LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Hastings Standard, Issue 278, 23 March 1897, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Miscellaneous extract matter appears on our fourth page. Mr Caulfield, representing the Government Insurance Department, is now in Hastings trying to push business. A meeting of holders of allotments in the Hastings Cemetery will be held at the Council Chamber this evening at 7.30 for the purpose of electing trustees. Owing do the Railway Department requiring the Woodville School Committee to guarantee .£9O for a train the school excursion to Napier arranged for Friday has been abandoned. The local Bowling Club will select two teams to play a match with two Bluff Hill teams to-morrow on the Hastings green. This is a return match for one played in Napier last Wednesday. Messrs Vickers and Co. are selling Mr Horace Reeves household furniture on the premises on Friday next. They also sell stock at the same place on account of Mr Mundell. A boy about 16 years of age was brought up before Messrs McLeod and A. L. D. Fraser charged with shooting and killing a mare, the property of Mr Whibley. The case was adjourned until Saturday, no evidence being taken. Mr S. Ridgway has on view a varied stock of gentlemen's wear, from a pair of socks to a complete outfit of a quality to please the most fastidious patron, He makes suits to measure which may be selected from a large assortment of samples and the cut and fit are guaranteed.

Mr Williams, late gardener to Mr J. D. Ormoncl, Karamu, who is well-known and highly respected throughout Hawke's Bay, is at present lying in tlie Napier Hospital in a most precarious condition. For some years Mr Williams complained of asthma, which became so acute that he was obliged to resign his position at Karamu, and he was lately superintending the affairs of MiStock's Stortfoid Lodge Hotel. Within the last four weeks Mr Williams' health began to show visible signs of declination and with a view to recruiting his strength he was persuaded to take a trip to Auckland, which he did. The fatigues of travel, however, were too much for him and he returned home and according to the latest reports his condition is, we regret to say, extremely low. The many friends of Mr Goldsmith, manager of the local branch of the New Zealand Clothing Factory, will regret to learn that he leaves Hastings next week in order to take over the management of the company's branch house in Blenheim. Mr Goldsmith has been here for the past seven years during which time his unaffected goodfellowship and straightforwardness coupled with a manliness which prompted him to say well of his neighbor or ignore him altogether raised for him hosts of frends and a wide circle of acquaintances by whom he is beloved and respected. Mr Goldsmith identified himself prominently with musical matters during his stay here and it is with much pleasure that we are in a position to announce that his removal from here is a promotion with a substantial rise in salary.

Twelve Invercargill cyclists, including two ladies, were brought before Mr Poynton, S.M. Two were fined 10s each with 7s costs, for having ridden on footpaths, while the remaining number of the batch were each fined ss, with 7s costs, for having omitted to use lights when riding after dark. The " levy ' totalled £7 14s. The report of the disappearance of the island of Juan Fernandez, the reputed original of Defoe's creation in " Robinson Crusoe," is denied by Captain Slocum, who recently reached San Francisco from a cruise round the world. Sloctmi found the island precisely where it alwa\s was. and also the families constituting its population safe and sound.

Ecclks' Corn Paint quickly removes either hard or soft corns. Only a few applications necessary. In bottles Is tsd, from A. Ei.clks, chemist, Napier and Hastings.—Ai>vr. Wellington warehouse prices are in every instance charged by the I). I. when executing orders received by post. Those of our residents who want really nice fashionable goods need not hesitate about communicating with the D. I. C., Wellington. Complete furnishing is now a special feature of the I>. I. C\, and those who anticipate requirements in this direct tion will be supplied with catalogues and estimates post free.—Anvr.

NKIL'S COMIWM> SAKSAPARILLA. A household medicine for purifvitig the blood -u. 1 toning up the system. In large Imtt'.m at '2s t)d at l»:~f>«::-:iry. Knie; - .11 -tw iNapier, asid all leading storekeeper*.—Ai»vt. Sr..) that t'oi'i.H !■-. N. :1 s r..»!iu of (.itlead, a positive cure for cough*. colds, chronic bronchitis, influenza, &c. In large bi.tlh- ;lt '2.S l>d. At Neil ill I.U::c I»1 -p«- il - sary. Emerson street, Napier, and all leading storekeepers-—Apvy,

A promising rush is reported near Lake Mapourika. Mrs Saunders, mother of the Misses Saunders who were massacred at Ku Cheng some two years ago, has volunteered for mission work herself, and has left Sydney for China.

Through the upsetting of a kerosene lamp in the kitchen a four-roomed cottage in Florence street, Newtown Wellington was burned to the ground the other night shortly after midnight. Captain Kidley, of the Gothic, met with an accident at the Rakaia railway station when travelling by the express last night. He stepped off the carriage before the train stopped, fell between the carriage and the platform, and broke some ribs. The Buller dredge grounded last week during the subsidence of the flood in the Buller river and now lies on a flat surface quite uninjured. If the river does not soon rise the vessel will be floated byskids. A further communication from the Secretary of State has been received by his Excellency the Administrator, to the effect that nine Premiers have accepted the invitation to be present at the Queen's record reign celebrations, and asking for an early reply with regard to the Premier of New Zealand. Nothing has yet been decided on by the Cabinet. A deputation of ladies waited on the Premier, urging that effect be given to the petition presented to him for the release of Mrs Loclier, the woman now detained during the pleasure of the Crown for shooting at George Norbury in Harcourt and Go's auction mart about a year ago. The Premierreplied that the Government could not at present recommend her release. It is understood that Parliament will now be asked to move in obtaining her release during the record reign fetes.

Mr Seddon has received a cable message from the Queensland Governmentstating that space 120 feet by 70 feet is available for New Zealand at the Brisbane Exhibition at a cost of £4OO, and inquiring how much will be needed, to which the Premier has replied that he will cable later on as to the space required. Mr Meadows, who is acting for the New Zealand Government, has been instructed to inform intending exhibitors that the Government will defray half the cost of the space required and the whole of the freights from New Zealand to Brisbane. Patterson &Co., Napier, isthecheapest for Ladies' Boots, Shoes and Slippers, Tan, Lace or Strap, from ;3s 6d, splendid value ; Black Canvas, 5s ; Canvas, Lace, or Strap, all colours, from 4s; Slippers, Is per pair. Patterson & Co., Emersonstreet, Napier.—Advt.

Neil's Celebrated Liver Tonic, 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.

Patterson & Co., Napier, for Groceries and Provisions. Prime Cheese from 5d per lb; Choice Canterbury Hams and Bacon. All our goods of best qualityonly, and at wholesale prices for quantity. Try them. We are the cheapest in Hawke's Bay. Patterson & Co., Emer-son-street, Napier.—Advt.