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The Akaroa Mail TUESDAY, MARCH 9, 1897.

Akaioa Football Ci/uu_*'The * annual general meeting 6f the Akaroa.-FoutlSwl Club will be held in tbe Oddfellows' flail on Thursday evenings March lltiki;- jf - Catholic Bazaar*—lt is apnounced elsewhere that there will be a.bazaar-'n' aid of the Cath»'ic Church in the; Town. Hall on Easter Monday and two succeeding days. G:f ta or money in kind will be received by j Mr Rodrigues. Licensing Election.—-The notice re licensing election appears elsewhere/ Nominations close on the 18tb inst t '.- < ' Athletic Sports.—The annual general meeting ig ..advertised to take place on Friday next at 7-30 p.m. in the side-room*, Odd-fellows-Hall. The meeting will decide if the spd'ts are to be held at Easier, and elect officers f' r ensuing year, as well as receiving report and balance-sheet for 1896. Dentistry.—Mr Cattlin, surgeon dentist will not be leaving Akaroa at present, and n.ay be consulted at IVlrs' Parsons', Balguerie street. Orchard PeSts_ —Mr W* Clark, of Kopua'anga, neir Masierton, is possessed of nn orchard which is almost free from the cod in moth and blight. He has Conceived a m *st ing' nious d vice for endiodiing orchard pests. He pr .cures a lartre* sheet of airpro f ma'<ri 1, soch as oiled calico, and throws it nvtr his t>eea, gathmngtheendsat ihe bottom, ..Then he places a dish inside the calico, in which he burns sulphur. The fumigation has 'he effect of. killing every blight and moth on the tree. j Akaroa Boating Ci.tjb.— \ Committee mer-ti- gof the * ka»oa B n i'tg clv'"> w_s held on Friday evening. Presi .it —Messrs Mc Gr.'goi' (chairman.) W-.iFreys, .VVV'di'l, Newtoti, Pyfe'and PeiilingtnK The minutes of the last meeting were mil and confirmed. ' Correspondence waa read fromtheN.Z.A.R A. notifying a meeting of delegates to be held at Picton on April 17thi The Captain stated that the Art Union recently held in aid of the club had been a great success, yielding upwards of £50, which was very satisfactory? Mr Wolfreys moved and Mr Fyfe seconded a very hearty vote of thanks to those ladies and gentlemen who kindly assisted at the concert and also to the gentlemen who supervised the drawing of the Art Union. Mr Newton moved and Mr Wolfreys seconded a hearty vote of thanks to Mr Taylor for his valuable assistance in obtaining and displaying the prizes and generally forwarding the affair. Mr Woodill Was also heartily, thanked for hi 3 aid in making it a thorough sricccss. It was resolved that the half-yearly general meeting be held on Saturday, ISth inst The Ciptain, Deputy Captain, Hon. Secretary and Mr Woodill were appointed a deputation to interview Mr Et. E, Lelievre re a water supply for the boat house. Resolved that entries for. the Clubs Pair Oar Race close on Wednesday 10th inst at 7 p.m_, first heat to be rowed on Saturday 13th at 6.15 p.m. The meeting then adjourned. Butler. —The owner of a phonograph is suing Butler for a refund of a hundred dollars for phonogr-iphing po&try which, it afterwards proved, was not the original composition of Butler. Sir Julian Pauncefote, the British Minister, haa applied to ttie United Ssates Government for the extradition of But'en . Crete.—The Powers have warned Greece that they will resort to coercive measures unless the Greek fleet and troops are withdrawn from Crete within six days. The Powers have given notice to the Porte that the gradual withdrawal of Ttn&ish troops from Crete is necessary. A Turko-European military convention will settle details. The Porte claims that the Governor of Crete must be an Ottoman subject. The Greek Government has recalled Admiral Reinech, Commodore of the fleet, on the ground that l.eis too friendly with the admirals of the foreign fleets. Recciotte Ga'ibaWi- wi'ed to the President of the Greek Chamber that a hundred thousand Garibaldians will assist Greece if she declares war with Turkey, There:is intense excitement in Greece; and the populace is defiant. — One hundred Liberal members of the British House of Commons have wired to the King expressing their sensj of the'services of Greece towards Crete.— The Athens newspapers.; assume a warlike tone in opposing the submission of Greece to the Powers.—The Greek colonies in Egypt have appealed to the Prince of Wales to protect Crete.—Greece, with the Reserves has 100,000 men under arms.—M. Delyannis in in interview said he would rather that Greece should disappear from the map. than that she should submit to the menaces of the Powers.—-It is announced that the Powers directed Turkey to confine her troops to Cretan towns, and ultimately recall all with the exception of the Governor's guard.—ln a letter on ihe Cretan question, Mr Gladstone says that to expel the Greeks and retain the butcher_ of the Armenians as police would be but to deepen the disgrace of the Powers, :'■.... Late Cable..—Diplomatic relations between Great Britain and Venezuela, which were suspended over the boundary dispute, have now been resumed.—There has been a great gale in the southern counties of BnglaucL Serious damage has beeifc_ti_ed''and many shipwrecks are reported, and mails have been delayed.—A burglar robbed the Northeastern Bank at Sunderland of six thousand pounds.—Yielding to the pressure of the Embassies the Porte has decided to imprison for life Mazhar B°y, who some months ago was guilty of the murder of Fa|Jier Salvator, a Catholic priest.,in. Armenia.—Ada Ward, a well-known actress, has cancelled her contract and joined the Salvation Armyt In an interview she stated t;ha_v on Jan. 6 something touched her, and she looked up and saw the figure of Onr Lord distinctly. : She thea went to the .penitent form and will work with the A r my.—Six persons who were bitten by a mad dog at Newport. Monmouthshire, have been sent to.the Pasteur Institute, Paris, for treatment* -"--The British War Office is considering the) advisableuess of increasing the officers and permanent artjllery in South Afrio*.—The King of Benin returns to his capltrffito hold a palaver 'with Deputy-Commissioner Moor, whp holds three of the t#ading chiefs as* 'hostages.-—' Osm*n Digria has summoned over 25,000 Dervishes to mass a. Berber, A large proportion of them are armed with rifles which the Khalifa purchased from Abyssinia — Six colonial Premiers have accepted Mr Chamberlain's'invitation. ' *. ■ Certainly, the best : medicinejcnown is Sander & Scms Eucalypti Extract.; Tfst its eminently powerful effects in coughs, colds, influenza—the relief is instantaneous. .In seriou. cases and accidents,, be they wounds, burns, scaldings, bruises, sprains, is the safest remedy—no swelling, no inflammation. Like surprising effects produced in croup, dipbthe-ia, bronchitis, inflammation of the lungs, swellings etc.; diarrhoea, dfsqntery. diseases of tfie kidneys .and. urinary organs, In use at hospitals and 'medical clinics all over the globe ; patronised by His' Majesty the King of Italy, siad»r crowned medals and .diploma at tion, Amsterdam. Insist.. gettttfg .Sander & Sons' Eucalypti or else you will be ' supplied with worthiest oils; >*. '■••' "'*'*•" • \

