LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Hastings Standard, Volume V, Issue 1427, 18 January 1901, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

On our fourth page will be found cable news and other interesting matter.

A fresh batch of Hastings residents left yesterday for " Canvas Town."

Nominations for the Poverty Bay Turf Club's annual race meeting on January 21st and 22nd will close with Mr A. T. Danvers at 9.30 o'clock to-night.

No less than in pennies is kept locked up at a time in London automatic penny-in-the-slot machines, according to the computations of the Mint officials.

Owing to the high prices ruling for fat stock at present the butchers in Dunedin and suburbs, and also at Port Chalmers, have again decided to raise the cash price of meat.

The Russian Minister of Railways has prepared a time-table showing that when the trans-Siberian Railway is finished the journey round the world can be made in thirty-eight days. Mr Dennett, who is relinquishing the auctioneerlnc; business, will hold his last sale to-morrow, and, in his usual modest style, promises great bargains. He wants the people to roll up in large numbers. The Daily News (London) says of the last General Election, " It was certainly remarkable, and that for many things. It was held at an improper time, conducted on false pretences, and won by nefarious means."

Twenty-three horses were sent by the morning train for Wellington for use of the Sixth Contiugent in South Africa These were all secured by Stock Inspector Miller, and are a fine looking lot of animals.

The usual weekly meeting of the Wesley Guild was held in the vestry of the church last night, the Vice-President (Mr Cunnold) occupying the chair. The programme for the evening was " Readings and Recitations," and each member contributed something for the evening's entertainment. The items varied in character, some being humorous and others sentimental, and a very pleasant and profitable evening was spent. The cricket match between the Tomoana and County Juniors will be resumed to-morrow afternoon on the Heretaunga ground. The teams are as follows : —County—Whyte, Carrad, Smart, Rainbow, Reeves, Loring, MeLeod, Stubbs, Armstrong. Tomoana—Sleeman, Hobbs, Hiid, Smart Jnr,, Owen, King, Spence, Clark, Leonard, Webb, and Wood. The County made 154 in their first innings, and have lost six wickets for 152 in the second. Tomoana made 176 at their first venture.

In view of the probable early visit of the Duke of York to New Zealand, the public will be interested to know that the 'bus which conveyed the Duke of Edinburgh from Wellington to the Hutt, when he visited New Zealand over thirty years ago, is still preserved in Masterton. For years the "Duke of Edinburgh" conveyed passengers from the Masterton railway station to the town. Since the advent of the more pretentious landau, however, it has been pensioned off.—Masterton Star.

An amusing performance at the colonial contingents' camp at Sydney was the training of the horses to stand in a crowd The infantry mustered in two lines, armed with sheets, towels, tin cans and dishes, and every kind of noisy instrument they could gather, while the cavalry rode their mounts barebacked through the yellow lane to get them used to the crowds they would meet in the procession. The foot soldiers did their level best to unseat their mounted comrades, and in some cases succeeded.

Have pupils of private schools the right to compete for scholarships provided for from Education Board funds ? The question was raised at a recent meeting of the Southland Eduoation Boatd, Mr Hanan asking whether it was true that, under new regulations, private schools were shut out from the scholarships. The Chairman replied that it was perfectly true ; that that schools which did not in any way contribute to scholarship funds had no right to scholarships ; and that if any people chose to remain outside the national system of education, whose benefits were free and known to all, they must take the consequences.

The Education Department has sent a circular to the Wellington Education Board informing it that an increase has been made in the salaries of a number of the teachers. Last session £8,500 was voted for the purpose of increasing the salaries of teachers in the service of the various Education Boards who were shown to be underpaid, and it is understood that the amount for distribution among the Wellington Board's teachers reaches to about ,£BSO. No information is forthcoming as to the basis on which the increases have been made, but the presumption is that the Department has fixed a colonial scale of salaries, and that the increases have been based on that scale. The details of the increases will not be made public until they have boon considered by the Board at its next meeting.

