Local and General.

Akaroa Mail and Banks Peninsula Advertiser, Volume LIII, Issue 2820, 10 November 1903, Page 2

Local and General.

Sabbath School — The Pieabytcrian Sabb-Uh School re opens next Sunday afterno n.

Stud.—Several announcements concern ing stud horses will be found on our back page.

Akaroa District Fioh Fcrool — The school re-opens to-day after beii'g closed for a fortnight.

NIGERIA—A tribe of Ibbatooe attempted to kill the British Commissioner at Ekat, Southern Nigeria, but 500 troops success fully punished the tribe, after sharp fighting and twenty'eighb were wounded.

A Hiroio Fisher Girl —A Frecch fi?her girl, at Ushant, swam in her clothes to a boat containing cix shiawrecked sailors, which Uy in a perilous position, and steered it to safety.

A Fearful Calamity—The Kearsage mine ab Summit, Virginia, is m fire- Bey enty five men are entombed, and it 'v feared they have peri'hed, Mr Turner, the mine superintendent, dragged out five bodies, reentered and perished.

Lath Cablb—Another horse has been mainnel &t Great Wytley. A petition is bring <i(?rpd in favour of Ed»lj''a release. —The Hi'.n-ippirs of tho million iirp, Wentz, chim £2000 ransom. Kaitona.-In reply to Mr Rhodes, tba Minister of Lai da said the proposal of the leesee cf sections 1A and 18, at Kaituna, to surrpndor»iin area for recreation purposes, will ba favourably ontertained, bat no tub tidy by way of compensation couH be ceneidered Cancer Research.—A meeting of doctors atßt. Bartholomew's Hospital has consider' ed the discovery of Dγ Ot l o Schmidt, of Cologne, who claims that he has isolated the parasite of cancer, and cultivated aerum, killitg Utß cancer cells. Tho treatment has created much interest.

Akaroa Borough Council,—Mr L. J. V»ngionl was the only ).erson nominated for the extraordinary vacancy, caused bj Cr Taylor's resignation. He is, therefore, duly elected a mtwber of the Council-.—Nomin-ations for the vacancy, caused by Cγ Leete's resignation, will be received at the Council's Office, up tonoon, on Friday next, Nov. 13 h.

The Maori Encampment—The Southern Maori Fncampment at Lancaster Pai k will b?gin on Wednebday. Maoris from Kaiboura, Port Levy, Rapaki, Little River, Tunuka and Wuitaki, totalling two huo dred will give exhibitions on Wednesday and Friday at 8 p.m. There will be a sale of Maoii work in the camp. Ti.out Netting in Lakb Fli.esmerb — Mr Rhodes asked the Minister cf Marine if his attention lnd beeu cillod to a telegram from Chrietchurch which appeared ia the '• New Z°aland Tinus ' of October 28 to the effect that a Lake Elletmere fiherman had been fined £2 on a charge of offering trout for sale ; and, if so, ac this man was prebably relying on the promise of the Minister to allow netting In the lake, would the Minister state what eleps he had taken to fulfil that promi' c ? To this the Miuiel er replied that the Government had decideb to allow the netting of trout in Lake Rllesmere, and regulations in connection therewith were now under consideration, but letting was not allowed at present. There wai nothing in the newspaper report of the Court proceedii gs to indicate that the fisherman thought he was lawfully entitled to net or sell the fish. Even if the man did expecb that regulations would be made to allow netting that was no excuse for his dofng so before the regulations were issued. On ihe contraiy, it ra'.her aggra vated the offence, as the other fishermen observed the law;

It Works Like Magio.—The relief obtained from Chamberlain's Pain Balm when applied to a burn or scald ia so nearly in stantaneous that it seems almoat magical in

ita effect

An injury of this kind heals

without maturation when this remedy is applied and unites the wound is very severe does not leave a scar. For e.le by J. 8. Dodds, Chemtet, Akaroa.

BallantynU & Co. —Messrs Ballantyne and Co. announce that they have dress materials of the n<. west makes. A very hot; late Spring and Summer are predicted, so that ib ia not too soon to make preparations for the lighteet summer clothing, and the colourings and desigDS of the coming aea , eon's dress rrateiiala are bo very beautiful that an inspection of them would amply repay intending buyers. Voiles, delaines, zephyrs, linen, and co-ton dress fabrics are to be all the fashion, and an unlimited variety of these b?autiful materials are ready for purchase at Ballantyne's. Special attention ie given to letter ordeiß, and goods are always selected as ordered. Patterns, estimates, and sketches can be had on application, aud one shilling discount is taken off aveiy pound for cash at J. Ballantyne and Co.'a, Chris'.cliurvh.

