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Akaroa Mail and Banks Peninsula Advertiser, Volume I, Issue 84, 8 May 1877, Page 2

'"' It is currently reported that both the Aitoriiey-General and Mr. Travers will be retained in the appeal case of Watkins v. Adams. , Mr. Berkeley arrived by coach yesterlay morning, to remove the organ of " St. .tier's Church to the new organ chamber. It ia expected the alteration will be completed in time for the service on Thursday evening. A letter of sympathy, signed by some of the leading business men of our town, has been forwarded to Mi: H. G. Watkins. The letter expresses the hope that in the furtherance of justice and the protection r/f the mercantile interests of the community, ilfr. Watkins will be more fortunate is. + h.! ease (Himself v. Adams,) if he t;'.>.es it to a superior Court. The business people of Akaroa have read vsd. to close their respective places of business every evening at 7 p.m., Saturday excepted, '

In our last issue we fell into a slight error in designating Ifr. Robertshaw, as the officer-in-charge of the Telegraph station atdAkaroa. Some time past ,tho charge of both the Telegraph and Post-offices were vested in the postmaster, and therefore M r. F. Y. Stratton ia the appointed officer in charge of both, offices, and is alone responsible for the management of same. Mr. Susten is merely acting as telegraphist and operator pending ilfr. Robertshaw's recovery.

Lately a married couple were attacded in Victoria-street, Hamilton, nearly opposite the English church, by a dog. The wife screamed and tried to run, but her husband caught her by the shoulders and held her firmly between the infuriated beast and his person, while he whispered in a hoarse vioce, " Don't you dare let go \t me, darling ; I'll stand by you, even if h) does bite." Never losing his presence 0 f mind for an instant, the daring man baPed every effort of the fierce brute to get at him. The owner of the dog inter-fered,-'and as the couple moved off, the bush an d was heard to say, "If you had onlv"' et that dog bite you, I might have sued— for £1000 damages. But you never have j'nuch sense."

The- Auckland correspondent of the Daily Times sends that journal the following f—" Walker, trance-medium, accredited by Peebles as one of the best mediums in the world, appeared at the Mechanics' Institute and lectured in supposd trance state, on Saturday, night, the subject being suggested by the •audience. He was afterwards keenly questioned by persons in the audience, including members of the Press, and Mr. Justice Gillies. He showed great readiness in evading direct replies, launching out into generalities, and bathos about the spirit world, but eluding all attempts to furnish any test of his spiritual existence. Ke said his mission was to lecture, not to materialise, or reveal past or future events. He declined to answer any question likely to exhibit knowledge of anything not fully within the knowledge and capacity of the medium. Judge Gillies asked him pointedly whether it was asserted that the spirit of Dr. Stewart, who died in 1802, arid now in the man sitting before the audience, was. addressing them. After

several evasive answers affirming the presence of Dr. Stewart's spirit were extracted, Judge Gillies intimated that the matter.might be investigated in another place,! evidently meaning the Police Court. Mr. Luckie, editor of the Herald, denounced the affair as infamous inposture, and another of the audience suggested calling ia the police, but no action was taken."