Local and General

Hastings Standard, Volume IX, Issue 5148, 15 March 1906, Page 2

Local and General

A cable dealing with thy Jiseal trade and other matters considered in the British Parliament appear on page I, A 2so-licf.rs.--e Committee was elected for Wsikouaiti and a Moderate Committee for Thames. The Exhibition buildiiiPs will be extfHKk-d SJO.OOO feet beyond the original design. The ] lasting- Town Band, under Mr Tomb-, played a splendid programme of music last night near the railway crossing. There was a large attendance ol the public. In the special semi-final for the Sydney Thousand, lTimkett (New Zealand) sprinted and *ot g big break on the held as the last lap was entered, but he tired in the Inst hundred yards, and was just beaten out of third place, In the Polo Tournament yesterday at C'hristchurch, Hawke's Bay (handicap ( goals) defeated Wellington (handicap !) goals) by 1-j goals to 11. Hawke's Day added 5 goals in the last

The Hastings Borough Council ] meets to-night." Rewi, a Te Whiti-ite of Pariliaka, I whose ago wns anything between 100 and 127 >ears, died on Friday last. Mr Oswald Nelson ha< sold his station on the Waimamma Road to Messrs Small Bros, for £lO an acre. ™ A splendid programme has been issued for the Touioana annual aquatic carnival, to bo held at Tomoana Lake on"Saturday. A well known gentleman has offered to donate £-0 towards the fund* of r.h<-> proposed Bowling Club at Havelock, besides otherwise assisting it. The following players from Hastings arc taking part in the tennis tournament at Dannevirke—Misses Brathwaite and Beateo i, and Messrs Ebbett, dipping, and Webber. Mi' A. D. Duncan, chief clerk at the Hastings Kailway Station for a number of years, has received notice to bo in readiness to proceed to Wellington, and expects to leave about the end of the mouth.

Newest novels by post from London to Hall's book store, Hastings, include "Saints in Society," "The case of Miss Eliiott," "Modern Utopia," "The Rise of Phillip Barret" and dozens more.*

The Sheffield Handicap at the St. Patrick Sports at Invercargill was won by D. Sanson, of Owaka, from the 9 V yard mark. McLcahlan was thrown out in the semi-final, but secured second place in the 110 yards. The Department of Agriculture have informed the Exhibition Commissioners that the department's exhibit will require a space of 12,000 ft, in addition to a block measuring 80ffc by 80ft for a model cow byre, and a quarter ol an acre for a grass garden. Mr J. L. Young, of the firm r,f Henderson and Macfarlane, states that from information which he has received it does not seem probable that the total loss will oxcec d £50 t 0(» in connection with the late galflS At the Society and I'aumotu Islands.

An Ashburton telegram states that Thomas Campbell, aged 70, a resident of Eiffeltou, dropped dead in his garden this morning. He was in hi 3 usual health, and his wife was with him at the time. It is supposed that heart disease was the cause. The social to be held in the Princess Tbeatae to-morrow evening in aid of the Town Band, gives promise of being a great success. The fact chat Aiesdanies Blliugham and Mclvor are ri-ntrolling affairs, should be a sufficient guarantee that it will be well carried out. At a meeting held in the Foresters' Hall, Havelock, yesterday evening, it was decided to form a bowling and tenn : s dub, if a sufficiently strong membership can be guaranteed. Thosj present were formed into a committee to canvas for members, and to report at the adjourned meeting to be held a fortnight hence.

Before the New Zealanders left England the whole team put their autographs on two new Rugby footballs, one of which Duncan is bringing back to the colony as a souvenir of a memorable tour. The other was presented to Mr Basbach (of the Gloucester County Executive), in recognition of his many kindnesses to the team. The steamer Pelican returned to Auckland from the Three Kings on Tuesday night after an unsuccessful search for the Elingamite treasure. The weather was very rough, and only one descent was made by the diver, to 11 fathoms. An accident to the apparatus occurred, and Mr Partes, sebr,, had a narrow escape. The steamer came 011 to Auckland to get extra gear for the operations, and will leave again to make a,further attempt to get the treasure. Poultry breaderg in and about Hastings would do well to make a perusal of the programme of the forthcoming Autumn Show to be held on the l ith of next month. All classes are for birds under the age of twelve months. Special arrangements have been made this year whereby all the poultry benches will be protected from the sun, and all birds will be well fed and cared for during the day of the Show. Entries for all classes close on the 21st inst.