. Fo» Children s Hacking Cough at night take Woods' Gre*t Peppermint Oin , , 1 6d and 2a 64,

Fhow Day. - The ».s. Cygnet will make (•p cial trips to atd from LyHelton »nd Pigeon Bay, on.Friday next, November!3th (Show D*y<; The tithe table of hit rui niog is given t-leewhere.

Licensing Act Amendment.—At the PresbyterUn services at Pigeon Fay, Duvau chelle's and Akaroa, m Funday last, molu(ions protesting agairet the amendments of the Licensing Law, proposed by the Bill at present b , fore ihe Home of Representatives, weie passed.

A Sebious Fihe—A fire at Glasgow destroyed Brown, Smith and Sons' millitery c tiblishment, Wylie, Hill and Company's farcy goods and other large premises; The damage is estimated at £150,000.

A Secession—Mr William O'Bfien, in a letter, announcoe thut owing to the "Freeman's Journal ' sowing discord in connection , with the land policy, he will res : gfa his set-1 in Parliament quit the liish League directorship, and di'continuo the publication of his paper •'Tho Irish People. ,,

The Fiusr Wool Salk of the Season. — The first woolsnls takes place on Nov.l9lh, euliics cloting on Saturday next, Nov. 14th. Owing to the dry weather, there has been pome early cheating and we anticipate a large cat. iloguo.

A Good TTadl —A smßll party who went nut fuhing hum-Mr R. F. Lelievre'e pro pnity in Fishermau'e Bay on Saturday last, in as-hort time landed no leas than 13 hapu ki, all the fbh beiug very five specimens.

Tub S.S. Hinkmoa—The Government steamer HinemoA vieited the Akaroa light house on Saturday last with stores. She did cot put into the harbour, bat Mb imme diately for Pore Chalmers.

Licensing Mfetisc—At the time appointed on S.it vi day night hit, the convener and the reporter from this paper were the ooly peraim r-rearnt at the meeting to dia cuss the Licensing Bill now b:fore la 1 amant. We regret I hat tin convener, Mr U. Armstrong jr , met with so little response from the public, A New Culvert— A culvert ha 3 been made in Jolie street notth at the corner of the Mail Office. The water used to lie in the ebrcet, and was a greot nuisance to those using , the crossing, co that the oulvert will be a great improve menfc. The King's Birthday—Yesterday was observed as a public holiday here, the shops, Bank, and Post Office being closed all day. Unfortunately for holiday makers the day was cold and bleak, though little rain fell. It teems hard, indeed, that after the long spell of flne weather we have had, this gene ral holiday should prove euch a bad day. Russia and Japan. — The "Timee , , states that a Japanese official at Yalu attributes the rumour of Russian move , ments at Wiju to Jaranrse subjects wiehing to coEceaJ their own lawless seizure of timber. Natucg, a well'known anti , foreigi er, has replaced Wangwensand, a member of the Chinese Foreign Office. The Dowager Empress has ordered Yuanshikai to proceed to Mukden to arrange a settlement. Russia demands that a Russian Resident shall be attached to the Chinese Tartar General, at Mukden, to advise him in all affairs.

Spreading KNOWt,Eraß—and Snails.— Some few years ago, when Mies Henderson was the mistress of the Borough School, ehe wan telling the children of the wonder ful snail that walked about with its house on its baok. They naturally expressed a desire to see this wonderful animal—a spaci men of which had never hitherto pesteied Akaroa. Oα her next visit to Ohristchurch, Mifs Hendorson, with some difficulty procured two fine adult Bpec'.mens, wh ; ch she brought back with her, and showed to her delighted classes. Mies Henderson was at that time resident in Mr Mat Wight's cottage, Balguerie street, and turned out her pets to graze in his garden. The climate suited ihem admirably, and vow specimens can be procured anywhere in the neighbourhood with the greatest ease. Little Miss Rnodes, residing at Miss Kearney's home at the Muter street corner, (ound no less than 30 in one little hole yesterday mornicg. This is how pests are spread.

A Grand Concert.— A Christchurch orchestral party, now on a visit to Akaroe, have kindly offered to give a concart oj Friday text in the Oddfellows' Hall, in aid of the Regatta. All are leading Christohurch amateurs, and residents of Akaroa should eudeavour to hear some of this very firs'; class music, The visitors are giving general orchestral selections, violin am) clarionet solos, and other concerted instr i mental music The ieatrumental will be interspersed with vocal items, and the visitors will ba assisted by some of cur Uading local amateurs. It is extremely kicd of our talented visitors to assist the Regatta in this manner, and no doubt residents will take full advantage ot thn music \\ treat to be ifforded them. The f, II programme will be advertised on Friday.

