The Hastings Standard Published Daily THURSDAY, DEC. 2, 1897. LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Hastings Standard, Issue 492, 3 December 1897, Page 2

The Hastings Standard Published Daily

THURSDAY, DEC. 2, 1897. LOCAL AND GENERAL.

For the cause that lacks assistance. For the wrongs that need resistance, For the future in the distance. And the good that we can do.

Nelson Bros, received the following cable from London tins morning : —Frozen meat market prices unchanged. Heinrich Polilen. on charge of the murder of Patrick Corcoran at Harapipi, was furthur remanded till the 10th. At the criminal sessions of the Auckland Supreme Court Henry William Needham formerly a clerk employed by Devore and Cooper, solicitors, on a charge of the theft of a cheque for £167, was sentenced to two years' imprisonment. At the Auckland Police Court two cases were heard against employers for keeping assistants longer than ll.v hours each day. They were fined 10s and costs 19s. It was decided in committee bv the Council last evening to apply to the Government for permission to erect the proposed morgue on the Police Station section. A morgue is a necessity for the town and it is to be hoped Cr Linney will not permit the question of erecting one to be shelved. Last night the Magpie Minstrels held a most successful rehearsal, the entire programme being carefully gone through. The choruses, which are a special feature of the entertainment, went with a swing and finish which augurs well for the success of the entertainment. The little tots who are cast for the "living pictures" are daily rehearsing their part of the entertainment. The tableaux are extremely pretty, embracing " Cinderella," " The Doctor's Visit," " The Raft," " Darby and Joan," " Little Miss Muffett," " The Sleeping Beauty," "The Tin Gee-Gee," " The Willow Pattern Plate," and " Ilda Jiggins' Garding Party." The following most singular case is reported in the Medical Press : —A girl, aged 18, was throwing up in the air a toy trumpet for the playful purpose of catching it in her mouth, when suddenly it slipped into the wind pipe, and afterwards down into the right bronchus. The result was that at each inspiration and expiration the trumpet gave out a note that could be heard fifteen yards away. This extraordinary incident reminds us of Max Adeler's tale of a boy who swallowed a musical box, and there after emitted " Home, Sweet, Sweet Home " and " Way down upon the Swanee river" in church, in bed, at the dinner table, and at all times in and out of season until his involuntary performance was brought to an end by a bomb-like explosion of the instrument in his interior. Although the case reported in the Revue de Laryngologie has a somewhat liumorus side, the issue had a contrary complexion, for the patient refused operation, and death occurred twenty-three days later. De Pascalls 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 —Adyt. Large stock of spring and summer suitings. Every variety of best material at moderate prices. Cut style and finish guaranteed by Doddb the Tailor, Heretaunga road.—Adyt. Hallo there ! Do .you want a good sum rucr suit ? Then by all means call on Poods- the popular tailor.—Aavf,

Two cottages are advertised to let. The Borough Bank overdraft stands at present at lis Id. Mr Charles Ross, the creator of the venerable and disreputable humorous character " Ally Sloper," is dead. Lieut. Col.-Newall completed 84 years of continuous military service under the New Zealand Government yesterday. Thirty Maoris have entered for the Maori race at the New Zealand Natives Association's carnival at Auckland tomorrow. Mr C. H. Hinmrn, Evangelist, will lecture on the subject of " Travels in the land of Palestine " in the Princess Theatre this evening commencing at 7.80. There will be no charge for admission and no collection." A deciple of Bacchus was interviewed by Mr Boilby yesterday afternoon and cautioned against too free an indulgence in the future. Mr Geo. Ellis bestowed the same paternal advice on another unfortunate this morning. Mr C. H. Ilinman, evangelist, delivered a lecture in the Princess Theatre last evening to a full house. The lecturer dealt with his personal experiences during his sojourn in the Holy Land, and a most pleasant and instructive evening was spent. Mr T. Morgan, boot and shoe purveyor, of Heretaunga street, notifies that he intends offering his stock at greatly reduced rates during the current three weeks. In accordance with his usual Christmas custom, he presents each purchaser with a souvenir of the season. The freezing works at Tomoana are at present very busy, and, as a consequence, Mr A. Fail has his hands full of orders for manufacturing tallow casks. Mr Fail has been turning out casks at the rate of 100 per week for Tomoana and he is unable to complete a variety of other private orders for the present. This afternoon a huge column of smoke was seen ascending from the direction of the Spit. An adjournment to the bell tower proved the fire to be beyond Napier and in the direction of Mohaka. Further enquiry elicited the fact that as seen from the Spit it appears to be a bush fire at the back of Naieangiangi. There was a good muster of the Hastings Rifles this morning at 5 o'clock at the Te Mate range for volley tiring under Lieut.-Col. Newall. The Government distributes £'2so amongst the companies of the Wellington district, according to the scores. Last year Hastings won £9 10s, and £ll the year previous. At the Auckland Police Court a man named Wilson, a Sanioau seaman on the cutter Coralie, was charged with the theft of 601bs. of tobacco. In answer to the charge Wilsan said : " I have 11,000 acres of land at Samoa, and I will give 1000 acres to the New Zealand Government to get clear of this trouble. I was never in trouble before till I got into bad company " The offer was not accepted, and lie has to stand his trial at the criminal sessions.

