Local and General.

Akaroa Mail and Banks Peninsula Advertiser, Volume LII, Issue 2604, 6 September 1901, Page 2

Local and General.

**BAiE Day.—The usual monthly sale will take place at Duvauchelle's Bay today. Wreck op a Barque. — The barque Osbtrga, ooal-ladm, which left Newcastle, Australia, on July 8 for Manila, is ashore on the Sannicolas Reef.

Wedding.—A full account of the recent wedding at Le Bon's Bay will appear in our next issue. European Trouble. — The Porte has appealed to Germany to mediate with France over the diplomatic rupture. Floods in America. —jA rainstorm flooded the town of Cleveland in Ohio. Hundreds of residents were rescued in boats from their houses. Millions of dollars' worth of damage was done to property. Akaroa County Farmers' Association. A meeting of the above Association will be held to-day at the Council Chambers, Duvauchelle'a. All farmers are invited to attend as the question of a Farmers' Union will be discuesed

Crime in Sydney. — Burglaries and robberies have beea very rife in Sydney and the suburbs la'ely. Yesterday two women were bailed up, and threatened with a rev. lver, at Burwcod, and in another case a man died as the result of being garroted iv the city, the murder bting committed for the like of a bottle of beer which the victim was carrying. S.M. Court.—The sitting of this Court w>s held yesterday morning. la the absence of the Stipendiary Mig strate, Messrs G. Armstrong, jun. and H. C Orbell, J.P. occupied the Bench. The only caae called upon was that of Beecham v. Mason for £7 2s. Judgment was given by default for the amount chimed and costs. The Poad Board Meeting.—A mistake occurred in our last issue with regard to the Akaroa and Wainui Road Board meeting. It was stated that the Board would meet to-morrow ; the meeting, however, takes p ace on Saturday, September 14th. Funeral. —The funeril of the late Mrs. Mullen took place on Wednesday afternoon, and over sixty maurners foliowed the body to the grave. The gentlemen who acted as pall-be irers were Messrs J. Currie, O. Odell S. Currie, and Tizzird. Mr Easton officiated at the grave. Tbe America Cup.—The Columbia defei ed the Constitution iv vine out of seve • teen trials, including the first formal te3t on "Siturdiy. The Shamrock 11, on Saturday sailed f urteed knots an hour, astonishing the American experts, who consider the Cup en dang. red. Sheep Worrying.-At th 9 Magistrate's Court on Monday at Christchurch, George Henry Saxton sued Allen Hopkins f>r £5 for damage done by defendant's dog. John Cimpbell a shepberd, in the employ of Mr. Saxton at Robinson's Bay, had seen the dog in a paddock worryi g a hheep. On further investigation he had found ODe sheep dead aud four inj red, three of which had su v seI quen'ly died. Mr. Campbell had borrowe 1 rg .n ami shot the dog. Mr Hopkins asked for fin adjournment in order to put in a counter claim for the value of the dog. This request, however, was not granted and judgment was given for the plaintiff for £5 and costs.

Highway Fobbery.— Another sensational highway robbery is reported to have taken place near Sydney. While a coach was making a night journey it was stopped by a masked robber, and the driver and three pisiengeiß were ordered to stand against a fence while the mails were secured. Tue rarini» thief to< k over an hour opening thi letters, and while he was thus occupied a cycl 8t ride up and was compelled to join the other unfortunates. Having filled a mail bag with his loot, the robber rede off on the bicycle. The exact amount that was stolen is not known, bat is eetimated a', fiom £900 to £1400 in notes aud £500 worth or opal jewellery. Pedrana, the driver of the coach, has been arrested on suspicion of being concerned in the robbery. He was acting as substitute for the regular driver. Subsequent information states that the actual amount secured by the mail robber is now slated to be something over £1000. Pedrana was not arrested. The report arose through his accompanying the police to the Station to supply paitioulara of the robbery.

The Federal Flag l — Out of thirty thousand designs submitted for the Federal fhg to the committee, the winning design consists of a Union Jack in the corner, the lower part of the field having a Bix pointed star representing the federating States, and the flag bears the Southern CroBJ in white, the field being blue for the official flag and red for the merchant service. Lvdy Hopetoun opened »n Exhibition of the designs for the Federal flag and sea). The new Federal Flag is flyiug from the building. The prize of £200 for the flagwill bed vided amongst five competitors, including Mr. W. Stephens, Upper Vincent Street, Auckland. For the seal, one design for the obverse and another for the reverse have been accepted.

Ballantynb & Co.—This enttrprising firm announce that they are now opening up their Spring and early Summer consignments from Europe, and no doubt our lady friends will be warmly interested in the intelligence. It is said that this Spring's fashions are peculiarly lovely, and include Engiish and French model millinery and a host of other beauiful things, which are enumerated in the firms advertisement elsewhere. No doubt the ladies of the Peninsula will take an early opportunity of seeing the novelties that have been importod for their benefit.

Their Claims Set at Rest.—The claim of other cough medicines to be as good as Chamberlain's are effectually set at rest in the following testimoniilsof Mr C. D. Glass, on employee of Bartlett & Dennis Co., Me. He says: ''I had kept adding to a cold end cough in the winter of 1897, trying every prugh medicine I heard of without permanent help, until one day I was in the drug fctcre of Mr Houlehan and he advised me to try Chamberlain's Cough Remedy and offered to pay back ay money if I was not cured. My lungs and bronchial tubes were very sore at this time, but I was completely cured by this remedy, aad have since always turned to it when I got a cold, and soon find rel.ef. I also recommend it to my friends ai-d am glad to say it is the best of all cough medicines." For sale by J. S. Dodds, Chemist, Akaroa.

