The Akaroa Mail. WEDNESDAY, MAY 27, 1903.

Akaroa Mail and Banks Peninsula Advertiser, Volume LIII, Issue 2775, 27 May 1903, Page 2

The Akaroa Mail. WEDNESDAY, MAY 27, 1903.

Akaroa County Coursing Club-The adjourned running of the Birdling Sukes takes place on Monday next, Acceptances close at the Lake Forsyth Hotel at 8 p.m. on Saturday, and the drawing takes place on Monday morning. The first course corrmences at 930 am. The adjournment is much to be regretted, as our meeting now claßhes with the one to he held at Wellington, but of courko nc one can be responsible for the vagaries of the weather, and there is every hope of there being an excellent duy's sport in any case.

Obituary.—Max O'Rell, the famous author, is dead, aged 55.

County Council—The County Counoil meet at utual place and hour on Saturd.y n xt.

SSOBBT SOCIETY.—Mr J. F. Buchanan's Secret Society ran second in the Ashburton Autumn Handic.p, on Friday.

Mahtta.—Mahuta, an Auckland i ative, has been appointed a member of the Legis lative Council.

Penny Postage.—lt is officially announ ced that tbe new penny postage to Australia commences on Monday,

Borough Estimates.—The Town Clerk notifies that the approved estimates of tho receipts and expenditure of the Borough Council are now ready for inspection, at tho office of the Counoil, during office hours. Empire Pay Sports— The settling meet ing to consider protest, pay prize*-, settle aocounts, etc., will be held in the Oddfellows' Hall side room, on Saturday night next, at half past Beven. All accounts must be sent in before noon on that day to Mr George Armstrong, jr., the Hon Sec. Oooksfoot Meetings. — On Saturday night, the meeting to consider Mr Baker's scheme for the disposal of cocksfoot was abandoned, owing to lack cf attendance. To-day. the last meeting will be he! 1 at Little River. Improvsmbnt of the Mail Route—Wo regret to say that, as only two or three ratepayers appeared at the meeting, called at Duvaucheile's, to consider the cons'ruc tion of a wharf at the gap, Duvaucheile's, and a new flat road between Barry'« Ray and Duvaucheile's, no meeting was held, Town Improvements-Mr Schwartz the Government Clerk of Works, has been paying a visit to Akaroa, to arrange for the erecting of the new police buildings an 1 the repairs to the Courthouse. In both c.sep, the work is to commenced at once. Scarlatina—Mr Ralph Henning, third son of Mr W, H. Henning, of Akaroo, who is in a Geraldine bank, has ben atticked by soarletina. However, the case appears to be a mild one, and the pitient is progress ing very favourably. Accident. — Miss Mary Anderson, a daughter of Mr Feter Andersor, of Le Bon's, was brought to the Hospital, A! arxi, early on Monday When rifling homo o-i Bunday night, her horee .tumbled and fell, and she was unreated end broke her arm in the fall. The break wbb a clear cue, between the elbow and shoulder, acd she is progressing very faveura'ily. The Fmall Pox Cases.—There are r.o further cases of fmnll pox on the Qia-an-tine Islrnd, wh-re pverymre sernn to le perfectly satisfied with the arraugem<rits which have been made A platelav.- r. io Lyttelton, has been discr.ve'ed with ,-uh' picious symptoms The drc'ors are still doubtful as to whether he is suffering fn m small pox. A iady passenger by ilur Gracchus, who lindel at Dunedin. has evidently had an a tack of smallpox, but, as she had cowpox lately, the attack has been a very mild one. Lakh Forsyth.—The Council's men have left out Lake Forsyth. The mouth is still open and a stream running out, and old residents say that the lake is lower than they have ever seen it before. The road has been made just passable hetween the Hotel and the Devil's Kncb, and a few more d_ys will see it In fair order, so it will be all right for coursing on Monday. When the water was run off large numbers of fish were left stranded ou the flats, and the Maoris reaped a rich harvest, getting trouv up to 24!b in weight. News.—For continuation ot news sco fourth page.

