, and a line Union Jack, 20ft. by 12ft., to the Ngatilmia tribe, after whom his sou born in New Zealand was named. Lady Onslow has sent a large portrait of the boy. These wen; handed over by Sir Walter Duller at Mulmonoa, near the Papatitong lake, this week on the occasion of a tangi over the remains of Rutu lioero, a woman of high rank, and the opening of a new carved house, the work of Morehu, a tohunga of some repute. There were great rejoicings on the occasion, and the Maoris were delighted. In the address Lord Onslow 7 says that a Maori house is erected on his estate and is full of memorials of the Ngatihuia. At the Ritle Association .yesterday the District Representative Match was fired with colonial-made ammunition of 1!597, which was presented by Captain Whitney. At the conclusion of the match great dissatisfaction was expressed at the quality of the cartridges, and the captains of the team subsequently interviewed Major Somerville, with the result that it was decided to abandon the further use of the ammunition at the meeting. It is probable the match will be tired over again with Victorian ammunition. The following was the result : —Wellington, 546; Napier, Wanganui, and Taranaki combined, 586 ; Auckland, 522 ; Canterbury, 517. A London correspondent writes : —The " strike " of fifteen doctors in Yarmouth, who are medical officers to the local friendly societies, lias completely failed. They recently formulated a joint demand for better rates of payment, and the imposition of a wage limit designed to restrict the right of patients to treatment at club rates. The various societies affected thereupon took united action, established a medical institute for the whole borough, and acquired central premises, where a surgery, dispensary, and residence have been provided for the medical staff, who have been selected from among outside practitioners. The local doctors, it is said, have by their action forfeited appointments with emoluments amounting to £2OOO a year. An account of a remarkable suicide by a boy of 15 is given by a Home paper. For some unaccountable reason he had allowed himself to cherish a violent hatred of his only brother, four years older than himself, and the disputes between the two became so frequent and violent that the family were obliged to send the elder youth away into tin; country. A few days passed without incident, but later on the younger boy shut himself up in his room and shot himself. lie died in the hospital a few hours biter, after terrible suffering. A letter was found written by him, in which lie stated that his hatred for his brother was >o intense that it made life insupportable, and he, therefore, resohed to kill himself. lie cursed his brother witli his dying breath, and strictly forbade his parents to allow him to attend his funeral or to keep any of his things as souvenirs. I SIOI'I'KI) I'll AT < 0f,,11 AND illiKH A vm;y mil COI.I) by a single bottle of I>r l'ascall's Cough Mixture. Signed, 11. McPowali. 4s (id and 2s 6d. Ft clks, chemist, Napier and Hastings.—Ai>vt Wellington warehouse prices are in every instance charged by the I>. I.C. when executing orders reo-iinl i.\ p. Those of our residents who waul really nice fashionable goods need not hesitate about communicating with the I>. I. ('., Wellington. Complete furnishing is now a special feature of the I>. 1. t .. and those who anticipate requirement* in this direct lion will be supplied with catalogues a:; 1 estimates post tree.—Arivr. •Just try l'\i ri i son t . • i Boots. Shoes, and Slippers. Ihe ch'*jij>est in Hawke's i,.> I _ « V. •- Ks Ihl ; 1 I ror.ils, 7s »kl ; Shoes, 7s t<d, worth IIK : « ;tliv:v« Siloes, -is to 5s 6*l ; Shpp> ! 1 i ji r \t 1 1 :*■ ii's a( ' Km. - 1 U »!•!» l \o\i Jt s a tact, S«\s it Well-known < hr]*teiiurch th\me the other drtv, to « friend, that Cough Mixture, esttled Woods Great i'eppermuit ( ure, t# the very best thing for throat Irritation and tough I h:iv t t i<\er taken ; 1 notice ail the (.iroeers and Chemist- k>>« pit -i j. ■ • : t.1.. _• i i.it*i> Whole-sale Agn.l-, i'rug < o Vs>\i. K> t'LKrs' Chkn PaINT tjuirklv removes either hard or soft corns. Ontv tt few applications 11 n v I.' i -1» M. from A. c'»e!ii:s!. N ( j.,; , lVil i HasJiu.*. - AtiVf. Le. tits' IJI tM To i tains Qumnii an lln a t:i u high tt< of purity, und is the u t n jreeat k utreitgtheumg, and etfici m -t„( t \et dtsfcover**"!. Ut tS4 per bottle. Io be oi> tamed from A. Eccue* tiiust, Napier and Uniting*, widt all cyuutry «wes.— Ajovi.

