LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Hastings Standard, Issue 405, 21 August 1897, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Constable O'Brien took up his duties in Hastings yesterday. Although a promise was given that the Hinemoa would be sent to Mahia to-day to assist in recovering the mails from the Tasmania it appears as if nothing will be done until the end of next week at the earliest, the Government steamer having left Wellington fqr Westport on Thursday and not being expected hack until Wednesday nest. Defiance Packing Co.'s Baking PewPBS stands unrivalled. Try it.—Adyt-

Mr H. Curran lectures in the Oddfellows' Hall to-morrow afternoon and evening. An important meeting of all members of the Magpie Minstrel combination is called for Monday evening at St Matthew's Hall. * The Minister of Railways has promised to appoint a stationmaster at Mangatainoka at a salary of £l4O if the Postal Department will pay half that amount. The Ileretaunga School football team play the Wanganui thirds on the school grounds at 0 o'clock on next Wednesday afternoon. At a well attended public meeting at Wellington last evening it was decided to give the Premier a public welcome on his return, and a large committee was appointed to arrange the details. Many of the Poverty Bay footballers spent yesterday in Hastings. They are a smart body of men and ought to give a good account of themselves in their match with Hawke's Bay at Napier this afternoon. Tha Kiwi estate has changed hands, the purchasers being Messrs Bernard and Mason Chambers, of Havelock. The property which comprises close on 20,000 acres, has been sold by the owner, Mr Pulteney Mein, for £2 an acre including stock and all improcements. Wairoa Guardian. The Wairoa Guardian suggests that the Hon. Mr Carroll should take up their scheme of railway from Napier to Gisborne, and he would be right loyally supported, " not only by his own political following, but even by the most oldfashioned Conservatives in the country." Wairoa is evidently determined to be in the swim, no matter what it costs. Mr A. Fail, who has just started business as a cooper here, was identified with the township of Clive where he carried on a successful business for the past 21 years. The recent floods, however, have forced Mr Fail from that unlucky locality, where he owns property, and he liascomeheretoopen business. Mr Fail, who is known as a first-class tradesman, has taken premises next to Messrs Jones and Sons' foundry in Market street, where he will turn out all work entrusted to him in first-class style and at the most reasonable- rates. Daisy Belle has been accepted by the Queen. Daisy, it may be just as well to explain, is not some beautiful slave the gift of an uncivilised Eastern potentate, but was before Her Majesty accepted her the four-iuonth-old pet kangaroo of the detachment of Victorian Mounted Rifles at present in England. Miss Belle during the last few weeks has been appearing in the tail jumping act at Chelsea with marked success, and has attracted considerable attention. Messrs W. E. Beck and Co. have fairly proved what energy and enterprise can do in gaining a connection in a verv short time. Starting in Hastings at Easter, at a time when trade was abnormally dull owing to the floods, they have by keeping only first-class goods secured a large share of the public support. To make room for spring goods, which are expected daily, the firm is offering great bargains in drapery and clothing for a few days only. Some excitement was caused in the main street shortly after one o'clock this afternoon. A well loaded cart drawn by two horses and driven by Mr W. Russell was quietly proceeding up Heretaunga road when the screeching of a railway engine at the crossing startled one of the horses, the leader, and it bolted as far as Caulton's Hotel, wheu it suddenly turned round, bringing the animal in the shafts to the ground, with portion of a load of wood on its back. Fortunately the driver was not injured, but the horse which fell was knocked about a good deal.

The Hon. A. J. Cadman is known to give earnest consideration to all matters brought before him. On his recent visit to Hastings he inspected what is called the local police station, and he must have been duly impressed with the utter inadequateness of the accommodation provided for the staff. It was hoped that instructions would be immediately given to have material alterations made at once, but so far nothing appears to have been done in the matter. A recommendation for improvements from Mr Cadman is all that is needed, and we hope the Minister of Railways, has not lost sight of this question.

