LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Hastings Standard, Issue 402, 18 August 1897, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

♦— Mr S. F. Haszard, Postmaster, kindly supplies tlie following river report as at 9 o'clock this morning :—Maraekakalio, river very high; Waipukurau, river high ; Waipawa, river in moderate flood. Mr I. Faris, Acting Traffic Manager at Napier, went through by the express to Wellington this morning to attend the conference with the Minister of Railways to discuss the regulations under the Railways Classification Act. Mr J. Collinge was kept busy this morning paying out the dividends to the local sufferers bv the Eastor floods. Some of the applicants appeared delighted with the generosity of the central committee and some did not. Tlie river at Maraekakaho was reported high this morning, as were also the Waipawa and Tukituki. The Fernhill mails had to go to Napier via Hastings owing to the usual route being dangerous. The Karamu crossing was impassable this morning. Inquiries are being made as to when the balance-sheet of the H.B. relief fund will be made public. It is due to the subscribers that the statement should appear at the earliest possible moment, and 110 doubt the central committee will at once give instructions in the direction indicated. Yery heavy rain fell all yesterday and last night it came down in torrents, so much so that many families on the flats prepared for another big flood. However, about midnight the weather cleared- The downpour was so steady that the drains could not carry the water away quickly enough and many of the streets in town were flooded. The young man Dawson, who received injuries to bis eye whilst engaged at his duties in Messrs Jones and Sons' foundry some little time ago, will have to undergo an operation for the removal of the organ. It was thought at one time the sight could be retained, but as the other eye was becoming affected in sympathy with the injured one it becomes necessary to remove it.

The police received news yesterday that ahorse, bridle and saddle with swag were found on the Olrig side of the Ngaruroro the inference being that the rider was lost whilst crossing. Mounted constable Butler went out there this morning to institute enquiries, and it was found that the horse and rider parted company whilst swimming the river, the horse regaining one bank and the man struggling out on the opposite side. The state of the footpath above Mr George's house in the Heretaunga Road is becoming a matter of common gossip and complaint in the town. To-day two councillors were approached with reference to the matter and were driven up to view the place which was pronounced disgraceful. After every heavy shower the path is sodden in water, and pedestrians are obliged to slush through mud ankle deep,

Sly grog selling is said to be rife in the Patangata district. The Wanganui Naval Artillery has resolved by a vote of 88 to 2 not to adopt the new regulation uniform. Four boys were fined £1 and costs at Wellington on Monday the Salvation Army.

Mr H. Curran will lecture in the Band Hall this evening on " The second coming of our Lord." All are invited; nocollection. An Invereargill paper declares that Mr Ward's affairs will have been arranged and all legalities complied with before Parliament meets. G. H. Tickers and Co. hold an unreserved sale of miscellaneous lots on Saturday next at 2 o'clock. Every thing-adver-tised w r ill be sold to the highest bidder. We have been favored by Mr Jas. Hodd with the annual report of the Druids Grand Lodge of Australia. The report show:" the steady advance of the order in the colonies with a substantial balance.

The efforts to revive the Magpie Minstrels are bearing fruit, and a meeting of all performers will be held at an early date for the purpose of deciding when the entertainment will be given in Napier. At the Waipawa Court on Monday Mrs Campbell of Wanstead, was fined Is and costs for assaulting the school mistress. From the evidence it transpired that Mrs Campbell objected to one of her children being punished, and went to the school and struck the mistress with a cane.

The Greytown Standard says the cause of Dromedary's fall in the Grand National was a policeman coming under the rails. The police are sent to the races to clear the course ; who are goi«g to keep the the police clear ? The total receipts in connection with the three matches which the New Zealand football team played in Sydney were about £2600. After defraying the cost of the tour, the New South Wales Union will, it is expected, have a credit balance of .£ISOO from the three contests.

The recovery of Miss Shannon, daughter of Mr G. V. Shannon, from the severe burning she suffered is now assured. It is is a most extraordinary recovery (says the Rangitikei Advocate), for it is stated that quite two-thirds of the body of the patient was burned. At an indignation meeting held at Mangatainoka on Saturday night a resolution was carried expressing indignation at the action of Ministers in witholding the appointment of a station-master after promises were given that one should be appointed as soon as the line was opened.

