LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Hastings Standard, Issue 480, 19 November 1897, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Notes from our Oiuahu correspondent will be found on our fourth page. W. Y. Dennett will hold his usual weekly sale to-morrow.

The lease of a paddock for grazing is advertised.

A reward is offered for a corned beef box lost.

A large assortment of costly pipes have just been opened up by Mr Hvde. The collection would be hard to surpass, and the goods are the best ever landed in Hastings. The "Wairarapa Star says that Hastings, Danevirke, and Mastertou are the most progressive towns in the North Island at the present time. It is estimated that the stock of sheep in South Australia has decreased fully 25 per cent, during the past year, irrespective of the severe losses of the previous season.

Captain Allnian, Nautical Adviser to the Government, who has returned to Wellington from an inspection of the new light on Cape Falliser, pronounces it to be one of the best in New Zealand.

Tlie following eases are set down for the next sitting sitting of the "Wellington Divorce Court : Dowsett v. Dowsett, husband's petition ; Wilson v. Wilson, wife's petition ; McHardy V. McHardy, husband's petition ; Cranmer v. C'rannier and Melbourne, husband's petition ; Ferguson v. Ferguson and 13ackliouse, husband's petition. Miss Gray, who was connected with the Masonic Hotel in Napier for some time, and who is we'l-ki:own in this district, has taken over the Royal Hotel in Wellington. The lloyal is now one of the finest and best conducted hotels in the Empire City ; and is convenient to railway stations of both the Wairarapa and Manawutu lines.

At a committee meeting of the Manawatu A. and 1\ Association on Tuefdaj' night Mr A. M'Hard.v was presented with a handsome gold pendant with the word " President " engraved thereon, as a token of the esteem in which he is held, as well as a slight recognition of the great services rendered to the Association by him as ono of the oldest and most courteous members of the committee, The gift was acknowledged in feeling terms by the President.

The following order has been received by the Hastings liitles : —" Please inform Col. Sergt. Humphreys that I have this dav received his gold medal for best shot in North Island and hope to present it to him at a special parade of the corps on Thursday 2nd Dec., which, please order. Write and let me know whether we can put your men through volley and independent firing early on the morning of Friday, 3rd Dec."

A ballot was held at the Lauds Office' Napier, yesterday for a number of sections in the Elsthorpe estate, with the following results: —Section 3, bloolc 111., Oero, od'6 acres, ten applicants, M. Ryan, of Taradale ; sectiou 34, blook VII., Oero, 10a Or 87p, two applicants, Miss M. J. Cosgrove, Elsthorpe; section 39, block VII., Oero, 81 acres, four applicants, Mrs Harriet Sutherland, of Elsthorpe ; section 29, Elsthorpe village, 8a Or lip, three applicants, Mrs Alice M'Quade, of Patangata ; section 29, Elsthorpe village, 10a Or 140, four applicants, Mrs Mary Duncan, of Elsthorpe. In view of the interest which is now being taken in the question of diseased meat, the monthly return of the number of animals condemned at Glebe Island, Sydney, contains some instructive figures. The number of bullocks condemned as diseased was I' 6 per cent, for the month of September. The percentage of deceased cows was IS. Pigs stand very low in the scale of healthiness. Out of 4270 slaughtered no less than 4 - 9 were condemned as diseased. of 72,000 sheep slaughtered only ten were condemned asdiseased, or the extremely low percentage *OIB.

The workmen engaged on the Cape Palliser lighthouse made an interesting find at low tide amongst the rocks near Rocky Point. The nature of the discovery was an old French carronade. The gun is in a fair state of preservation though very rusty, and plainly shows that it is an implement of war and not a signal gun, as the sight veins are plainly traceable. The gun is 3ft. 9in. long—about the size of the guns used on French war vessels many years ago. How it got there is a mystery, but the Maoris at White Bock station say that their traditions throw some light on the matter. According to the native's story a large French war vessel was wrecked in that vicinity about 80 years ago, and a quantity of wreckage was picked up at what is known as White Bock station, about 16 miles from Rocky Point. The vessel became a total wreck and there were only two surviving sailors. The gun is to be brought to Wellington. At a public meeting at Nelson, on Thursday the Bev. Frank Issit referred to the Sydney cablegram which said serious charge made by him against a police officer at Orange had been proved totaly untrue after the fullest inquiry. Until the publication of the cablegram Mr Isitt had heard nothing more of a conversation he had with the Minister of Justice on September 7th, and said it was difficult to know a full inquiry had been made when Mr Isitt bad not been asked to name a single authority for his statements. The statements were the result of what he was told when by request he went to address two meetings of Lucknow miners on strike. The allegations made to him were so suggestive of peril at a serious crisis that Mr Isitt urged upon the Minister of Justice the necessity for inquiry, not expecting the same to be onesided.

Eccles' Quinine and Iron Tonic con tains Quinine and Iron in a high state of purity, and is the most agreeable, strengthening, and efficient agent yet discovered. 2s 6d per bottle. To be obtained from A. Eccles, chemist, Napier and Hastings, and at all leading country stores S—AOYT, 5 —AOYT,

The whereabouts of Arthur Stevenson is advertised for.

Tenders are required for cutting, stacking and threshing a field of hay. After we went to press yesterday, the man C. Counop, charged with attempting suicide, was discharged.

Attention is directed to the notification of Mr James P. Thomson, draper, of Heretaunga road, where a number of novelties will be found.

His Lordship the Bishop of Wellington and Mrs Wallis returned yesterday from their trip to England, where the Bishop has been attending the Lambeth Conference.

The Northamptonshire Regiment, which was* badly cut up on the Indian frontier was formerly the 58th Regiment, which saw service in Auckland and Taranaki at the time of the Maori war.

Ship Cove, the historical spot where Captain Cook rested in Queen Charlotte South and refitted his ships and rested his crews, is not to be desecrated by the foot of a single sheep, The Government has decided to reserve the spot (some 2011 acres), which is nearly all forest in its pristine beauty, exactly as it was when the famous discoverer landed on January 15th, 1770, in lI.M. barque Endeavour. Four youths who were boating in the Dunedin Harbor on Sunday had rather an unpleasant experience. Their boat got swamped and capsized. They were fortunately near the wharf, and a number of life-buoys were thrown to them. One of the lads, named Whelan, had a narrow escape. His life-buoy got too low down on his body and thus kept his head under the water. Another of the boys, Morris, was on the point of sinking, when a spectator jumped in and saved him. The two boys were very much exhausted, and it took a considerable time to resuscitate them. The other two lads were also rescued after much difficult v.

At the A. find P. Show yesterday one of the most approved competitions of the day was the log-chopping, won by J. Randall in 9inin. osec. Two others all but tied for second place The winner, however, was rather luclty in getting a tree some two inches smaller than his rivals, but all three chopped in excellent style, Another novelty was a bicycle obstacle race. The competitors were sent over the fences and water jump used in the leaping contest, and what with wind and long wet grass, Humphries, who came in easily first, thoroughly earned his five pound:;; Burnett was second. In variety and novelty there were events enough for a llrst-clas-s afternoon's sport had the wind only been favorable. The Governor was present during the day.

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