The Akaroa Mail. TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 29, 1896.

Akaroa Mail and Banks Peninsula Advertiser, Volume XXIV, Issue 2091, 29 September 1896, Page 2

The Akaroa Mail. TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 29, 1896.

Akaroa Football Club.—A meeting, of . this club will be held on Thursday next, at 7.30 p.m., in the Temperance Hall. Barry's Bay Factory.— The first annual general meeting of the Birrv's Bay Dah-y Factory Co. will be held on S iturday next, October 3rd, M tbe at 7 39 p-m. Akaroa Tenuis Club.—The annual met- ning of this Cinb will be held in the Temperance Hall at 7.30 p.m. on Friday nex'_ The Committee meet at 7 p.m» sh-irp. Horkjj: Show.—The prizes won at the late show will'be. paid at a Committee meeting to be held at the Somerset 'Hotel, on Friday at 3-30 p.m., when the bal-ance-sheet will be considered andothergeueral -business transacted.. • . ; Crioket.—The Little Riyer Cricket Club season was opened on Saturd >y, the 26th ins'.j with a ma'oh/ Einloch v Little Kiver, which resulted'in a win for the former by 10 runs. The scores, were:—Little River Ist i_um_«.ss, _ndinnings4l J Kinloch, Ist inn. ihgs 50, 2nd innings 50. . For the losers, • Messrs Thompson, Coop and Johnson Bros, batted best, and Ferguson and Johnson were •successful with the ball; for Kinlocb, Buchanan Bros., J. Reynolds, J. Tini and Reed batted best, arid G- Sefton did tbe best bowling. MrsThompsoa kindly inviled the teams to lunch.

Akvroa RKGATrA.— The annua' pubic rree ing in connc« , ti n n with the He sat a will be held in the OddHlows' H ill at o m.

on.Sa'imlay next. The Committee meets at 7-pim. ' Fa mi arts' Association —The annual meeting wa« adjourned on Friday last arid will be held Friday next, Oct. 2nd. at 10-30 a.m. in tlie County Council Chambers, Duvtu-che'lr-'s, so aa-to be over before the sale commences.

Akaroa Cricket Club.—-There will be no cricket on Thursday, as men will be at wo>k irnoroving the Recreation Ground.

Trotting Match.—The match for £500 a.side between Mr D. Price's well known Australian-bred pscin? stallion Prince Imperial .and Mess-s Ken's trotting horse Wild wood, who was imported from America some eighteen months since, came off on the New Brighton course on Thursday, and .esulted in an easy win for Wild wood. The Czar's Visit.—The Czar confers the Oder of St- Andrew on the Duke of York, and the Queen confers the Victorian Order on the Czar and that of Victoria and Albert on the Czarina- The Czir remains at Balmoral for ten days and the Marquis of Salisbury a week. The Vienna newspapers fear that improved relations between Great Britain and Russia will ensue ss the result of the Czar's visit to the Queen. Cockseoot Cleaning. —At the Horse Show on Friday,-Mr Beaven. of Andrews ahd Beaven, exhibited a capital rough seed field cleaning machine for preparing cocksfoot for final treatment by the town machines- It seems inexpensive; rapid and effective, and i will no doubt be very popular on the Penin-sula-in Uct half-a-dnzprj. changed hands on ■Friday-including.oue that Mr H. Piper has bought for his snns in the North Island. Mr Bruce has been appointed agent for Duvauchelle's and Barry's Bay, and Mr J. OHridge jun., for Ls Bon's, and the names of othe.is will be notified in a day or two. The machine only weighs 154 pounds, and the price packed f.o.b. is only £6, .whilst a boy of 15 can turn it all day/ Mr Andrews has ieft one of the machines at Duvauchelle's where it can be inspected, and tried on Friday next, which is sile-ya'd day. We hope our farmer friends will inspect it carefully, for it appears to us that it will meet a Peninsula want, and save much unnecessary ■ time and labour. Little River Regatta Meeting.—A public meeting was held on Saturday, 26th < inst.. for the purpose of connd-ring the -advisability of holding . a regitta on Lake 'Forsyth. There was a large attendance of the pul lie, Mr Beau occupying the chair. It was unanimously carried that a regatta be held.on the same course on which the Wai-

