Peninsula News.

Akaroa Mail and Banks Peninsula Advertiser, Volume XXIV, Issue 2057, 29 May 1896, Page 2

Peninsula News.

Akaroa County Council — Tlu.. Council mo-ts usu*l place »nd hou' to-morr.iw.

8.8. Oisi'VPERR —This steamer l»aves for North e-irlv on Tuesday ins l cad of Sund-iy. Le Bon's Bay Road P.oaro —The annual me:-ting of ra'"payers is for June 4th. A B.C.—A special general meting will be held this eve'V'U_ iv the Ch'd'ellows' Mall sid" r-iom. Borough Council—.Ycain no endid-te can>e forward, and fre--h nominations for the vacant chair are invited to b- iv by fc'ri 'ay, June fith. German Bay —There is not to be a picnic at this schod on Friday, as it is cmeiderod too lao in the season, hub tin-re will he a concert in the evmins, Tvhen the prizes will be distiibuted Tne school did well at last examination, 52 out of 58 passing. Cocksfoot.—The first priz? for cocksfoot at the Winter Show was grown by Messrs J- R. Newton and G. Checkley. and dressed by Moritzsnn and Hopkin. Bkunner Relief Fund.—Amount already acknowledged-£255 12s 9d ; Collected by J R. Newton :-J. E. Newton £1 1*; G. Checkley junr., £1 Is ; D. Fyfe 10s 6d ; R, A. Stewait £1 Is ; E. Combes 10s Q.i ; J. D. Bruce £1 Is; Rhodes Bros £1 Is; Total £6 16 61. Total - £262 9s 3d.

Selwyn County Council.—At Tuesday's meeting of this Couaril the tender o' Messrs Howson and C -oper of £45 for letting out Lake El'e'rnere was accepted. The A'raroa Coimty Council wrote urging the necessity of a bri'ge over ihe Conal, and it was resolved to ask the Government if they would con'ribu'e a portion of the co-d. of a bridge.

Meeting of Dairy Farmer--*.—Attention is aguu c-lhd to t -, e notice appearing elsewhere r?que-ting those interested in dairying tr mcc» at Duvauchelle's school at 1 p.m. to-monow. Delffjates from all tbe factors and leading daby farmers are specially requested f» attend. Resignations.—Mr J. Sawers Ims resigned trs p 'S ; tion as Government Dairy Instructor, but continues his connection with the dairy indu«tiy in another capacifcv.—Miss Maude, matron at ihe Ohristehurch Hospi'al. tendered . her resignati'm" on Wednesday, which wis accepted by the Board with regret. Miss Maude Ins resigned to go in for district nursing. Coursing.—A very successful courting narty was he'd the o'her day on ths lake jj'opeti-s "f Messrs Birdling and Price on 'hr road ro Tanmufcu. Ha>es are ve-y plfntifu' in this loca'ity, so it ws res dyed to have a ■ aid a. ;dn-t them. Amonyst the party were Cap-am Hose. Mess'sJ. Buchanan, BirdJ-ines (3). Kissel. Nutt. F-diey, of Lit'le River and F. Arming W. Hewirr, A. and E. Le'ievre, S. Cut. and M. Ke-gin <>f Akaroa. N« 'ess than twenty-one h <res were sticcess'ully c"ur-ed, nnd several othes were slmt. Mr Nutt had a _>ao load of refreshments for the party. Spot be : ng exce'len', and the wea'her tine, the cUy was much enjoyed; and those partabina o' it ;oe moving in fcH. m<tter.ofthe establishment of a C nirsiug CUib for .the P-nins da. ; Marriage.—o* 1 Wednesday Ms. M_ v Onny, secncl daughter <>f Vlr Jo!>n Curry. wis married, at he father' o residence, to Mr A. _t_..g.11. The cerean'av was |.Kifir mcd by !ne Key. T. J". Smyth. M.A. Th- bite was riven away by I .th. r, nnd lie hrideg">om was attended hy M-S'-rs E. C. Murohy and W. Cutv, th- b'idesi_a'"is r-ein . Misses L. Curry and F. Hanson. After the cemony th-> wedding pa'ty and o'her rues'* «e>e <nteitun B d by ill-' parents of the bride. Th ■ h >ppy couple left early for C'-ristchurch vih Little River in Mr Barker's buggy, anvd. sh uvers <'f rice, slippers and good wshe--. The presents were both numerous and hands -me.

