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Akaroa Mail and Banks Peninsula Advertiser, Volume 2, Issue 106, 24 July 1877, Page 2

. , meetingjof> the- householders of the Education district of Le Bon's will be held at Hhe school-house, on Monday next, 30th July, at>7 p.m., for the purpose of electing four persons to serve on the schooj committee', in the robin of Messrs Leonardo, Recce, Barnett, and'Aldridge, resignedThe poll, if necessary, will be taken at the same place, on Monday, the 6th of August between the hours of 9< in the forenoon and 4 in the afternoon. The fine weather came to a.sudden end on the evening of Saturday last. During that night a stiff southerly breeze sprang up, accompanied by rain and sleet. Up to to-day, there has been little change, and for the'first time this winter the snow is thick jind low down on the ranges.". , Many of the readers of this Journal will remember the now notorious Captain Hayes, who far a- tim'eliohored Akaroa and Lyttelton, by making each in its turn his temporary head quarters. From an exchange we clip tlie following; account of'the latest doings of tins redoubtabTe'nero j'^A' recent arrival from the South Sea (says the Sydney Evening some further particulars of the proceedings of the notorious pjrate, Captain sHayes. ; It transpires .that Haye's, afters his. release from prison hi. Phillipine' Islands, made for San Francisco, • where"; lie induced a speculator' to purchase a s'chobnef named Lotus, and fill her up'with trade for ; the islands, he ; (Hayes,) had' a vessel in the South Sea's, and the two vessefs'werei to trad'o'as a partnership, fhe -Lotus Was all ready for sea when Hayes', partner placed his wife on hoard, but l)ad to return on shore,,wjie/o he^got.mixed;urj in'spmerow/'and.was locked up. Hayes.- ;- ---f ailing to see tlie" efficacy waiting till the next morning for.;hisrpartneT's release, or troubling him,B£lf with the Customs delays, put to sea,ytaking;,with him his partner's wife and only one man.X The Lotus reached Sarhtfe, where Hayes' wife and family were living, but his wife discarded him, and he sailed from thence for the Kingsmills, but before doing so he made proposals to the crew'of a schooner called the Costa Scaramed to run away with that vessel. The many friends of Mr H. Buchanan will be pleased to hear that there is an improvement in his state of health, which we sincerely trust may be permanent. We regret naving to announce the serious indisposition of our local postmaster, Mr. Stratton. through the rupture of a blood-vessel, Dr. Guthrie was called in, and we hear, regards the case as serious. We sincerely hope Mr. Stratton may soon be able to resume his duties. The usual weekly meeting of the Mutual Improvement Association, will be held: this evening, at the school-house, when recitations and readings, to be followed with criticism, will form the programme.

A ball, in connection with the Loyal Good Intent Lodge of Oddfellows, is announced" to take place on Thursday, July 26th, at the -Oddfellows Hall, Akaroa. Those of our readers who take an interest in,the introduction, rearing, and spreading of game on the Peninsula, will be glad to hear that a veritable Jack hare was seen near Mr. Morgan's property, having been startled from its form, by a dog, owned by a resident of this town of well-known sporting proclivities. This gentleman avers that -he saw the " form," and speaks so confidently as to leave no doubt oh the matter. The first part of the recipe in the cookery book, "first catch your hare" may soon be brought into practice by the Peninsula sportsman. The second performance of the Akaroa Ethiopian Club, took place at the Town Hally-on Friday evening last. The attendance was very good, but not so numerous as On the previous occasion. On the rising of the curtain, Mr. Billens announced tliaf, owing to the illness of Mr. J. Bruce, one of the members of the Club, some of' ithe parts had been taken up at very short notice. This, no doubt, caused the hitches evident in the first piece; but with this ..exception, the various items of the programme were well rendered, and received. The new scenery, by Mr. Billens, added materially to the general effect, the dropscene in particular being highly creditable to that, gentleman. The audience testified to their enjoyment by repeated applause? and we think the Club have reason to be pleased with the success their efforts to amuse have attained. We would suggest, however, that the stage be covered with matting or carpet, so as to deaden the noise made in jumping and stamping on the boards, winch, to some extent, marred the pleasure of last Friday's entertainment As will be seen by our advertising columns, the Port Levy Road Board have extended the time for receiving tenders for completing the Purau road up to Friday August 3rd, at 3 p.m. The Akaroa Hope Lodge of Good Templars, request a full attendance of members to-morrow evening, to consider a communication, which has been addressed to Mr. Montgomery, on the subject of the Local Option Bill, which is likely to elicit considerable interest during the present session of Parliament, and also to consider two cases of affliction and distress, which we regret to learn, exists in Akaroa. The second and third degrees will be conferred on those entitled to the same, by the D.G.W.C.T., and nomination of officers will be taken for the ensuing quarter. A petition, singular in its request, addressed to the Minister of Jnßtice, is-in. course of signature at Little River, praying for the abolishment, of the police station, and the withdrawal of the constable in charge, on the ground of the uselessness and expense in maintaining same. The petitioners request the Minister of Justice to compare the services rendered by the constable with the expenses incurred in the maintenance of the station, and ask that the money to be so expended maybe applied in the establishment of a telegraph-office ' which, they contend, would "not only further the ends of justice, but enable the residents to obtain the services of a doctor when needed, as an accident might occur at any moment among the men employed at the saw mills." We can quite concur and sympathise with the residents of Little River, in their efforts to secure the extension of the telegraph to their district, but their request for the abolishment of; the station is so absurd, that it carries its own condemnationon the face of it. It is not tlie. petitioners business to know how and where the police "constable is employed' | nor the result his. labours. The station was established with the object of keeping a strict surveillance.; oii suspicious looking characters passing through the district, and to aid the capture of fugitives. The petition, up to a late date, only contained the names of three .residents. On more than one occasion the station has proved to be of material assistance in aiding'the police to effect a capture.

