LOCAL AND GENERAL

Hastings Standard, Issue 3, 29 April 1896, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL

In the Hastings Auction Bazaar tomorrow afternoon Mr W. Y. Dennett will dispose of goods of every description. Yesterday Dectective Kirby and Sergeant Mitchell arrested two men named Frederick Power, late of Gisborne, jockey, and Alfred Petersen, of Hastings, trainer, on a charge of violent assault on William Prue, and robbery to the extent of 9s. therefrom, on Saturday night last. The accused were brought before Dr. W. W. Linney, J.P., this morning, and remanded until Thursday, 7th May. The eleventh annual meeting of the Hastings Building Society was held last evening in Mr Dennett's Auction-room, Mr W. H. Galwey in the chair. The annual report and balance-sheet were read and adopted. The latter showed a credit balance on 31st March last of £1874 lis. 6d. The retiring directors were re-elected, viz.,—Captain Russell, Messrs R. B. Holmes, J. A. Smith, B. L. Knight, J. B. Chambers, D. McLeod, W. H. Galwey, J. E. Duckworth. £25 was voted to the directors for their services for the past year. At a special meeting afterwards held "some alterations in the rules were made. Messrs Beilby and A. Tiekner were appointed auditors for the ensuing year. The Premier met with a great reception at Greytown yesterday. The Minister for Lands, speaking at Naseby last evening, ftnade another attack on the Press Association, which he stated was a mere political machine. The Auckland Gas Company are giving demonstrations in cookery by gas at their offices. The instruction classes are well attended by the ladies, who are said to be deriving considerable benefit from the demonstrations. Mr Lawrv, member for Parnell, in an address recently delivered to his constituents, works off the following alleged joke:-—"That Captain Russell was a g. ntlemnn hejvoul' 1 11 Yiad been said ofJ'Aiil (Mr Lawry) that he was a fnrsVelass dairyman spoiled to make a second-class politician, but of Captain Russell he would say that he was a firstclass soldier spoiled to make a fifth-rale politician and a sixth-rate leader of men." Mr Gresley Lukin, who since November last has been editing the Evening Post as locum tenens for the late Mr E. T. Gillon, has been appointed editor of that journal.

The Premier is to address a political meeting at Petone on Thursday. The total arrivals in the colony during March numbered 1373, and the departures 2367, molting a loss of 994 persons. Fifteen Chinese arrived in Wellington during the period mentioned, and the same number departed. The hottest days in Wellington during March last were the lltli and 25th, when the temperature reached 69deg. Fah. in the shade. The coldest day was the 13th —42deg. The total rainfall for the month was B'293in.

During the quarter ending March, 501,398 paid telegrams were transmitted in or from the colony, as against 479,816 during the corresponding quarter of 1895, the amount received for them being .£29,789, as against £25,221, a gain of £4518. The postal receipts during the same period were respectively £62,244 and £71,094, showing a falling-off of £BBSO.

A " victim of the alcoholic infirmity " is the new term for being drunk and incapable. In Melbourne bankruptcy circles a £ is known as a " slot " —" Id in the slot " being the usual dividend. The Government have purchased 400 acres of land at Ormond for close settlement from Mr A. 13. Newman, the price paid being £2O per acre.

At the Christ-church Police Court yesterday, James Alexander Robertson, who was arrested on a charge of incendiarism in connection with the Windsor Are, was charged with having assaulted his wife and threatened to shoot her. He was sentenced to one month's imprisonment and ordered to find two sureties of £25 to keep the peace for six months. Accused was also charged that he did wilfully set fire to buildings and committed for trial. The Selwyn County Council has granted Nelson Bros, a slaughterhouse license for their proposed freezing works at Hornby, though the appplication was strongly opposed by a number of residents in the district. Mr. A. Stuart Menteath will contest the Poverty Bay seat with the Hon. J. Carroll. Mr Menteath is the selected candidate of the National " Ass." The Brunner Sports Demonstration today in Napier was one of the biggest successes known. The procession was unusually representative, and' crowds of people lined the streets. At least 300 people went to Napier from Hastings by the 10 a.m. train. The sports are proceeding, and great enthusiasm prevails. The Brunner Fund will no doubt benefit to a considerable extent.

The Jews at last have their revenge on Babylon. Nearly 2500 years ago Babylon took the whole nation into captivity, but two Jews of Bagdad have now bought all that is left of Babylon. The Jew may be conquered in war and enslaved, but give him a chance to trade and time eiiough, and he will own liis owners.

In Switzerland and other mountainous countries the goat leads long strings o! animals to and from the mountains ; but it is in South Africa that it is regularly kept and employed as a leader of flocks of sheep. Should a blinding storm of rain or hail drive the silly sheep before it, or cause them to huddle together in a t «)rner, so as to suffocate each other, the trH med goat will wake them up, and, by a me 'hod best known to himself, will induce thenl to follow him to a place of safely c

Messrs Stacpoole and T. Quinlivan, jun., arrived in town from Woodville last evening, in connection with the arbitration case Quinlivan v. Douglas, anont the ownership of the racing mare Brooklet.

Auckland contributed .£750 to the Bran ner Relief Fund.

