Local and General

Hastings Standard, Volume XI, Issue 5552, 25 July 1907, Page 2

Local and General

On page 4 —Further results second day's racing at Trentham. Report of New Zealand v. Queensland football match; also shipping news. Mr J. Parker's learn of collies, at the Napier show, won £62 in cups and special prizes. The following inquiry is from the "Dundee People's Journal" —David Jones, laie of Tayforth; last heard of four years ago in Napier, New Zealand. Information received by his mother, Mrs Jones, Mill Place, Tayforth. "Please commit suicide elsewhere," runs an official notice on the banks of a large pond near Detroit, Michigan, U.S.A. During the last 12 months five persons have drowned themselves there. A small farmer in the North Canterbury district last year had 268 lambs from 203 half-bred ewes, the lambs being by English Leicester and Down rams. The u hole of the iambs were reared and sold at an aver-ge of 16s lOd, amounting to £220 10s. The wool cheque came to £B6, and the return from the 203 ewes was thus 30s pr head.

Mr Frank O'Reilly left by the mail train this morning, for St. Patrick's , College, Wellington. A committee meeting of the : , Hawke's Bay A. and P. Society will be held at Napier on Friday, August 2nd, commencing at 10.15 a.m. Mr Charles Hughes was this morn--1 ing nominated for the vacancy in the Borough Council, by Messrs Thomas Styles and J. J. Morley. The new library will probably be utilised as a polling booth. A reminder is given concerning the parish meeting to be held in St. Matthew's Schoolroom to-night, at 7.30 o' | clock. A social gathering of the | parishioners will be held after the j meeting. j Thomas Lambert, on a charge of drunkenness, was convicted and discharged by his Worship, the Mayor, at the Hastings Court this morning. On a charge of committing an indecent act in Heretaunga street, the same person was fined £l, or in default, 48 hours imprisonment. A committee meeting of the Hastings Poultry Society was held last evening, when there was a .good attendance. Arrangements were made to entertain the visiting fanciers at a banquet on the first night of the Show. Messrs M. Johnson and B. C. McCormick will supervise the penning of poultr and pigeons respectively. The disgusting practice of drunken men committing indecent acts in the streets of the borough, evidently .requires more drastic action being taken to prevent its repetition. The offences are becoming far too frequent. The creatures who commit this-kind of offence must have lost all sense of decency, and they should be very severely dealt with. A month's imprisonment, without the option of a fine, might have the desired effect. A very successful social was held in St. Andrews' Hall last evening in aid of the Star of Hope Lodge, 1.0. G.T., Mr Fenn, D.C.T., ably filled the choir. The hall was crowded. Songs were given by Messrs Lewis, Pritchard, Anderson and Donaldson, and Mrs Pendington and Miss Mark; recitations by Miss Gibbs and Mr Cameron; Miss and Mr Gelhorgave two ductsviolin an piano. Mr Liddle gave a spritualistic item, Mr Fenn a reading and Mr Miller gave a good sketch on " The History of his Life," after which refreshments were handed round and whole concluded with a laughable farce entitled "Engaging Artists for the Olymphic Theatre. Mr Edmonds ably took the leading part, and Mr Lewis caused much laughter by his impersonation of the office boy, the other parts were ably sustained by Messrs Walker, Larrett, Pritchard and Anderson. The meeting closed with the singing of 'God Save the King."