At a meeting of the New Zealand Rugby Union in Wellington last night, Mr Dixon, manager of the team which visited Great Britain, presented a report on the tour. The statement of finances gave an approximate estimate of receipts over expenditure of £9500. The report spoke in the highest terms of the conduct of the men on and oiF the field. The committee decided to at once repay the Rugby Unions and other donors thu amounts subscribed by way of debentures or guarantees for the tour, plus 5 per cent interest. Lass .year the Ofcago Acclimatisation Society sent some brown trout ova to some breeders of trout in the Home Country, and some of these appear to i)av<"' been successfully hatched out. The editor of the Fishing Gazette, in acknowledging receipt of a letter from Mr Carr, head keeper at Blagdon Lake, reminds other fish breeders who promised eggs for the Otago Society to let him know how many eggs they can send, as he (the editor) is arranging with the New Zealand Government about the shipment from London. In his communication to thcoililor Mr Carr writes :As my hatchery is now '• .-stocked wit!i ova I would be glad to know when you propose sending the trout eggs to New Zealand. . . 1

have 110 doubt you will be pleased to hear that we had a splendid show of trout up the Yeo and J?utcomb<j Stream- - . The largest I have handled whs sli.u'htiy over 01 b; we had several of that weight; and >|uite a number from wlb to 91b. The average of the Unit three hundred, was over lib, and the average was- maintained until we finished catching ni*. including the rainbow.;, of which ionie thirty were caught in the nets on January Ist, all male?, the largest about S.ilb-.. it is curious to relate that not a single rainbow has been seen in the Butcombe .Stream ; they are ail coming up the Yeo. . . . My little New Zealaudeis'arc still alive, aud doiU£ ,

The Bay of Plenty old Licensing Committee was returned at the election. The ruling rate of potatoes in Wellington during the past few days has been ill a ton. At thrOHineiiiuri Licensing election one moderate and four tetnperauce men were returned. There are a few more returns to come. frank Shaw was remanded at the Hastings Police Court till Friday to answer to a charge of theft of sackti valued at 2s Gi. At an examination in bankruptcy at Sydney of an employee in the Government Printing Ollice, evidence was given that he had been paying at the rate of GOO per cent interest to a money lender.) Matches are now being made of paper, rolled spirally and dipped in stearine, which proven' k unrolling and gives rigidity. The roil is cut into lengths, dipped in the phosphorus composition, and the matches are said to burn remarkably well. At the Gisborne Methodist Church last Sunday the He v. T. G. Cnrr, of Hastings, who was the first We;, ley an 1 minister appointed to Gisborne, and I who built the first Wet-ley an Church I there some thirty years ago, conducted the services.

A syndicate of four, who held one ticket in Tattersall's consultation on the Australian Cup, drew Scott Free, the third horse, and receive £IOOO net. The ticket was forwarded c/o Bert Lyall, Central Hotel, Palmerston. "1 say it is noble to exalt labour, and it is wise and prudent to protect capital. The two should work harmoniously together for the good of the country. Reason, not physical force, should obtain.' —The Premier at Foxton on Tuesday night. To be silent at the proper time is a sign of wisdom and better than all eloquence. No one has ever regretted to have been silent, but many have regretted to have spoken. What you have left unspoken you can still say, but it is an impossibility to recall that which has been said, We learn (says the Otago Daily Times i that St Helens Maternity hospital is largely taken advantage of, and has evidently met a felt want. The fiftieth young New Zealander arrived the other morning. The record so far has been three in one day—two girls and one boy on St Valentine'*Day. A valuer living not a thousand milea frcm Woodville recently received the following letter sent on by his Department :—" The valuer what you sent to value my property don't know nothink about it. He knows more about sitting in a pub with a doublebreasted shirt on drinking long beers.'' Examiner.

This is an episode of the Blackball Hoods, Queensland, as related in the Barcoo Independent; By daybreak we made fast to the tree and found Mr and Mrs Sutton, with eight children, and Mr Daker, a carrier, roosting up aloft 011 two tables turned upside down. The tables rested on poles lixed in the forks of the tree. There they had been for 40 hours, braving the torrents of rain. Bliss Amy Field, the daughter of a well-known settler and dairy farmer at Apiti, recently milked 40 cows in succession with the aid of a small brother to bail them up. Miss Field is 17 years of age, aud milked this astonishing number of cows to help her brothers, who were away getting grass seed. The cows were thoroughly milked, and the time taken considerably under four hours. This is surely a record for a woman.—Settler. The somewhat unique responsibility of a hotel keeper for the goocja of his guest was well illustrated ia the Magistrate's Court at Stratford some days ago. From the faafcs of the case as set forth it apears that a guest staying at an hotel hung bis hat on » peg placed for the purpose in the hall of the hotel, and when he wanted it it was missing. The guest thereupon sued the hotelkeeper for the value of the hat, and although there was no suggestion that the hotelkeeper was in the slightest degree to blame, or that he was guilty of any negligence, judgment was given against him for the value of the hat, plus costs.