The Akaroa Mail. FRIDAY, JUNE 12, 1896.

Akaroa Mail and Banks Peninsula Advertiser, Volume XXIV, Issue 2661, 12 June 1896, Page 2

The Akaroa Mail. FRIDAY, JUNE 12, 1896.

Tire Jane Douglas.—As she is go'iig on the slip for repiir the J >ne will not come to Ak ros t^-nijiht. Okain's Bay School.—We hear tliat Mr Walker has been ieques f e<l by his School Committeo to re-consider Iris resigna'ioii sent ia t<) tho Biiid time ago. "a Jrjßit.EE As.socrATioN. —As is th(j : r annual wont, the Akaroa Jubilee Bern-volent Associaton t'ive a Plain and Fancy D>es? Ball on Fri lay next the l'Jih inst., in the Oddfe 1 ws , HaH.

Pl«soif Bay Eoad Boahd.—Attention i called to notice of extrao'dinary vacancy 01 t'us Board chieol fry ihe regretted retiremen of Mr Ja=. Lyail, who has disposed of hi property. Football.—-The following will represen in their match with Little Akaloi on Sar.U'd}y, !obe played at Little Akaloa :— B'Jc'ianan, Vangioni, Tripe. Eae, Bunford He-bert, A. Naib?y, Mitchell, Hemingway P. Glynan, Newbiyan, Perham, Kearney Godwin *n<l Cmry. Emergencies—T. Mor; and B. Wright. National Datrv Association.—At th( annual meeting «t Dune'lin, at which oui repr'sen'atives, Messrs Bruce, MacKay and J. Hay arß presen', Tho Piesidsnt p> intec; out i hat by joining the A«soe ; ation, piimape o' £340 had b< en saved in South JMand. Mi McEvvan S'i'i onr cheese tvus aliout equ '1 tc best Can'dim and if our best but'er were put on tho London maiket in a week, it would equal Danish. It was resolvel to register the Association ;'n'i procure di>ect all mati-ral. required for affiliated factories. Ib v/-->a recommended that twelve side.l chfese cases be used, two cheeses in each case. OBfTUARV. —Tho deifcli is announced, says the ' Pre?s.' of another of Canterbury's r ioneer setters, Mr David Lewis of Windmill roid, fit the age of 93. Mr Lewi3 arrived hi N-w Zealand in the year 1832, and took up his ! residencp on Bank's He married the widow of the late Dr Howe'. He lived on the Peninsula for about twenty years, and afterwards removed to Christclimch, where be married the widow of the late Mr W. Granger. He was engaged in the Government service for 20 years, at 'b n end of which time he resigned on account of old age, receiving from the Government £113 as compensation. He also served in the navy far sixteen years. He leaves a widow and two stepsons. . The Unspeakable Turk. —The Kuids hnve the English, French and German engineers, and many Armenians, employed on the Smyrna and X ssab> railway. Two hundred men at woib on the Smyrna railway were massacred by the Kurds. The Census.—The rough census return 1 ? for the provincial rfiet'icts a>e *b follows:— .Auckland 153,643, increase 20 484« compared wi'h last census; Tnranalii 31,243, increase 9178 j Hawke's Biy 33,983, incre-se 5477; Wellington 121,753, inceas- 24.028 : Marlborough 12,475, decrease 292 ; Nelson 35723. increase 593; Weatlmd 14,469/f crease 1418; Canfctbflry 135,849. increase 745" ; Otago 163,863; increnso 10,766. The returns for Chrisfchurch and suburbs, which have been de'ayed owing to the illness of the enumerator,'have now been crnplttfd, and ar« as follows: — City 19,219, four suburban boroughs 24 273, other suburb- 9841 ; total; for Christchtuch ami suburbs 51,333, ai oompared with at lastceh'us. Avter Tiir Ball is Over or any: other little dissipation, ;i corrective is frequently lequirci. This will be found in l)odds' Liver Pills. Not a secret or quack remedy, the iogredien's used being ' well known and frequently prescribed by the Medical Faculty, but the combination is new. Pries 1/- per box.

Tenders.—The Akaroa and Wainui T?oad Board invite tenders for woiks in Grehan Vallf-yKoa'i.

Mr. CattL'iit, surgeon dentist, is in AUa r oa. and may be consulted at Mrs Parsona , , Balguerie street. _ Australian Cricketers—The Australians won Hie matC'i against an English eleven by 135 runs. Australian Cable —Several m m have been killed by fa'al mininw accidents in Victoria and New Sonth Wa'es.

