The Akaroa Mail. FRIDAY, JULY 31, 1896.

Akaroa Mail and Banks Peninsula Advertiser, Volume XXIV, Issue 2074, 31 July 1896, Page 2

The Akaroa Mail. FRIDAY, JULY 31, 1896.

Farmers? Association,.—All firmer and Interested in Dairy F'c'ories are reminded that Mr J. R. Scott, Secretory of the National Dairy Association, proposes to address a meeting at Duvauchelle's at 1. p. A. on Tuesday next. Captain Ramsay.—The many friehcU of Captain .Ramsay, of the Btunner, will be pleased to learn that he has been' appointed Harbour-Master at Oamaru. Illness of Mr Combes.—Mr Combes has been suffering from a severe attack of pleurisy and acute rheumatism, bift we are glad to record.a change for the better has place and early recovery is anticipated. Serious Loss —We are sorry to note that !Mr E.'F.. Lelievre ldstode of his most valuable draught horses yesterday. Death was caused by a severe attack of inflammation. The Weather and the Roads. -Tbe weather still remains * dubious' bnt less rain is falling day by day. The higher p*aks are covered with a light dusting of snow. There are no fresh slips of importance, and the difficulties of travel are gradually decreasing. Lake Ellesmere. —As Lake Ellesmere had risen very much in consequence of the late rains, it was decided at the last meeting of the Selwyn Council to call for tenders for lett'ug out the lake, and the Chairman was authorised to deal with th^m. The Banking Inquiry.—Mr Montgomery again took his seat on the Banking Committee on Wednesday. Business, however, was adjourned in view of the motion, a course to which many members (including our own) stronsly objected. S.M. Court —George Wells was brought up at this Court yesterday, before A. I. McGregor and A H. Westenra Esqs , J's.P., charged with <lrunkenness and larceny. Mr Potfcs appeared for the accu«ed and asked for an adjournment in oder that witnesses for the defence m'gbt be present. The arrest having taken place the previ 'us evening, thee had b-en no time to arrange for thei" attendance. The Bench eranted the remand till today, bail beine fixed at accused in £20 and tne su'ety of £20. Bail was forthcoming. j The Late Mr Cunningham —A well attended meeting of Masons of all constitutions resolved to appoint a Masonic Committee to receive subscriptions. B r o. W. R. Mitchell was appointed Hon, Treasurer, and Bros. W. H. Gundry and G: R. Hart joint hon. Secretaries. In the course of the proceedings Bro. Hart asked Bro. R. D Thomas through the Chairman whether the General Committee did not think it advisable to put pirt of the money which would be subscribed into the foundation of a Cunnineham scholarship, restricting ths memorial in the cemetery to a plainer and less expensive form. It was, however, thought advisable to leave the General Committee free to decide what form the memorial should take. Outside Notice.—Mr Murdoch, a gentleman connected with the Press, who was stopping at Mrs Brookes' a few months ago has written a very pleasant aocunr of the Peninsula for the 'Hawke's Bay Herald.' He does not confine himself to Akaroa and the chief centreß. but gives details of the histcy of the Bays, and a summary of our early Maori history. It is a readable notice and should attract the attention of the many readers of the ' Hawke's Bay Herald' to the beauties of this favoured spot. Crete.—The Cretan rebellion is extending to the Fa-tern province. The Porfe states that it rel'es on the Powers to enforce conditions of peace. Ffteen hundred insurgents defeated native Moslems and compelled them to stop pillaging io Refeimo, Crete Outside News.—ln the C a«e of Popham v Taylor, libel regarding Coker's Hotel, the jury returned a verdict for the plaintiff with £50 damages—Mr F. E, FitzGerald, Con-trol'er-General, is seriously indispasjd, and hi* condition is causing great cnxiety to his j f> lends. I

Akaroa Library.—The folhwins is a list of new books which have arrivd for this Library, and are ready for issue to-day :— The People of the Mitft Rider Haggard; Cleopatn, Rider Haggard; Ailitna Letters, R. L. Stevenson ; The Medicine Lidy, L. T. Meade ; A Man's Foes, B. H. Strain ; The Emu's Hrarl. W. C"lton Davre ; The King of And'mm, J. Macl-tren Cobhon; The Rnders, S. R. Crocket: The Queensbu'y Cup, Give Pbillipps Wolley; A Man of Ma>k. Father Stafford, and The God in the Car, by Anthony Hope; The Masquerade Mystery, Fergus Hume; The House of the Wolf, Stanley Weymau; Phyllis of Philistna, F. Frankfort Moore ; The Tale of Chloe, George Meredith; Sam's Sweetheart, Helen Mathers; Herbert Vanlennert, C. P. Keary ; The of Fenella, Twenty-four Authors ; The Doinss of Raffles Hawe, and The Stark Munro Letters, Gonan Doyle; The Dead Gallant, Outram Tristram.

The Jameson Trial.—ln the High Court of Justice, before Lord Chief Judge Baron Pollock and Mr Justice Hawkins, Dr Jameson, Sir John Willoughby, Colonel Grey, Major White and Captain C. J. Coventry, officers of the expedition into the Transvaal, which led to the battle of Krugersdorp, were found guilty upon a change of making war against a foreign State 'hen at peace with England. The jury found the accused guilty on all the counts, but added a rider that the excited state ot Johannesburg at the time presented great provocation. Dr Jameson was sentenced to fifteen months' imprisonment, Sir John Willoughbv to ten months, Mvjor White to seven months, Colonel Grey, White and Captain Coventry to five months. None of the sentences cany with them hard labour.

South Africa. —The rebel position in the Matoppo Hills is not shaken and the holders resisted several attacks. The position of the whites at Gwelo is reported to be critical, and famine prices rule. The Matabeles are extremely confident and jf>er at the whites, calling them cowards. The majority of the pioneers are leaving Bu'uwayo, in the belief that the war is likely to be protracted. A orowded meeting passed a resolution urging the Chartered Company to reinstate Mr Rhodes. The leading men, however, were absent. Captain Baden»Powell has begun the construction of a large number of forts to guard the Matappo Hills. A report from : Buluwayo states that the Matabele, after the j flight at Laing's laager, murdered fifty friendly natives.

Late Cable.—Messrs Harland and Wolff's workshops in Belfast have been burned. Several large vessels were injured and the adjacent engine works were destroyed. The fire throws 400 men out of wok. The estimated damage is £200 000.—A girl,, aged fourteen, dropped into the sea from a parachute at Newport. It was her first accent. —At a meeting of the World's Socialist workers in London. 700 delegates were present. Resolutions were passed demanding eight-hours' work and universal sufferage. The Congress was mobbed by Anarchists and compelled to adjourn.—The House Commons passed the • second reading of the Uginda Railway Bill by a majority of 150.—1n the House of Lords, the Premier said the Government declined to proclaim a holiday on September 23rd, to celebrate the fact of the Queen's reign exceeding that of George lU.

Thursday Half-Holiday.—This weekly arrangement haß been a blessing to some and a nuisance to others, but Low's Cherry Pectoral has been, and still is, a paaitke boon to sufferers from coughs and colds. Once tried, it will always be found in the house. In 1/6 and 2/6 bottles. J, S, Dodds

chemist, Akaroa.