, We have been shown a subscription list in aid of Adam Frier,.avlio, it may be-re. membered, had his hand severely injured >by- the saw, at Mr. Smith's sawmill, Le Bon's Bay. The list is well filled, and who have been asked have willingly •■■contributed; but there is plenty more r rpom, and we trust this really charitable purpose will meeit with hearty support. St Asaph-street, Christchurch, has been the scene of a murder. The facts of the case are as follows:—Late on Saturday night, tie police found a man near Barrett's Hotel, who stated he had been stabbed. ■Having been removed to the hospital, he wad re*«>goised as Henry Powell, and further lamination showed a fearful wound in his stomach, about an inch and a-half w4de. It appears that Powell had been in the company of a woman, named Lynch, and that a man named Karl Kehde who co-habited with Lynch, had found them together, and turned Powell out of the house. Subsequently, Kehde, finding Powell had again got access to the woman, turned him out a second time. Powell endeavoured to -get in again, and rushed a t Kehde, who then picked up a sharp tool f some 20 inches in length, and stabbed him on the left side of the stomach—a. little below the ribs.' Powell's death was suddenthe medical opinion being, t|iathe was not likely to die. The inquest took place yes! terday, the result of which is not to hand

The Borough Council met last evening; but, owing to the late hour at which the meeting terminated, we are obliged to hold over our report till onr next.issue. V• I Messrs. Bridge and Bushell, held a sale of drapery on Saturday last, on account of Messrs. Paul and Co. Biddings were by no means brisk, and prices obtained did not come up to those. realized at recent sales. Mr. Speight, formerly of Wainui, and lately of "Little Akaloa, where he has most ably discharged the somewhat arduous duties of schoolmaster, is about to leave the district. We feel certain both children and parents will have cause for regret in the departure of one who has been so painstaking and earnest in his work, and has made himself so popular and useful a member of that small community. A Dunedin firm is reported to have introduced a new description of lamp there by which the risk f of accidents incidental to the use of oil for'illuminating purposes is greatly.diminished. The special feature of the lamp is that the aperture through which $he flame : of the wick 2omes, instead of being in one. piece, is moveable. The apertuEe is kept open by two springs, which are pressed down .by two small weights. To put out the" lamp bne, has only to lift the,weights. Should the lamp fall, the weights become, released, and the burner, closing tightly round the wick, is converted into an extinguisher. . About nine months, ago a storekeeper at Havolock (Hawkes Bay) named M'Bae failed, and entered into acompositiori with I his creditors to pay them ten shillings in the pounds By the last mail he received intimation that by the death of a relative he had inherited a legacy of £12,000 and a considerable quantity of landed property. The Herald states that he has informed his creditors of his intention to at once pay them in full. "Tottering Lily," the Chinese Envoy's wife, is not permitted by the laws of her country to be seen by men of equal rank with her husband. Subordinates are looked upon as belonging to a totally different category of beings, and no notice is taken of them. The difficulty, however, to find ing amusement for " Her Excellency" i 8 (says a London correspondent) in process of being got over, the arranging that on visiting the theatre she will be permitted to enter by the private entrance. On Saturday morning next she will, we understand, be present at the representation to the children. The Fife Free Press states that a few of the coins which were lately found near Jerusalem have been secured by Mr. John Lornie, F.S.S., Eirkdale. The coins found consisted of shekels and half-shekels of Judea, which are considered the most interesting of all ancient coiiisy They are silver of the great High'gPriest,. Sinion Maccabaaus, and have the cup a manna on one side, and on the other the budding rod) with legends in Hebrew The date is also in Hebrew—viz., year one, being the first year of the Pontificate of Prince Simon, or 144 years. B.C. Notwithstanding their great age, the coins are in fine preservation? both sides:being perfectly legible. A country correspondent writes to the Timaru Herald respecting a poisonous insect he has come across. According to his account, it resembles a common spider with the addition of wings, and a pro" boscis something like that of a bee. It is covered with black hairs, and is about the size of a pea. He states that a child in his neighborhood' observed the insect settle on a leaf, and caught it in his hand. A sharp. sting was inflicted, and the little fellow's hand and ana began to swell . rapidly, : causing him intense agony_ Poiiltices wore applied to the poisoned part, and eventually-- 'the symptoms disap^eafedV 1 ' ; v ' '■"" " ' v Times.of Wednesday last says ."One of the most horrible cases of cruelty that has come under our notice was brought to light yesterday. It may possibly be remembered that some time ago a man [?] named Kerr was sent to gaol for drunkeness and his wife obtained protection order against himi Mr. Crawford then promised Kerr that he would be dealt with severely if he made his appearance in Court again. His wife subsequently admitted him to her house,- as her children were wanting food. Experience, however, showed this to have been an unwise thing to do, for instead of working for his family, Kerr sold whatever he could lay his hands on, drank the proceeds, and food soon became a novelty in the house. During the past few days Mrs. Kerr has been missed and the pol ice have made enquires of the neighbours in the Tin akori road, and Sergeant Price, on going there, found that Kerr had kept the door locked, so that none of the neighbors should not go near his wife. Price gained admission and discovered a scene, the simple relation of which should make one shudder. He found the woman, Mrs. Kerr, on the floor, lying in a state of; exhaustion, with no other covering than a dirty blanket, her two children beside her, bare, dirty, ill-clad, and hungry-looking. It appeared that Kerr had a day or two ago beaten and kicked her and then allowed her to starve."

