LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Hastings Standard, Issue 45, 18 June 1896, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

It is -understood that a well-known business in Hastings is about to change hands. A Domestic Servants Half-holiday Bill will be discussed in Parliament shortly. The Native Land Court opened to-day. and a number of succession cases were disposed of. The two prisoners Kirby and Bassett are expected back from Sydney by the Wailiora, which left for Auckland yesterday. On Sunday last sermons were preached by ministers of all denominations throughout Otago on the subject of Bible in schools. The Fire Brigade social in the Band Hall this evening promises to be a huge success. Tlia-t body is certainly deserving of public support. Children will be delighted to hear that a steam riding gallery has arrived in Hastings, and numbers will 110 doubt ilock to the comer of Karaimi ltoad and Queen Street during the next few clays. The Prohibitionists in Hastings are not allowing the grass to grow under their feet, and it is understood that they are adding considerably to the electoral roll of the district. Arrangements are being made for a public meeting at an early date. Mrs Annie Carswolh of Wairoa, Hawke's Bay. and late of Masterton, is petitioning the House for a grant of land as being the iirst child born of European parents in the cob my. Scores of Natives from all parts of the district are ill town to-day. The weather not being propitious the shop door-steps are taken possession of. It is a wonder that a Maori meeting-room is not erecte d in Hastings. ft would prove a, great boon, especially to the women. The Crown has issued notice of a lien against tin* real and personal estate of exI>eiecti\ ■" Kirby. Lt is understood that on the institution of the present proceedings against Kirby he mortgaged most of his property. At the W'esleyan Church last evening a mn.gic-lant.ern entertainment was <riven bv m r Li-sell of ('live. Some excellent views were thrown on the screen, including the sights of London. New Zealand scenery, a visit to the North Pole. and statuary. Dr lloshing ex!>'ained the various picture.-, anil musical items were contributed. Altogether the entertainment was interesting and instructive. An extraordinary burglary at the Bedford Arms Uotel. England, has been reported to the police. After the landlord, Mr Charles Crock lord. and his family retired to rest, robbers broke into the premises and stole a considerable amount of money. After having emptied a number 11I' I tot lies of lemonade and gingerbeer and smoked some of tin choicest cigars, the thieves in a spirit of mischief turned 011 all the beer laps -md Hooded the bar. The barrels of whisky, gin, and other liquors were ak-o smashed in such a manner that the cont'-nts ran to waste. A remarkable feature of the lno L-lary was that the perpetrators had evidently contented themselves with the non-intoxicating liquors of the establishment. Although a. policeman was 011 duty outride the hotel all night he heard 110 disturbance. At a. meeting of the executive of the I'i■<ihibitiori Council for Auckland Province. the following resolution was passed : —"That, independent of Party politics, 110 candidate at the coming Parliamentary elections will be satisfactory to the organisation this Council represents throughout the Province who is not a sincere supporter of the Prohibition platform and a man of good moral record ; and the Council takes the opportunity of thus early making this avowal in the hope that the several electorates will take it into consideration in the selection of their candidates, as the Prohibitionists are too large a proportion of the electors to sutler themselves to be ignored in Parliamentary representation." At the Transvaal gold fields, whisky brings .£:•> 10s per bottle, champagne Jta 10s, and beer os a bottle. It's a fact, sivs a well-known Christchurch div ine the other day, to a friend, that Cough Mixture, called Woods' (treat Peppermint Cure, is the very best thing for throat Irritation and Cough I have overtaken; I notice all the (irocers and Chemists keep it—a never failing remedy. Wholesale Agents, X.Z. Drug Co. —Advt. Much consternation was caused last winter, amongst the medical men in Wellington. by the introduction of Woods' Croat Peppermint Cure for Coughs and Colds ; that a very bad cough could be cured by a 1/6 bottle, and a whole family, with a '2/6 bottle, was a serious loss to them. It is sold by all Grocers and Chemists. —Advt. Stop that Coron by taking Neil's Balm of CHlead, a positive cure for coughs, colds, chronic bronchitis, influenza, &c. 111 large bottles at 2s Oil. at Neil's Botanic Dispensary, Emerson street, Napier, and all leading storekeepers.—Advt. Nkil's Cklebkatf.d Livkr Toxic, a pure botanic remedy for all affections of the liver, biliousness, jaundice, yellowness of the skin, indigestion, &e. In bottles, 2s and 2s 6d. at Neil's Botanic Dispensary, Emerson street. Napier, and all leading storekeepers.—Advt. Neil's Compound Sarsaparilla. 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. Nkil'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 ail leading storekeepers.—Advt