Local and General.

Akaroa Mail and Banks Peninsula Advertiser, Volume XXIV, Issue 2126, 9 February 1897, Page 2

Local and General.

Or. Orbell'e notice of-mo,tjin given at the Boroug > Council lut Wednesday' anerror occur/ed in our ffport. I' should re id •• That <in expert opinion be obtained ac to the feasibility and possible cost of supplying the ratepayers with water etc., ec" * ■

. The Squadron A telrgr»ni d-«ted Wellington, Febm.ry 6h, aaye the,..worship< Orlando, Wallaroo. K*t"omba md Rin«a : rooraa sailed a< 5 a.m. for Akaroa via Pictpn and Nelson, it is probnble therefore they will arrive in Aka'oa to-dAy.

Cocksfoot. —The / 'Weither has been most unfavourable and great anxioty is felt regardtbe seed still out, which is about half of the crop. A week's fine weather, however, would put everything righti

Diknkr TO Mr. Hay.—This dinmr. it must be remembered, t-ikea [-lace on Fr chy evening next at ihe S merset Hotel, Uuvxuchf He, and no doubt Mr and Ms Wils n will provide excell nr entertainment. The presentation of an illumin -ted in which it is proposed'to enroll the names of Mr Hay's uumerous Peninsula friends, will take place di.'ring the evening.

Legislative Council.—The followio » sppointments have been to the Legialative Council:—Mr D. Pinkerton, ex-M.H.R. for Dunedin, Mr W Kelly, ex-M.H.Ki for Bay of Plenty, Major Hania, ex-M.HiR, for Franklynn.

Wool Salbs.—The last of the present series of local wool sales will be held in the Oddfellows' Hall, Chriatchurch. on Friday next. The entries are not likely to be large, and entries c'oae to-day at 6 p.m.

Peninsula Bullocks. —We had 'he pleasure of feeing a grand line of 112 half-bred Hereford*, en route to the West Co'sf, soli by Mr Geo. Mason to Mr H. Diedricks. They were a splendid line of cattle.

The Notokious Butler.—Bntler promises to make a st atement when he arrives in Australia, and declares that other arrests will then follow* He asserts positively that he will be able to prove his own innocence*

A Big Onion.—Mr Cattennole of German Bay gave our representative an onion he had grown that reminded one of those huge specimens grown in Spaia and so popular iv the World's Metropolis, Mr Cattermole's onion was of the giant Rooca variety and weighed no less than 21ba sozs ■■~.,..,

DENTISTBY.-Mr Cattlin, Burgeon dentist, has anived in Akaroa, and may be consulted at Mrs Parsons', Balguerie streets y The Vknkzuklan Treaty.— Triirty between Great Britain and has been signed at Washington between Sir Julian Pauncefore and General Andrade, the Venezuelan Minister at Washington/I The arbitrator on behalf of Great Britain will be Lord Herschell and Sir R. Heno Collins, one of the Judges of the Queen's Bench, while Chief Justice Fuller and Mr Ju&'ice Brewer will represent the United Sia'e?. Reports from Caracu?, the Capital of Venezuela, state that objections are raised to the treaty, as it is feared to imoly a North American protectorate over Venezuela*

Australian. — A m*n nimed Freeman perished of thirst in the journey from Lake Way to One. His nute, earned Francis, was discovered by prospectors. He had stabbed himself in tbe wriat and sucked the blood to quench his thirst, and was mad when found. The suggestion of the Melbourne and Sydney manufactures that New Zealand should remove the tax on commercial travellers was brought under the notice of Mr Seddonj who promised to bring the matter before the Cabinet, but he g've little hope that Parliament would abolish the imposti

Imperial Parliament.—ln the House of Commons a resolution was passed by 325 votes to 110 permitting the introduction of the Voluntary Schools Bill. Mr Faithful Begg. member for the St> R >110 Division of Glasgow, his introduced a Bill extending the franchise to women. It was reed a second time by 228 'o 157.—The House of Commons in Committee of Supply, voted £798,802 for the Don go'a expedition, including £270 000 for the construction of a railway between Wady Haifa and Abu Hamed.—Sir Mi Hicks Beach sud the main of the prolonged occupation of Eaei»nfl was tbe reluctance of Prance to give England a free hand. Tbe voluntary retirement of France from the dual control of Egypt m«de England.solely responsible for the safety or the country.— The F'ench Press regards Sir Michael HicksBeach's speech as an insolent challenge to the Dual Alliance.

