Local and General.

Akaroa Mail and Banks Peninsula Advertiser, Volume LIV, Issue 2836, 5 January 1904, Page 2

Local and General.

Akaroa and Wain&i Road Board - This Board meets at usual place nnd hour on Saturday neXts, January 9 h; SALE DaYs -Thursley is sale day vt Little River, and Friday is sale day at Duvaucheile's. Third 'Wool Pale.— Sp'e.ial at-enllbh is called to the third wobl Sal., wh'ch will be h-ld oh Thursday, January 2lsb. The catalogues close on Sa ( ur_-y exening, J mi. 16th,

Ft. Phter's Church—On Sunday cv •fling, Mr Nicholls conducted service ia *St. Peer's Church.—The RoY; H. Rogers St. Albans-, c me to Akaroa on Wednesdiy He is .-rnpiiig with his family iv Balgumie street,, and will take up the church serv ccc here till the Rev. Julius, our new vie »r. a.rives. N.Z Pathways—l. is notified elsewhere that on January 5 h and every subsequei* Tuesday, a goods tra'ln, with passenger carriage attach'd. will leave L'ttle Bive for Lincoln, at ?,15 p.m., eonnrcting wiih the 410 p.m. train from SoUthbrHge to Orristohurch. S'OM ALII, AND— The Mul'ah is rx rented ..-• fight at Jidbali, belitVing it to be th. key to the Nogal Valley. There is little h-»ie of capturing the Mullah or deaMng a fl-ial Mow at him. Thb Qdkek's Generosity.—The Queen has devoted to the Hbnrif a for Offic rs' WidO -pS and Daughters the C ironation gift *he rec.'ved from an Australian resident lo i England,

Coloured Labour in the Rand -A peiition in circulation in tbe Tranßvaal, in favour of Chineß3 labour, hs already received 17.000 signatures. Ladies are actively cat va'sing. Regatta Accounts —All Rega ta accounts must be sent in to MaIL Office, Akaroa, before January 20th. Subscribers are requested to hand in their contributions as speedily as they possibly can: Late Cable.—There were no New Year honours this year. In future they will be conferred on Corona* ion Day. The bakers' Btrike in Paris has degenerated into an Anarohist movement, accompanied by the pillaging of shops and smashing of windows — Lord Knollys, the King's private secretary, denies that the King will visit the Czuduring the ensuing season. Akaroa Distbict High _*ohool. —A committee meeting was he!d Uafc night. Present—Messrs J. D. Bruce (Chairman). Dodds, Munro and Checkley. The Board of Education wrote oonflrmlng the repairs to the master's bouse, except in the case of some grates, half the cost of which was to be borne by the Committee. It was re ported that the balance in hand from la«t year of tho prize and picnic fund was £6 4* Id. After passing some small accounts the Committee adjourned to Feb. 1, VisiTO-as from the Plain's. —A very large number of i .rangers have visited Akarot during the Xmas aid New Year holidnys. We hear they were very charmed with the weather, Boxing Day being the ouly unpleasant day they experienced here, The s s. Kennedy brought down 30 exeur6ionists on New Year's Eve, and returned to Christchurch on Saturday with 43. A very lnr_-» numSer of et.ra--t_era left Akaroa on -"'alur'ay, and anotlrr lir.e pvr'y went away -teaturdsy. Every boat in the harbour has been hirrd, and in several visitors were not able to go out on the water, as all available boats were taken up. So full has the town been that it is a marvel that all have found accommodation.

Cricket.—The ?econd test match. England v Austialia, was continued on Saturday io very doubtful weather, Foster retired through illness. The English bad loeb six wickets for 306 runs before the afternoon tea adjournment. When the afternoon tea adjournment was taken, a heavy shower fell. At five o'clock the umpires examined the wicketa, and shook their headp. The immense crowd retained their patienoe marvel loutly for a time, but eventually lost it, and marched on to the ground and examined the wicket-, They were escorted off by ten policemen, who were joined by five others. The umpires then removed the stumps amidst very Jond groaning, whioh was stopped by the band playing the National Anthem at 6.35.

Prebbytbrian Sabbath School. —On Sunday last, the prizes, won a'o the Assembly's annual examination held come months ago, were presented to the following pupi'a attending the Akaroa Presbyterian Sabbath School '—Maggie Shadbolt, Grace Stapes, Florrie Staples, Jessie Hammond, Zeta

Munro and Maud Mackay. The atterdanoe pri.e was presented to Norman Hammr-nd, who had be*n present eaoh Sunday during theyiar, Clara Bird won Mi-n Clavton'a prize and Norman Hammond Mr Dodds' prize, for class 1-f-sons. Next Sunday there will be a children's t-ervice in place of the usual morning service.

J. BAMiANTYNB k Co.—New materials, new shapes are always oomi- g into fashion, and become indispensable to those who wish todrtss ftylishly. Everything of the very latest mode c n be p-ocured at Messrs J, Ballantyne & Co.'s. Those who wish to buy waterproof-, both useful and light, ate strongly advi.ed to buy Ballantyne's " Repetlus " waterproofs, which are to be bought in nt Fes- thau fifty new -had ups. Maida' and giil*' capes and caats are ..1 o offered for sale at spooia! prices to suit all tastpp. An inspection of the new stock is cordially invited. Country customers are also reminded that patterns aid estimates are posted by the return mail, and letter orders receive sveiv httention at Messrs J. Ballantyne &Co '_, Dunstable House, thr.stchurch.

Thb EwricAOY of Chamberlan's Pain Balm in the relief of rhumatir-m is beiog demon slrated daily. If troubled with this pain'ul disease procure a bot'le at once. One appli ca'ion relieves the pain r>old by J. .>. Doods, Chemist", _k«.roa.