A report of 100 bushels of oats to the acre comes from Tapanui. One of those pleasing ceremonies which are always interesting took place at the residence of Mr J. E. Moore, Hastings, this morning, when Mr Hugh Duncan Matheson, of Kereru, was married to Miss Turnbull, of Napier. Rev. A. S. Morrison was the officiating clergyman. The happy couple leave for Napier this afternoon and carry with them the good wishes of a large circle of acquaintances. In the case Daniel v. Union Steamship Company, claim for ,£'2oo damages for injuries received while working for the Railway Department at Lyttelton at discharging cargo from the Talune, Mr Beethain, S.M., awarded plaintiff £l5O, with costs .£26 12s.

At a meeting at Christchurch of the fire brigades demonstration committee, it was reported that the total receipts in connection with the recent demonstration were £876, and expenditure, including £2OO prize-money, £595, leaving a credit balance of £2Bl, of. which £IOO has been voted to the Brunner relief fund. The amount collected in Wellington for the Brunner Relief Fund reached £2,495 6s on Saturday last. The Premier has received ten guineas as a donation from the Stock Exchange, Perth, for the sufferers by the Brunner Mine disaster.

Not everyone knows what a potato-ring is. Potato-rings are very old specimens of Irish plate, and vary from six to nine inches, sometime even a foot, in diameter, and stand about six inches high. When in use in by-gone days they were placed on the dining-table to support round wooden oak bowls, in which were several potatoes "in their jackets." Some of them are of great value, as being fine specimens of Irish art; and any genuine old potato-ring is worth at- least three pounds in London. The gross revenue from th£ railways of the colony for the year ending 31st March, 1896, was £1,183,040, which exceeded the estimate by £'25,040. Referring to the increase of the public debt by £18,000,000 from 1879 to 1895, Mr Seddon at Greytown maintained that no less than £16,000,000 was added by the Conservatives or the Vogel Ministry. The Ballance and Seddon Ministries had only increased it by £2,000,000. The Dunedin Bowling Association decided to point out to the Northern Association, in connection with the proposed exhibition tournament, that the biennial tournament would take place at Christchurch in February next, and that it was hoped the date of the exhibition tournament would be arranged so as not to clash. The question of totalisator permits is still under consideration by the Wellington Racing Club stewards, who are waiting an official reply from the Wairarapa Racing Club, after receipt of which they will wait on the Colonial Secretary on the question. The New Zealand rowingrepresentatives left Wellington the Hauroto. last 'a-gUtr, and were accorded a" most enthusiatic send off. Immediately on his arrival M'Cormick will place himself in the hands of a professional coach and trainer, and Richardson also intends to engage a professional trainer for the crew. The members of the party are all well, and had splendid practice yesterday. By the 'Frisco mail just to hand news has been received that the eldest daughter of Mr R. C. Bulkley, of Wellington, has topped the list in political economy at the Senior Cambridge examination. Miss Bulkley went to England little more than three years ago to complete her education, and about a year ago passed the Junior Cambridge examination. Her performance in the senior examination is an exceedingly creditable one. A romantic little story has just reached the Star. Some thirty-six years ago a young woman left her home in a township not many miles from Masterton, leaving her husband to lament her departure. Since then not a single tiding has been heard of her. She had been given up as dead by her husband. She had been for years a stewardess on a vessel, and had afterwards gone to a foreign country. The aged mother is still living in the district, and, enfeebled as she is, she is constantly expressing wonder if her daughter is really dead. The rest of the family are imploring the prodigal not to see her mother lest the shock should carry her off. And so, the daughter who has been thirty-six years removed from her mother, dare not acquaint the aged lady of her return.

Mr F. Everson, who is engaged in the fishing industry in Napier, has purchased the Auckland-built yacht Wenona, which has been lying 011 the beach near the Patent Slip, Evans Bay, for the past two years, and intend to convert her into a trawler. Mr Everson has had considerable experience in the fishing business at Home. He has now two steam trawlers at work off Napier, and has made arrangements for extending Ms operations at an early date. He believes that a public fish market in Wellington would prove a profitable investment, and he feels certain that lie would find no difficulty in keeping it regularly supplied. It is his intention to start one of his trawlers at work off the Wairau Bar, Marlborough, and it is proable that he will also go in for trawling in Wellington, Akaroa, and Lyttelton harbours. As he is possessed of both capital and experience, his operations in New Zealand waters will be watched with considerable interest.—Post.

The following is token from the Wellington Evening Post of Monday : Six strapping, intelligent-looking young fellows, named John Whittam, James Johnston, Herbert Dunkerton, Arch. King, Wm. Chappie, and W. Richards, were brought before Mr Greenfield, S.M., charged with having been unlawfully on board a derelict which,was laying on the beach at the Thomdon Esplanade. The six were found sleeping on the hulk on Saturday night. Inspector Pender stated that there was no question of felonious intent in the case. One of the accused said that they had no money to get beds, and must sleep somewhere. Inspector Pender also said that he had offered to let the accused out on bail yesterday, but they had all prefered to remain in goal. His "Worship discharged the accused. Another man named George W. Willds pleaded Guilty to having slept on the premises of the Government Railway Station at Thorndon. In the opinion of the accused our " silly Government " was the cause of most of the poverty that existed in this colony. In this ease also Inspector Pender said there was no suggeston of felonious intent. The New Woman, the new fashion, the latest erase, have some particular virtue to commend them ; so it is with the new cough mixture, Woods' Great Peppermint Cure—instantaneous relief for man, woman, or child is the feature of this unfailing remedy. All Grocers, and Chemists keep it, the price is reasonable, 1/6 and 2/6. —Abvt,