LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Akaroa Mail and Banks Peninsula Advertiser, Volume LIII, Issue 5531, 24 September 1929, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

The Rev. Jasper Smyth, who came to Akaroa, on Saturday to attend the United Parish service on Sunday last is staying at "Garthowen" and will remain here until Saturday.

Miss Ellis, of Pigeon Bay, has forwarded £9 9s to His Worship the Mayor's West Coast Earthquake Relief fund', beings a further contribution made by the Pigeon: Bay people as the proceeds of a dance and further collections.

Yesterday toeing Dominion Day the Bank of New Zealand! was closed and a flag 1 flowni from the Post Office. This commemorates 1 the declaration by His Majesty in, 1007 of the raising of New Zealand from, the status of a colony to a dominion. The holiday was not observed in any other way. (Rev. A. C. Purchas, who was in Akaroa on Sunday returned to Lyfetel ton yesterday, going' first to Little River, where a Hural Deanery meeting waa he Id with ißev. C. L. Wilson. Messrs T. E. Taylor and C. W. Leete also attended the: meeting 1 in Little River. Exeremely cold weather conditions continue which 1 is delaying the growth and on Friday morning the Peninsula hills were again coated with .snow and t'he North-east wind was very cold indeed. Thei weather yesterday was warmer and a few days' warm sun will, be: very beneficial. That Plains' boys and girls like to get on the water when they come to a seaside place' was quite patent on Saturday when the Southibridge High School pupils paid 1 a visiit to Akaroa. Although the weather was cold the boys amd girls thoroughly' enjoyed their short trip on the harbour which enabled them' to l see' iit. from» end to en|. As one boy explained the only, sea they saw was out from tihe Ninety Mi'le beach! and they had no opportunity of bathing or boating inAt'hait locality. • •