HASTINGS.

Hawke's Bay Herald, Volume XXIX, Issue 9682, 17 May 1894, Page 4

HASTINGS.

(FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT). May 16, IS9I. When the works which are now ia progress at the railway station are fally completed Hastings will bo well off in the matter of accommodation as far as railway passengers are concerned. The removal of the posts which have heretofore suppoited the roof and their replacement by iron girders will he a very great improvement, as this will allow free and uninterrupted progress along the platlorm. It Is a very great pity that tomeone in authority doea not tell of! a runn for half-an-hcur a day to keep Station-street, which is partially if not wholly under the control of the Itailway Commissioners, in a fib and decent condition. It ia a somewhat harsh simile to draw perhaps, bat presumably this august body ia much like nnto the nnjasb Judge " who ieared not God nor regarded man " for notwithstanding the constant complaints nothing is done to keep the road in a sanitary condition. Onco a fortnight, usually after a diatribe in the Herald, round cornea the curt and the refuse la partially cleared away. However, taking example by the untortnnnte widow, there will bo a continual coming so far as the correspondence is concerned until steps are taken to have the main streets properly clenmed daily. I am sorry to have to correct a misstatement which appenred in your VVaipawa correspondent's letter in to-day's issne in reference to tbe Mlks 8.-esle Doyle Company. I have had an interview with Messrs M'Mahon and M'Kenzie, who have authorized mo to state thut there is not the slightest intsnlion of altering the constitution of the company in any way Both gentlemen are thoronghly satisfied with the present management, and the tour will not fiui-h nt Wellington, ns atited in the VVaipawa letter. Mr M'Mahon expressed hid great regret at hating to pass Wnipawu, which he wns however, compelled to do owing to prior bookings, The company will play tonight to one of the largest sndiences ever gathered together in the Princess Theatre, if the general attnndnrjee in in any way equal to the number of bookings, which amounted to nearly 150 at nooa to-day. _ The drainage works at the raceconree, i.e. the new drain which has been cut trim tbe lake to the crpek at the back of the i grand stand, appenrs to be answering well. Notwithstanding the heavy showers of the pa«t few days the lake is at its normal level, »v$ what U far am lw»

pnrtant is no lon/jer n stagnant pm.!. On the occasion of thu visit of one of the Napier bands recently, upon a somawhati damp and heavy Sunday afteinoon, the iitmosphero wan decidedly 01/joctiouable, but this will bo remedied by the free current of water constantly Owing through the lake, which is an improvement of a very beneficial character.