Latr. Cable.—L' Hung Clung; toll an int-rviewer th-it Russia and Chini were entirely in accord on all pdnts, and his uvssion w-i<! so'ely to s'udy me'hois of Government in Ewope with a view to int'oduce reforms in China. They must maim am friendly r-dation-; with TY-ince, and they were ' prof>und f v crit j ful t"> M. Har.ofcanx _V his scvices wfier the Japanese Wa'.—T"e Empress Eugenic visited the Duke Auma. afc Palermo, ?nd was introduced to tho Duke of Or'eans—The King of Swaziland, who is a lad of eighteen, shotnx servants, exclaiming that he wanted some rifle practice Fearb'g the Boers will bring him to jusfcire he has fled to the mountains.—The Du'ch occuoie" Lampisang with a loss of fifteen kill-d and 150 wounded. Chinese lo«t heavi'y.—The Italian Premier, the Marqu's Rudini, said it was the policy of the Government to uoholl the Tiiple AUianoe and maintain eorlial relations with France"and Russia. The friendship of Great Britain completed tho circle of alliancs.—The Mohamedm rebels have b?en successful in 'he pr-wiuc? of K>nsu, the mist western province of Cnina, and are advancing westward.—-The cholera has caused a scare in Egypt, and foreigners *re paying hk'h prices for steamer passes.—Hern, an American, hns been arrested afc Kissinyee. for raking his youthful son into a Kursaa*. He was ndmited to bail in 'he sum of 80 000 marks, and I'aili'ig to appear his bail was j and the imprisonment sentence passed in hia absence.

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Australian Cricketers -—The Australians J won tho match against Yorkshire by an innings and eight runs. Austral tan Cable.—"*"•> the Sydney Assembly noiice h;»s be-ni given by a pi vale member that he would "introduce a Bib substituting penal servitude for cpit-l punishment.—ln the Dean divorca cane a rule nisi was gr.nted, returnable within a month, with the cus'ody o ! the ch'ld. Turkish Tr . übs-ES. —Amnn'ans are taking refuge in the C'tli-dr-il fearing arrest. An Armenian Pf'tesfcant pastor, who translated one of L-nl Salisbury's speeches, was sentenced trr two years impr'sonm'-nb. The Po-te hns convened the C'etm Assembly to re»tor--o'der in the Island. The Turkish s'ddiery in Cete are massacreing and pi'l'.ing the Ch'ist'an-* without restrain. The Consuls have cabled'for warships. Anarchy ■ eigns in C-*nea and Rrtimo Sha'p fighting is rep "'ted at Vam"s. Tho Brit'sb d'et h.s . ai'ed from Malta and the French are sending ships. An Atrocious Murder.— T«o rersons. named 0 sfel. roan sod wife, c to p.'Hs from Courbcvo; a trunk c ntini"g the na'-cd corpse of a young man. Suspici m was arouse"! by the smell, and tho trunk wss opened l\y officials. The C <«tels exrlaimed th'it they h d been emp!"y d to convey the b >dy in th- trnn'« 't-> avoid 'he expense of a coffin ; huh as they gave a f dse address they wer<" arrested T'e r<y.se w s 'd-ntifi-'d as «ha' of a m-!n n mcd Delachaif. T'»- <*i caused » scs tion in the ■ ifcv. Ca.t_ls c n-. f ess d t' l f'e murder. They use-" a hatchet. Delachaif was ••» stamp <• Hector, and they apo'dnted a meeling w-th him io arr" g" a sde H- bruujht s tamos to the value of £:"00. A porti n of the money was found ou the ma'e p isonc. Coming Legislation. -A 'pecia' corespondent -i the ' Pie's ' write* :—I h-*r th t most of the Labour Bids lrft "ver >v m last session will ag*in bs br-'MU'ht forward with vaiious am-ndments. The Undes'u ble ImBill is 'o come up agai'i, and wi'l be divided into three sections —ft ft, public h-alth, the Act excluding wfflded wi'h pem=)rient or incurable disease ; second, excluding Chinese and Asi-itics by making the amount of the p 11-t>x prohibitory ; third, excluding ronv'ctfd criminals, fugitive criminals, nnd lunatics. The new L»cal Govern ment Act is a bulky vo'ume, but it is no' likely to make much pr<'g?e c s, as i' Jw>uH take'more tlnn a se=S'oa to di s cu-s its voluminous causes A new Shop Assistants Act is to be brought forward to defin° accurately the provisions relating to assistants and the statutes of shops. This latter Bill will not go beyond the Order Paper unless the Government are pressed by their followers to bring it forward.