LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Hastings Standard, Issue 499, 11 December 1897, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

An interesting letter from our Omahu correspondeut appears on the fourth page to-day. Mr Nelson, of the Tomoana freezing works, leaves for London by the Gothic. A large number of excursionists left Napier and Hastings this morning to be present at the celebration opening of the railway to Woodville. Charles Clements lias been committed for trial at Dunedin on a charge of murdering his wife. The Wesleyan Synod in Auckland is urging aggressive work amongst the Maoris. James White has been committed for trial at Auckland on a charge of false pretences.

Colonel Pole Penfcon, the Commandant of the Forces, is laid up with influenza. The Wanganui Borough Council is considering the advisableness of erecting a theatre in the town. The Hawke's Bay Highland Society has now a membership of over two hundred. Five rams shorn by a settler in the Ormondville district, clipped 95 lbs of wool. In several Hastings orchards this year there promises to be a prolific crop of oranges. Hawks are reported to be picking the eyes out of a number of heavily-woolled sheep in the Rangitikei district. Several members of the Wanganui Fire Brigade are going into training for the annual competition in Auckland. According to an exchange, there is a lady in England who has been bedridden for 73 years, caused through having injured her back when a child. If she lives till next April she will be ninety years of age. A three-year-old child boarded a steamer at the Thames the other day and went for a trip to Auckland on his own acconut. He was too young to tell his name, but he was eventually restored to his parents through the instrumentality of the police. The Taranaki Herald, in an editorial article, states that it has gone carefully into the statement that the Natives recently engaged in the ploughing operations have been dissatisfied with the administration of the Public Trustee, and finds such statement most emphatically disproved. There is evidence, however, that the discontent is fanned by Te Whiti, who is never tired of prophecyirg that the whole of the land will come back into his possession. Happily the old prophet's maim is almost broken, and the failure of ! his latest atiempt to reinstate himself as supreme at Parihaka will in all probability break his power for ever. A nasty accident happened in Queen street, Hastings, at 10.15 this morning. Whilst Mr Arthur Maddison was delivering goods for the firm of Maddison and Co. at a house, the horse attached to his cart took fright and bolted. After proceeding for some thirty yards, the cart came into collision with a post, and overturned, throwing young Maddison, who was in it at the time, to the ground. Some neighboring ladies, assisted by some youths, picked up the poor boy, apd removed him into Mr Stevens' house, where they dressed his injuries, pending the arrival of Drs Linney and Tosswill, who were promptly on the SGene. An examination showed that the lad had sustained a severe shaking and had one of his legs ripped as with a knife along the side from thigh to calf. Chloroform was administered and the wound stitched, after which the sufferer was removed to his home. The horse is very much cut, and the cart smashed, but we are glad to say that Mr Maddison's injuries, though painful, are not of a serious nature, and the doctors hope to see him about again in a week or so. George Maddibou, a younger brother was also in the cart and was thrown out, but escaped with a few bruises. Dr Pascall s Pills cure Indigestion Heartburn, Costiveness, Headache, Furred Tongue, Wind, and gll symptoms arising from a disordered state of the liver, stomach, or kidneys. They cleanse the feowels, 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—Eccles —Advt. Dodds has the very latest patterns in Scotch and English Tweeds. For firstclass cut and fit Dodds is unrivalled.— Adt».

A smart boy is advertised for. An apprentice to the dressmaking is wanted. It is about two mrnths since rain in any appreciable quantity fell in Hastings. A rabbit was observed frisking about a Hastings back yard on Friday evening. Inspector please note. Portions of the footpath in Heretaunga street, Hastings, arc receiving a much needed coat of .tar. Last month 52,0001bs of butter was made at the Rongotea Dairy Factory, being 10,000 lbs more than was made in November, 1896. The Egmont A. and P. Show resulted in an estimated profit of £BSO. At a recent sale of cattle in New Plymouth, fifteen head were condemned by the Inspector. Mr Alexander Baillie, proprietor of the Pahiatua Herald, was on a visit to Hastings to-day. Mr F. A. Sheath, of Wairarapa, a member of the Wairarapa North County Council, is at present on a visit to Hastings. Another sharp shock of earthquake was felt at 8.18 o'clock on Friday evening. The tremor lasted for several seconds. A very fine mirage of the sea was observed over the hills to the east of Hastings this morning. The annual distribution of prizes in connection with the Hawke's Bay Girls' School takes place on Wednesday next. A large garden party is being held at Captain Russell's near Hastings}, this afternoon. Music is being provided by the local Brass Band. A number of Native school children passed through Hastings by the express on Friday evening. One of the schools down the line has evidently " broken up." Mr H. H. Hunt's recital on the 16th inst. promises to be a great success and every endeavor is being made to present an original and up-to-date programme. Amongst the visitors to the Highland meeting at Hastings on Friday night was Mr J. A. Frazer, of the Liverpool Produce Exchange, who is a guest of Mr Donald Maddison, of this town. The Wellington Evening Post quotes the remarks of the Standard concerning the railway time-table. It is interesting to note that the new time-table has proved acceptable in Dannevirke, if nowhere else. According to a chieftain of the Hawke's Bay Highland Society there aye only two places in the colony in which real Gaelic is spoken—and those two places are Hastings and the Western Spit. " The Union Jack is as much the representative of St. Andrew and St. Patrick as it is of St George."—An opinion expressed by a chieftain at the Highland Society meeting in Hastings on Friday night. At the Salvation Army to-morrow afternoon at 3 p.m. a special meeting will be held in aid of the J.S. Annual in which songs, recitations, &c., will be given by the children. At 7 p.m. there will be a Salvation meeting. Everyone invited.* Amongst the audience at the Highland Society in Hastings on Friday night was an ancient Maori damsel, who displayed the greatest interest in tlie entertainment. When the Scotch reel was being danced she exclaimed, " Kaitepai, all the same the haka !"

