Local and General

Hastings Standard, Volume IX, Issue 5106, 25 January 1906, Page 2

Local and General

A large amount of inliuonza in prevalent in Hastings. Misses Skerrett (2) left for Wellington by the express train this morning. It is estimate! that the value of the wool disposed of at the sa'e in Dunedin on the 16th host, was £150,000. This year's N.Z. Diaries. A second shipment now to hand. Hall's Book Store* Horses trained in this district won all the races at the Wairoa races yesterday. It is expected that only about four o£ the purchasers of sections in the Lo 'glar.ds Estate will reside on the land. Mortality amongst foals has been a coaimcn complaint by horse-breeders this season pretty well over the whole of the Clutha district.

Miss Boyd, who has been on a visit to Mis W. C. Madtlison, left by the exouss this morning on her return to Christ church. Messrs Borthwick Bros left this morning en route to Christchureh. The works are not now expected to commence till Monelay. Mr Hill, Inspector of Schools, intends to leave for Gisborne on Friday, for the purpose of inspecting the caves in which a discovery of moa bones was recently made, Mr John Symington, of Oaniaru, has imported from England a trio of Tile Game Bantams ami a trio of Black-red Game Bantams. They are said to be the finest bantams ever seen in the;e parts. The final Hastings Shield shooting match will take place on Saturday and Wednesday, 3rd and 7th February. The Mounted Itifies have obtained a lead ->1 11 points in the previous three matches, and this coming match will, decide who will hold the Shield for the next twelve months.

In the Press Association message of the results of the Junior Civil Service Examination, Douglas Goddard'sname should have been included (208). The boy's 1 ame was through an error stated to be Douglas Condard. The successful candidate is a son of Mr J, Goddard, of Havelock. A iiie broke cut in the wine and spirit room of Messrs Murray, Koberts and k Co's warehouse at Port Ahuriri yesterday afternoon but it was soon extinguished by the staff. The damage is estimated to be £IOO. The origin is unknown.

The grass seed yield this year is on the nveiage, very satisfactory. One paddock near Hastings had turned out fifty bushels of excellent seed to the acre. Another close by was still better in quality, but the quantity was much less, As much as Jive and six sfcuUirgs is being offered and paid per bushel.

"Don't ask which is Wallace," say; a \v,urgit-h scribe in referring to the New Zealand footballers. "If you see a man dash past four Englishmen, throw arothbC into touch, and then, when tackled by five more, kick a goal, you may be sure that is Wallace."

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The C.C and D. Company cable that there is no improvement in the progress of the meat market, and prices are unchanged. An offer of £IOOO on was made to one of the purcTuJJers at yesterday's land sale, but it was not entertained. It has been rumoured that the lard on which the two rifle ranges are situate has been sold. If correct, the local corps will probably have to look elsewhere for suitable ranges. In spite of his great age of Daycare, Mr Matthew' r Faulds. an in*,. -, habitant of i'ed wick, nearKihnaxnockV A>rshire, st'll pursues the occiipatioi/ of a weaver, which ho has followed folk over 80 years. Mr A. MeGlashan offered Mr J. Niblett's property to day, but the amount offered did not reach the owner's idea of value. The property was sold privately 10 minutes after the sale to Mr J, McLean at a satisfactory price. The boy in a Wairarapa lawyer's oflico possesses at any rate colossal impudence, one element of greatness. Wishing to go to the Wellington races, he wrote to the secretary saying he had not received a ticket, and asking for one to be sent to the box of the firm. He received the ticket by next mail.

The additions to the stewards' stands on the Hastings racecourse are being pushed ahead, and when the extra storey has been completed, the building should prove of great benefit. The extension of the peoples' stand will not be commenced till after the Autumn meeting. The annual sheep returns show Hawke's Bay at the head of the list of the colony with 1,036,15)5, CookCounty second with 1,012,5511. Mr T. S. Williams of Tuparoa is the largest sheepowner of the colony, the sheep on his two stations numbering close on 90,000. Who invented the system of referring the problems of Government to Koyal Commissions? If Satan had ever been Prime Minister of England it would certainly be an invention of his. No surer method of putting off time could possibly be conceived. "Weekly Dispatch."

The Wellington Evening Post is making an endeavour to resuscitate its agitation of fours years ago against " the child slavery on the dairy farms-" The Post says the children are " still milking their four, live, six, seven and more cows in the bitter slush of early frozen mornimrs." We thought the milking industry was practically at a standstill in the winter season, in what tre Post calls •' the frozen nioraings.*| Perhaps our contemporary has a notion that the farmers run an icu-uream business in the winter.—Eltham Argus. M The following essay on the mesfcic Cat" wai written by a pupil M at one of the London County Council \ schools in the East End:— The cat is a square quadruped, and as ia customary with square quadrupeds has its four legs at the corners. If you want to please this animal you must stroke it on the back. If it is very much pleased it sets up its tail quite stiff like a ruler, so that your hand cannot get any further. The cat is said to have nine lives, but in this country it seldom needs them all because of the presence of Christianity."