" An Australian in London," writing to the Bulletin, gives the following " personal note " on the New Zealand Premier and the impression he has made in the Old CountrySeddon's bluff, hearty style seems to have impressed those who have met him here, and to have disgusted all those who consider Oxford or Cambridge ' culchaw ' indispensable to a colonial Premier."

It was alleged at the enquiry into the conduct of several members of the N.Z. football team while at Auckland, that some of them walked up Queen street barefooted, with their boots on broomsticks, while the people were going to Church. They "held the fort" in the dining-room of the hotel, took the landlady's bonnet and wore it in the street, disobeyed the orders of the manager, and used obscene language.

At a meeting of the women interested in the welfare of the women and girl workers of Auckland, it Avas decided to form a Workers' Protection Society, having for its object the promotion of a better condition of labor for all female workers. It is intended to induce all women and girl workers to join the organisation for their own benefit and protection, the shortening of hours in various occupations, a.nd the bringing of wages in certain avenues of labor more into conformity with a " living wage."

Ac Auckland yesterday, Frank Jaggar was charged on the information of the Inspector of Factories with having committed a breach of the Factories Act. The inspector, in explaining the case, said it was the first of its kind. A man named Lawrence Ilidlev, employed in defendant's factory, had injured himself through falling into a vat filled with liquor so that he was prevented from returning to his work within 48 hours from the time of the occurence. The breach consisted in the defendant neglecting to send a written notice to the inspector stating Ridley's residence or the place to which he had been removed. Defendant, who pleaded ignorance of the above regulation, was discharged on payment of costs.

The smallest human being ever in existence is said to have been a Liverpool child named Catherine Elliott, upon whose mite of a body the local coroner recently held an inquest. The Liverpool Mercury says the child was born in Glasgow ten weeks ago, and was being exhibited in Liverpool, the parents receiving £3 10s per week. The child weighed 20oz. was 12in. high, and the palm of her hand was only the of a shilling. The parents disclaimed any desire to limit the growth of the midget, which had been guarded from cold, well nurtured, and had never had a day's illness before Saturdoy last, when, according to medical evidence, it died suddenly from nature! causes. The jury returned a verdict accordingly. By a private letter received in Stratford the Egmont Post learns that mining matters at the Thames and Coromandel are not at all flourishing just now. At the latter place the gold output has considerably diminished. Company after c mp uiy are reducing hands every month. Tfcerj is not a mine in the Coromandel peninsula that is paying, except the Hauraki. English capitalists are drawing in their horns, money is very tight, and it is said that if the mines do not look up the old-established field will soon assume its former deserted appearance. In the Upper Thames mining operations appear brisk, but this is due to the expenditure of English capital, which when exhausted, our informant is of opinion, will cause mines to be shut down and the men discharged. The outlook is net at all promising, and it is not advisable for any person to go there unless he is also a capitalist, so that he can hold back for a golden opportunity. 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. 2s 6d per bottle. From A. Eccles' chemist, Napier and Hastings, and all leading country storekeepers.—Advt. In view of the approaching winter you cannot do better than purchase Dodds' Seasonable Suitings to order at £2 12s 6d. Address, Heretaunga street.—Advt. Eccles' Quinine and Iron Tonic contains Quinine and Iron in a high state of purity, and is the most agreeable strengthening, and efficient agent yet discovered. 2s 6d per bottle. To be obtained from A. Eccles, chemist, Napier and Hastings, and at all leading country stores* —Advt.

The N.Z. Times has authority for saying that it has been definitely decided to contest in the Election Court Mr J. G. Ward'sright to sit as member for Awarua. Mr Rothschild, of Wellington, one of the passengers of the Tasmania, has offered a reward of j£loo for the recovery of his jewellery, which went down with the vessel. The Government steamer Hinemoa is to be employed in the work of attempting to recover the mails from the Tasmania. Work will probably begin on Saturday next. The Govei'nment is to be asked by the Eltham-Opunake Railway League tjfn undertake a detailed survey of the railway from Opunake to Elthain, it being pointed out that under the Financial Arrangements Act of 1878 the line was authorised to be constructed, and that it would pass through the most thickly populated district in the North Island. 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 des-* criptive 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 was decided not to hold the usual trotting meeting in October as it was considered 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. 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.