Local and General

Akaroa Mail and Banks Peninsula Advertiser, Volume XXIV, Issue 2080, 21 August 1896, Page 2

Local and General

Akaroa and Wainui Road Board — Th's Bo<rd meets at usual pbce and hour I o-morrow.

Pigeon Bay Road Board —The a Mourned aunual meeting takes plica oa Saturday, August 2!/th.

Marriage. — The daughter of Mr T. Hawes, an o'd and valued subscriber of this journal, was married on Wednesday to Mr Grant, who is a contractor on the Thacker estate, Odin's.

Okain's Bay Dairy Factory. — The annual meeting of the shareholders ia this factory is announced elsewhei c

PootbalLi—There will be a fancy dreasfoofba'l mitch on the Recreation G-ound on Thursday afternoon next—a.sieht which wil open the eyes of the inhabitants of lovely Akaroa. In the evpnine the Kentucky Minst'els perform in the Oddfellows' H4l.

The Lambtntg —Lambs a r e now boing dr >pped fist, and i Jieweather b ing a>e thriving, srong youngsters beingthe order of the rlay, and I>s-e5 next to nothine. It is said, howevei there ate fewer doubles than la*t year.

The Australian Cricketers -The m*fch against Sivreyhdd io be abandoned owing to bad weather.

Lytteltojt Harbour Board.—The result of thf poling was as under :—Pitcaithiy, 916 ; Chrystall, 487; in'omal votes 5. Mr Pitcaithiy was therefore declared duly elected.

Australian Cable.—The god has been ncovered from the week of the Catterthun. —Du<i"g the hca'ing of an insolvency application it was stated 'hat Lou's Seibe , , an insolvr-ntstwemtn. had since e<nne into a Fieuch marquisite and a fo'tune of a million francs.

New Zealand Students at Edinburgh. —The ' Presa' says, news has been received by the late m>il that Mr A. Orchard, anrt Mr H. T. J. Thacker, hive both passed their fiml examinition for the degree of M.B O.M of Edinburgh University, They are the fi>at two pusils from the Boys' High School. Christchurch, who have obtained their degree in medicine at Home. We have recorded Mr Thacker's success before, but add these part'cnlars.

The Chkistchurch Supreme Court.— The following cases wvre decide , ! : — Regina v Anne Taylor and Emma Watson, taking a\my a child, not guilty ; Retina v D. Mcliae "•nd A 6. DriscoU, beaking and ente'ins, their o*n lecosnis nice. William Kvrrison, whose case occupied the greater portion of tw:> days, was found guilty of sheep-sfcali'ig, and sentenced to five years' imprisonment, there being a previous c >nviction for a similar offence against him. Michael Jobn Reddington was acquitted on a charge of forgery and uttering, but there are other cases of a similar nature pending against him. Traxsvaallndependence.—The • Times' special reporter in Pretoria telegraphs that; despite official denials, many burßhe> 8 assert (hat the Transvaal Government will shortly proclaim independence of England. He deelms that the imoortitiou of arms and muoilions of war js sufficient for the Transvaal, and for a hundred thousand of their kinsmen in the Orange Free State and Cape Colony. He that the rinderpest his delayed the project , —The report that a tieaty has been concluded wi'h. European Powers wi'hout consulting G'eat Bfiiain has caused considerable excitement in the Transvaal. President Kruger, hovyever, sates that he will respect the convention wiih Great Britain, The ' Times ' in discussing the question siys that, if challenged, Gr-at Britain will Beitle the question once and for ever. Late Cable.—A procession, marchin? through the streets of Belfast, as a demonstration in favour of an amnesty to political prisoners, provoked a serious riot. The poise had to use their batons freely to restore order.—lt is thought that the Matabele are tired of fighting, but hesi'ate «o snrrender. ; Mr Rhodes is still negotiating with them.— Six hundred and fifty-one de-iths from sunst'oke occurred in New York 1-sst w<-ek The French Government propose to expend £12,000,000 (?) sterling in the recep'ion and entertaining of the Czar and Czmna. — Lord Salisbury has been installed of the Cinque Ports: In a spe?ch on the occasion lie stated that the gangrene of lurkey threatened the health and security of all Eiirope, and the d snger would continue to exist until the Powprs hnd aba'ed the disease at the centre of its rottenness.—Li Hung Chang, in his interview with Mr Gladstone, said China had determined to construct a 3omp'ete system of railways. He referred to she barriers raised against the Chinese in Australasia, and Mr Gladstone replied"that ;he union between England and the colonies vas quite voluntary.—The C»ir will probably )e a*kfd to lay tha foundation stone of uiildincs for the P<ris (1900) Exhibition Dhe Sultan has decirai'ed the President's vife and daughter.—At the invitation of the vipe Government the South African Stites rill h'>ld a conference as to the best means I coping with rinderpest. — The Messrs )ena'ds. of Antwerp, offer to supervise, the rraneemeut of the \ustralasiin exhibits at he Brussels Exhibition.—The mission of !ihni Pasha to Creie, ' prort-d futile, as the Jntistian3 re4uire oomp ; ete autonotnyi-*----ecornba and a: thoua-md rebels, also the south-east of Matoppo, are negotiatlg about induias at tJe cad of the rebels in Southern Mtoppo splied t'i the offers of peace that if the hitea were ti «<J of iSghting they wire n-t -Ttie E'nperor'e yaohfc Meteor >Uidf<l wifch Baron H-rftwita'a Iselde in the olent. A falling mst killed the Biron and vept (he crew overboard, but th"V were i -Mr Bryan's c-mse is receding, lie agitation in. favour of silver is declinin','. id the befctiug is titi 1 Id oqq oa Majw. [?£uiley.

. Krstooa Road.- The time for reoeiyin? the iCinloch Road tenders has bean extended to August 29 h.

Maryborough.— Mr R, his entire, Ma r !boroogh, to eoto Ashbu'ton. The old Inrae is in good h alth arid behind him on the Peninsula eeme splendid stock./ ," " ■>