I Late Cable News.— The Cuban Junta in New York declares that the reforms proposed by the Spanish Government are shams, ani nothing less than complete independence will satisfy the Cubans*-The Paris "GauWs" states that the object of Count Muravieffs visit to P«iris was to uree M» Faure to increase the fleets of the Russo-Freoch Alliance in the Levant, a step necessary owing to the presence of forty British warships in Besika Bay.—Fierce street fighting occurred in Canea in Crete. The troops are assisting the »ioters. The Christian quarter of the town has been burnt, and. three hundred have been ki'led —The death is announced of the Duchess de Montpeneier, widow of the Due de Montpensier, fi'th son of King Louis Philippe.—The Foreign Embassies have competed a scheme of reforms, for Turkey. The chief proposals will be submitted to the Porte.-—ln the course of an interview, the Hon. J. Sieywright said he refused to sand quiet while the Boers, under the guise of seeking redress for the Jameson raid, aimed at the creation of a Republic from the Cape to Zambesi. —The sentence of death passed, on Mrs Carew has been commuted to penal servitude for iife.—Whitehead, one of the Irish dynamiters, who was released last year, escaped f'om the Lunatic Asylum in New York where he had been confined for some time.—Mr Chamberlain ha* expressed his surprise that the Premiere of the colonies have not replied so far to the invitation to attend the Queen's celebrations in England. He had formed great hopes that the Premiers would be present at the com. memoration of the record reign.—The scheme of reform for Cuba has been adopted. The Spanish Government grants the Cuban Assembly the right to frame a bndget and control the Customs, but Spain, c utioues to appoint the Governor' and will retain a preferential tariff.—Reports from San Francisco state that Butler Was a sailor as Hull in 1892, and had been working between England and Australia. —Prince Caraman Ohimay has obtained a divorce against his wife, who eloped with Jean Rlgo, a Hungarian gipey. T&e Princess was ordered to pay 78,000 francs a yea* in support of her children.

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Population of New. Zealand —The population on December 31at was ea imated et 754,016, inclusive of Maoris. . < The Squadron, jn Wellington. ~ The men-of-war's boats have be r n engagedia sailing s whi'e in . Wellington* The i Wallaroo's galley won the Admiral's Cup and ■utters f-qtn the Orlando, L'zardand WalUroo compftei for Laiy Bras-ey'a Cup. TJn'ottunately a very etroi>gf breeze, was. b'owiog and offPoiiitJ-mintjham two of th« ' boats capsized. One man wae drowned. J. Robinson, a maiine belonging to the Uzaid. There were fire boats in the race* and these which were capsized were thq Lizard's cutter and gig. ■ Tblkgraphic.-£-As an instance of the way in which proper names *are maltreated through the bad caligraphy of senders end heedleeenesa at the offices, we may mention that bet week Mr Beilby Barker, of Puvaucbelle'-.-, received a message addressed to " : Bally Barfceu, DuyarjchelleV Mr Shaw must have shown great acum«n to have guessed who should be the reiver, the two B'« being about bis only guide. Thk LnTte Wonder.—The Little Wonder grass-seed cleaning machine invented by Messrs Andrews and Beaven, of Christchurch, has been given a very satisfactory trial by Messrs Oldridge Bros., of Le Bon'si They put through 40 bags one afternoon, or' at the rate of seventy per day. and hare now 150 bags ready for shipment, whereas. h«c the ordinary riddle been used they would still have had much in the rough. The sample is considered) by all who have wen it, to be excellent, being very even and thoroughly free from chaffi. The Death of a Rack Hokse,—We regret to record the death of Mr and Mrs Wilsoa'e thorough-bred mare, Lady Glare. She was in training for the Akaroa County Races, and was doing very well, but on Wednesday laet as her trainer was galloping her at half speed on the beach at Barry's Bay, be heard a crack near the mares shoulder, and after staggering a few paces fuithur she fell, throwing him heavily. Upon examination it was found the mare had broken her arm close up to the shoulder and she had to be destroyed! We are sure that our readers will sympathise with Mr and Mrs Wilsen in their great loss, the mare being an exceedingly valuable onei