LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Hastings Standard, Volume VII, Issue 1903, 23 August 1902, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

New South Wait's has extended the friiiK.ni.se to women. ' Tin- latest disease in eminift hui will) i piiiji is known as "the ancle." brief Imt expressive. Mr Tom Maim stales ih.il as a re | still of hi* visil to the Simllj Island ' live new Soeialist 11 branches liaM: l»ecn formed A HirininiiKun linn will Ik- liiis\ foi J some iiimitiis tinning 'ml <'oronai i"n f i.icdal.s. One of tin* principal orders is U4.000 for Australia.

Mt I. (' Wli: t ehead has a change of tii- advertisement us tins issue. Nine-tenths <>( England's railway passengers tiavel third class. The giowth ui gin* is greatest m their iiHeenWi jean of boys in their sev en teen I fa Doctors in Sweden never send bills i<. their pat leu ( s They eheeriully accept whatever sums the patients choose 'o give 'hem » Humoured 'hat Mr <Jlass, late organising secretary to the Farmers' Liiion, will he a candidate for Hay of Islands seat at the genera! election.

Mr L F Ay son states that large numbers 01 mature trout in the hatch ene-s .11 the colony are effected by a disease of the giils and throat Ihe building trade at Dunedm js ex ceptionally brisk One tirni of architects has about t,r.n onu worth of con tracts under way, and others are equ ally busy. The scatloldmg at .Messrs Blvtiie and Co s new premises in Napier col lapsed yesterday. wrecking portion of the verandah and doing other damage totalling about 4:tin No one, for lutiately, was injured. In this issue. Mrs K Telia y, j.h Here taunga street, not.lies she has always 011 ha yd large supplies •.!* fresh vegetables and fruit in season, besides all kinds of pure confectionery.

"1 don t understand why girls go 111 to factories at -is per week ; when they might earn or !>'s a week at domestic service. " remarked Mr Justice Cooper ui the Arbitration Court, rhri -ichuicb, recently . Norwav's population .s the smallest 11, Europe compared with her area. Kach of her inhabitants would have fr.itv acres ,jf land, while the Briton would have to be contenled with less than an acre. A medical gentleman, just out from England, has been making enquiries in Hastings with a view to .settling in the district He js undecided as to whether he will practice here or in Gis borne but, A otherwise satisfied, he favors the Hastings climate. M-r Howler has effected a large sale of the work "Defenders of the Em. pire." compiled by his Excellency the Governor, and has now a limited num her of copies" on hand. Keterned troopers and their families should se cure a copy of this work at once, as ;n years to come it will be a valuable memento of the honorable part piuved by them 111 their sacrifices in the Knipire s cause. Mr kracft. the Harbor Master at had a narrow escape from a fatal accident last evening. He was stepping from a bus at the Spit when he slipped and the wheels passed over his body bruising his thigh severely. He was conveyed to his home where a medical examination disclosed no bones broken, and from latest accounts he is doing very well under the circumstances. *• In the Legislature Council vesterdav. the Hon W C Walker moved to re-commit the Fisheries Conservat on \, 1 Amendment Bill with a view o( eiinunaliug the clause added to the 11:11 niviiig fishermen the right to en. ter upoii private property to takr 11 -J; irom a river, which was carried and (!.c motion to strike out the clause was then nut and carried. The Bill was reported with amendments. A crow li.i - U*eii gelt.tig the Calcul la Telephone Company into trouble li built .is nest at the central otTice where four wires converged, and used tin clippings and bits of wire for the purpose, with the result that it estab lislied complete electrical communication between the whole of the four

