The Akaroa Mail FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 12, 1890.

Akaroa Mail and Banks Peninsula Advertiser, Volume XIX, Issue 1478, 12 September 1890, Page 2

The Akaroa Mail FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 12, 1890.

Jubilee Committee.—A meeting of this Committee will be held in the Borough Goun* cil Chambers on Monday evening next.

Football.—A match takes place on Saturday on the Recreation ground between Akaroa and the Bays. A club has been formed and a large number have already joked.

Wainui Licensing Committee, — This Committee met on Saturday, and granted the transfer of the license of the Somerset Hotel from John Cooper to W. Chamberlain.

Akaroa High School.—The requisite number of pupils having applied the school will be opened next term, the Board meeting to arrange about advertising for a new master on Monday next.

Presbyterian Minister. — At ihe meeting of the Presbytery on Wednesday, the Rev. G. Webster reported that moderation took place with regard to Akaroa on Thursday. The Rev. J. B. lunlay, probationer, was inserted in the call. Ninety-nine out of 138 communicants, and eighty.two adherents had signed the call. He moved that the call be sustained. The Rev. J. 11. Mackenzie seconded the motion, whicn was agreed to unanimously. The Rev. G. Webster read a letter from Mr Finlay, who was at Wanganui, stating that, if chosen, lie would accept the call. He (Mr Webster) suggested that the 17th inst. be the date for the trials of Mr P'inlay. It was agreed that the Presbytery j should adjourn till the 17th inst., at II a.m., I to hold the trial of Mr Finlay.

Akaroa and Wainui Road Board.— The ordinary meeting of this Board takes place to-morrow, also the special meeting of ratepayers to consider objections to the Flea Bay Koad exchange.

R.M. Court, Akaroa.—At this Court yesterday, before H. O. Clarke and A. H. Westenra, Esqs., the only case was an undefended Court action brought by W. H. Henning against C. Rasmore for ios 6d. Judgment went for plaintiff by default.

St. Peter's Parish.—The Rev. Incumbent has altered the services for Sunday nex*, and will preach at St. John's, Duvauchelle's, in the morning, at Wainui in the afternoon, and at St. Peter's in the evening.

Funeral of Mr Chamberlain.—The late Mr Wes Chamberlain was buried yesterday at Duvauchelle's, the Rev. McKenzie Gibson officiating. There was a very large attendance at the funeral, some two hundred people being present. The service was read in St. John's Church.

Outside News.—The Ahaura Midland Railway bridge has been opened, and after a severe test, was passed and taken over by the Midland Company.—Mr R. D. Harman defeated Mr F. Wilding by three sets 11 love for the Championship of the Canterlu-y Law a Tennis Club.

Big EGG.—Mr R. R. Bradley, of Charteris Bay, says the " Press," reports that an egg was brought in the other day from their own henroost of abnormal proportions and weight. It weighed 6oz. and measured round the shoulder fUn and lengthwise B£in. On being broken there was not only a good yo'k and white, but swimming in this there was another egg, fully developed, yolk, white, and shell all complete.

VnssEL on Fire in Lyttelton.—The Nettie, an American brigantine of 47S tons, lying at No. 7 wharf, Lyttelton, caught fire on Wednesday evening. She had been loading (lax, and it was thought the fire was caused through spontaneous combustion. As the men, however, had only left the hold a short time before the fire broke out, it is consideied the result of smoking in the hold. The Lyttelton Fire Brigade came on the scene, and the tug came alongside. Water was poured into the vessel until she sank considerably, but it is evident the lire had obtained a very strong hold. Two or three men who were standing by when the hatches were taken off were stupified, and hod to be carried away. The second mate wis found insensible in the cabin. All came to after a short time. The fire was got under.

