The Akaroa Mail. FRIDAY, AUGUST 7, 1896.

Akaroa Mail and Banks Peninsula Advertiser, Volume XXIV, Issue 2076, 7 August 1896, Page 2

The Akaroa Mail. FRIDAY, AUGUST 7, 1896.

■Whales.-—A large sceool of whalea have been playing about five miles off the H<ads for the last few days, some of them are an unusual size..

Lake Bllesmerk.—The Lake is very high again, and the'settlers on the low-lying lands are experiencing a .very anxious time. If a heavy sou-wester set in the floods would be disastrous. The "S.olwyn County Council on Saturday.accepted the tender of Messrs Woods Bros :, fo«r letting out the Lake,'and on Monday morning the contractors went down toTaumutu to commence operations.

Outside news,—There have been burglaries at the Criterion and another Christchurch Hotel, and on Wednesday night the boarders at Warner's Hotel were robbed of pome £30 in loose money and jewellery. Those that suffered had left their doors unlocked.

Whitebait.— Whitebpit reappeared in the waters of the Waimakariri with the advent of this month.

Sale Day.—A large attendance is expected at Dnvauchell.s to-day, as in addition to usual business, Mr J. Noonan's cows, and the ers-ss-seed on the roads in tbe Akaroa and Wainui district will be offered.

Mb. John Kain.— We notice that the Weedon's School Committee have selected Mr John Kain, of Onuku, from twenty-one applicants to recommend' to the Boud of Education for the mastership of their school.

Little River School.—At the Board of Education meeting a report was received that the recent floods had washed away portion of the Little River School site, and greatdanger th'eateued. the buildings. Mr Rennie undertook to visit and inspect.

Le Bon's Bay Dairy Factory.—The annual meeting was held on Wednesday at Le Bon's, Mr W. Barnett, Ch-urman of Directiors, presiding. The annual report and balance sheet were presented and unanimously adopted. The Directors also presented a report of their propospd ac'ion in the future, by wheh it is anticipated £120 in the annual expenses will be saved. A hearty vote of thanks was passed to the Finance Committee of the Directorate, consisting of Messrs G. Crotty, J. Smith and C. Bailey, for the able manner in which they bad carried out their duties. A further vote of thanks was passed to the Directors as a whole. Messrs Crotty and A. Leonardo, the retiring Directors, were unanimously reelected. Greit sa'isfaction was expressed at the economical working of the Factory during tha past season. The report in full will appear in our next i?sue.

Little Akaloa.—Our correspondent telephones :—' On Monday evening last all Little Akaloa assembled at the Hall, at the invitation of Mesdames A Waghorn and B. Gilbert, to attend a birthday party, celebrating Miss Constance Waghorn having attained her majority. Mr Harry Cilbert had the hall and table beautifully arranged and decorated. Healths wee drunk enthusiastically with musical honours and dances, and amusing games were enjoyed. Mr Gillies was pianist. Amongst the songs were Miss Waghorn f Remember or Forget/ and Mr H. Gilbert ' A Soldier and a Man.' The occasion will long be remembered as one of the most enjoyable evenings ever spent in the Bay. and the young people will look back on it as an epnch in their lives. The Banking Committee. — The Commit'ee of the Upper House is progressing excellently with their enquiry. In the Lower House Committee a correspondent writes thit the Premier's continual motions for adjournment, and the frequent proposals for clearing the room, so that the Committee might deliberate in secret, are certainly spreading the impression that he has undisclosed reasons for delaying the proceedings. In consequence of this, the feeling is becoming almost universal that no final report will be brought down before this session ends.

Li Hung Chang.—' The Times' publishes an interview with Li Hung Chang. He wants England to concede a higher import duty on the ground that the value of silver since the agreement with China was signed has been reduced one half. The increased revenue would be largely spent on the purchase of military stores, the creation of a new army and navy, and the building of warships in England on English lines, to be manned by English officers. The Viceroy states that he has already signed contracts for rifles in France and artillery in Germany. He expressed his surprise at the sympathy shown iv England with Japan in the late war.

South Africa.*—Colonel Plummer defeated 400 Matabele in Chabez Valley at the Matoppo Hills. The enemy lost thirty killed. It has been decided to declare the Matoppo Hill* a rebel area, and. forts are bsins built to prevent the natives sowing crops or feeding their herds and so compel their submission. It is proposed t > recruit 600 police in England and the Cape- Hut re U reports that he has clewed the country between Gwelo and Fort Victoria of rebels, 200 of whom have been killed. President Kruger, in an interview upon the result of the recent trial, said the judges were evidently undecided as to the identity of the leaders rf the raid. He d-clintd to interfere ancl ask for a mitigation of the sentences; ' because Dr, Jameson bad not . admitted bis guilt,

1.0 O.F. M.U.—; Attention is called to the notice of a special summon-d meeting appear* ing elsewhere. Cricket.—The Australians won the match against Warwickshire by an innings and CO runs.

S.M. Court, Akaroa. —At thi-; Court yesterday, before A. I. McGregor and A. H. Westear'a, Esgs. Edward Aldridge andPever Olsen were fined Is each and 7a costs for horses astray on Lwaud street-

Late Cable. —A Brnall rowing borfc containing two men has safely crossed the Atlantic, tbe voyage occupying fifty-five days. —The-powers a*e exchanging views respecting the uprising in Crete. They are waiting to see the effect of the warning given to Greece befo-e deciding on what measures shall be taken.--The Cz=»r and Czarina will visit Paris in Sept.; and probably come on to -Osborne. —The Superior Counc'l of Congo is hearing the' British appeal against the acquttal of Major Lothaire, on a charge of murdering the trader Stokes.—John ' Ersltine, of New Zealand, has won the 1851 exhibition science research scholarship—News has been received that M. Andee, the Swedish aeronaut who lately stated to explore towards the North Pole, has left Spitzb'ergen in his balooni—Forty miners were' entombed by a colliery explosion at Neath, at Glamorganshire.—Moore Bros, financiers, Chicago, have failed for a million sterling, in consequence of which the Exchange was closed-— The French census shows that the population is 38,000,000. ao increase of 138 819 in five years, and even this is confined to the cities , as the cnuntry districts show a decrease. —The heat is.ntense in Eastern Prussia, and eighteen deaths from sunstroke were recorded in Konisbe'g in one day.—The outrage at M. StamhoulorFs tomb was repeated, dynamite cartridges being us*d on the occasion, instead of a bomb.

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