LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Hastings Standard, Issue 282, 27 March 1897, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

An important speech by the Premier appears on our fourth page. A letter to the Editor from C. A. Louglinan re the Koparakore case is unavoidably held over till next issue. The 1.0.G.F.,M.U. meet this evening. A colie slut is advertised as found. A gold brooch is advertised as lost. Reward offered.

Tlie Education Board requires an assistant mistress for the Patutahi school. Messrs Viewers and Co. have a number of small properties and jewellery for sale. The Waipawa Licensing election resulted in the return of live moderates and the defeat of the temperance candidate. The voting was Hon W. C. Smith 789, C. Whittington 770, L. Right 743, A. McKay 735, W. Henderson 712, Rev. H. Ries 348. This morning, before Messrs A. L. 1). Fraser and G. Ellis, J's.P., George Shellam (Air Lee) and Charles Walker (Mr Sheath), were brought up charged with using insulting and provoking language at the public hall in Havelock during the progress of a dance on the night of the 19tli inst. Mr Scannell appeared for the prosecution. After hearing evidence the case was dismissed. Arthur Adams was charged with, on the 10th inst, destroying a mare value j£2o the property of Mr E. J. Whibley. A. Thomas, W. Carr, E. Bell, and D. "Watt gave evidence, from which it transpired that the mare in question occupied a paddock adjoining another in which a young colt was running. The mare seems to have been in the habit of irritating the other brute, and at last Adams, who was in charge of the colt, brought out a gun, followed up the mare, and discharged the contents into its body. Mr Appel attended the animal, but peritonitis supervening, it died on the 19tli inst. Accused was committed for trial at the next Supreme Court sitting at Napier, bail being accepted, himself and two sureties, in £SO.

The Greymoutli-Point Elizabeth Railway and Coal Company has been served with writs by nine relatives of those who were killed at the Brunner mine disaster. In each case .£IOOO is claimed.

Yesterday was observed as a general holiday at Brunnerton ill commemoration of the Bruuner disaster. Many people visited the large grave, which was liberally covered with wreaths. As a young girl was walking from the Auckland Domain recently she was seized by a man and assaulted. Constable Hutchison, hearing of the ai'lair, ■went in search of the ruflian, and falling down a cutting fractured his leg. In a divorce ease in the Auckland Supreme Court Margaret Coombs (petitioner) v. William Coombs (respondent) and Alice Smith (co-respondent), a decree nisi was granted, but the Judge said that it was not a satisfactory ease ; he was quite satisfied about the adultery but not about desertion. A child aged three years, named Adelaide Rylands, was drowned in the Northern Wairoa river yesterday. The child was playing on the beach with her brother aged seven, who is weak mined. The tide came in, and Adelaide was surrounded by water on a sandspit, her brother being unable to render assistance. A skeleton has been found at Taupiak with a bullet hole in the shull, and a spade, billy, and blankets alongside. The remains are belived to be those of a gumdigger. A wife-beater named Hubert .lamieson was sentenced to two months' imprisonment at Auckland yesterday, lie had been before the Court on similar charges. A raid was made on Thursday at Kan ia i Auckland on certain suspected sly grug selling houses. Seven persons are «ai<l to be implicated. The police made another raid on certain Kennedy Bay settler-;, armed with search warrants. Very little grog was found on any of the premises. It is understood that two detectives have Iji i'ii in that district over a week, ami that two charges will be laid for sly grog selling.

Wellington wuri-housf prices art- in ewrv cltarg.tl by the 1». I. ( . whtm tixeetituig orders ivtvh< 1 I s J'-'-: Those of our i• >ultnt" who want really iiirc ftti-ihuHiiihh' s.*iH"N nei'd not hfjiitiile iilmut cDUiJinniii'iitHiK with tlie I>, I. Complete furnishing in now h Kpt'cial fviittuv o! tii'- I'- 1- C'., »inl thof® who (!•' n •j'.iHvsiifi!;- m this slirwt tion will be Mjpplh-l willi iMtalogues and fstimaU-s po»t fm-.—AIHT. hi. I* VI u.l. - I'lLLi ru:, >t! II- .Llti'Uin, < ll' I'li' It-il Totigui", Wuul, aiul all swiipu>iit» an*ui>> a dtsordt-rftl kUUb of tin* Ifvei" -tiui; u'h. or kuhievs. 'lht-v d«-ai>«> the h.nv.l-. .uwl ii.-t Ilk. .V fiiuMi. m rrin.iv 11!j; all impunHfn from tl»? bluu.l, asul refrriluiig th«- whule »\ »ttriu. 1* fid wul '2* (■ i p*-t l»-\ -A. V.i it r .i;. ! U At.v i M'.f iHiri '<>! '.-II h\ i<k i:- r N 't i! iI! .hii of li.h n i. it po*tim- rare fi>r culiU, chroiiu- hriiischiti*, iiirturiu.-t, Ac. In larj,'ts 'if ri 1. .'.i - I ; ■<- I u - wti \. Ku.tr-tiii airm-t, Napier, ttHvl adi i»*4wg «ow4at#f«».—A»n.