The main feature of the proposed Army reforms is that the soldier is to be a soldier not only in war but also in peace. At present we depend too much on raw levies, and on regiments that have spent most of their term of enlistment as daylabourers in uniform. They haye to be hardened up and made experienced on the battlefield itself, and the process is not only costly and sometimes disastrous, but also uncertain. "When soldiering is regarded by our Tommy Atkinses as a profession rather than as the last resource of those who have failed, those who are disappointed, those who are hopeless—when it is no longer a 5: ™ace to the most humble British ho-.-Pi. hold that Jack or Tom or Bill has " gone and listed'' — the British Army will become in reality that "which K is on paper—lnvincibleLondon paper. The Best Remedy i'ok Stomach and Bowel Troubles. " I have been in the drug business for twenty years and have sold most all of the proprietary medicines or any note. Among the entire list I have never found anything to equal Chamberlain's Colic, Cholera and Diarrhoea Rernedj for all stomach and bowel troubles," says O. W. Wakefield, of Columbus, Ga. " This remedy cured two severe cases of cholera morbus in my family, and I have recommended and sold hundreds of bottles of it to my customers to their entire satisfaction, it aaords a quick and sure cure in a pleasant form." For sale by J. W. J3i>fes Chemist, Hast jogs.

Tenders are called for the erection of a house, and aro to be lodged by noon cf Monday, 28th inst.

At the Rongotea factory during December the milk received contained 62,257-751bs of butter fat.

The Hastings Rifles have decided to go into camp for a week, commencing on Monday, 28th inst.

The annual general meeting of the Eastings Horticultural and Industrial Society is advertised to take place on Tuesday next, commencing at 7.30 pm. • Messrs Oates and Wildey arrived with their motor car in Hastings at about halfpast ten last night after a da.y"s journey of 108 miles, starting from Bketahuna at a quarter past seven in the morning. They left Hastings for Napier at 8 o'clock this morning. A Taranaki paper states that by the next boat leaving the port the Kaupokonui Dairy Factory Company will ship 1500 cases of cheese, of the value of about <£4500. This is the produce of the factory for a fortnight. The Hawke's Bay polo team returned by the mid-day train to-day. In their match against RuataniwheT they easily defeated their opponents by seven goals to one, but had the tables turned on them by Oroua, who were victorious by six goals to two.

Giving his views on Federation to an Australian interviewer. Mr A. L. D. Fraser, M.H.R., said, although staggered by the greatness of the city and its marvellous sights, he came oyer opposed to federation, and has seen nothing to make himself alter his mind, and as Australia has fought out its destiny alone he would like to see New Zealand do the same.

The Hawke's Bay Mounted Rifles are to have a field day at Te Mata. The men will fall in opposite the Drill Shed at 3 o'clock to-morrow afternoon, and those unable to attend at that hour are requested to fall in at 11 p.m. All ropes will be supplied at 2.45 to-morrow afternoon. For further particulars see section leaders.

The Directors of the Hastings Co-opera-tive Meat Company met last night, aud transacted a good deal of initial business. Mr Mclvor was appointed business manager, Mr J. Campbell working manager, and Mr Bndgman is to assist Mr Mclvor as buyer for three months. It was decided to invite applications for the office of Secretary.

Messrs Reeves, Wells, and Beecroft, who have been in Wellington for the purpose of endeavoring to join the Sixth Contingent, were rejected yesterday afternoon for reasons which have not transpired, and will return by to-night's express train. Mr N. McLean was more succesful, and has been attached to one of the companies in his capacity as bugler. During the last fortnight the sheep traffic on the Hawke's Bay district has been booming, special trains running almost every night with sheep from Mangatera, Takapau, Kaikora, and other stations to Wellington and Palmerston. The railways not only have this additional traffic, but also the great increase of timber traffic to contend with, which causes the railway officials to spend a lot of extra time in endeavoring to keep all traffic going smoothly and attend to the increasing wants of the general public.—Bush Advocate.

Probably the most valuable " shores" in any joint-stock company in the world are the original shares in the London New River Water Supply Company. One of these shares was sold by auction the other day for £120,000. This indicated a fall from the last previous occasion on which a full share was sold, the price then obtained being £128,600- Usually these shares are sold in fractions. The dividend on such shares last year was £2994, and there is a prospect of an increase at an early date, as some valuables groundrents are about to fall in. The undertaking was originally divided into 72 shares, one half being assigned to King James 1., who assisted Sir Hugh Myddelton with funds, and the other half being retained by Sir Hugh and his friends, now known as Adventurers' shares. Charles 1., being short of ready money, reassigned the King's moiety to Sir Hugh, in consideration of annual payment of £SOO, which is still paid by the company out of the proportion of revenue in respect of the King's shares.