The wigs in connection with the Magpie Minstrels entertainment were supplied l>y the well-known local firm of D. D. Hyde and Co. Mr Arthur Hyde superintended the make-up of the minstrels, which reflected the greatest credit upon him and his assistants. Constable Staith took an unfortunate man in charge this afternoon who was considerably the worse for drink. Lastweek the man was in town with £2l and a horse and saddle valued at jG9 and in the meanwhile he managed to sell the horse and spend all his money. Hori Eruera, a Maori boy at St. Stephen's native school, the champion pole jumper of Australasia, and selected as one of the Australasian athletic team to visit England in February, yesterday decided not to accept the invitation. Eruera acted on the advice of a number of friends. A rather sudden death occurred in Pukeliou this morning. Mrs Harvey, an old and respected resident of the district, complained of illness about four o'clock this morning and later she became suddenly worse and expired at 6 o'clock. Deceased, who was the wife of Mr John Harvey, farmer, was 67 years of ago, and had been subject to intermittent attacks of heart disease but though she had only just recovered from one, her death was totally unexpected. The deceased was a connection of Mrs Foreman, of Hastings. Fifty years ago it was comparatively easy to please people in teas, but the public has gradually become fastidious under the keen competition of the rival growers and merchants, until, to-day, the blending and mixing of teas has been converted from a mere operation into almost a science. Competent tea-tasters in the Home countries and here are paid enormous salaries in order that the public taste may be gratified, and blend after blend is placed upon the market with varying success. One of the most successful, if not the most successful, blenders of tea in the colonies is the firm of Arthur Nathan, of Auckland, whose endeavors in this direction have been so successful as to command the attention of consumers for some time past, and now the weekly output of this firm is numbered by several thousand packets. These teas are neatly made up in air-tight lead packets, which, whilst protecting them against atmospheric damp, preserves the original aroma and strength. Mr Joseph Hawkins has been appointed local agent, and Mr \V. H. Warrall agent for Napier, both of whom will be glad tp receive trial orders. This morning a man named Harry Ernest White was brought up before Messrs Fitzßoy and Beilb.y on a charge of being drunk and disorderly, to which he pleaded guilty, and on a further charge of using obscene language outside St. Mathews' Hall during the progress of the Highland Society s social. Constable Potter's evidence went to prove that the accused was drunk and acting violently outside the hall at 11.39 last evening. He repeatedly used obscene language in the hearing of ladies. Mr lurkwood, cook for the social, gave evidence as to the expressions he heard accused make use of. He was assaulted by the accused. Thomas Joll, nightwatchman also gave evidence. The police gave White a good character, this being his first appearance before the court, and the bench convicted and dismissed on the first count. In dealing with the second charge their worships said that owing to the character given accused the case wquld ba dealt lieniently with ; at the same time the charge was of much too serious a nature to be overlooked as this conduct was getting intolerable. A-Consed would be sentenced to 14 days' imprisonment. Hallo there ! Do you want a good sum mer suit ? Then by all means call Oil Pes&s, &§ poplar iailor.—Am.

The Hawke's Bay Polo Ciub held a practice on the Stortford Lodge grounds this afternoon. A cricket match the Scinde v. the Country is being played this afternoon on the Here tail nga School grounds. Henry Hohlen, charged at Auckland with the murder of Corcoran, has been remanded until the 18th inst. It isassertedthat the Hon. W. P. Reeves (Agent General) has definitely decided to return to the Colony and contest a seat at the next election. The North Otago Times sf aes that it is a mistake to consider crop prospects of the district as gloomy. Tlu*re are places where the crops fared badly? but these are the exception rather than sli-i rule.