We would ask the ladies of the Peninsula to call A d inspect our choice stock of capes which we "re offering at less than half the usual price. We have also a splendid assortment of silks, former price 2s 6d per yard, reduced to ,1s per yard. For the gnetlemen ws have many bargains to offer. Extra heavy Colonial Saddle Tweed Trousers 10s 9J per pair, cannot be surpassed. Penrose's Drapery Establishment, Beach Road, Akaroa*

Wade 'a (Teething Powders for bab'eß are 80( thing* reduce fever and prevent blotchea Pr oe Is.

Bulls for Sals. — Messrs H. Mat.-on and Co. notify have teveral good young short horned bulls for private sale.

Peninsula Horse Show.—The Committee will meet to-morrow at 2.20 p.m. at the Somerset Hotel, Duvauchelle's.

Launch of a Battleship.—The battleship Ezmouth has been launched at Birkenhead.

The Hinemoa.—The Government steamer Hinemoa has arrived in Akaroa, bringing stores to the lighthouse and to inspect and repair the buoys of the harbour. Shooting Party.—A party of gentlemen hired the launch yesterday afternoon and went down to the heads. They had a splendid af'emoon's in shooting shags and other sea birds.

Railway Disastir.—A freight train in Monsana broke iv halves on a steep gradieut. Eighteen trucks ran sixteen miles to Nyach Station, where they clashed into a passenger train. Thirty passengers were killed. The cars took fire, and twenty-eight bodies were cremated.

CYC—The Peninsuala membirs of the Canterbury Yeomanry Cavalry will parade at Duvauchelle's bay, at 230 p m. to-mor-row.

Mr Ivan Hill.—" With the « Red Cross' to Ktmberley " is the title of an interesting leaflet we have received from the pen of Mr Ivan Hill, an English pressman, who is at present spending a few days in Akaroa. Mr Hill was formerly connected with the Liver pool " Daily Post," and also aoted as war correspondent of the " Chester Courant" and the New Zeiland Press Agency (London) duting the early part of the South African oampaign ; but he had to relinquish his work afier being stricken with the dread enteric. Mr Hill is ucw collecting matter for a series of article to be entitled " Rambles in Marriland ; but he will vary his stay here by giving a wintr evening entertainment in the Oddfellows' Hall, next Thursday evening, the 12th inst. Colombia and Vbnezujla. — America has offered to mediate betw< en Ventzue'a and Colombia. Colonel Hay, Secretary of State, hints at American intervention jf the neutrality of the Isthmus of Panama is infringed. The Venezuela Government alleges that Colombia caused the difficulty.

Wreck of a Barque.— The barque Collessie, bound from Newcastle, Australia, to Valparaiso, coal-It den, was wrecked at Coicoa Point on July 9. The vessel and cargo were totally lost, but some of the crew were saved.

Launch of a Cbuiseb.— The first class cruiser Bedford has been lauuehed at Fairfield.

Trouble in Persia.—The Cologna newspaper "Koloiache Zeitung" says that a minor state of siege exists in the Teheran district, Persia, owing to a revolutionary movement, a result of dissatitfaction over

the now loan negotiations with Russia. Late Cables—The Taff Val* Railway is suing the Amalgamated Society of Rail way Workers foe £20,000 for inducing men to break contracts and for picketiug the line at Cardiff.-The Colorado beetle has been found In a potato pa'ch in the Tilbury Docks, London. The area has been isolated, and the crop 3 and grass on it have been destroyed —The Turkish Ambassador at Paris has received his pa'sporls. A Volcanic Eruption.— Island news is to the effect th*t during a volcanic eruption in the New Hebrides the shocks were so violent that dwellings were shaken to pieces, and the inhabitan's were compelled to hidi i' the bush. So far as is known there v ;.s no loss of life. A tidal wavj fol'owed, cauaing much

damage to the plantations. The Czar's Visit.—Reuter'a correspin dent states that President Lioubeit and his Ministers on board the torpedo destroyer Casßini will meet the Imperial yacht on Sept. 18, aud esctrt the Czir and Cziritsa to Dunkirk, where the Chamber of Commerce will entertain them at a luncheon. Thence the Royalties will proceed to Compeign* and review the northern sqiadron on Bnpt. 19. An exchange of significant toasts is anticipated at the Compeigne banquet on Bept 20. A review of troop, will be held at Reims on Sept. 21. Sander and Sons Eucalypti Extract.— According to reports of a great number of physicianß of the largest professional standing, there are offered Eucalypti Extracts which possess no curative quilities. In protection of tho world-wide fa no of Sander and Sons' preparation we publish a few abstracts from these reports, which bear fully out that no roliance can be placed in other prod icts:—Dr. W. B. Bush, Oakland, Fla,, writes. It is sometimes difficult to obtain the genuine article (Sander and Sons'). I employed different other preparations but they had no therapeutic value and no effects. In one case the effects were similar to the oil camphora, the objectionable action of which is well known." Dr. H. B. Drake, Oregon, says 'Since I became acquainted with this preparation (Sander and Sons) I.use no other form of eucalyptus as I think it by" far the oest.' Dr. L. P. Preaton, Lyncnburg, Va., writes 1' • I never use any preparation other than Sender and Son 3', as 1 have found there to be almost useless.

Wade's Worm Figs are mo3t effective and not unpleasant; children thrive after taking them. Price Is.

We'll sing God blesi the I'iinceof Wa'J-s, Protect him from the storms and gales ; And may his health for ever ho.d Free from either cough or cold, But Princess too, despice restraints, Are subject to all chest complaints. For which the remedy, tried and sure, Is W. E. Woods' Great Peppermint Curb