LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Hastings Standard, Issue 79, 28 July 1896, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

A special train will leave Hastings to-morrow and Friday evenings at 6.50, in connection with the Comic Opera Company's performance. , Several of the fortunate holders of tickets on Rainbow's big dividend at the Wellington meetipg came from this district. Mr A. Banks (the owner) took £96 16s from the machine for the win, and three Hastings residents are reported to have netted a respectable sum. The crowd of hoodlums who congregated round the Salvation Army barracks last evening, and who made a disgraceful exhibition when the Napier contingent were leaving for home, should be taught a lesson and an interveiw with the Magistrate might have a salutory effect. The meeting of the Hastings Literary and Debating Society takes place this evening in the Council Chambers at 8 o'clock. A large attendance is expected, as the result of the debate whether to admit or exclude ladies is likely to prove somewhat interesting. The dogs paid another visit to Captain Hill's flocks .yesterday, being their fourth attack within a few days. This time they were met with guns, and two of them were shot, the pack of mongrels making across the river. One dog was found poisoned in the fields. The ferocity of the may be imagined when it is stated that they make a meal of a large sheep in a few minutes. The ravenous brutes are becoming positively dangerous, and unless something is done, and done immediately, to slaughter the pack there is no telling how the evil will end. A young lady's education is not finished nowadays until she has learned the piano and can sing, to the satisfaction of others. To the male portion of a community music also hath its charms, and numerous are its devotees. A great deal of the success of musicians is due to the skill of their tutors, and everything depends on careful training. Miss E. Faulknor, of Southampton street, announces elsewhere that she has vacancies for a few pupils, and as the lady in question is well known for her musical attainments, those wishing to become proficient in the art might well take advantage of the opportunity afforded. The Salvation Army had quite a surprise at their Anniversary tea meeting last evening, the public rolling up in great numbers, so much so that seven tables were not sufficient to accommodate those present. Full justice was done to the good things provided. The tables, which were tastefully arranged, were presided over by Mesdames Elliott and Neilson; Mrs Siddell and Miss Parsons; Mesdames List and Gigg; Mesdames Brown and Patchet; Mesdames Leatham and Christensen; Mrs Dillon and Miss L. Stubley and Mrs Drew. Visitors were present from all around the district, a large contingent coming from Napier. The meeting, under the leadership of Captain and Mrs Dixon, assisted by Ensign Harrision, Captain Sands, Lieutenants Proctor and Burton, and the local officers Was characterised by much enthusiasm, and altogether the whole series of meetings have been attended with much success. Adjutant Drew desires to thank all who have lent a helping hand. The Faust Family are suing a Taranaki paper for saying unkind things about the finances of the Company. All hope has been abandoned of finding the body of J. LaWson, killed at the Pohingina bridge. The captain of an Oamaru football team, named R. McGregor, was convicted of committing a breach of the peace and using cjbscene language. He was severely lectured by the Bench, and ordered to pay the costs of the Court. A man named John Murphy, working at the Robin Hood quarry, Dunedin, was standing on a ledge when it gave way under him, and he was precipitated to the ground beneath, fracturing his left thigh. Judgment for £285 has been given in an action against the Huddart-Parker Co. by the widow of the man Cassells, who died from injuries received on board the Anglian at Auckland last October. James Wilson, the man who was severely burned on one of the hands through the igniting of some phospherous which had been placed in a drain in the Waikato for the purpose of killing rabbits, has had to get the hand amputated at the wrist. Mr Fred Nicol, formerly of Master ton find Hastings, who left New Zealand a few months ago to join the West Australian Postal Department, is pushing his way in the new country, and by latest advices has just received word of his transfer from the Perth to the Coolgardie Telegraph office. Mr Nicol, with four others, two of whom are also New Zcolanders were chosen on examination from a staff of 60 telegrahirts in the Perth office to do duty at the busy El Dorado, and at a considerable advance in salary. —Wairarapa Staodacd. <

Lillie Godsall, 21, stepdaughter of the Mayor of Toowoomba, was suifocated in a bathroom by the escape of gas from the heating apparatus. The veteran Captain Jackson Barry poisoned his finger some days ago, and after suffering a good deal, had it amputated at the Wellington Hospital. Maori observers of the seasons in Canterbury prognosticate an early spring, and those of the Natives who cultivate the ground have already got it in order for spring crops. A eight-furrow plough has been tried in Victoria. Though the ground was exceedingly hard the plough did excellent work, breaking up the soil thoroughly, and forming a good seed bed. Sir Westby Perceval's salary as managing director of the Consolidated Goldfields Company of New Zealand (of Mr Ziman's syndicate) is £IOOO a year. Shares in the company, which were issued at £l, were selling freely in London on 29th May at .£4 3s 9d. Mr J. A. Gilruth, the veterinary surgeon sent Home by the New Zealand Government to study bacteriology, is on his way back to the colony. During a visit to Glasgow he was told by one of the principal retailers—a man who runs three or four large shops solely on New Zealand mutton and frozen beef—that most of the New Zealand carcases sent to Glasgow are much too big and fat to suit the popular taste. The demand is for small mutton with a very moderate amount of fat. 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. Stop that Cough 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 Celebeated Livek Toxic, a pure botanic 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 Corn Cuee 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.—Advt. " Drunkenness is not a sin—simply an excess of conviviality," says a thirsty philosopher. " Nothing like a good skinful of whisky for a bad cold." Don't you belive it, my friends, take that unfailing remedy, Woods' Great Peppermint Cure for one shilling and sixpence.—Advt.