The Akaroa Mail. FRIDAY, JUNE 19, 1896.

Akaroa Mail and Banks Peninsula Advertiser, Volume XXIV, Issue 2063, 19 June 1896, Page 2

The Akaroa Mail.

FRIDAY, JUNE 19, 1896.

Draught Horses. —A sp?cid sale of draught horses is notified in our advertising columns.

Little River Road Board. —Tins Board invite tenders for quarrying and breaking

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Akaroa and WArNtri Road Board.—This Board meet at usual place and hour on Saturday next.

Lecture,—Mr Prrssy Granger ancnunces that he will lecture on Tuesday next in the Town Hall oa 'The Solution of a Great Social Problem.'

Akaroa Jobiuse Benevolent Association. —The plain aud fancy dress ball ia connection with this Association takes place this evening iv the Oddfellows' Hall.

Pjgeon Bay Road Board.-Nominations for the extraordinary vicaucy on this Board close at noon to-morrow

Mr Cattlis, surgeon dentist, is in Akaroa, and may be consulted at Mrs Parsons', Balguerie street.

The Decision. -By the decision of Mr Justice Wdlianis in the matter of the Colonial Bank and the J. G. Ward Farmers' Assoc?'tion, the proposal of the bank liquidators for a 331e is refused with costs.

Cuba. —Gom r z, at the head of a force of 5000, attacked the fotces under the command of General Castellano, but, after many hours' fighting, was repulsed with a loss of 500 killed and 100 wounded. News has been leceived that an Amencm filibustering expedition, with lirge quantities of dynamite, has sailed for Cubi.

Oittsioe News. —A wiifc for libel Has been served on the ' New Zealand Times' Company, at the instance of Pvichard Ora.bbe, te'mpersnce advic-te, cl amine? £2000 f >r an alleged libel in the issue of Jnnc 10.—-111-luck appea-s to fol'ow H.M.S Rapid aud her party, for while hem.'-- to'-ved frora Wellini;tni< t • Lyttelton ■■•.,i Mwliy ni-i'-t ■-> x -'l- "-:■ • ' o-. ,

Good Potatoes.—Mr Elliot, of Le Bon a, has raised some magnificent potatoes from seed. They are a -rough white variety of great size, and are exceedingly floury when cooked. He has named the new vaiiety- ' Elliot's Le Bon's Seedling' and we should advise those who want a potato suitable for the Peninsula, to communicate with the grower.

Tun Borough School Committee.—This Committee are vcy properly taking urgent means to -improve sanitary conditions in connection with this school. The offices attached to the building are antiquated aud unseemly, ancl we commend those in authority for the immediate steps they have tiken.

Cricket Concert.—The annual concert given for the benefit of the Akaroi Criolret Club will take placs on 4th July- . We hearthat the show will be well worth visiting as many novelties will be produce i; which have been carefully rehearsed. The Akaroa Tins are assisting.

Strange Moxstjers. —Mr Tregwetha, keeper of the Bro'hers Lighthouse, reports on May 29th seeing somest»an?R mat me monsters. They were about three miles off. He at first thought they were whales, but could not sea any spouting, though there was plenty of splashing. Three of them rose fifteen to twenty teefc out of the wales remaining in that portion for half a minute. Afterwards a fourih appeared. Their heuls wore snakelike and their necks much smaller than their hsads, and they -were grey Hi white in colour. Another monster like an enormous shark, with two fins behind i's he'd, was also seen both by Mr Tregwetha and another man named Butler.

Imperial Politics.—Mr Balfmr stated that, before adjourning, the Government hoped to pass the financial measures, the Encouragement of Light Railways, the Irish Lz-md Laws Reform, the Cattle Disease, and the Rating Bills. The Voluntary Scho ds wou'd be tesumed in January. The Opposition s-edict tint the Bill is doomed. *' Tlie Times " states that the Impeiid Government will favou'ably consider any request f">m the colonies for a conference as.to the desirability of establishing a Z-.illvemn oi other trade agreement.

Australian Cable News.—The clothing manufactory of Jae-ms and Co., at Sydney, has bfen destroyed by fire, and a loss of £20,000 SUSt-ined.-Two men were killed by the bursting of a boiler in Adelaide.—Kuby and Bassett are passengers by the Waiho-a. which has sailed for Auckland.—The celebration of a child's birhday by vhe Japanese at Broome had a tragic termination. One of the guests came armed with a rifle, revolver, and sword, and fired three shots at a countrymm without effect. He then cut the unfortunate man in half with one sweep of his sword. The murderer returned to his own house, threatening the constable and Europeans by the way, and shot himself dead.

Transvaal Troubles.-Dr. Jameson, Sir J Willoufhby. Colonel White and his brother, Colonel Gray and Major Coventry have been committed for trial. The rest of Dr Jameson's officers were discharged. At Dr Jameson's trial Sir Edward Clarke said that it was doubtful if the Foreign Enlistment Act was operative in Marking. Dr Jameson admitted that he himself was solely responsible for the raid. Replying to a question in the House of Lords the Marquis of S disbury said that he must refuse an open parlianv:n'ary inquiry into the entrance of Dr Jameson's party into the Transvaal until the verdict of the Court had been delivered.

Late Cadle—Senate's Morton and Re-d refused nomination f.r the vice-Presidency of the United States—General Kitchener, Sirdar of the Egyptian forces, has ism-d a proclamation to the effect that the dervishes who have been in arms against the Egyptain authorities will be kindly treated if no further opposition is offered to the expedition. — Fifty sailors belonging to a Japanese worship in Antwerp broke out in mutiny, and left the ship They had an encounter with the police, but eventually had to tetu'n on board. Many of them were injured.—The Britannia defea'ed the Meteor over a forty-five mi'e course on time allowance.—The opinion that General B ratiere would be acquitted has been confirmed. In delivering judgment the Court deplored the fact llr-t he had proved an incapable leader.-Li Hung Chang assured the X riser that the feeling in China was unusually friendly to Germany, whose aid in enforcing the Japanese to give up possession of the Liao'oug Peninsula was fully recognised.—The Emperor of Germany has forwarded the Ist (Royal) Dragoons of Great Britain a gold laurel wreath in memoiy of the Battle of Waterloo.—Mr Roberts, a tutor, brought an action for libel against the Countess of Russell, a-ising out of charges of criminal pract ; ce mule against him during the hearing of the suit between Earl Russell and his wife some years ago. The Countess now admitted that they were untrue, and a verdict was returned for a small amount.— Major McKinley desi'es that the tariff, and not the cunency, should be the chief plank in the Republican platform. A tremendous struggle is going on between the gold and silver advocates to capture the Convention. In the event of d"f=at it is expected that the siver partisans will secede aud initiate a campaign on their own account.—Eight hundred case's of cholnra were reported during the past week in Cairo.—A dastardly outrage was committed at Wycoff's Bank of New Amsterdam. A robber entered the Bank and demanded a large sum of money which was deposited in Mr Wycoff's private room. As his request was not complied with the would-be thief drew a revolver and shot Mr WycolF dead, and subsequently shot himself dead.

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