LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Hastings Standard, Issue 376, 19 July 1897, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Late mail news appears on our fourth page to-day. Correspondence on Saturday's fire is unavoidably crowded out to-day. The Heretaunga schoolboys beat the Napier Harriers in a football match on Saturday by six points to nil. The butt end of a hurricane struck Hastings late on Saturday night. The gale only lasted a few minutes, and but little damage was reported. "Williams and Kettle hold their monthly stock sale at Stortford Lodge to-morrow. The stock list is interesting, and includes quality, quantity and variety. The entry of Native horses and ponies has been withdrawn, but will be submitted at the next sale. On arrival here this morning the engine attached to the Danevirke train was discovered to be out of order. The disabled locomotive was coupled to the Napier bound train and the other engine took the Danevirke train to its destination twenty minutes late. The World's Wonder trio returned to Hastings last evening, having driven from Porangahau (about 70 miles) during the day. They report heavy weather throughout, the wind in places being strong enought to almost lift the trap from the road. The Waipawa railway-station burglar gained admittance by breaking a window and unlocking the snib. Apparently the safe proved too much for him, for it does not appear to haye been tampered with. The police were not long in making an arrest. The members of the Hastings Club assembled at the club rooms on Saturday night to say good-bye to Mr J. S. I)'Emden, who was a popular member of the institution. The vice-president of the club, Mr E. 11. Williams, occupied the chair, and presented Mr D'Emden with a purse of sovereigns as a mark of the esteem in which he was held. We can justly claim being up-to-date in sporting news in this district when we mention that the weights for the Grand National Steeplechase and Hurdle Race, which are not due till this evening, were posted as a Standard Extra in Mr Hyde's window at an early hour on Saturday evening. We have always endeavored to supply the sporting public of Hastings with the very latest news and we are pleased that our efforts have met with approbation. We may add that Hastings was one the first towns in the colony to be supplied with the handicaps for the two leading events at the coming meeting at Christ-church. On this and many other scores we hope that the 11.8. Jockey Club will extend to us a fair patronage when the matter of advertising next comes forward. So far the Club has not expended one penny with the Standard, although we we have always given full publicity to their nomination, weight, and acceptance list, and have fully reported their meetings in every instance. I STOPPED THAT COUGH AND CURED A very bad cold by a single bottle of Dr Pascall's Cough Mixture. Signed, R. McDowall. 4s 6d and 2s 6d. Eccles, chemist, Napie and Hastings.—Advt In view of the approaching winter you cannot do better than purchase Doods Seasonable Suitings to order at £2 12s 6d. Address, Heretaunga street.—Adyt.

A boy with a horse is advertised as wanted. Sergeant Mitchell, who has been on the sick list in Wellington, is on duty again. Mr McKerrow went through by the express this morning for Wellington, whence he goes to Auckland, where a number of old soldiers' claims await investigation. The Wainui arrived in Wellington on Saturday afternoon. Temporary repairs were effected and she made very little water on the passage. She will be taken on the patent slip for examination and repairs as soon as possible. A neat piece of ornamental work in the shape of a pair of bullock's horns and hoofs and a pair of pig's tusks, the whole bearing a beautiful polish and tastefully mounted on a shield, is at present on view in Messrs Hydes' window. The effect is very pleasing and a credit to the designer, Mr Carl Neilson, of Tomoana. The Hon. A. J. Cadman, Minister of Railways, intends to visit Napier shortly to inspect the district atFeeted by the late floods, with a view of ascertaining the merits of certain local applications for assistance in the erection of stop-banks, and the effect which such stop-banks, if erected, are likely to have on the railway line.—N.Z. Times. Whilst Mr It. Williams, accompanied by Dr Appel, veterinary surgeon, was driving along the Pakowliai Road yesterday the young horse in the shafts took fright, plunged violently and threw the occupants of the trap out on the road. The vehicle sustained damages to the extent of broken shafts, and the horse was slightly cut, but fortunately the two gentlemen were unhurt. In connection with the flood relief fund the central committee report that 440 applications for relief were received for sums amonnting to £35,595 12s 3d. The sub-committee, together with the executive, have after careful consideration so far reduced 72 applications by £'6,534 Is. Sixty-two applications were rejected and six were withdrawn. The amount subscribed up to June 30th was £14,302 4d Id and stores and produce were {received to the approximate value of £405 15s 6d. The amount so far expended in necessitous cases, stores, &c., purchased exclusive of donated stores distributed, is £1,119 5s 7d. Major Gascoigne, who joined the Colonial Defence Force as Lieutenant in 1863 and who was a prominent personality throughout the Native war, is at present in Hastings on sick.leave. For the past six years the gallant Major has ruled the Chatham Islands in the capacity of Stipendiary Magistrate, but the climate being severe and uncongenial his health has not been very good lately and he, having obtained two months' leave of absence, came to Hastings to recruit his energies. We trust the gallant Major will find health and strength during his holiday. Mrs Gascoigne accompanies him. The Wellington correspondent of the Lyttelton Times writes:—"Respecting the probable date of the opening of the next session of Parliament-, I am given to understand that as the Premier will not arrive in the colony till the middle of September, and not at the end of August, as at first anticipated, it will be at the end of September, or the first week in October before members are called together for the despatch of business. The ActingPremier, it is understood, has recently received cables from the Premier dealing with financial matters, but their contents, it appears, are not to he made public. It is surmised that they deal with the flotation of the remaining portion of the loan authorised under the Aid to Public Works and Land Settlement Act of 1894. Our stock of boots, shoes, and slippers is very large; we are giving ihe best value in Napier. See our window for price.—Patterson & Co., Napier—Advt. if Men's shooters 7s 6d, English Balmorals 8s 6d, Bluchers 5s 6d, shoes from 8s 6d, slippers Is 6d. See our window for prices.—Patterson & Co., 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 received 100 pair Evening shoes, from 2s 6d; also walking shoes from 5s 6d, worth 8s 6d ; slippers Is. See window for prices.—Patterson & Co., Napier.—Advt. To the deaf and those troubled with noises in the head or other aural troubles, Dr 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 liis deafness by Dr Nicholson's system, and takes pleasure in spreading the news of the great specialist in New Zealand. A little book on the cure of Rheumatism, Corpulence, Lumbago, and Indigestion by the same author, may be had from Mr Campbell, also free. —Advt.