Okain's Road Foard—Mr J. Well* has been elected to the vacant Beat on the Okain's Road Board. Piokon Bay Cemetery.—The County Council give notice that they have appointed Me.srs A. Knudsen, Jas. Pitcaithl>-, W, Goodwin, E. Scott and John Pettigrtw, as Trustees of the Pigeon Bay Cemetery. St. Peter's School Treat.—On Ratur day, the St Peter's Sunday School Teat wa? held in the Oddfellows' Hall. An there had been so nuch rain, it was decided that unless tho day were very promising, tho children Bbould have luncheon and ir-;i in the Oddfellows' Hall, going up to the Domain in the interval to have races for the various prizes. However, the weathpr was so uncertain that the children htayed ir ihe Hall all day, only going out to run a few rnces on the road outside. Provisions of the very firft class were given in abundance, and the romping In the Hall seemed to delight all youugr-ters. A very good c l!ec tion of prize:* was distributed amon? the budding athletes, the great event of the day being the hopping race. Mr C. Schubert had given two prizes for this, ar.d Re! ard Spooner v?on the boys' race, while EIU Curry gained an easy victory in the girls' race, The day's programme concluded wiih Sir Roger de Coverley, whioh even the smallest children seemed to know well. Mr and Mrs Sedgwick, the school teachers, Mrs Taylor, Mrs Funnell, Mrs Mottrim, and ihe Misses Nicholls worked hard and made the treat a very enjnyable one to all children attending. BaIi.ANTYNE & Co. — Mcpsrs J. Ballantyne and Co. announce that they have a complete -■took cf all the newest materials. Any new coloured winter dress Btuffs can be obtained and the firm are always ready to send pat terns post free on application. As winter will soon be npon us, it is necessary to pro vide against the inolemency of the weat her, so that the sudden cold does nrt find us unprepared. The newest three quarter jackets are a specially of Messrs J. Balian tyre and Co. and, as the popularity of this latent fashion in jackets is so great, all would-be purehaeerß are warned that they must do their shopping nt once or they will find the choicest yone. Furs and muffs also will soon br: in great demand, and, of these, •hero is an unrivalled assortment awaiting inspection. No other house in the colony is capable ol furnishing such a complete winter equipment as that of Messrs J. Ballantyn and Co "Auld Acquaintance."—Such is the name of a new whißky, of which Mr McKay, of the Criterion Hotel, Akaroa. ha« secured a monopoly. It is 15 years old and is a vinous and delicious beverage ; but taste and try before you buy.

