LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Hastings Standard, Issue 415, 2 September 1897, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

The 11.8. Jockey Club committee and the 11.8 Agricultural and Pastoral Society hold their monthly meetings in Hastings to-morrow. Judging by their acts (says a Sydney writer) very few of our jockeys will leave so much wealth behind them as did the once well-known Sam P. Davis who died recently at Flemington. liis will lias been proved at .£10,569. Mr I). I'ilmer arrived in town to-day. having come from Auckland in the Waihora. Mr Pilmer visited most of the gold-fields in the Thamks and Coromandel and, although he enjoyed himself, he reports the wearier wretched and business dull. "We have been favored with a sample of caramels manufactured locally by Mr W. Mouldey, and after a test have found them all that is claimed for them. The local goods compare very favorably with the best English manufactured article, and as they are mucli lower in price they command a ready market. Those who have not tried the local goods should send their orders to Mr Mouldey, and satisfaction will be guaranteed. The natives propose holding a haka at the AYaipatu pah to celebrate the return of the local representatives of the Native contingent, and they have been iu active rehearsal for the last fortnight. In order not to collide with the European celebrations the haka will not be held on the night of their arrival but will be postponed until the following night. The Hawke's Lav Natives were always acknowledged to be far ahead of the Waikato and other tribes in the North Island in their rendering of the famous haka dance. The Papawai natives have decided to receive and entertain the contingent, both Europeans and natives, on its arrival. Invitations will be sent to all to at the ineeetiug-house (Hikorangi), Papawai. Arrangements are in process for the principal chiefs to meet the. contingent in Wellington. The rest of the natives then assemble at Papawai and the Native Baud will meet them on their arrivel at Greytown and escort them to Papawai. Invitations will be extended to the Premier and other Ministers. The success of Australians in the swimming "championships, and again in the shooting for the Ivalopore Cup, suggests (observes the Sydney Mail) the great change which has been effected during the Queen's reign. "When the Queen ascended the throne,"the man who suggested that while she still reigned the championship in most essentially English sports would pass from England would have been treated with scorn as an ignorant lunatic. Yet here to-day what do we find? In sculling Australians and Canadians contend for the championship, English scullers hopelessly out of it. In cricket, the best bat of the year is an Indian Prince and the best all-round player an Australian. On the turf, an Irish horse sweeps all before it. In pugilism, a New Zealand blacksmith wrests the championship from an American, the Englishman being long outclassed. In cycling, foreigners are the champions. In sword play and horsemanship, Australian troops beat the British army. In pigeon-sliooting an Australian beats everyone. In football, England still retains the. lead, perhaps because no serious effort has been made to shake it; but a decidedly non-representative team of Maoris had a remarkably successful career there, and an excellent English team which visited the colonies had defeats even from sectional teams. Practically, the only athletic records left to England, then, are golf, team rowing under the conditions set out above, to which must be added cricket. Of course, the Old Country can claim that most of the men who excel in her own sports are her sons. The following extract from the Daily Telegraph indicates a very bad state of affairs in Sydney just now : —" The plan adopted by some thoughtful citizens, of placing waste food in boxes at the rear of their premises for those who wish to take it, seems an excellent one. It is lamentable that anybody should be in such straits as to gladly avail themselves of such a chance of obtaining food, but the fact remains that many in our midst are so. The unfortunate crowds who in the full glare of publicity attend at the Benevolent Asylum and\vait their turn for such relief as can be there afforded is one proof of this. But another and more pitiful proof can be seen any night when the drift boxes in the streets are being rooted through by wretched individuals iu search of scraps of bread or meat, decayed fruit, or anything eatable. It happens probably in thousands of cases that waste food which would otherwise be quite fit for consumption is spoiled by being thrown among general refuse. It would not be much trouble to many of those who live in comparative plenty to place the crumbs from their tables in cleanly and secure fashion where those who hunger might find them without becoming publicly proclaimed as paupers." Dr Pascall's Pills cure Indigestion, Heartburn, Costiveness, Headache, Furred Tongue, -Wind, and all symptoms arising from a disordered state of the liver, stomach, or kidneys. They cleanse the bowels, and act like a charm in removing all impurities from the blood, toning and refreshing th? whole system. Is 6d and 2s 6d per bJXt Agent—A. Eccles. —AI-vi.

The Borough Council meets to-night. The Taranaki footballers succumbed to the Wellington reps, yesterday by 3 points to nil. A prohibition order was taken out at Wanganui on Tuesday against Tom Long, the hangman. Colonel Pitt is to have a public reception at Nelson on his return with the New Zealand contingent. It is stated that A. B. Worthington will return to Christchurch from Hobart about the 9th inst. Messrs G. H. Tickers & Co. sell to-nior-row the household furniture and effects of Mr L. Fowler, who is leaving Hastings. Mr Chamberlain has sent a cable despatch to the Colonial Governors congratulating them on the character and behavior of the contingents who visited England for the Diamond Jubilee. The Post states that, besides the appointment of ex-Inspector Lmnbridge, of Scotland Yard, to the poaiiion of Chief Commissione? of Police of the colony, the Premier while at Home secured the services of two first-class London detectives. One will be placed in charge of the service, with power to introduce reforms, and the other m the South Island. The i ■nirassier colt which was on board the Tasmania when she went down has been found alive on the Mahia Peninsula. The animal must have got free from its fastenings and swaiu ashore. The colt is owned by a Pahiatua sport and will probably be forwarded to him in a few days. Survivor would be an appropriate name to give the horse. The shipping companies have refused to reduce the freight upon dairy produce beyond one-eighth of a penny per pound on butter and nothing on cheese. The National Dairy Association asked for threesixteenths on butter and one-sixteenth on cheese, net weight, and no primage. The present rates, it is stated are equal on a measurement basis to £6 per ton butter and £5 cheese, as against i'2 13s 6d for frozen mutton. In the Wellington S.M. Court yesterday in a case in which G. L. Cole was charged with sub-letting work received from a warehouse the S.M. said Cole had a factory himself but as he took work by the pice from Snrgood's he came under clause 23 of the Act and must be held to have sublet under section 2 of the Amending Act. A nominal fine of Is with £2 costs was imposed. Another similar case was adjourned till it is decided whether to appeal or not in Cole's case. 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. Breathes there a man with soul so dead Who never to himself hath said : The man who would alleviate The ills which by an evil fate, Poor mortals must expect to share Deserves a crown of jewels rare '? If, such there should be let all hope that he May a frame-shaking cough just endure Till he has to confess, it was cured by no less Than Woods' Great Peppermint Cure.— Advt. ___________