The increase of new buildings in the Auckland cit.y area for the vear is 147 against 60 for the previous year. At a meeting of creditors at Masterton in the estate of Alexander Yuile. bankrupt, it was reported that properties had been realised to the value of about £IOOO. A lengthy discussion took place regarding the securities held by Messrs Murray, Robeits and Co. and Levin and Co , and it was decide to take action with a view to getting the whole of the properties included in the moitgnge disposed of.—Star. One bookmaker, while being interviewed in the saddling paddock at Egmont by a plain-clothes constable on Wednesdav_i«B kicked on the elbow by hack hurdler. Such a straight tip aXthis the bookmaker was unable to accept for he was almost immediately carried off. The mare a few minutes afterwards went out and won the Hack Hurdles, rewarding backers with a £9 odd dividend. An accident happened on the road between Rakaunui and Waterfalls on Sunday week to a four horse team driven by J. Shcimessy. The driver was. according to the correspondent ef the Examiner, walking some distance behind, when the four horses disappeared down the gully below the road. Two of the horses were killed and the other two were cut about a good deal before they could be extricated. The body of a man, with his throat cut, was found dead in a portion of the bush near Port Chalmers oil Sunday last. The discovery was made bv two men, who, while strolling near the cemetery, walked across the body, which lay on its back muongst the scrub. The health officer was sent for, and he stated that in his opinion the deceased had been dead about three weeks. The body was that of * man apparently from fifty-iive to sixty years of age. A silver watch and imitation gold chain was found in one of the pockets. A purse containing £2 10s 6d was also found on the body, and about two feet away from it was discovered an ordinary pocketknife open, the blade and handle thickly encrusted with blood and rust-. The deceased is supposed to be a man named Archibald Mclntyrc, who was some time before a patient in the Dunedin Hospital. A good story reaches us from a remote part of the colony. A dramatic organisation visted the township, the chief part of their repertoire being "Trilby," alleged to have been the very latest version. On the first night a tack penetrated the foot of the artist's model to such a depth as to necessitate that lady taking measures-to cure the wound. On the second night, the audience, who were unacquainted with the disaster of the previous evening, were treated to something entirely new. At the portion of the play in which Trilby exposes that part of her anatomy which was the admiration of Little Billie, it- was seen that the big toe was hidden in the depth of a bread poultice ! The humor of the situation was broad enough to strike the bucolics of that, place, and the thunders of applause which greeted the vision were loud enough to have awakened the lamented Du Maurier to a sense of the lijbel perpetrated oil his heroine. Eccles Cascara Livkr Kkoclator is a safe and effective remedy for Stomach and Liver Complaints,, such as Indigestion, Headache, Constipation, Furred Tongue itc. It never fails to relieve or cure. 2s 6d per bottle. From A. Ecixkjs' chemist, Napier and Hastings, and all leading country storekeepers.—Advt, Pattkuson A Co., Napier, for Boys' and Girls' lioots, Shoes and Slippers. Boots from 4s ; Shoes from os; Slippers, 9d per pair ; Children's lioots and Shoes from Is per paid ; Girls' Tan and Black Strap, or Lace, from .'is per pair. At Patterson «.VCo.,Emerson-street, Napier,— Advt.