AKAROA.

Lyttelton Times, Volume LXXV, Issue 9427, 30 May 1891, Page 2

AKAROA.

("FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.J May 29. , BOROUGH COUNCIL. A meeting of the Borough Council} was held on Wednesday evening, sj, which his Worship the Mayor and] Councillors Armstrong, Bayley, Chappell, Clarke and Munro were present.. The receipts were reported to have' amounted to £6 12s fid; the debit balance', at the Bank of New Zealand was .£2O 10*i 4d; and accounts were passed for payment, amounting to .£22 lie 9d. Tenders were, called for forming Muter street, the road' leading up to Mr P. Lelievre, sen’s., pro-" party. It was resolved to have metal j broken and screened, to give work during; the winter; also that the Council try and' obtain a metal quarry, under Mr Fol-i tham’s property. Councillor Chappell gavel notice of motion—“ That the Reserves; Committee take into consideration the] advisability of forming a trotting courseand cinder track on the Recreation Ground,-: and that the remainder of the land hr covered three inches deep in black soil,-' estimated cost to bo in by next meeting/’ j LABEIKINIBM. Some youths who had not quite got over • the celebration of the Queen’s birthday,! committed several depredations about! town early on Wednesday morning. Gates! were taken from hinges and deposited la! far-off places; lamps were put out and shifted, and many other “funny” things; done. The worst act, however, was thej entering into Mr Holding’s crockery shop I and fetching out and placing the crockery! on the footpath. It is said that thej culprits were recognised by the owner of \ the shop. 1 ACCIDENT. ( On Tuesday morning Mr Jules Lelievre,! junr., met with a bad accident, falling : from his horse, at Gough’s Bay, and break-j ing a splinter off his spine, also severely, damaging his hip. Ho had to be carried' about six miles over the hills on a stretcher,! and is now doing fairly well. PASTORAL. We have had excellent weather‘ for a, week, and we have hardly felt a frost yet,! the feed being very good for the time of , the year. Pig killing is being busily proceeded with, and there is a general, slaughter. Good news has been received from Home in regard to the cheese sent through Messrs Edwards, Bennett and Co. The cheese, we learn, is fetching from 50s - to 525. The idea is gaining groundamongst the farmers that the estabishment of factories on the Peninsula is a necessity, and it is Very probable that next season will see one started as an experiment. It has been rumoured that the establishment of a] freezing factory on the Peninsula is: thought of. There was a movement in this' direction some years ago, but it fell through. HIGH SCHOOL. The High School has commenced trie term with a large increase of pupils, and the probability of more coming shortly. ENTERTAINMENT. As the funds for the regatta are a little behind, it has been decided to have a , concert, with a repetition of Euchred, and, a ball to follow. It will take place in about a fortnight’s time. st Peter’s. Archdeacon Lingard is very popular, down here, and the church is improving: wonderfully. It has been decided to re-; roof the church, and the Arohdeacon has ! generously given the rent of the parsonage 1 towards the fund collected for the purpose.