imcs When a -übscnbei rang up some fine be wanted he was answered irons (our different offices at once At a meeting of the Hastings I'ubr Works committee. all the members. except Cr Sicannell (who sent an apology) being present, it was decided jo comply w.ili Mr Manion's re- ■ luest to form the road at the lower end of Klfison street, and the road overseer was instructed to carry out the work as soon as fthe slate of the weather permitted The quest-oil of buvmc a road grader was discussed, and it was decided to appoint Crs .Jones, Smith. [Heecroft and Dennett t,i make all inquiries as to cost etc . and «s t.> whether :t would be as economical to hire a machine when required During the hearing of the "bread cases'" vesterday. (,says the Duuedtti Stan, one of the witnesses .said that when bread wa.s placed in the oven each >oa! wc.ghed b :{<»/. but those loaves which 'were near the side ot the oven goi harder baked than the ,1 hers. This caused the loaves overbaked to be ot less than tlie -Hi weight in nearly ever) case Don t you make am allowance lor that '' was the question, '-(lit no." was the naive replv. '••lt's not been the custom i" the trade to do it since 1 imned u, anyway The mag.straitdid not think this sufficient excuse, and the "Gender was fined l»s. Other bakers in the court went into ihe bo\ and conlirmed the first witness's state inents. • • >

An enterprising Canadian lecentiv remarked to an Englishman li von want to prevent the Amencanisa 1 i( m of Canada you must lower yoni postal rales lor newspapers and maira zines." Comment,ng upon this, an English journal points out that during the late war Canada to a great extent depended upon New ork ior it- war news, and that only those familiar with the American _ "yellow Press" can form an> idea of the extraordinarv statements which were circulated "throughout the Dominion. Canada is even being led to .believe what these American journals print about * lit* v* i!uj]jtTcia) (H'vliiu* and lan nf "the Old C'-uixtrv '

X* ori*-- t I.vrd Ki' l l.ciier ti£ *' just now bnJkmg largely m most of the Home journals, Hi*- lordship s pet 'starling, which was a Known char acter in Pretoria, is the subject "i some oi these. A correspondent 01 Navy and Army relates the following about this safciicujus creature: "Ihis bird, fur the nine h'snc was the apple hi Lord kitchener s eye. He always had it near him. and often when some difficult problem of the campaign troubled him, he could !>e seen standing 111 ironl of the ease, cigar m mouth- gazing at the captive bird One day an Idea struck hmi It seemed thai the pet was in poor spirit- Lord Kitchener conce ved the idea that the bird was lonely that 'l' rri[H!ie.i a male In a ent tia* whole "i l he l.< adsp.u ' e: was 111 a ferment Imperial intere'-:-were of a secondary consjder.it ion Start officers, who had not a moment to call their own, were out hunt wo through Pretoria for a mate for net of the chief, who had steadfastly refusei!»to allow any of his married oihcet's to he joined by their m.-'e while m Pietoria " The latest clever swindle on t i.<Continent consists of turning ten Hank of Knjrlaud notes into eleven hv -t in lli- man.pulafion. The ineHmd sltow- iiilmile ineennHy Ka< h of the ten bank note- i- cut into Ten piece--ffit--e are placed tojiethei on a pan'li" paper, and to each of the patched notes a fal-e -.rap is added In replace the piece taken uji to • 1 e eleventh It wa- oniy is hen the difler ent numbers of the notes were carefully examined at the bank that Hie 1 fraud was discovered.—Daily Kiprcs,.

Tin* <cjian Church mtviccs u. morrow u U be conducted by the Rev Mr Comm. The Rev. J; Wrigley Wj jj jpf eac j, morning and evening at tie Wesley I Church to-morrow. •* t The \<-u Zeala.id ,iadie L itdon have i.i.'iu' d a nu.ld. «i y s ddou as pnc-idPi.' /or the- (are Vw /ea iandeis graves iti South ,\jr;e., Mr Seddoii has rete.v ed an invitation >rom the British Chamber of Commerce m Paris to visit the French capital before be returns tr New Zealand. > >■'' teaius representing the Te Aute <tt)d the 1O 01 aim football ciubs played a match this afternoon ■t! St or 1 ford Lodge- At hull time 'he wore was—Te Aute .. .mts Oniahu : n,i. The Maiif-'"T'eka [Liberals have held a meeting; llM i strongly protested aga.iiM t hi- select ion of the Government nominee, and severely <m ,c sed ihe action of tlit* pariy organiser 'Die Course Committee 0} tkr Haw--u- - Bay Jotkiy CJuh met tm the race <->" use this morning. and a number of sanitary and «Mier iaipr-tv t s L . <1 v< ititni upon. \Woie mi .itiiant was being christened at Odessa the churth was struck bv lightning The priest, the baby's la» tier aud godfather were all thrt-e N 1.1 iled on .the spot, the child, Us mother. and godmother being left unHarmed.

