Local and General.

Hastings Standard, Volume VIII, Issue 4206, 16 April 1904, Page 2

Local and General.

Air 1:>. Chambers Warns trcspasst-rs "n his property at Te Mala. -iir \\. 1-,. linliami, a'lflioneer. noli < f ie-> ,i nionster pawn suit- of unredeemed pledges, for next Saturday at J o'clock. Kntnes lor u ten-mile bicycle ro.rl race. 10 be run on show day, close at Ivdmumison ami Co.'s on Mom lay evening; at 8 p.ni. At the AnckUixt Police Court. William I!rt ck was remaiwleil .op a cii;n'a;e ft stealing and a Sea man: s l'ni -n book from a fellow sailor named Chris Kairbolt. j The iwiSTrer will remain in Wei- ' lington until Tuesday week, when he viii leave for Rotorua. breaking hisi ! ,'ournev a' On returning from the Hot lakes disiriet be w.lt .-pemi some days' in Auckland ami ' (hen come back lo Uellnniton 1 A ('br;sit-i;u! ■ h wire says ihii a, i;-.i of nine years. Charles Alplurtiso Sloan, living at Spreydon. died Oar- , Jv t/'us 'earaina: Ihroimh kioke l yesterday afternoon by a cow 'bo j was driving.

Mr Swiiion continues to improve in heali li. J i is slated in tielhoiiiue thai, Gladsome was sokl fur fcl 10(1 gns. 'Die services in the. 1 -resbv ten an Church will lie conduct* d at the usual h.Jiiis to-nrorrow by t-ho Kev. W. -i. (oniric. A public meeting in Ddnedin carried a. resolution in favor of rating on tho unimproved value. The Hastings Rugby V-'ub Union will meet in the Paella- Hotel at, 7.31) this ewnin-g. Last year's dclcjfolk's aie requested to aWijiid. J Tht» Minister of Lands, been on a visit to w'.u.m Vj spect the Mount. Vermin c-.t-.ite, widl arrive in ,Hastings tins .evening.

The Western Australia naval authorities have purchased the barque City of Hankow, to l.e used as a store sbip for wai ships on the Australian station.

It is understood that both Messrs Mp-'hII and' Michel retire from tho Mayoralty cor: v st at Hoknt-iUa, which causes ;»Jr A. Stevenson to be declared elected.

The following visitors arc. slaying at the Carlton Club Hotel : Messrs Pitjigraw (Wangandi)j, T. Harris (Wei lingioii), <>. S. Allom (Whakamarumam), and I'-■ Larcombe (Palmerston North )j

The iMari'n-e Department, having ordered a surveyor to survey Tanner's new ark, the Minister lias now authorised the release of the boat. Tannar is .arranging to he tower] to sea tomorrow and sails from Wanganui for Wcllim:.! rn direct.

The Pence Fund for school children in connection with the battleship New Zealand, is being liberally subscribed to in the South Canterbury Kdueat-ion .district. Collectioitis have been taken at the three Timaru schools, these averaging lid per child.

Justice Dennis!oil's judgment*, held over from the last Supreme Court sessions, -delivered this morning at, Hokitika, allowed the appeal of Baxter Bros, against the Magistrate's conviction for -depositing sawdust in a box drain, which ultimately went into the Arnold river in the Grey Valley. A Christohurch wire says Last night Richard Sunderland's -bakehouse, stable and storeroom, on the Hast Belt, Richmond, was destroyed by fire, the origin, being unknown. The value of the property -lestroved was aftout i.'juo. lusutfasnces—Building £250, Hour and other stock £2OO both- in the New Zealand office.

Foreign mission services will be fidlrf at Wesley Church at -11 a.m. and 7 p.m. by, the Rev. K. O. 81-a mires, of Napier. <ln the afternoon at <* a special service will be held when addresses will be given by Mr Hulbert and the Rev. K. O. Blamires.

The Wellington electric tramway system is almost complete and the first trams are expected to run in about three weeks.

'Air W. I-I. Bowler sends us the. March number of the, Windsor Magazine, a capital number. Jerome KJerome contributes "Mrs Loveredge Receives," a most amusing and original story. Other contributors are Justus Miles Karman, Mrs C. ]si. A ill iamsoii. Jack London, of many good articles, one on the paintings in the Paris Pantheom, another on ■ onscience money, with many re.

narkable facts well vouched for, are .vorthy of special attention.

In, the case of Hamilton v, the Bank ■( New Zealand before the Appeal •ourt at Wellington, Mr Treadw e ll or the Assets Realisation Board sub .nitted that; whether or not the appellant had any remedy against, the bank, the Assets Realisation Board •as a purchaser for value without notice of any defect in the title of he bank, ar.nl as such is entitled o retain the property as against all parties. The Court stopped Mr Tread well, , intimating that, subject to what it might hear from Mr Rees in reply it was of opinion that the apjpe.lani could have no claim against property in the hands of the Board, and that his remedy if anv must be against the bank alone.

For Bronchial Coughs take •Voods' Great Peppermint 'Cure. Is Gil The committees connected with the I resbyteriau sale of work are pushi :ng their'.efforts very fully, a nd the success of the undertaking js pr-ac-lically assured. The sale will .be varied by numerous side shows, pi t -- iure and curio gallery, etc., and on 1-hurswlay, 2«tb a concert prograinime lias been arranged for the cvenug. On Friday evening the children s competitions will be taken .uid the'interest shown in this isco» siderable. On Saturday afternoon and evening the sale continues, conc lulling by auction sale of remaining articles. It is advertised in another ■olumn that small articles should be :eit a 1 Mr Bowler's shop before Saturday, 23rd, an:! produce and heavygoods can be taken direct- to the theatre on Tuesday, 2(it-h.

.... • ■-> .-.injjj iKMorv «>>aa~ arclay, 23rd, a r»:l produce can l«? taken direct, to the theatre cm Tuesday, 2(ith. The Premier ha? received a Communicntion from the Secretary of State re the New Hebrides, intimating that tfle arrangement between the British and French (iovcrmnonts provicles for the appointment of a Commission to settle their disputes in the Island with regard to hmded property* *'o modification is to he made in tbo political static quo, but difficulties arising out t»t' the absence of jurisdiction o\er the natives will In> put tin end to. 3lr SwJdoji con.sidera the ngi'comein satisfactory. There was a large attendance at the Committee me, tin-, of the Hnstinqa Poultry and Pigeon Society held latt night, when a good deal oi business in connection with the forthcoming slk vv was considered. The President Ms Canning) promised £lO as special prizes, in addition to a gold medal for one of the champion classes Tho Secretary otters a c v,p Cor I'art ridge UyandoUes- Over l\lo 0 c special prizes have so far been promised'