The Government received a cable yesterday confirming the appointment of the Earl of Ranfurly as Governor of New Zealand. Mr D. H. Robertson, manager of the Milton branch of the Bank of New Zealand, died yesterday from the effects of injuries received on the 10th instant while riding down hill on a bicycle.

The body of a man, apparentlv from 60 to 65 years of age, was discovered yesterday at Dunedin at the foot of Stuart street on the harbor shore. There were no papers on the body, which, so far. has not been identified. A young man named Jvilliam Barnes was drowned at Westport yesterday. He was engaged in pulling a punt over the river when nearing the bank the pole slipped. Barnes* fell into the river, an eddy taking him under the punt The body has not yet been recovered. Deceased was about 35 years of age, single, and belonged to Christchurch, where his father at one time kept a foundry. He has relatives in Canterbury. It's a fact, says a well-known Christchurch divine the other day, to a friend, that Cough Mixture, called Woods' Great Peppermint Cure, is the very best thing for throat Irritation and Cough I have ever taken ; I notice all the Grocers and Chemists keep it —a never failing remedy. Wholesale Agents, Drug Co. —Advt.

Patterson & Co., Napier, for Groceries and Provisions. Prime Cheese from 5d pet lb; Choice Canterbury Hams and Bacon. All our goods of best quality only, and at wholesale prices for quantity. Try them. We are the cheapest in Hawke's Bay. Patterson & Co., Ewer-son-street, Napier.—Advt. Try Patterson & Co., Napier, for Groceries. A very choice selection of Teas, best value in Hawke's Bay, Pure Ceylon, Is 6d per lb, worth 2s; No. 2 Sugar, 8s 3d bag; No. 3, Bs. All goods of best quality, and at wholesale prices for quantity. At Patterson & Co., Emer-son-street, Napier.—Advt. Neil's Celebrated Liver Tonic, 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. Eccles Cascara Liver Regulator is a safe and effective remedy # for Stomach and Liver Complaints,, such as Indigestion, Headache, Constipation, Furred Tongue &c. It never fails to relieve or cure. 2a 6d per bottle. From A. Ecclks' chemist, Napier and Hastings, and all leading country storekeepers.—Advt. I STOPPED THAT COUGH AND I V RED A very bad cold by a single bottle of Dr Pascall's Cough Mixture. Signed, R McDowall. 4s 6d and 2s 6d. Eccles l chemist, Napio and Hastings.—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. Patterson & Co., Napier, isthecheapest for Ladies' Boots, Shoes and Slippers, Tan, Lace or Strap, from 5s 6d, splendid value ; Black Canvas, 5s ; Canvas, Lace, or Strap, all colours, from 4s; Slippers, Is per pair. Patterson & Co., Emersonstreet, Napier.—Advt. Eccles' Corn Paint quickly removes either hard or soft corns. Only a few applications necessary. In bottles Is 6d, from A. Eccles, chemist, Napier and Hastings.—Advt.

Just try Patterson & Co., Napier, for Boots, Shoes, and Slippers. The cheapest in Hawke's Bay. Light Watertights, 8s 6d; Balmorals, 7s 6d; Shoes, 7s 6d, worth 10s ; Canvas Shoes, 4s to 5s 6d ; Slippers, Is per pair. At Patterson & Co., Emerson-street, Napier.—Altvx.

To the deaf and those troubled with noises in the head or other aural troubles. l"»r Nicholson, of London, the worldfamed Aural Specialist and Inventor of Artificial Ear Drums, has just issued the 100 th edition of his illustrated and descriptive book on Deafness and Aural Troubles. This book may be had from Mr Colin Campbell, 160 Adelaide road, "Wellington, N.Z. Mr Campbell was cured of his deafness by Dr Nicholson's system, and takes pleasure in spreading tlie news of the. great specialist in Now Zealand. A little book on the cure of Kheumatism, Corpulence, Lumbago, and Indigestion bv the*same author, may be had from Mr Campbell, also free.—Ax>vr.