LOCAL AND GENERAL

Akaroa Mail and Banks Peninsula Advertiser, Volume LXXI, Issue 4273, 24 January 1913, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL

Akauoa Cobnty Council —The Council meets at usual hour and place on Saturday (to-morrow). Tim Divikg Accident—Wβ are pleased to record that the boy Molloy, who was injired at the Akaroa Bath? last Friday through diving into shallow water, and is now in the Akaroa Hospital, is progressing very materia ally towards recovery. Civil Seiivice Examinations. — Eoy McGregor, son of Mr J. McGregor, head' master of the Kichmond School, and grand* son of Mr James Dalgli3h, of Akaroa, passed the Civil Service among the first hundred in the dominion. Hβ has been tabulated seventy-eighth for the whole of Now Zealand The Weather—After the excessive heat on Monday, the weather was much cooler on Tuesday and Wednesday, a change that was weloomed by those coeksfooting. On Wednesday night a heavy shower of rain fell. which freshened up everything, but yesterday was again a day of hot sunshine. Jcniob Board Scholabbhip—LuoySunckell, daughter of Mr W. Sunckell, of German Bay, obtained 429 out of 600 marks for the Junior Board Examination, and wins a Junior Board scholarship. £be is a pupil of the German Bay School, end her teacher and herself are to be congratulated on such a success. Gift to H.M.S. New Zealand.— H M.S. New Zealand will leave London for New Zealand about February I, and the New Zealand residents of Lioodon have decided to present a gift to the warship, given by New Zeaiand to the Imperial Government, witb a gift of the New Zealand coat of arms, carved, and placed just above the quarter deck. The cost will be about £70. , Peninsula Main Boajj—Owi'-g to the continued dry weather, the roads on the Pen in sula are in a bad state through loose stones working up to the surface, and the main coach . road 13 as rough with smull stones as we have ever seen it. Visitors always speak in high terms of the beautiful surface of our main road, but the late heavy traffic and the dry weather have broken down the surface con- i siderably. A heavy shower of rain is needed to lay the dust and tighten the surface of the roads again, Draining the Becrjsation Geodnd.— Time is passing, and there seems no move at all to begin tho work of draining the Akaroa Recreation Ground. A resolution was pass ed by the Akaroa Borough Council aa far back ss 1906 authorising the draining of the ground, and nothing has been done yet. At present we know labour is not available owing to grass-seeding, but steps should be taken once the harvest is in to have the necessary work carried out. Mr V, V. Masefield, who is an authority on the drainage of flat country, and also the late Mr J. C. Buckland, who made a ceroful examination of the Recreation Ground, both consider tho drain, ago quite feasible. It Beams A pity that the Borough Council should let year after year slip by and net make an effort to make the ground of some use for winter sports.. Wβ understand the Beserves Committee were authorised to put in one large drain as an experiment. Correctly speaking, no experiment is required, as the croquet ground, which has been drained in the manner in dicated, has always been woll drained, the water escaping quite easily, while it lies on the rest of the ground and makes it more suitable for a duck-pond than for recreation purpoeee.

