Local and General.

Star (Christchurch), Issue 84, 20 August 1868, Page 2

Local and General.

7"s"VVa!Matr,~- A total absitluonoo mootiiiK wan liuld fn tlio Hflhool-room lioro on W<-d- --' noHiluy ovouliik, AujpHt 12, at which a vory 'InLot'OHllnK liic-Uiro mm delivered by Mr McOluvo, Bovoral ponjonH iipolto In favour of. tho eaii«o, and nl Mio cohoMihlod oIkIiI/ r»orhoiiii tilKHfid Mi(! plcdffo, Tltoro arc now 70 . total aliiitainoi'H al, Walmato. / KvviWTH 'ov SATuitDAY'fl 'Vwu. •- Wrom r Altat'oa we l(!iirn Unit afc an early hour In tlio rhoi'iiliitf Uks HiiKlwiiy near lh« French Holol , wifl fiul)ni«rKC'd. and nomo (laniard ww dono h flw vrojwrWH of Mr llohavtH and Mr Maroolj ul. a. later hour it wan noticed that tlio'rJni) i»nd full at tlio jolty wan about ID fitot; tlio lilkliohL Who was about 1U noon, vrho.n tliu watei 1 arumad tiw road on oaob :nldt!' of what Ih known an Dootoni' Brld^o, fortunately doing no damaffoi tho holho of .'■/■thti-.Yi'iiUiv running among tho pllow of tho jufty, and tho force ll.wjw goliiK at waH moro lllc(.' ; a' mill HlulfiC! than anything «1h«, Wo Jioar that In Ilarry'H Bay a largo quantity of '<lat Hhli u'oroVafllicd up and takon caro of toy tho Holtlurfli Wo hear of no norloua /laiiiago l«;lii(f dono in or about Alcaroa,