Parliamentary Estimates.—The Supplementary Estimates have been circulated, and have caused trouble to the Skinflints and members of the Opposition. The economies effected in the House, at the expense of so much time and labor, have been nullified by sums put on the Supplementary Estimates to restore the salaries of officers to the old figure. The "Times" says: The hearts of Messrs Hob'is and R. Thompson are rejoiced by a trifle of £750 for a road to their well-beloved Puhipuhl. Mr T. M'Kenzie. as representing Catlin's River County, is gratified by £500 for a road from Orepuki to Wairaurahiri, and £300 for a road on Stewart Island. Canterbuiv »ets just one road grant, £300, for the Banks Peninsula Summit road. Lucky Mr M'Gregor ! Akaroa also collars {. 100 for a Courthouse. £4000 is down for Workmen's Colleges in the four principal towns ol the Colony, and /.\iono as New Zealand's share of erecting a lighthouse on the Snares ; £1500 for a new sanatorium at Rotorua, and £325 compensation for the famous Mr Mahoney. Altogether tho Supplementary Estimates pure and pimple come to L 57.000, and the unauthorised expenditure account for the year ISS9-00 comes to LoG.ooo in round numbers.

Tin". Joycr Telegram.—The following is the celebrated Joyce telegram :—" Sir George Grey and others think with me that we shall commit grave blunder to allow Parliament to terminate next week before strike terminates, but I dare not stonewall without your diiection. Kindly advise." Speaking of it the Wellington "Evening Press" says: — Apart from all other characteristic of this production, the complacent egotism of Mr Joyce, M.H.R., stands pre eminent. Sir G Grey and others " think with Mr Joyce." It requires some effort of the imagination to conceive Mr Joyce as thinking at all, but even the imagination fails when it is asked to depict him leading " Sir Genrge Grey and others " in the train of his thoughts. Sir George Grey has been in many equivocal positions, and formed some strange alliances since he dropped down into the ranks of the politicians, but no one has yet got confused enough in his ideas to accuse him of falling under Ihe influence of Mr Joyce. If therefore we eliminate from the telegram the element of Mr Joyce's vanity, it would probably run somewhat as follows : — " Sir George Grey nnd one or two others wish the session prolonged to the sth October, when Parliament dissolves by effluxion of time, necessitating the holding of a session immediately after the election. This could only be done by stonewalling, in which I dare not take part without your instructions, otherwise McGregor, the Government whip, might make capital out of it at the elections, and rob Lvttelton of its Joyce. Kindly advise."

Latf. CAfiLK NrwS.—Some excitement has been caused in Canada by Cardinal Tascheri au Roman Catholic Archbishop of Quebec absenting himself from the banquet to Prince George of Wales, because the Admiral and General commanding refused to concede him precedence next to the Prince—News bas been received of a duel which was fought on the Dutch frontier, between M. Rochefort and M. Thiebaud, the latter being wounded. A series of duels is impending. The Belgian gendarmes stopped the light, which is said to have arisen in consequence of revelations that the Royalists assisted the Boulangist party to the extent of a million francs.—Bouianger repudiates the assertions that he undertook to place the Comte de Paris on the throne of France on condition that he was subsidised and appointed to the command of the army, or that he agreed to imprison Rochefort and other partisans if they proved hostile to the scheme. Since these revelations the collapse of Boulangerism is regarded as complete.—By the premature explosion of a charge of dynamite at New York eighteen persons were killed, and are missing.—The English Treasury offer 12s per lb towards the cost of outward mails via San Francisco, and will also carry the homeward mails from New York if New Zealand pays the cost of transit to New York. The American Government offers a subsidy of £12,000.— The Grenadiers at Bermuda are still insubordinate, and many have been punished.—General Langford, who served with the Royal Marines in New Zealand, is dead.—lt is hoped that the Bill allowing appeal to the American Courts will settle the Behring Sea difficulty.—Miss Marsden, formerly Matron of the Wellington Hospital, is visiting Russia for the purpose of inspecting prisons and delivering lectures.—The Comte de Paris holds a letter from General Bouianger offering to restore him as monarch on condition that a dukedom be conferred on him, with an income of LSooo.—Replying to a deputation from the Canadian Trades Congress, Sir J. McDonald, the Premier, said the Government would refuse to legislate in the direction of excluding Chinese from Canada.—The racehorses sent to England by the late Hon, Jas. White will be sold at Newmarket on the Bth October. —The first prize at the chess tournament at Manchester was won by Herr Tarrash, a young German player. Blackburne, the English player, finished second. — A man named Dixon walked across Niagara below the falls on a wire rope. Thousands of people were present, and tne man was loudly cheered. —In tne match between Marylebone Club and the Australians the former made 372 in theirc, V.rst innings. The Australians made I 2or,