The London correspondent of the Liverpool Daily. Post tells.that the homceopathists have : discovered a certain remedy for sea-sickness. It is apormorphia, and a very small dose of it taken once an hour in water will remove the qualms., They are so certain of its successth#they are going to. procure a gratuitous circulation of it amongst vessels that .carry passengers., It is also, useful for beasts, whose buftermgs are often extreme

A correspondent of the Oamaru Evening Mail gives the following recipe for the circumvention of rats :—" Take a piece of old*"* sponge and cut it into pieces about the size of a pigeon's egg ; fry the pieces a nice brown in some dripping, put away all foocl; out .of reach, and strew the pieces about thel places the rate frequent. They will eat this greedily : the sponge rapidly absorbs the moisture in the stomach, arid swilWW —a few. A second dose seldom required Some excitement, says tlie Melbourne Argus, was occasioned under the Verandah at Sanhhurst, by & fracas that took place between two persons on election matters. The agent for a gentleman who was a candidate for the representation of Mandurang at the recent election, was making & statement to the effect that there were " 2"Goo\liars in Mandurang," basing his assertion op- the circmnstanoe that his > principle had' been promised more votes than he had.polled." Whilst he was speaking, however, a person stepped up from behind, and said " That's a lie, and you're., a liar," upon which the agent referred to struck him a blow in the face, and requested him to " put up his hands." ■ On his refusing to do so, he gave him blow, and then threw him into the gutter " The same agent'" (observes the Bendigo Advertiser) lias been wearing a black band . round his hat ever since the election, tomark the death of Truth in Mandurang; He greatly deplores the necessity which compels him to do this, and steadfastly declares that there are 2000 men in the electorate who have not voted as they promised. The liquidation of the Western Bank or Scotland is now completed, and the remaining assets and liabilities, amounting to very small sums only, have been taken over by the National Bank of Scotland. The Times in its.:mone|y article pronounces the report of the liquidators to be a model one. The liquidation has lasted 19 years, and if* total expenses have been £118,797, of which £48,703 has been paid as salaries, and the balance as law and miscellaneous expenses. During the 19 years. liabilities to the amount of £6,134,405 have been paid off, and calls made to the amount of £125 per share, grosstotal of £2,054,566, of which £877,177 has been returned. There is still a small surplus of" about £11,000, which will allow a final return of about 15s per share to the shareholders. A new system of washing has lately been introduced in" some French towns,, which system deserve 3to be especially mentioned. The economy which it affords is so considerable that its cost is reduced' to the following figures :—5 centimes for a pair of drawers, centimes for each shirt, aud bo on. This is -the"process :—One kilo (21b) of soap is redncod with a little .water to a sort of pap, which having been slightly warmed, is cooled in 45 litres (10) gallons) of water, to which is.added oflfr spoonful of turpentine oil and two spoonfuls' of ammonia ; then the mixture; is agitated. ■ The water is kept at & temperature which may be borne by tl» hand.. In this solution are introduced the white clothes, and they are left there two hours before washing thini in soap,, taking care in the meaa time to cover the tub. The soapy water may be warmed, again and be used once more, but it will be necessary to add half .a spoonful of turpentine and another spoonful of ammonia. Once washed in soap,-the clothes are put in warm wafer; and the blue is applied. This process, it i& obvious (says the English Mechanic), spares much time, muce labor, and fuel. On the other hand, it gives to the clothes a whiteness much superior to that obtained by any other method, and the destructive use of the beetle is not necessery to clean, the clothes from the impurities which they contain.