Local and General.

Hastings Standard, Volume VIII, Issue 4207, 18 April 1904, Page 2

Local and General.

The Rev. De 4.11 Foley, of Dui:tdin, and the Kev. Father Cof>ey. in Chr.i.stclmrch. arc at, present the quests of Ue\. I>ean Smyth. wr - V. Duncan. Minister for Lands. wiiu was in have arrival in iiaslm_,s i,y S ti t in day s express trai in was nvaiicd suddenly !o Wellington but iie 1 lopes to be able to be preseiti at ttie autumn show <hi Wednesday. Air VV. Wilier, laie Kcrgl. in the Seveneii Contingent, leit Hastings this morning to undergo (ho peri<y:iicaJ inspection oi iviurnod troopers Whose wounds have not healed, b\ the medical iioat.d sit tins a, I Weill ngt on. 11 is thought nhis will tie the I;;-1. inspect i(,n ;UH | dial ,ser^l. viil -iie granted a peiiinuioui Puusion after this examination. Mr A. Barron, Chairman of the 1-a.ml Purchase Depart,inent, to-day, in specied the Raliawa property, some scnen or eigin thousand acres in extent, owned by the late Mr Du Cros, and situated about thirteen mills iioni Hastings. This splendid property will be acquired by the io\eminent- and in due course opened up for set ilemen I. i he billowing \isi\ors are staving ■ e the (-'arllon. t'luli Ilotol :—Sifjnor lita.nato ((i ov enimcn 1 Y rt ieul t urist ), .'Messrs A. Barron (I,and Purchase Hoard), *i\.. J, t'han;\ (lnspeetor of Pos( Others), .J I). Kip hie tseerctary oi A. l : ; j- ieu 11 u ret, T. AV. Kirk ((io'Mernmi-in I'tir'.olo-ist ), D. Ilav 'Auckland). Karrell (New Plymouth) Burt mi (W'.dlinrumi.. W. !•'. .J. Antler sou (Napier). I

Another case of plague is reported to-day from Brisbane city. The (lisbonie fanners have decided to establish a co-operative bacon factory. Charles Haughton, a well-known journalist and ex-member of the Legislative Assembly died at Duncdin yesterday. A I'ress wire from Wellington .says —Mr Meek has been re-elected Graduates representative cm the Victoria College Council. Ihe well-known N»F''- V booksellers Messrs -J. 11. Crorar of Hastings street, notify in our advertising columns a lew of the. newest books which have just reached them. Among the number are " Silenced " (Mrs. Ij. T. Meade), and "The MissIlule of Three" (Florence Warden). For Bronchial Coughs take Woods' Great Peppermint: 'Cure. Is Oil