rewa Boating Club hold their club races. Letters were received from all the Canterbury rowing clubs,all being in favour of stump races, and it was decided to arrange a programme of eight races in stump outriggers and give nbout £70 in przi money. The election of officers result u d as fo.nws :— Patron—Hon. W. Montgomery ; President— W. Coop Esq. ; Vice Presidents—F- A. Anson, G. J. Black, W. Bir-ling jr., J. H. Parkinson, R. Letter, and A. D. All in E s qs ; Judges—Messrs H. D. Buchanan, W. H. Montgomery M..H.R , R. Heaton Rhodes, and W. Birdling senr ; Umpires—G. E. Rhodes aud F. A. Anson-; Boat-yard Committee—Messrs A, Meyers, G. Robinson and J. Coop ; Treasurer—J. Montgomery E=q.; Secretary—T. Quealy; Assistant Secretary - C Chapman ; General Committee—Messrs H. White, S. Hu-ns, A- Meyers, Jas. Coop; R. H- Biidling, J. F. Buchanan, G. Robinson, S.Nutt, J. Reed, H. D Buchanan, W. H. Montgomery M.H.R., and R. Paton. The date will bs fixed at a meeting of the Committee to be held at any early date. The Secretary was instructed to write to Mr A. E. Craddock and ask him if he woii'd act as -starter. ' '"

Waihewa (Boating Club.—Tbe annual meeting of the Wairewa Bating Club was held on Wednesday last, when there was a fair at'endance Mr James Coop wa3 voted to the chairx The report showed that the past season had been themost successful since the formation of the Club, the membership showing an increase of twelve on the previous year* The balance-sheet showed the receipts to be £157 8s 2d, including £105 prize-money at regattas ; the expenditure amounted to £143 10s 4rl, leaving a balance

of £13 7s lOd; the assets showed a surplus j over liabilities of ,£IOB 5s S<L The election of i officer siesulted as follows : Patron—Hnn. W„ Montgomery, MxL.C. ; President—Mr W. Coop ; Vice-Presidents — Messrs J. F. Buchanan. H.D. Buchanan W. Birdling jun., S, Nutt, W. Birdling sen., H, White. J-Hose, J. Parkinson and Div -Morris ; CaptainMr W. H« Montgomery; Deputy-Captain —Mr C Chapman jun.; Treasurer —Mr J • ; Secretary—Mr C. Chapman jun. ; Delegate to N.Z.A.R.A.-Mr W. H. Montgomery: General Commi-tee-Messrs H. White, W. IL Montgomery, G. Robinson, W. Chapmau, Jas. Coop, A. Meyers, =>nd G* Chapman ; Selection Commit'es—Messrs W. H. Montgomery, H. White and G. Robinson. The resignation ol Mr McGloin. who had left the district, was accepted by the Club with regret. Votes of thanks were passed to the retiring officers and to those gentlemen who ga*e trophies for the Club races, and tbe meeting closed. Late Cable.—Thirteen thousand Cape, Natal and Transvaal residents have petitioned the Government to reinstate Mr Rhodes.— Mr Rhodes intends to remain at Matoppos till the leading Indunas, Babaano and Secombe, are settled in their kraals.—As the treaty between Great Britain and Holland does not provide for the extradition of the dynamiters, the British Government has withdrawn the application for the extradition of Haines and Kearney, two ol Tynan's gang, who were arrested on the eve of their departure for America. —At the sight of the troops the Dervishes abandoned their

camp and are being pursued by cavalry and gunboats.—Six guns, large quantities of grain and war material, were captured. Several leading Emirs yielded, and it is thought that the Dervishes are likely to evacuate the province.—The bells in the churches in London were rung in honour of the Queen attaining the longest reign on the English throne. Her Majesty received messages of congratulation from almost every part of the world—Most 6f the leaders have yielded. The gunboats are sill harassing the retiring Dervishes. Over nine hundred prisoners were taken.—The Forts on Dongola were skilfully built, and if resolutely held would have caused immense trouble. The collapse of the resistance was owing to the Jebadiehs refusing to fight, and many of that tribe have since joined the Sirdar's forces. —Bel, the dynamiter, is being tried at Bow street. Evidence was adduced that he j >ined Tynan at Brussels and associated with him at the Antwerp Hotel. He a'so wrote to Tynan describing his work in Glasgow.—The * Neve Weiner Tageblatt' declares th.it Europe is opposed to either Russia or Great Britain taking isolated action with regard to reforms in Turkey.— A thousand Armenians' have been massacred in Kharput recently. J. S. Dodds, Chemist, Agent Loasby's "Wahoo." Positive Cure for flatulence, heartburn, acidity, pains after eating.

Important NoticEi—lt will pay you to buy your Boots and Shoes at the ' Phcenix Boot, and Shoe Depot, 1 for there m.ill be found the Largest and only Assortment of Bo its and Shohs to choose from ever imported into Akamai Try his men's shooters at 10/4, men's watertijhts at 14/9, ladies' tan canvas shoes from,4/; l and every lias in sra;k wdl be sold equally a3 heap it>r cash at A. R. Munro's.