NZ Hau/wa^ - '! - Ti-.i'n lirrangementa for r tlifl Haces at Dunedin are given else where. A iCcinnTicnoN, In thn Akaroa County Racing Club's printed programmes, tVie name of lliu hon. auditor sins given as Mr B. Latter. Mr C. H. Fluvell is tho ban. auditor of the Easing Club, . .Croquet.—The game of croquet docs not appear to have acquired much popularity in Akaroa, and the courts are continually ] empty, while the two tennis courts are not enough to keep the tennis players occupied. Cyclonic Disturbance,— The Governrnfnt Meteorologist has warned all shipping c'uc'ps that what appears like a cyclonic disrui'lMnpc is approaching tha Dominion. l r most 1 kely to do damnge in the N->rth Inland mrl between Auckland and Sydney. The Dry Spkij,—Fiinnerii are gi'i.tini. nervous about the shortage of feed through the dry weather in spito of the nl>n:irinai growth in the spring A heavy downpour would be welcomed everywhere, out there are no indications of its Being fortheu(uin<j. Moonlight Excursions.—During the last few warm moonlight nights there have been several moonlight excursions on the harbour, which have been much enjoyed by visitors, The sea has been exceeding culm inside the heade when on seveial occasions is has been rough outside. Personal —Mr F. Perm, proprietor of the " OtftUi Mail," who was born and brought up in Akaroa, has been spending a few (Hays nt hie old home. Hβ feft again for Otaki yesterday morning. Defence.—Kergeant j ftlajor Glanville, of the Defence Department, is taking up residence in Akaroa shortly in the hous° owne'l by Mr H. N. Armstrong, and lately occupied Mr K. H. Fountain. Akaroa Boating Club. —At a meeting of the Canterbury Bowing Association held on Wednesday evening, Mr C. Goodwin was appointed delegate to the Akaroa Boating Club in place of Mr S. Pickett, who has left Christchurch. Prosteiuty of the Dominion.—During n speech at lloiorua, Mr . Massey announced that the Dominion's credit had gone up remarkably in London in the last few months, and that there was a general air of prosperity in the Dominion. He also said that the revenue for the Dominion for the period ending 31st December, 1912, exceeded that of the previous nine months by £4(j,929. Batii3.— The effwot of the waather on the attendance at the baths is very marked, and the last few days they have been almost empty. Yesterday, being a warm day, the attendance whb somewhat larger. On Sun , day and Monday there was about a record attendance of bathers, Stray Cattle.—ln spite of the remarks made at the last meeting of the Akaroa Borough Council, cattle were wandering in the streets yesterday. The trouble is that no one lakes action, and the cows are nottaken off to the pound at once a3 they should be. This would soon stop the stray cattle nuisanoe. Milking Record.*?.—On Monday, the Peninsula factories paid out what is considered a record for the sevan factories in the way of milk returns for the month. The total for the seven factories was £5000, of which the Okain's Bay Factory paid £1244, The high returns are due to the wealth of feed on the Peninsula, and show what excellent yields are being obtained. Returned Watch.—The honesty of the wandering grass-seeder is often doubted, but one Okain'a Bay lady had a fortunate experienoe the other day. She dropped a . valuable gold watch on the rond from Duvauohelle to Okain's. The watch was ' picked up by a grass.seeder, and taken at once to the store in Duvauchelle, so that its owner could be ascertained. Post Office Clock.—Nothing further has ■ been done about the acquisition of a post office clock. It has been remarked that the post office will never come, but in the course ' of time plana will be drawn up and adopted • and the work begun, and residents will miss the opportunity of obtaining a clock. We ' have been informed that £200 is an exeasi sivG price for a good dock, and that one cau be obtained much more reasonably. Akaroa Pavilion,—The pavilion of tha ' Akaroa Keareation Ground has been pro- . vided with a gate leading up to the stand to prevent sheep clambering up there. The removal of the fence, which usually hail the i gate broken down, is a great improvement. . The building has also been provided with ' wire-netting for the roof to prevent the ' nuisance caused by birds roosting on the rafters. Matriculation—ln the successful list of the Matriculation examination the names of two Peninsula girls appear. Kathleen Tur- , ncr, of Wainui, attended the Akaroa Distriot High School for three years, sat for examine i tion last year and failed. She did not come back to the BOhool last year, but studied by herself, and was assisted in her work by Miss Anderson of Barry's Bay, The p ssing • is a great credit to her for her perseverance. H. W. Kozborough, daughter of Mr James 1 Koxborough, of Wainui, who is, a pupil of the Girls' High School, Christchurch, waa 1 also successful in passing the examination, ' Wrong Diagnosis.—The danger of being attended by a chemist for a complaint needI ing a doctor's attention was alluded to at the North Canterbury Hospital Board's meeting 1 on Wednesday, when a report was handed ' in showing a number of fatalities caused by ' a wrong diagnosis by a chemist. There is no doubt that many people cause themselves a ' great deal of unnecessary pain by not resort ' mg to medical aid at the start of their ' trouble, oven if they do not risk their lives. ( Tub Defence Question —The question of I the Dominion's defence appears to be in an unsettled state at present, and thore seems a likelihood that we shall end by joining Aus- ■ tralia in a home fleet. The proposal made 1 by Mr G. F. Pearce, Minister of Defence for 1 the Australian Commonwealth, to the effect ' that a conference should be held by Canada, Australia and New Zealand to discuss the matter of defence, seems likely to result in the union of the three countries in the work , of defending their own shores and so relieve the Mother Country of part of the burden of i defence,

German Bay School.—The residents in German Bay are at variance with the North Canterbury Education Board over the ereo ■ tion of the new school. The Board is anxious to build the school half way between German and Eobinson's Bay to feed the two bays. The reason this is done is because the attendance at Kobinson's Bay is so small just now. It has been pointed out that the at tendance at the various bays varies very considerably, and that in a few years' time it is probab;e that there will be a number of children for the Robinson's Bay Kchool. the condition of the present building at Ge-mari Bay is far from s&nitary. Akauoa School.—When Mr E. B. Lelievre wilts en the North Canterbury Education iioard ra the Akaroa High School Board's position with regard to the new school, he might also present a petition from the Akaroa inhabitants begging the Board to continue the work of the school. Autumn will soon be on us, and it is not right that parents should be asked to send their chilo dren to the present building in its worms eaten and unhealthy condition. Much feeling exists already about the matter, and we know that many parents keep their children away on bad days when they would send them if the building were a good one. The attendance of the Bchool Buffers considerably as well as the health of the teachers and pupils.