LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Hastings Standard, Issue 273, 17 March 1897, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Miscellaneous extract matter appears on our fourth page. A Maori oats meeting was held at Waipatu yesterday, and was very successful.

The Chairoseurama continues to prove a draw, and those who have not witnessed this novelty should take an early opportunity of doing so. The Hibernian social and donee takes place at the St. Patrick's schoolroom tins evening, dancing to commence at H o'clock. The hall has been decorated for the occasion, and an enjoyable time is anticipated.

Tiie Waipawa and Hastings Gun Clubs played a return match at Stortford Lodge yesterday, and was won by the visitors by five points, thus turning the tables on their opponents. A glass ball sweep was afterwards arranged, which was won by T. Parker, Napier, who broke eight bails in succession.

Mr W. Clarke the well-known wellsinker lias just sunk a well for Mr llarvesden of Willow Park lloiid. Mr V'osper, who directed the operation, -struck water at a depth of I Mil feet, securing from a red shingle bed a iluw of water through a '2in pipe averaging about 4"i gallons per minute. Mr Clarke \\ho lias i wide and well deserved i pit i m throughout the di-tricl for hi* success in well-sinking has several other contracts in hand.

Arthur F.dwiu James was arrested at C'iirumandcl on warrant under the Fugitive < blenders Act on a charge of having deserted his two children at Liobart. A sailor of the s.s. Wainui named Peter Pattison, sustained serious injuries to hihead, elbows, and back at Nelson yesterday. falling from the Wrumn'.-. bridge on to the whuff while at work. He wa» taken to tliu hospital. At the Wellington and Mannwatu Railway ('omp i: = \ i ! tnd s»i!c \.-t. ;,liv agricultural sections between Shannon. Tokomani. and L.nluii i<<\\ c-n taming HUtt acres, realised an n\er»ge of X't'i 10-. <«1 pi ! ur a |. Ul ~f and u-o suburban wfii nw, '1 ->k .:u.u u. containing .V2 »cre«, reah-<*d

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A children's matinee will be held tomorrow afternoon at Probasco's Circus, when children will be admitted for 6d. Doors open at 2.15., performance at 8 o'clock.

The following are the results of the Grey mouth races which are being held to-day. Greymouth Trial Stakes : Beville, 1 ; Taipari, 2 ; Review, 3. Div. £4 ss. Produce Stakes : Silver Rose, 1; Ahaura, 2 ; Bemnore, 3. Div. £5. At 2.17 this afternoon the fire-bell rang out an alarm, and a few minutes afterwards the manual engine was seen being drawn at full speed towards the scene of the fire, which was in Duficriii street. The fine 12-roomed house of Mr .T. Garnetf, was discovered in flames. The water supply being insufficient the operations of the Brigade were confined to sousing the outbuildings and tearing down the fencing with the result that the fire exhausted itself within its own precincts. At the time of the fire Mr and Mrs Garnett, together with the younger members of the family, were away holiday making, leaving the three elder boys at home. It appears these boys were out working this morning returning to lunch at about 12.30 p.m. when they partook of cold lunch, and when they lelt the premises there w 7 as nothing ro suggest an outbreak of fire. About 2.10 young Mr Cnllen perceived smoke curling from the house and he ran to the bell tower and rang the alarm. A few odds and ends were saved from the general ruin but with these exceptions all the costly furniture in the house including an organ was lost. It is understood that both house and furniture are insured but to what extent is unknown at present.

Constable Joyce recovered yesterday the bodies of Mrs Cooper and Michael M'Murray, the victims of the Pahi boating accident, at Auckland.

The Hon. J. Carroll paid a visit to Greytown and interviewed a number of natives there in reference to the proposal that a Maori contingent should be sent Home to take part in the record reign fetes. He found the Maoris greatly taken with the idea, and anticipated that little difficulty would be found in getting together 20 stalwart natives to make the trip.

At the annual meeting of the Public Service Association, opened at Wellington yesterday, the Rev. Mr Habens president, said the Council as a whole believed that ilie association was in a hopeful position, and attached very great value to the assurance they had received at the beginning of the year from the Premier in the way of a promise of an early consideratio of the request so often submitted. There might be, he said, some little feeling of doubt, especially among the higher branches of the service, as to the wisdom of insisting as they did upon the importance of a classification of the service since some might be afraid that it would lead to the encouragement of promotion by seniority rather than by merit, but in reply to that he pointed out that part of the scheme which they had brought under the notice of the Government provided for the establishment of a Civil Service Board, to consist largely of the heads of Departments, who would be able to take a broad view of the wants of the service, and in that feature of the scheme there was a perfect sefeguard against any objection such as has been suggested. The report and balance-sheet were adopted.

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