Fire Brigade CoMPKTinoN.—Yestmhy the Akaroa Fire Brigade held a competition on the Recreation Ground. There was h slight drizz'e of rain ; but, nevertheless, a good deal of interest was taken in the competitions. The first competition was hoc and hydrant for one man, the man to run 10 jarda to plug, fix hydrant, connect hose to hydrant, run out 50ft of hose, fix unio:i. and to each delivery of union connrct 50ft of hose, inn out both 50ft hose and fix tw" branchfs. The winner of this event wa> Fireman G. Whelch, who went through hh work without a penalty, in lmin.soaeo , ajd Fireman B. W. Henning second, time lmin. 56sec , to which lmin. 3(bec. penalties vrero added ; Foreman Gibb9 third, time lmi 58 Bec9. The next event was 4 wen h"se and reel fiat, in which two teams only competed The winning team were: Firemm Whelcb. Hayward, Bell, and McFarlane, time lmin. 14ecs, The second team com .

prised Foreman Gibbs, Firemen Woodi'l,

Kearney and Haylock. Mr G. B. McKay acted as timekeeper, Mr Munro and Mr

Lyons as judges. The first competition was for a medal, given by Mr Thos. Kelly, cutter for Messrs Penrose & Co The second was foj medals subscribed for by a few well'wishers of the Brigade.

Sandbb and Sons Eucalypti Extbaot. - aocordt££ to reports of a great number of physicians of the largest professional standing, there are offered Eucalypti Extrac'e which poieesß no enrat : ve quatitie*. Jα protsction of the world-wide fame of San.ler and Sons' preparation we publish a few ibstraots from these reports, which bear fully out that no reliance oan be placd in other products: —Dr. W. B. Bush, Oakland, Fla., writes. It Is sometinws diffiou't to obtain the genuine article (Sander and Sens').

I employed different other preparations but they had no therapeutic value a>2d no effects, Tn one case the effeots were e/.miiar to the il oamphora, the objectionable action of whish is well known." Dr. H. B. Drake, Oregon, says ' Since I became acquainted with this preparation (Sander and Sons) I use \o other form of eucalyptus as I think t by' far the oest. . Dr. L. P. Preeton, Lyncuburg, Vα., writes !' • I never use any prepa-ation other than Sander and Sons', as , I hay i found others te be almost useless. I

Fur Influenza and Cold in the Head take Woid»' (h eat Peppermint Cure, Iβ 6d and U 6d,

Italian Murders—Two Italians nirnied Amot-otti and Senge, apparently ran amok at Onfglia, stabbing and killing four persons and wotlnding a fifth Ultimately they were shot down. Pepere found in their pcSsfssion shewed that the victims were marked hien.

Carnival Week. —Christchcrch is filled to ovei flowing with vititors, who luva come from all parts' of the Colony to join in the general festivities. The Show will be held on Wednesday, Thursday and Friday. Pen' insula people are reminded that the wood chopping competition in connection with the hhow is held on Thursday.

The Balkan Trodiilb.—The murdered Armenians were depctiee from Russia to the Hnentchakiste. It is believed ihat the murder was the work of a rival section oi the Armenian revolutionists known as AfiTiiriets.—Two peasants at Gheoghelu, 5o Miic dooia, were tortured on their bare bicks with burning oals, because they would not coufe s where arms were concealed Ruem demaude the punishment of the ollicers concerned in the outrage.

Population of tub Colony —The estimated population of the colony at the end of Beptemb»r, excluding Maoris and Pacific Islanders, was 434,817 malea and 388.671 females, or a total of 824 488. The quarters increase by births was 5464, and by arrival" 5366, The lop sby deaths waa 2274, and by departures 3890. The net increase for the quarter was 4656. The Maori population, according to the 1901 census, wai 33,143, nd that of the Pacific Islands 12 r^92.

TITE iNtURUKCriOM AT PANAMA —The Colombian force on th.j Panama Isthmus hae been withdrawn. The revolu'i nbls have released the offioars. President Rotsevsldt has reaignised the provisional govjrntmnt. The American cruiaer Marblahaad, the gunbut Co oord, and the defer.co yes els Nero and Wyomirg arj hastening to Panama. Admiral Glass c inmands the nav,il forces at Panama and Admiral Ooghn at Colon. America's policy will bo to protoct the Panama Republic, and prevent attempt! to laud Colombian troops. Colombia protestei to the United States against encouragement of the insurrection or recognition of the Provisional Government.

Chamberlain's Cough Remedy is the mother's favourite. It is pleasant and safe for children to take and always cures. It is intended especially for coughs, colds, croup and whooping cough, and is the best medicine made for these diseases. There is nob the leist danger in giving it to children for it contains no opium or other injurious drug and may be given as confidently to a babe aa to an adult. For sale by J. S. Dodds, Chemist, Akaroa.