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Akaroa Mail and Banks Peninsula Advertiser, Volume I, Issue 91, 1 June 1877, Page 2

A pleasing advance in the history of Little River, is the contemplated erection of a Church in connection with the Church of England. Plans of an elegant and commodious Church have been prepared by the well known ecclesiastical architect, Mr. Mountford, and tenders will be called for immediately, arid we hope to hear that so desirable a work will be early in hand.

A meeting of the Akaroa Jockey Club was held at Beecher's Hotel, on Saturday afternoon last, for the purpose of paying the stakes and settling a protest in connection with the meeting held at German Bay on the Queen's birthday. A protest in regard to Mr. Mould's Te Kooti being a trained horse and allowed to run in the hack race. The stewards decided that the horse in question did libt come under the definition of a hack, and resolved that the stakes go to the pecond horse Mr. Kearneys Lucy, and that Te Kooti's entry money be returned to his owner. All the prizes were paid to tho various owners as detailed in our issue of the 25th inst. After paying all expenses in connection with the meeting, the Treasurer, Mr. G. Scarbrough had a balance in hand of £6 10swhich he was instructed to lay in the Post Office .Savings Bank, to the credit of next meeting. A vote of thanks to Mr. Inman for the vise of his paddock concluded the firpt meeting of the Club.

• Messrs • Matsorr and Co. hold a larg sale of stock at Mr. Marsheli's Pigeon Bay on 4th inst. The lots to be submitted are, we hear of, first class quality, and well worth the attention of buyers.

The Rev. Mr. Ayhner whose unfortunate accident, we recorded in our last issue, is we are happy to hear progressing most favourably. We are sure all the old gentleman's friends will be, glad to hear that the accident is not so serious as was. at first anticipated.

The quarterly meeting of the Financial Committee of the Presbyterian Church, was held here last Thursday, 24th instant. Present —Mr Dalglish, (in the chair), Rev. Douglas, Messrs. Billens', Lardner, Meech, and Missen, (Secretary.) The Secretary reported that the income for the past quarter had been £32 3s. 3d., and that the outlays were in excess of this amount to the extent of £2 2s. 9d. This sum it was agreed to carry to the debit of next quarter, and use strenuous efforts to make it up.

Mr. James Wood, of the firm of Wood Bros, well and favourably known as a fancier of pigeons, sent three of his carriers by the Wanaka to Lytttelon, and thence per rail to Thnaru last Sunday. The birds were liberated at 10 o'clock on Tuesday, and duly arrived here at 1..35. The time thus taken by the birds on a journey of over 90 miles being three hours and thirty-five minutes. Mr. Wood intends, we hear, to attempt a more ambitious flight by sending his birds to Dunedin, in the hope that they will return.

To-day being the first of June, pheasant shooting commences.

Mr. Harlock, one of the candidates for the auditorship of the Borough having withdrawn from the contest. It will be seen from an advertisement in another column that the Returning Officer has declared Messrs Daly and Hemingway duly elected auditors for the Borough during the coming year, and that conseqnently no poll will take place to-day.

The Endeavour LO.Gr.T. Lodge at Le Bon's Bay, are, we are happy to say? making progress ; every Lodge night new members are added. At the Lodge meeting held on Thursday evening, a Committee was appointed consisting of Bros. Dawber Barnett, Kirkley and Sister Eeece, to make arrangements for a series of entertainments, to held in connection with the the Lodge, during the winter months.

The line of coaches carried on by Mr. TW. Barker, Head of the Bay, has we understand, been purchased by Mr. S. Lee of Christchurch, the proprietor of the Akaroa and Christchurch line. We have no doubt, but that the public will be as well served under the energetic management of Mr. Lee as they were under of Messrs Fry and Barker.

The Borough Council have received in. formation from the Government that 2,000 acres of Crown Lands can be selected by them as an endowment. The Cannci!, we understand, held a special meeting yesterday afternoon, when the Mayor was deputed to proceed to Christchurch at once on the subject. All the members of the Council were present.

The Good Templars of the Akaroa Lodge held an open lodge last Wednesday even, ing, when Mr. Truinble gave a most earnest and instructive address on the benefits of Templary. Full particulars of the meeting will appear in a future issue.

From an advertisement elsewhere it will be noticed that the Union Company's fine steamship Taupo, calls here, going South on Saturday afternoon—giving an extra opportunity for the despatch of good s Southwards during the coming month. The Ladybird takes the place of the Taranaki on Sunday.

The following particulars iegarding the proposed transmission of war news to New Zealand papers during the small hours are given by the New Zealand Times ; —•' The stations coining within the arrangement are Auckland, Napier, Grahamstown, Wellington, Blenheim, Nelson, Greyrnouth Christchurch, Tiraaru, Oainaru, Dunedin' and Invercargill, and at all these stations an operator will sleep, in order to be ready to take off the wires anj'thing that may come through. The operator at Walcapuaka has been supplied with an alarm clock to awaken him at the necessary time ; and if he discovers that there is anything to be sent from Sydney, he will rouse the operator at the Blenheim and Nelson stations, the former passing the alarm on one side along to Wellington, which will communicate with the nextnorihern station and so on till all are awoke, while, on the other hand, the Blenheim operator will pass the word on ;o southern stations. To this end electric bells have been laid on at the offices above-mentioned."

The Marlborough Express re.corda the death of a Blenheim fisherman named Charles Hales, by drowning on Wednesday, 9th May, during a fearful westerly gale. His companion, Burke, was saved. The two men, after their boat had capsized' got on the keel, and the anchor being fast to their line moored the boat, when she went down. Hales was a good swimmer, and attempted to get ashore, a distance of about two chains, but it is supposed he was seized with cramp, as he was never seen again.. Burke, who could not swim stuck to the boat; and after about four and a-half hours, the line broke during a heavy squall, and the boat drifted ashore with him. The settlers have been most assiduous in trying to recover the lost body, and great sympathy is felt for Mrs. Hales, who is left almost penniless.