According to the Yen. Archdeacon Clark at the Anglican Diocesan Synod the schools provided for the Maori youth have not, with few exceptions, resulted in the moral, social, and material elevation of those for whose benefit they were established. Many of the students at Te Aute and St Stephen's native schools when they return to their people fall back to their former manner of life, and " their last state is worse than their first." Tha Times correspondent with the Soudan expedition writes : —lt is fully realised here—as perhaps it is not at home —that to pospone the crushing of the Khalifa's power until next year may prove fatal to our designs, may mean that all we have accomplished this year and the last in the Soudan will have been utterly vain. We have information of what rival Powers are now attempting at the headquarters of the Nile ; it will be a disgraceful thing if, by reasons of our apathy and delay, we lind ourselves forstalled.

Full parade of the Volunteers under Lieutenants "Ware and Kidgway was held in St Mathew's Hall last evening forinspection by Lieut.-Col. Newall. Sergeant Major JDewar wis also in attendance. Colonel Newall took advantage of the parade to present Sergeant Humphreys with the gold medal won by him as the best shot in the North Island. The Colonel congratulated Sergeant Humphreys and expressed himself proud that the gold and silver medals in the competition fell to two men in his division. The medal consists of a circular piece of gold with a crown surmounting two crossed ritles on one side, the other side bearing the following inscription:—""Won by Color Scargeant F. 11. Humphreys. Hastings Rifle Volunteers. Best shot in the North Island, 1897-8—99 points." "We congratulate Sergeant Humphreys on his well-earned laurels. A gentleman in Dunedin, writing to a friend in the Lake district, tells an interesting little romance touching the great Australian racing event, in the golden days of Victoria. He says:—"Had you a pound on Gaulus '? "We were all sweet on Wait-a-bit, but he didn't pull it off. I have seen twelve Melbourne Cups run. Flatcatclier in, I think, 1859 pulled off the stakes—some £BOOO. This great horse was worked for six days, in the week by a party of four miners at Fiery Creek, and was raced every Svuiday. The poor brute developed a great turn of speed, and the firm of four blooming and very rough diggers entered him for the great Melbourne stakes. He came in romping, and gained tliem some £IO,OOO 1 Fancy an old ' puddling machine' horse winning the Melbourne Cup ! We never know what true grit is till we are tried in the fire." The steamer Triton, from Havana to Bahia, struck a rock on October 16th. Her cargo shifted, and she sank 15 minutes afterwards. Forty-two were rescued, but over 100 were lost. A scene of terrible confusion and panic ensued as soon as the passengers realised the meaning of the crash. In the wild struggle they rushed for the boats. The first lowered capsized immediately, and all the occupants were drowned. The next was struck by an enormous wave and turned over, drowning 20, but the frail craft righted and eight regained it. Some good swimmers kept afloat for hours, and others floated fcr 24 hours on planks. The currents carried them east pf Havana, An army captain, his wife and daughter, went down together, locked in a last embrace. A mother, with twins 15 months old, drifted helplessly away on the crest of a great wave. All the other ladies and children were lost. As the Triton was sinking Captain Richards committed suicide by shooting himself. 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.—Ad yt . Eccles' Quinine and Iron Tonic contains 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, Napi:r and Hastings, and at all leading COUBt 'y store**—-

A lost gold locket is advertised for. A notice interesting to Maoris appears in another column. The Hon. J. D. Ormond's horses were struck out of the Auckland Cup and classic races yesterday. Mr F. Lawrv presented to I'arliament yesterday a petition from Otorohunga residents praying that hotel licenses should be granted in the King Country as the " only solutiou of a difficult problem and to put a stop to sly-grog selling in the Iving Country. At the Taranaki show on Thursday the first prize for best old cheese was awarded to the Danevirke Dairy Factory. There was much competition, for this honour and the fact of beating all comers in a district like Taranaki, the dairying centre of the colony, shows that the local factory is in the right hands.—Advocate. A sad record of misfortunes were detailed at a London Police Court when a young woman was charged with threatening to commit suicide. She had been engaged to be married, and everything was arranged ; but her young man died on the eve of the wedding. Her mother was ill at the time, and when she heard the news the shock killed her. She wrote to her sister, who was in Austria, informing her of her mother's death, and she started to come home, but died on the way. Then her brother committed suicide, and she was so upset that she fully meant to put an end to herself. The court missionary promised to see the girl with the view of doing something for her, and the magistrate discharged her with a caution. Dodds has the very latest patterns in Scotch and English Tweeds. For firstclass cut and fit Dodds is unrivalled. — Advt.