LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Hastings Standard, Issue 36, 8 June 1896, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Captain Russell returned from liis southern tour on Saturday evening. Settlement on the Raureka estate is rapidly advancing, and four houses are in course of erection.

Alfred Cole, a tailor, was killed in Brisbane the other day, through falling down the steps of an hotel. The Amateur Operatic Company are getting on well with lolanthe, and the caste of this favorite opera will be filled this evening. At nine o'clock last night an alarm of fire was given, but fortunately the services of the Brigade were not required. A blaze in the chimney of the cottage of Mr 11. Collins was the cause of the alarm. Archbishop lledwood opened a mission at the Hastings Catholic Church yesterday morning, when he preached to a large congregation. At Vespers the church was packed, and a very stirring sermon was preached by His Grace. Miss Parsons, daughter of the Hastings stationmaster, occupied the pulpit at the Wesleyan Church last evening, and delivered a tolling address to a full congregation. For one so young her eloquence and earnestness are unique. A respectable-looking young man appeared at the S.M. Court this morning to answer a charge of being drunk and disorderly in the public street last evening. Mr J. Beilby was the presiding Justice, and after commenting on the seriousness of the offence, especially on a Sunday, when bars were supposed to be closed, fined the accused 40s with costs 7s, or in default 14 days' imprisonment. The fine was paid. To-night the Kev. Clieok Cheong delivers a lecture in St. Matthew's Hall on "China's early ages.' ; Asa speaker the the reverend gentleman is suprisingly fluent, and he possesses the ability of making his subject interesting to all. His mission to the colony is to infuse the spirit of Christianity into bis countrymen, and he has already met with much sympathy in his good work. He will no doubt'this evening dispel a great deal of misapprehension as to the manners and customs of the Chinese as a nation.

Well boring operations on the Eaureka estate, which lias recently been thrown open for close settlement, were brought to a successful issue on Saturday last, when Mr Clarke, well-sinker, of Willow Park road, succeeded in obtaining a good flow of water on the section of Mr John Wellwood. The pipe was driven down to the depth of about 130 feet, when the water rose to a height of 20 feet above the pipe. Quit a crowd assembled to witness the result, as it is the first well sunk in the district, and order for several more wells were taken on the spot.

Rev. Cheok Cheong preached at both services at St. Matthew's Church yesterday. In the morning he spoke with reference to work amoug the Chinese in Australaisa, what it has done, and what remains to be done. At the evening service the reverend gentleman spoke of the mission work in China in all its vastness, and showed how the milleniums of training under Confuscianism was a vantage ground to the Christian ministry. He pointed out the advantages of preaching Christainity to a nation comprising 450,000,000 souls, and explained the good the mission work was doing in China. A miner named Wallace working at Blaynew, New South Wales, fired a blast in the bottom of the shaft, and as it did not go off in time he put his head overthe shaft to ascertain if the fuse was burning. He was enlightened in less time than it takes to tell it, for the charge exploded, sending up a large piece of rock, which struck Wallace close to the right eye. Fortunately he was not otherwise injured.

The number of Christians in India is over 2,000,000. A six-roomed cottage in Eastbourne street is advertised to let. There are 46,000 Chinese in Australasia, including 4500 in New Zealand. The Victorian labour party has decided in favour of a land tax without exemptions. The discovery is reported of a rich seam of coal about 140 miles from Mount Lyell, Tasmania. A Tarnagulla (Victoria) farmer committed suicide by hanging, while despondent over financial troubles. At a football match at Burwood (Sydney), one player had a leg broken, and another a shoulder-blade fractured.

At Windermere (Victoria) a two-and-a-half-vear-old child named Balderstone, whilst playing in bed with matches, set its clothes on fire and was burned to death. "With reference to a complaint made as to communications posted on the train at Napier not coming to hand until the day following postage, we are informed that the blame lies with the railway officials and not with the local post office. The two letters on which the complaint was based were over-carried, one to Te Auto and the other to Danevirke. Diphtheria is prevalent is Sydney. At the Children's Hospital (the Glebe) all available accommodation is taxed to the utmost, and so many cases had to be refused admission that medical men, to avoid unnecessary danger to sufferers, are requested to ascertain if a bed is available before sending a patient for treatment. Ten missionaries and their wives have just left Sydney for the New Hebrides, being (says the Dunedin Star) the largest number that has ever gone to the islands at one time. Among the number is a son of the well-known missionary, Dr Pa-ton. He is the second of the family who has gone to the islands, and is to be located on the west side of Tanna.

A newsboy named Albert Herbert Crenton was out at Stephen's Creek, near Broken Hill, and while there, according to his own statement, he ate nothing but melons and radishes. On returning to town, in the evening, he was taken ill. Three days aftewards, the boy became unconscious, and he died at night. A boy named Cyril Skates, living at Jnnee, lias been the victim of a somewhat remarkable mishap. He was attempting to undo his bootlace with a carting fork, when his hand slipped, and the back prong entered liis eye, destroying the sight, and rendering removal of the eye necessary. Sickness among horses is prevalent in many country districts of Victoria, and a number have already died, death in the majority of eases being attributed to sand. One instance is given where from 121b to 151b of sand was taken from the stomach of the horse. The horses seem to feed well, and then suddenly take ill from some cause which is at present unknown. A Home paper says that the uniform selected for the feminine section of " God's American Volunteers" (the name taken by the seceders from the Salvation Army) will attract coquettish Christians. The ugly features of the old Salvationist poke bonnet have been discarded, and the dresses worn by the new lady volunteers will have a stylish cut. The Wellington correspondent of the Press wires that the leaders of the National Association are very sanguine of success at the approaching elections, and state that the Opposition will have a good working majority in the next Parliament. Their supporters in different parts of the colony write of continued assessions of members to their ranks, and the call for speakers to address meetings continues.

A patient in Birmingham Workhouse Infirmary, suffering from bronchitis and failure of the heart's action, has been the victim of a nurse's mistake. Part of his treatment was the injection into his arm of a solution of one grain of strychnine to a hundred parts of water. By mistake the nurse injected morphia into his arm, which proved fatal, although she soon found out her mistake, and all available antidotes were tried. At the inquest a verdict of " Death by misadventure " was returned, the jury expressing an opinion that the injection of poisons should only be performed under the superintendence of the medical officer.

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