Valedictory.—On Monday evening Inst, about six'v friends gitberecl in the Assembly Rooms, Duvauchelae's, to bid farewell to Mr and Mrs Joyce,. are leaving the district. The eve'>i"g commenced with dancing. wh ; ch wss indulged in for about an hour. Duins ai interval songs wrre given by Messrs R Bruce and A. Wi'son, wh>le Mr Grange ,, gnaiy amused the company which his comic recitation. Mr H. W. Piper then made the presentation (a silver jug, sugar b»wl and tnnss. a"d a pa ; r of crystal pickle jars with silver sfcaucl). and in ?o Hoins dwelt upon the fact that, business naturally occupied the greater pat of Mr Joyce's time, he usually f'Hind some time to devote to local matte's. The greatest most pleasing f ;: ct was that, after a twelve leaidence in Duvauchelle's, Mr Joyc? was able to le-ive with the consciousness that he had ma'ie not a single enemy, while, on tho other hand, he hid secured hosts of friends. Mrs Jovcs had been a resident even longer than Mr Joyce, aud throuch that time her good inture, kindness, and willingness to forward any project in hand h&d become almost prove , bud. Mr Piper tl'en, on behalf of tlmso pi fsent, w'sbed Mr and Airs-Joyce and family beH ,1

-.\-.(] prosperity in f itnre which ••vas'eo-ived with prolonged Mr Joyce suitably rcsDondel, specially dwelling npon tho rria'iy kindness he hal received >' ihe of th'so p'c-'ent. Tie usual • Rt-'n a j'lly eooi.l fcilow ' p.nd sn'isoquent filtering gave tie si^'na 1 f , -' t h e resumption <>f '1-ncinjj, which w s conti"u d wiUi g'cafc -'f-i'it till ea-'y horns, nfe tiif .?loso 'f tUji Siici;il i\\> present joined bane's t.-» sin , ! ' Akl Lan; , Syr.c, , aftc h vi->g sp'nfc ;jd enjoyable evening.

EfiYPT. T:;e Riyo'ian tro-'»a to De'vishi-s ;>t Fckli Hills. Ti , ." 't w-iK bisk, as the Dervish- , !? «!f '•'!' •■' «'nh l Tirn r sis'ance for three !)<~urs (ill the monut-d in-f-iu'ry turned the position and prevented their re'reit. A tliou>ani o' the killed, while the Egyptian lo?s WJS only sixty. Camel', horses, provisions, and many prisoners we?e eiptured In order to complete (he rout, cavalry are pursuing the scai'ered remnants of the Mahcii's forces. The officials of the Khedive have averted and ma'treated two editors who written articksattacUing the Young Turkish Pa'tv. Lord Grorner has protested ag'inst the illegal arrest and the conduct of the officers . The mixed tribunal ha* ordered the Government to replace the advance made by the Caisse de la Dette towards the <-xpence of the Soudan expedition with inte'est and and costs. The French and Russian members of the Ciisss have been directe'l to execnte the jndgmnit. Among the killed at Fc-rkh was the Dervish comminder. The decision of the mixed t'ibunal tesp?ciing the advance of half a million by the Oisse de la Detfce has I'een appealed against. The ' Standard ' corresiiondenb s-iys the Soudanesp troops approp'iated the who were taken p'isooets after the fight at Ferkeh. The Dervish with, great quantities of supplies, was cjpune;).

Late Cable.—The tactics of (he Opposition, combined with wh.it the Government party allege is Mr FMfour's flaccidity, render the curtailment of the proi/ramms imperative. Tne Gove'nment f llo>vers are becomina nnea=y. — Four hundred Mata h elo were kiled in the fi«;ht on Sunday.—African experts dec-are that it will coat a million sowing lo extirpate the lindcpesfc ii 'he R.nnd - Sμ! aiis'-i cities vn\\ vohmtarilv coii'iibnto vessel- to the n ivy, in inittoion "f the example set by Bvcelona. The Oz>r h- - s assigned twenty thousand to'ibl s for the support of the c'ii ! d r en injured, ami whoso par<-uta we - e ki'lcd at the recent fo'e.—lt w s r-ported J. Stanbnry, the Anst-a'ia'i sc'ill'i , , was downed while nut practises on 'be Th ■•ines. but luippily the turns out to be untrue. He was cvsiz-'d, but 'cached iho shore saff-ly.—The Piince of VVa'es has opened a trades' exhibition in the End of London. Ke ; pon'Hns to che rs over his success in the Derby, H's Royal said that ho was gratified to win ilie race with a i).i:qe i f his own breeding.

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