Barer and Confectionhr — Mr J. M.'Lenf>gl*nn notifies he will commence bud" ness, as Baker aud Confectio er, at Bo.eh Road, Akaroa, on Juno Ist. Fli.esmtub Licensing Committr -The first annual meetiDg of the new FH.vnie.re Licensing Committee will bo h-ld, on Thursday, Jons 4th, at nron, at the Courthouse, Little River. Fbsrnhill Hoad -."Ino "Pi-_-*"»u V,\y R*»ad Board i_v, c e for gra.ing the upper end of Fer_.hill Road, LirTLB River RoaO BoAnn. — The annuil and ordinary meeting of this Board will be held on Thu sday, June 4th, at the Courthouse, Little River, Neeuchadnfzzvr's Palace—Germin ex plorers on the site of the Babylon have dis overed the gate of "Vrbiichadue2z-*r's Palace and hundreds of inclined bricks, part of the public lbaiy. 'ea'ing with the earliest Babylonian histo-y FnsSiAN T-raGlwlks-M, Bogdanovitch's prß fi-ed nine bulle's into hb breast and bark, and es xp-rd though a wa'chm.n witue sed the assusf-inUion, The deed is regarded «s revei ga for- the Governor's s'ern ripre?Bvn ef the v l >tonski disorders. l\ i* reported at St, Pe-ereburg that thee ii a plot to as-assinate all the Governors of the provinces, Fabkwell to Mr and Mrs Barker — On Friday night a number of fri?nds met at the Somerset H t *-1 Duvanchulle, ti Ray goodbye to Mr Beilbv Rirker. Mr, H. VV, Piper, who was chairman, in proposing " Th-i Guest," spoke at length of tho regret felt by all at the departure of Mr aud Mrs Br'ker, and wished evary sucopss in tluir new home, Mr Barker returned BV>itable th&nkß. We he3r tha 1 . tho Akaroa Boating Club intend giving Mr Birker a farewell evening before he leaves, as a mark of their appreciation of his great services to the club, Infected Blankets—The " Drily Mail ' alleges that quantities of infeoted blankets for South Africa went to Whitechapfl, The Government sold some, but thousands were stolen by Kaffirs or captured in warfare. Fleven cases of enteric on the reformatory r-hlp Cornwall on the Thames have been traced to the use of these infeoted blankets. The warehouses have been fumigate', but quantities have already gone to the provinces. Some blankets seized at Whitechapel wero drenohed with blood and swarming with typhoid bacilli. Fifteen thousand blankets were sold in the provinces. Accident at Littlblßivbr—A shooting acoident ocourred on Sunday at Birdling'* Flat, resulting in the s >riotis injury of Mr Sidney Harris, jun, son of Mr 8. Harri - *, of Li'tie River. Mr Harris wbb one of a shoot ing party, numbering about a dozen, and they were shooting hires on the Birdling estate. They Were spread out in a long line and instructions were given that they should shoot only bnfore or behind them. A hare rose between Mr Harris and his neighbour, and the latter who was down in a hollow, fired nnd missed the hare, th- 1 chargo striking Mr H-irrir-. One shot entered his foreheid, and anntr cr passed through one of hi 3 cheeks, two lodged in his throat, and others) four.' a mark in his simi md hody The remainder of the charge lodged in the 1 oils of the next shoofer in jh" lire. Tbe sufferer was sent to Christ c'-u ci bin returned home yesterday, the d et t" nd i-ing th it the shot should not be exlrac'el fmm the throat at present. We are glad to hear no serious complications ara feared. Sa.-dfb and Khoalypti Extract. - accordi _ to reports of a great number of physicians of the largest professional standing, there nre offered Eucalypti Extrac s •-vhich possess no curative qualitlen. In protection of the world-wide fame of Sander .ad Bona' preparation we publish a few .bst-ncts from these reports, which bear fully out that no reliance oan be placed in other products:—Dr. W. B. Bush, Oakland, r?la., writes. It is sometimes difficult to obtain the genuine article (Sander and Sons'). I employed diffierent other preparations but they had no therapeutic value and no effects. In one case the effeots were similar to the til camphora, the objeotionable action of whir-h Ib well known." Dr. H. B. Drake, Oregon, says ' Since I became acquainted with thiß preparation (Sauder and Sons) I use io other form of eucalyptus as I think t by" far the oest.' Dr. L. P. Preston, Lyncnburg, Va., writes 1' • I never use any preparation other than Sander and Sons', as I havj found others to be almost usele3a.

A Sure Cure for Croup.—The first in dication of croup is hoarseness, and iv a child subject to that disease it may be taken as a sure sign of the approach of an attack. Following this hoarseness is a peculiar rough congh. If Chamberlain's (.Yugh Remedy ia given as soon as the child becomes hoarse, or even ->fier the cro-py cough appears, it will prevent the attack. It is used in many thousands of hornet in i his broad land and never dis-app )ints thi-anxious mothers. We have yet to lea-n of a single instance in which it has not proved effectual. No other preparation c-.ii show such a record—over thirty years' const;nt use without a failure. For b.lb by J. S. Dodds, Che nist, Akar oa.

For Bronchial Cough, tike Woods' Great Peppermint Cure, Is 6d and 2 ■ 6d where.