Thb Population - of ' Australasia. -At •be end of lost year the population of t.*e 3 j ven cilonies of Aas'ralisia waa 3f,809.985i Championship Regatta-—The piogi-mm ■ drawn up by the J_>w Ze land Rowing Association for the Champio .ship regattt a' Picton a' Easter on ot tbe Championship Maiden an I Junior Fours, and L dies' Br-tcel-t. If the funds p<*rmit Junio*-1) • üble ScuUs oi Pairs will b>* add-d. There will be only one thy')* The fallowing officials have been i»pp-natfd. Umpire, Mr A t G. Jobnston ; Ja-iges, Messr* H. F- Login and J. M. Kilgour. . .Cbicket Association^ —A meeti-*". of the A.CiO.A was field in the Somerset Hotel o:* Friday last, Little River not hems? represented. Mr Helbert taking <he chair, reported on the deficii through th-* 1 'fc** ball, stating that Mr Jacobson and he had a* ranger I a concert bringing in a credit b"l<nce which reduc d the deficit to £3 Us 91 0 > the motion of Mr Mason, seconded by Mr Biure, a very hearty vote o_i thanks was accor i-nl t<* Messrs Helbeft-and Jacpbso^ §>/ their \ib 'd as&tance arid the debifcof £3"lid 9d was ordered to be paid out of th*? Association's funds* It- .was-«greed-that-iwpo,thef _27th March a "match be played at Akaroa between teams 15 men aside, from Little Eiver and Akaroa combined and Okain's and United Bays Cricket Clnb toat 10.30 a.m, In the matter bf the Lancaster Park match at Easter it was resolved that 13 men and four emergencies be chosen to represent the Penit*Bul.*i and tint each club be represented on tries selection, committee by one member tobbee c appointed, by his. club, dome; minor business«being transacted th« | meeting - i* *

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Akaroa Mail and Banks Peninsula Advertiser, Volume XXIV, Issue 2133, 9 March 1897, Page 2

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The Akaroa Mail TUESDAY, MARCH 9, 1897. Akaroa Mail and Banks Peninsula Advertiser, Volume XXIV, Issue 2133, 9 March 1897, Page 2

The Akaroa Mail TUESDAY, MARCH 9, 1897. Akaroa Mail and Banks Peninsula Advertiser, Volume XXIV, Issue 2133, 9 March 1897, Page 2