LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Hastings Standard, Issue 318, 10 May 1897, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

A general meeting of the Football Club is called for to-morrow evening at 7.30 in St Matthew's Hall. A full attendance is requested. On Saturday the Under-Secretary for Justice wired Mr A. L. D. Fraser asking for particulars as to the distress amongst the Maori settlers by the flood. On receipt of particulars, Government wired an order for blankets, and notified that a shipment of potatoes would be sent from Blenheim as soon as procured. At the S.M. Court to-day, before Messrs Arnott and M'Leod, J.'s P., Morehu Kehera, on remand, was charged with false pretences. After hearing the evidence of Joseph Wells and David Pilmer the case was further adjourned till Monday next, to procure the evidence of another witness. Mr Scannell appeared for the accused. Mr Wm. Douglas, of Te Mahanga, and owner of some of the finest jumping-horses in the colony, inspected Mr Cashion's safety hurdle on Saturday. He expressed himself well satisfied with the invention and is strongly of opinion that the number of accidents to riders and horses will be considerably reduced by the adoption of this hurdle. A large number of sporting men have viewed the invention, and their unanimous verdict is in favor of its success, The prevalence of ragamuffins and tramps in this town still continues. Ladies and girls, especially those living in the outskirts, are in continual danger of being waylaid during their walks by this restless class of the community. Only last Friday morjiipg a young lady was followed by a tramp all the way from her home into the house of a friend situated in the very centre of the town. If the police lodged a few of these gentry in the lock-up it might act as a deterrent.

Mr Douglas scratched his horses for the Napier Park meeting immediately the weights appeared. For some mysterious reason the secretary of the club has not announced the fact. More will be heard of this matter. The Druids will meet at the Oddfellows' Hall on Tuesday evening. The general committee of the Flood relief sports meets at the Pacific Hotel at 8 p.m. The rainfall up country must have been considerable, all the rivers being reported bank high to-day. No damage is reported so far. The first train from Napier this morning was 20 minutes late in arriving here owing to the temporary line at Waitangi being covered with water. The road from Pakowhai bridge to the Tomoana road is covered with water, and yesterday the Tutaekuri river overflowed its banks flooding the district below Papokura. Heavy rain commenced to fall on Saturday afternoon, and continued for some hours. Great anxiety was felt by the inhabitants on the flats, and preparations for shifting were made by some of the families who recently suffered. However the expected" did not happen, and a sigh of relief was experienced in Hastings. The war scare has developed very strongly at "Wanganui. On Friday morning the "local' column in the Wanganui Chronicle was headed " Turkey and Greece.'' The make-up comp. must 'ave 'ad them bad. Perhaps the £9.2 div. on Starlight the previous da,y at Hawera had something to do with the " disarranged head." Elsewhere appears an account of an invention which should give the holder of the patent something handsome in return. " The electrical wool-clipper" has recently been tried in Australia and promises to do away with the ordinary machine, which requires a strong shed to support the many shafts and pulleys required. In the new invention a couple of wires are connected with the dynamo, a button is pressed and the machine is in action. It is a strange thing that many years ago Mr W. Douglas, of Te Mahanga, conceived the exact idea that is just now being made use of, and he then spoke of it to a Dunedin electrician, who was however unable to grasp what was required. Many times since then Mr Douglas has spoken to his friends of his proposal, which is a most ingenious one, and one likely to be of great financial benefit to the Australian patentee. A few days ago the Herald wailed about the number of deaths from accident that have taken place in Hawke's Bay lately. To-day the morning paper attempts to kill two more men, and bemoans the fate of the master and seaman of the cutter lona. In the course of a startling article it holds out no hope whatever for the safety of the boat and its occupants, and then it goes on to say : " The only hope for the men is that they may have been picked up by some passing vessel." The Herald seldom gets any news outside Tennyson Street, which accounts for its display of ignorance in the matter of the lona. As far back as Wednesday last the Waimarama correspondent of the Hastings Standard told of the arrival of the cutter under adverse circumstances. Why the Herald should persist in alarming its readers, without making enquiries outside of Napier, is hardly understandable. A Blenheim Maori recently discovered about 701b weight of quicksilver in an abandoned gold mine on his property. It was worth about £l4, but he was content to part with it for £2 10s. John Douglas was re-arrested at Auckland on Saturday on a fresh charge that on September 4th, 1896, he did steal £75, which he had received in terms requiring him to account for it, from George Woodcock, of Wayby. The Maoris living at Whatiwhatihoe and Kopu, on the Waipu, near Alexandra, recently started a co-operative store with a small capital in =£l shares. A dividend of 6s 2d per share was recently paid to the shareholders. The Natives at Otorohanga in the King Country, have now started a store on the same lines. * An important scheme for extended operations is about to be carried into effect by the New Zealand Dairy Union, the head-quarters of which is in Wellington. The directors last week decided to begin operations at Woodville with a cheese factory, and to start at once with the erection of three new creameries in the FortyMile Bush district—one at Mangatainoko to replace the temporary buildings, another at Makakahi, and a third at Hamua. Before next season others are to be started at Kumeroa, Hukunui, and Tiraumea, and possibly at two other settlements. A notable Maori personage has just passed away in the person of Repeka Paringa, who died on the 2nd inst. at Taimata near Mangatu. This lady was of very advanced age, and was supposed to have been the oldest Native in New Zealand. She remembered Pera Tutoko, who at his death in 1894 was supposed to be over 100 years of age, and she as stated that she was a big girl when he was an infant. She was bent double with age, but was in full possession of her faculties, and had a beautiful head of silvery white hair, which stood straight out, and her appearance generally was quite in accordance with the statement that she had lived over a century of years. For some time past she had been in receipt of a substantial annuity as an owner of the Whataupoko block. Wellington warehouse prices are in every instance charged by the D. 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 direct tion will be supplied with catalogues and estimates post free. —Advt. 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A movement is afoot to light Wanganui with electricity. The Maoris at Wangaehu are stated to have lost something like 8000 sheep during the recent floods, the only salvage obtained being about 300 skins. Thus the Wairarapa Star" Scene : Masterton. Young man in evening dress riding a bicycle. Going to Party. Dog. Collision. Swear words. No dancing at party. Foot in sling. Bicycle for sale." The tragic account does not mention the canine's fate. The Pollard Opera Company left by the Talune for Australia from the Ijjfeff, on Friday. The company open in JSfslaide on the 22nd. for a six weeks st-ason, Broken Hill to follow for four weeks. The company return at Christmas, when it will be strengthened by male voices in the chorus. Young men who join Volunteer corps and who do not attend drill regularly so as to make themselves efficient soldiers to be called on when necessary to defend their country, or any other country for that matter, were set an object lesson in the Magistrate's Quurt on Friday, when Jeremiah Lonzine, a member of the D Battery, was fined £2 10s, and 7s costs, he having been returned non-efficient through repeated absence from parade: —N.Z. Times. Eccles Cascara 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. Just received 100 pair Evening shoos, from 2s 6d; also walking shoes from 5s 6d, worth 8s 6d; slippers Is. See window for prices. Patterson & Co., N apier.—Advt.