An amicable arrangement hav.ujg been arrived at between the Hastnigs Abattoirs Comiiiiiictr and Mr \\. Strict;, of x Toi«oana t regardiiii: the question of boundary, tenders wnl be called forthwith for suiialiie. fencing <st the abattoir yards. It 4 is expected that the entire work will be com pitted in six weeks, and every eflort Js ucing Made , to gei Sir Joseph riard to perform tne opening ceremony. LaM nifht a Bund of Hope meeting ht "W in the Wesley Church, which \va, well attendee ;.The ]{ev. Mr H rigiey occupied the cl.d.r Recitations were delivered by sev em: of the members ana a solo was abiy reudered by .Mr Bradley. The society intend to meet fortnightly in future. s.r Joseph I£ard ba.s promised a deputation of Wellington shopkeepers to curtail the competition of Chinese traders by amuid t the law to provide that an shops shall close at 6 V four davs in the week, at 1 pinion the statutory half-holiday, and & or id p hi. on Saturday. 1 Here is an active demand for mangolds in New South Wales, and large consignments are si pptn from \cvv Zealand to satislv *it 11 arkets. '• e* Zealand gram is also being bought up in Sydney, ■nhici to aa extent, accounts for the sudden rise m local prices. A meeting of the Ilawke's .Bay Agricultural and Pastoral Yard:. Com. 11..1 tee Was held m Hastings to-day to consider tenders for certain saq,!tari addit.ons to the grandstand on the .show grounds. The following tenders were received : —Cooper and ison i Napier j £122, .J. Humphreys (Napier) tlt'H. AA. and R. ,Sta.Dlej iliastmgst £JO3. S. T. Tong (Hast:i.g> • - 4 -"> It was decided to accept Vcr > T Tongs tender A correspondent reminds us that in the recent '*bombastic competition" amongst the colonial Prt.. t: - r. Lon uon. Sir Wilfrid Launer alleged that Canada was the granary ol the Em- . V.r Seddon set forth tiiat New Zealanders were the • butter-makers--01 the Empire ," and Sir Edmund Barton (unwilling to be left m tl«s background) said thet the Commonwealth was "the butcher of the Empire '' Persons who are fined .u the Police Court awvt not take Jt as sure that time will te given for'payment Two uicn applied for time .n bunedin tins week and were told by the Bench that it would be necessary arrar.ee with the police, and i>» yer said he objected to such a concession in their "cases tnet beine Tinkers who had no settled woik Such i-ases. gave the police a lot of "rouble, and there were thirtv or forty on the books. The applications were consequently refused.

.Ur i.i. W. Martin, second masu-r m H<» tings .district, school, has been •nded by the Poll Aburiri Committee lor appointment to e ant headmastership of the Spit district school. Mr Martin ps a pains taking, conscientious teacher whose loss to the Ha.st.ngs district school will be much felt, and whose place in the .school will not be easily filled. Whilst regretting his departure from amongst us. everybody will join in rongratiilat ing him ; upon his promotion. and w.sli hint every success in ins new sphere of labor. Tiie huge notice board stuck up in front of the Athenaeum stating the library hours of attendance, etc., may be useful, but in all other respects it is a blot on the landscape. The committee have not added to their !repiit.itinn by the erection of sueh an unsightly and cumbersome patch t which presents the an exaggerated coffin plate more than anything else. The result aimed at by the library authorities might be attained .equally well and in a much More artistic manner by affixing a small plate to the building, and the ground in front could be made more attractive by laying )t out in flower niots.