LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Hastings Standard, Issue 24, 23 May 1896, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

On account" of the Queen's Birthday holiday there will be no publication of the Standard on Monday. The Premier left for Dauevirke by the express this morning. On Wednesday Queen Victoria's reign exceeded the record reign of George 111. On a recent: Sunday in Sydney B. r > clergymen spoke on the subject of gambling. A fire broke out on board the Ruahine in Wellington yesterday, bus was subdued before any damage Mas done. The Good and Kind Society held their usual weekly gathering last evening. The committee meeting was postponed till next Friday. Mr David Curie, the owner of the Bush Advocate, left Dauevirke last week for a trip to the Old Country, after an absence of about HO years, It is rumored, says the Marton Mercury, that F. Bruce lias withdrawn from the contest for the liangitikei seat at the forthcoming general election, and that Mr 1-'. Y. Letbbridge will be the candidate in the Opposition interest. A witness appeared at the District Court Ilawera, last week, whose age was over four score and ten, and who has been in the colony for more than half a century. The occasion, however, was the first of his being in any way mixed up in court case during his life. Now that woman has the franchise and is in a way man's equal, she must do as we do," evidently thought some gentlemen (?) at last night's meeting, It was rather a novelty to see la,dies compelled to stand all the evening, especially as the address of the Premier was by no means a short one. The prizes for the art union in aid of the instrument fund of the local Brass Band are coming in freely, and will make a sufficient inducement for speculation on behalf of a laudable object. A gentleman who wrote promising a donation of .£ 1 forgot to sign his name, which will be received with pleasure by the secretary of the Band. The new premises of Messrs Hannah and Co. are to-day in perfect order, and their large stock is exhibited to advantage. An attractive show window has been set up under the direction of the local manager, Mr J. Hodd. The firm is one of the largest in New Zealand, and employs no fewer than 800 souls. They have branches all over the colony, and everything is done on an extensive scale, thus giving the public an advantage in prices. The firm has been in existence since 1874. At Dunedin, yesterday, the Brunner relief fund committee resolved, in accordance with a request from "Wellington, to remit the whole of the local fund, which now stands at LBOI4, and any future contributions, to the Public Trustee, and to recommend that sums on deposit be allowed to mature. The committee also expressed the opinion that the Public trustee's charge of 1 per cent under the circumstances was excessive.

Stop that Covgh by taking Neil s Balm of Gilead, a positive cure for coughs, colds, chronic bronchitis, influenza, &c. In large bottles at 2s 6d, at Neil's Botanic Dispensary, Emerson street, Napier, and all leading storekeepers. —Advt. Neil's Celebrated Liver Toxic, a pure botaaic remedy for all affections of the liver, biliousness, jaundice, yellowness of the skin, indigestion, &c. In bottles, 2s and 2s 6d, at Neil's Botanic Dispensary, Emerson street, Napier, and all leading storekeepers.—Advt. Neil's Compound Sarsapariiaa. A household medicine for purifying the blood and toning up the system. In large bottles at 2s 6d at Neil's Dispensary, Emerson street, Napier, and all leading storekeepers.—Advt. Neil's Corn Cure removes either hard or soft Corns. A few applications only necessary. Is per bottle at Neil's Dispensary, Emerson street, Napier, and all leading storekeepers.—Adyt.

Three ministers were driving from a Bible-in-school mooting at Gereldine last night when they were upset from a buggj-. Archdeacon Harper fell on his face, which was badly cut and bruised. The other two escaped serious injured.

At a meeting of the Christchurch citizens last night, Mr C. P. Hnlbert, a resident of 25 years' standing, who once was Mayor of Christchurch, and occupied other prominent dublic positions, was presented with a purse of sovereigns on the occasion of his leaving for Auckland.

At Invercargill the other day a man was sued for maintenance. The man swore that he was only earning 14s a week and was unable to pay. The S.M. told the man that he must pay or go to prison, as there were hundreds of men in the same position who brought up families of eight or ten children. What is the world coming to '?

Mr P. Campbell, the well-known tailor, is evidently favorably impressed with the future of this district, and has taken those commodious premises adjourning P. A. Herman's auction-mart. To-day lie opens with a good disylay of tweeds —English, Scotch, and Colonial. As Mr Campbell is a workman of large experience in Edinburgh and London, .and as he always gives satisfaction, he is certain to receive the support that the quality of his work deserves. An advertisement appears elsewhere.

We are in receipt of a letter from Messrs Carlile and McLean demanding an apology for stating that the Magistrate's Bench said the Hastings correspondent of the Xew Zealand Times made a deliberate, slanderous ami false attack on the police in connection with the accident to Peter Jarvis. As we received our information second-hand and as the words complained of were not used by the Bench, we apologise to the correspondent of the Times and express our regret that the appearance of the paragraph complained of has caused the gentleman in question any annoyance, and are prepared to pay his expenses in the matter.

Much consternation was caused Inst winter, amongst the medical men in Yv ellington, by the introduction of Woods' Groat Peppermint Cure for Coughs and Colds ; that a very bad eougli could be cured by a 1/0 bottle, and a whole family, with a '2,0 bottle, was a serious loss to them. It is sold by all Grocers and Chemists. —Advt.