Local and General.

Akaroa Mail and Banks Peninsula Advertiser, Volume XXIV, Issue 2077, 11 August 1896, Page 2

Local and General.

Little Akaloa. — The recent birthday! pa'ty at Little Akaloa wa* to clebra'e the joint coming of age of M'B3 Con-tance Waghorn and M> Hemy Gilbert, and the people assembled at the invitations of both.

DuVAUCHELr/E's Stook Sale.—The Peninsula Sale Y«rds C -rnpany notify that an intermediate sock wi'l be he'd at Duvauche'le's on Fiidav. the 20th insiant.

Grass Seed ox Roads. —At the Duvaucbelle's s<le on Friday Mr R Latter sold the right of cutting prass seed on the roads in the Akaroi and Waioui Road Board dis'rict for the handsome sum of £50 It is the largest anvHint ever realised for this privilege in the above nameJ district.

Sate of Land —Mr R. Latter informs us that he has sold on account of Mr H. Goodwin, Barry's Bay, 80 acres of land and house, at £18 15s per acre to Mr Wils'in of Barry's Bayi Cricket.—The Australians won the match against Kent by 176 runs The English team for the fin*l test ma'ch, commenced yes'e'diy, is as follows:— Peel, J. Heame, •PoiighT, MnnlH. Jackson, Lil'ey, Stoddart, Rangitsinbji, Wvnwatd and Tα the county nianch Essex beat Surrey by an innings and 119 rnns

The Graxd NATtONAT. Meettwg.—The GnndN tioi al Meeting opens on Thursday at .Hi , carton, ;.n'i sliould the weathc prove fin», a v'tjv, successful gt'the-i-g .-.rn'y"'be ,ld.oke'd:.for'v. A 1 ■■&■:?/ mrnher o( vsitors are expect d lio-n the North I land and als > f oai Dα- c 'in

Lake' : Ellesmkrk. —The opei-ati ma in connection with >h« contract f >r lectin? out the wa!.s' ;>t Lake Eil-s-ue-e wev niocessfully r»e-;un on Tunrgti\y ni h , . ami if n-'ly the weather keep* h'iie. the lake wM be r- jlieved of its sn plus; ware in a few new- s aU-s "' t t.be f-ako is i'O'v opon into tne sea; On Friday, there was... a good channel, about two chains wide, with a strong stream running into the sea.

The Nhw Electorates —By the re-adjust-ments of the electoral boundaries by the Reprfisentition Commissioners the North Island gains two electorates between We'lington rttid New Plymouth, and one between Wellington and the Ea<t Cape. The namee of the new electorates are Manawatu, Waitara, and Pahimna. In the South Inland the Inangahua. Rangitata, Pareora e'ectorates have been absorbed in other electorates.

Ceete. —Ten thousand Moslems sacked Herakleion. and many of the inhabitants were killed. The Governor is powerless to prevent outrages, and a general ma=sncre of Christians is feared. Thousands left the on Thursday The British warship Hood and the French cruiser Linois have suled for Herakleion. 500 Moslems have taken refuge in the mosques in Crete, and many are siid to be in a state of starvation. A raid on the Christians is feared. 5000 Moslems surrounded the Herakleion gale, and the Governor in endeavouring to pacfy them was el'agged from his hose and seve'ely maltreated.

Li HuNii Ch\ng.—The China Association has ente r t lined Li Hung Chang at a banquet. In replying to the toast of his health he referrei to his remarkable recognition, and the British friendship, and he sp'ke of the necessity of an extenei m of commercial relations between Britain and China. Li Hung Chang laid a wreath on General Gordon's stotiie in Trafalgar Square, and h'mse'f and suite reverently duriu? the ce'eimny. Afterwrds, in the p ,:, senceof the boys from the Gaidnn Home the Viceroy , placed a wreith on G irddn's cenotaph in St. Paul's, wi'h the inscription— . To a so'dier and friend of China atribn?e of resrect.'

South Africa. — Colonel Plummer defeated the S combo, Umlngula, and three other 'impis at Matoppo after seven hours' fighting The tebels were completely broken Maior K>rshaw an-i four sergeants w»re killed and fifteen men were wounded. The rebel loss was three hundred. — Inspector Llewellyn was attacked in the rear, but turned the Maxim gnus and swept the «nemy away. A pa'fy of friendlies deserted.— C"lonel Bsresford's infantry. suDported by Mixim euns, was advancing on a k"pjeheld by the Matabe'e wien a strong force of the from an ambush only 40 yards away charged them. A most deeperate struggle took place, and the riahting was almost the hottest seen there. Colonel Beresford feeling himself hardly pressed, signalled for support, and it was. in advancing to his aid that Major Keshaw was shot.

Late Cable. — The Lisbon newspapers state that Enulatid has recognised Brazil's sovereignty over the little Island of Trinidad, which, it was recently announced, has been aunex"d by England. — The Henley party accept the Marquis of Lansdowne's amendment ti the Irish Land Bill, but condemn that moved by Lord Macnaghten, which provides f-ir restoring the fair rent clauses in their o'd form.—Captain Lothaire was acquitted by the Appeal Court.—The Grand Dukß Alexander Michael lnsbsen dismi e sed by the Czar's orders from th? ironclad be commanded — The Macedonian band having increased, they inflicted a defeat on 303 of the Turkish force, who retreated with heavy lo3s —A boiib was placed among goods consigned to Mr Avery. the well known scalemaker, of Birmingham, but fortunately it missed fire. The motive is believed to be a personal reveng p . — British scientists are visiting Japan to watch the eclipse of the sun which takes place on Sunday.—The Czar and Czarina, who will be accompanied by Prince Labanoff, the Foreign Minister, leave on a tour of Europe snd Gre*t B'itain towards the end of August. They propose to visit Vienna, Berlin, Conenhagen, London, Paris and Darmstadt, returning home in October.,