In all up-to-date towns in the colony when a fire alarm is given signals indicate the direction ot .the outbreak. In Hastings the firemen and the general public are left in the dark, and unless the blaze is in the main street much time is lost in getting information as to its whereabouts. It would take the members of the Borough Council about live minutes to remedy this. All they have to do is to divide the Borough into four wards with the intersection of Karamu and Heretaunga roads as a basis, and notify that a certain mmbar of tolls represent a. certain ward, with an additional signal for a fire outside the borough boundary. These signals might be advertised and posted in a prominent part of the bell tower, so that when an alarm is given the members of the Brigade may move in the right direction. We hope to see the Borough Council consider the question at their next meeting. The familiar clang of the firebell aroused the more early retired portion of the community at 11.15 last night. It was at first thought that the practical jester was once more successful in working off an idiotic joke, but a glare in the sky in the Frimley direction put an end to any doubt as to the locality of the fire. The brigade were at the station in double quick time rubbing the sleep from their eyes and growling at being turned from their beds to 110 purpose as the fire was clearly a long way in the country. This morning the news came to hand that the draught horse stables on the property of the Hon. J. D. Ormond of Karamu were burnt to the ground, those living in the locality being unaware of the mishap until this morning. The building consisted of three compartments, a granary, a room for holding implements, and the stables, the whole being totally destroyed. The loss includes 150 bags of chaff, 16 sets harness, a quantity of barley, two expresses, a binder, some horse covers and other property, valued in round figures at 4260. The cause of the fire is unknown, but a man who visited the premises at six o'clock last evening detected a smell as of burning rags, but did not attach any importance to it, and consequently did not pursue enquiry as to where it arose from. The buildings are insured, but the contents represent a dead loss. I STOPPED THAT COUGH AND CUBED A very bad cold by a single bottle of Dr Pascall's Cough 'Mixture. Signed, E. McDowall. 4s 6d and 2s 6d, Ecci.es chemist, Napier and Hastings.—Advt A cough is only worth eighteen-pence, for the simple reasoi%hat if you invest that sum in a bottle of Woods' Great Peppermint Cure for coughs and colds, you can get rid of it straight away—it sever fails—every grocer and chemist in the town keeps it. Wholesale agents— AU merchants and drag firms. —Auvt.

At 3 o'clock this afternoon Miss "Wilson, of Havelock, was driving along Railway street near the gasworks when the horse she was driving became frightened by a horse which was cantering alongsideit in the same direction and swerved suddenly throwing Miss Wilson out on the road, completely overturning the vehicle. The young lady fortunately escaped with a severe shaking and a few cuts, but the shafts of the trap were smashed and the horse was cut. Miss Wilson was taken into Mr De Lisle's house where she was attended to by Mrs De Lisle and subsequently by Dr Nairn. An outbreak of typhoid fever has occurred in the neighborhood of ganui. j* Mr Buchanan, M.H.R., addressed a crowded meeting of Woodville settlers last evening on the freight question. The Government Sanatorium at Hanmer Plains is completed, and the house for the accommodation of visitors is well under way. A Wellington tailor named diaries Melton was yesterday committed for trial on a charge of failure to keep proper books of account. The barquentine Yolande, from Clarence river with a load of timber was wrecked on the Westport beach yesterday. The crew lost all their effects. It has been found necessary by the promoters of the Feilding Youths' Club to appeal to the Police Court to enable them to enforce order within the walls of the establishment. A Dunedin wire states that a number of petty thefts from houses have been reported during the past few days. In one case a newly married couple going to their prepared home from the wedding festivities found the blankets, dresses, and other articles stolen, and they had to retrace their steps to the house of the parents. Application has been made to the Government, and a cadet corps will probably be formed shortly by the boys of the Heretaunga School. Sergeant-Major Dewar has been putting them through a course of drill and has every confidence of their forming a creditable body of young soldiers. It is surprising that cadet corps are not formed in conjunction with every school, public and private, in the colony in view of the receptiveness and enthusiasm of youth which grasps the military training and fosters a taste for discipline which is sadly wanting in the Volunteer force of New Zealand. The Hunua South correspondent of the Auckland Herald writes ; —On Saturday afternoon, as three of Mr Cox's children were fetching their cows from a piece of land near their place, they were attacked by a steer. The beast made a charge at the youngest, a little girl of about six years of age, and the next oldest, about eight years, got knocked over a log. The oldest one, a girl of thirteen years, made a bold dash and caught the beast by the horns. This seems to have attracted the beast's attention, which at once tossed the girl from him and made a charge at her ; but a little dog, hearing the screams of the children, ran towards them, and seeing the beast worrying the children, ha attacked the animal and attracted his attention while the children gathered themselves together and made their way home as quickly as possible. Upon examination it was found the youngest child had a bruise and a cut on one leg, and the eldest, the one that caught the infuriated beast by the horns, had got her dress torn open under the arm, where the beast hooked her, but no serious injury resulted beyond the fright. Da Pascall's Pills cure Indigestion, Heartburn, Costiveness, Headache, Furred Tongue, Wind, and all symptoms arising from a disordered state of the liver, stomach, or kidneys. They cleanse the bowels, and act like a charm in removing all impurities from the blood, toning and refreshing the whole system. Is 6d and 2s 6d per box. Agent—A. Eccles. —Advt. Do you want a good durable pair of Trousers'? Weil leave your measure at Dodds'. Only 12s 6d. Address, Heretaunga street. —Advt. Eccles' Corn Paint quickly removes either hard or soft corns. Only a few applications necessary. In bottles Is 6d, from A. Eccles, chemist, Napier and Hastings.—Advt. Just received 100 pair Evening shoes, from 2s 6d; also walking shoes from 5s 6d, worth 8s 6d; slippers Is. See window for prices.—Patterson & Co., Napier.—Advt.