ICAUTifcjifAKM, — A smart Hhook of earthquake was felt In Akaroa at about 9,15 a.m, on Monday, tho 17fch lust. XAnuiVAr.H.--MrCiias, who has boon absent In England for flomo tlmo, rotnrnod by tho Lord Ashley last nl.'ht, Mi 1 Justloo Grosson's hoii lias returned from Cambridge, Mi, 1 Bowcn, It.Ml>nd MrW. J. W. Hamilton, who proceeded to IfoklUka Homo days ago to Inquire Into corlain charges against Mr Commissioner . Kynnorsloy, wore aIHO pam-n---gers Prom Wellington by tho Lord Anhloy, Er.p-OTOHAr,. — Our Tlmaru contemporary of Aug. 19 thiiH announces' Mr lJolflold'H resignation of his Heat In tho Provincial Conn* oils— Mr Belflold has resigned hi* neat In tlio Provincial Council as moinboi 1 for Tlmaru, Possibly Tlmaru may not rornilrc iinothoi 1 representative In tho Provlnell Council, as it. a county organization 1h granted to tho Tlniaru and Gladstone district, thoao districts will ho separated from Canterbury, Tun DincM w KniNiiimoii,— l'ho Panama edition of the l/omo Newn oohtithift (ho followlnpf i— -Our llrnt duty In to annnunno tho oafo return to thooo »l;oron of tho Duke of Kdiiibuvjjli. His royal hlßhnosfl arrived In the Galatoa on June 3<l, after- a prosperous voyage ( mid from anything that Is li\ itU pomonal appenranco no ono would toll Unit he hasnuflurod from ho dangerous a wound as that In Mo toil by tlio bullet of tho would-be aflmin<dn. The royal Duko liuh boon ovoryivhure received with oiuhuflliwiu, mid he lisa resumed hio command of tho Galatea, which now lleti nt I'ortmnoiithi Bai.twatku Outwit, Biujkjh, — Wo aro glad to lie able to Mate that thin great public convenience In now being rapidly restored to Its original condition, and will probably bo available again for Imillc in thoeoumj of. a month, Mr Mario, (-ho contractor, hast nearly completed the earthwork approach on the north side \ thl« In to bo faced by Hhoot piling, and lio in now oiifjajyod In pllo-drlving, to roplaco that portion of tho Htruoturo carried away by tho Jlood . of February last. Thin proves to ho a work of great dlllleulty, owing lo the hard nature of the hoII Into which they are being driven, this lioh caused hoiuo of the piles to burst, Tho work would have boon In ft much more forward filatc, but several unavoidable causes of delay have arisen, chief among them being the wreck of tho Slruggler, ketch, with the pllon Intended for tho bridge « Uioho have now been landed in ICalapol, by tho Norah,Mchoonor, from whence It In noGCMtivy to draw llioin overland, which Id a fui'thoi 1 cause of hindrance. Popular ICvrintTAi w,uuNf« A/ Akauoa,— Tho Hecond of thlfl season 'h cutortaiumcnUi, of the ahovo description, given in'eonnootlon with the Akaroa Literary Instltuto, took place at tho Town Hall, Akaroa, on Monday evening, the 1 7th lunt.j a tolorably numoroiiH audience being present, The programme of the evening wiw an follows: — Instrumental, plant) and (Into, Mohhi'h 10. C. Latter and If. Adamm reading, " Hurlai of Momcm," Kov. W, Aylmorj Hong, "A Motto for every Man," Mr W, Adams; reading, "Look at the Clock." Mr-11, H, Bushel); duct, piano and Unto. Messrs 10. C. Latter and F, Adamn; reading, " The Abboiiey Family," Hoy. W. Aylmorj song, " Over tho Son, Mr James Daly i reading, " The Candid Man," Mr Billings; uong, " f am going ,for a .Soldier Jenny," Mr N. VVatkliiHj reading, "My first Brief," Mr 0. L. Wiggins-, duet,« What are tho Wild WavoH Haying," Momhi'h Billings and W, Adams; dueti piano and llute, Mohhi'h 10, C, Latter and E, Adams; ami reading from Pickwick, Mr 10. O. Latter, • TOTiiu.—Tlio Southern Cross of Augiwi 12 him the following —By the outtorWlilthy, wliloh arrived yesterday, we liavo news from Opotiki to tho Oth iDHtant, It Ib believed by those who know Uio slluntion of Opottul, and (ho natives who hold the country at tho back, that the return of tho llauhauprlri morn from tho Chatham lilandH will huvo a had effect, by oneouraKluK the Uroweraji to inuke InoiiriilmiH on tin) nottlomont of Opotiki, Thin ban not yol taken plitoit, for two ronHonH proImhly—tho prisoners had not, at the lutottt dittcii, Hiiececded in muklng their oHcnpototho l)iinli, where (hoy uro nlinoHt eorialn to an* floeinlo with (he (Jrowonit)) and altio bceiiiiHo thore aro no noattero I Hotilern about Opotlkl to attack, tho wholo population being eoneontralod In the lowiiHlilp. Wo learn, how over, from Captain Doutjhty, that considerable ahtrm wma folfc at ()p>)tikl, A laruo numbor of men wore upon pay, ffiiulmu flren were flcen on tho raugCH, hut norebcb* had ventured near the town. We lonrn that a great muuy of tho aottlors of Opotlld are leaving the place. Heventcon came up In the W hit by, many of whoii aro to proocud to tho Tliiuikh, OlCA!^f H.vv,— The eartlujuake wave way felt vary wcvorely on thin ftlde of tho P<-nlu-Hiila on Hattirday hiHt, tho cuuho of which In at prcHont unknown hero. Very early in tho morning the Inhabitants were aroused by an extraordlnnry rising of tho Hoa rtiHhlng up tho various bays with lmmon«e force, and Inundating more or Ichh tho wholo of the lower portion of tho dlHlrletH. Tho morning was vo.ry ittlll, and the Hea, apparently culm, receded considerably further (bun It hud ever dono before within tho memory of the oldest Inhabitant. At miooowi vn irregular Inl.orviilH during tlio day, and especially at high water, the Hearushoil up with immonxo force, carryIng everything before It, and, at two. iiillch from tho Hea roue tit leant ton feet above low wuter mark, and covering the main road to tho height of Jlvo foot. Wo hoar that tlio mimo dlmwtrou.M e/l'nclti have occurred in almost all the bays on (lie I'ciiliihulii, excepting, fltniugo to ftay— -L.'.vo.rlck'H and Stony Hay, and the M Look Out Point," where no extraordinary elVcelii were felt, Kxchwlvoof the ImmeiiHc amount of damage done to private property and fencing, very considerable amount of Injury to public property hiw taken place In destruction of bridges and public roads. V/fn Lo Hon Hay the new Government pile-driven bridge, at a distance of a mllo mid a-hulf from tho nca, wan ontlrely doHtroyed, and In HttJo Akaloaall the bridges were entirely washed away, Also in Okainfi Uay, a brldgo, two milen from tho nca, wtifi carried away to a great dlstancef

Tho damago dono to prlvato property will bo felt very Hovcrely by many, for in addition, many thousand foot of timber, and of posts and rails and firewood were washed entirely away, A very distinct shock of earthquake was folfc throughout tho Peninsula about 10.01) on Monday morning, •JjiiUzAAna.— BUhop elwyn couaoo.rated a How church In tho village of Curtitip, In tho dloccfloof Lichfleld a fow days before tho dopnrUireof. tho .funo mall,' Afterward*. i»t luncheon, in reply to tho tonst of his health, ho npoko out agalnnt bimuru, oxprottslug a hopo that* tlio piiriHhiouoi'fl would bo able to eomnlcto tholr schoolrooms and pnrxomigo without having rooourao to bnzimrfl. Ho ro miirkod:— "Lot them on no account huvo v biwaur. (Laughter.) 110 thought that was a very unmanly wi\y of. raising money. The monnoßt thing men could do wus to throw work on tho women. (Uoncwcd laughter.) Ho fluid that advisedly, became, having lived twonty-flve yours among flnv»goA, ho rooognlriod that thulr dhttinguiHhlng mark was to mako women do ,lho work of men. That wiu3 tho oyntom on which bnynarn were hold. Ho hoped they woul I complete their endoa* voui'o, by direct taxation, not indirect, (Heuowod liui(^h(or,) When ho returned from Now Zcnland; bo hoped ho oliould find tho romalndor of tho money nccoisriry for (ho eehoolfl und parnonaKO hud been raited, But his last words wore— " Don't have a bnza«r,' (Cheers and laughter,)"