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Akaroa Mail and Banks Peninsula Advertiser, Volume 3, Issue 269, 14 February 1879, Page 2

."""We have been requested to intimate that in consequence of the unavoidable ■absence of the Rev. in Wellington, the usual services at the Roman Catholic Church, Akaroa, which should be held on Sunday, the 23rd inst., will not take place. The Bishop of 'Christchurch is visiting Akaroa, we suppose it is correct to say, officially. He will administer confirma- , tion at St. Peter's Churchy. Akaroa, ,on. Saturday evening, and at the Head of the Bay on-Sunday afternoon. EuU.»particul ars of His Lordship's 'rinrifstrations appear in our Church Notices. - . • , - ; ■

The cricket match, >' Married v. Single," which was to have been played yesterday, fell through, owing to? ah insufficient number of Benedicts,putting in an appearance. A scratch- match, however, was\got up on the ground, sides being chosen by Messrs Tosswill, jun., and Davenport. Mr Tosswill's side -was victorious scoring 77 and.' 154 in .the two innings, against 86 and 70 made by their opponents. Wβ are afraid •that the high scoring was 'due'ihore-to Inefficient fielding- than 'to exceptionally 'brilliant batting, ■ ■;?>>.•■ .

By advertisement winch appears elsewhere Mr Waeckerle requests; all persons who have repeived tippets..for the ilate dinner to dispose of, to a statement to him ofttliose soldnas , soon as pos-

! At'the last meeting of tlie Akafoa.and Wainui Road Board, that'body appointed a committee to meet representatives of the Borough Council and endeavor to arrive at some settlement of accounts between the two bodies;, They , fixed <yesterday as the day; of, meeting, and the Road Board, office, Duvauchelle's Bay, as the place. A letter to this effect was received by the Mayor on Monday, and an: answer returned that the members'of the Council's committee could not /possibly proceed to the Head of. the Bay, but would meet the deputation in Akaroa. To this letter no reply was received,. and, consequently the projected theeting' has- ; fallen through. The enquiry berore the commissioner has been postponed till. Monday next, and presumably it will then be gone into.

The Eev. J, W. Inglis. has been lecturing in Ghristehurdv, his last subject being "JSpbert Burns, the man and the poet.' To judge by the reports of the Qhristchurch Press, his lecture must have been a great treat, especially to those who can appreciate the dry, serious, caustic humor of the Scottish people, so admirably illustrated by Dean Ramsay. Among other things the lectqrer told some capital stories illustrative of the religious strife of the, d,ays gone by. . One of, these was so brief, and so thoroughly enjoyed that it may be reproduced here. The subdivisions of the Kirk had been carried- so. far that one section consisted of a "decent riion John and his wife Peggy.' , The latter was remonstrated with by a friend, who put the question to her, "Do ; you" think nobody is going to Heaven but just yoursel and John ?" Her answer was, ,l I'm

no sure o , John."

We again remind ratepayers that tomorrow is the last day for sending in objectious to the various valuation rolls. They must be sent in to the place.of sitting of the Assessment Court for- -the Road District or Borough, and a copy must be furnished to the local body not less than seven days before the sitting of the

Cqurt.

:We have been shown some of the valuation notices lately sent out by the Borough Council, and they certainly are fearlul and wonderful • instruments. Two that were brought to our office were addressed to "Mrdo." In the body of the document this mysterious personage was described as being by " trade and occupation" also " do." In the days when men now'nriddleaged were young there was a certain mysterious " John Doe" who was perpetually seeking "to obtain possession of ,the lands and tenements of oneV'ißiQhard Roe." Both of these personages, however, were duly slain by Act of Parliarnentj so that we are quite at a loss to account for the appearance amongst us of this "Mr do." Who is he, and what s the nature of or <|ccupation,.?l' i>. I *.",'

»'; '■ ■'■ '~? -(* \.. X■' '- ■: - ■' " ■ '*'" We regret to .observe that the building of the bridge,near Mr,Meech's hag been stopped for a few days, llr Eoberts was appointed to superintend the work, and he discovered that the cement in use was not of proper quality, as it did not sot. The work has therefore been suspended until a fresh supply' of'cement of good quality can.be secured. No blame is attachable to the, contractor, though it would have been better for hisown interest to have tried some of the cement before commencing his foundations, which "will now have to

be commenced over again. While on this subject we may mention that we think the contractor might spare more than one plank afc-a means of crossing for loot passengers. Oμ Wednesday evening we witnessed the of: three hulies to cross on a f plank less than six inches in width, and, as the}' were not adopts in the, tight-rbpc business, considerable difficulty was experienced in navigating the passage of the chasm.

Two important sales of cattle, sheep, &c, will take place to-day, at the Head of the Bay. Mr C. W. Bridge officiates as Knight of the Hammer in one instance, -and Messrs J. T. Ford and Cj. will aUo sell on j ■belialf. of.slr appear in $*f/i ■:» • ■: ■> i ."*-. ;. - An accident' which |- might' Stkve j attended with serious pc-J eurred on Saturday last., b^.'-.tiie > -^jU)e j ? tween Christoliurch and Little River. '' As is so often the case, it was due to that

fruitful source of mischief—the bottle. It appears, that one <if .Mr Coop's .'sixhorse teams* with timber waggon started from Tai Tapu on the morning of that day. Ori'the'Toad'Vhe*driver picked up a, " swagger,", and- -gave- him a lift. The 1 latter had a bottle of rum with him, and the two indulging in copious libationssoon got " happy." At this stage the driver relinquished the reins to his passenger and composed himself for ,'a nap.' -The new jehu, on approaching Kaituna, scorned to cross'by the bridge, and made for the river, naturally choosing a deep place for crossings The horses, however,; who shewed more sense than their drunken conductor, declined to enter the water at such a : spo£; stream. At this juncture the driver awoke, and succeeded at.last in forcing the , leaders into the river. In their struggles to escape drowning the animals broke the poll and capsized th 4 waggon. /Another, waggon,coining along, its driver came- to ,the assistance of the one in distress, and between them they.managed to fix. up the waggon and make a start for the bridge. Here, however, the influence of was still too potent, and the waggon came into collision witli'one side of the'bridge, carrying it away and separating thb fore corriage from , the rest of the waggon. This was too much even for equine patience, and the horses galloped off with the fore carriage, one of them, a very vamable animal, being* badly knocked about in the process. The driver stuck ; to the rein's in some miraculous manner, and managed at last to stop the horses, which-he-set free. Being the only sober members of the, party; they at once made for home. The driver was found the next morning, by the village blacksmith (not Longfellow's) sleeping among some bulrushes, while the swagger had. come farther along the road and taken refuge in a hollow log. We cannot too strongly reprobate the practice of roadside publicans 'supplying teamsters with bottles of grog, thus furnishing the means of intoxication to . men entrusted ( with the charge of valuable property, and assisting them in perhaps perilling their; dwn lives, as well as their employers'property. In this instance the bottle which did the mis chief is supposed to have been obtained • from an unlicensed vendor, which makes the matter still worse.

A combination company is-now plaj'ing in Christchurch what they call the " Great moral and religious drama, entitled Uncle Tom's Cabin." In the course of this drama various sensational "revival" hymns are sung. This is' how the' Lyttelton Time's concludes a critique on the;performance in, question, and endeavors, to .account for the' apparent incongruity : — li On the other hand, 5 it must he admitted that there f is an incongruity m.tlia.,uuxturq..oi.Jhe sacred with the profane in 'Uncle Tom's Cabin,' as performed by this company. It would seem as if the members of the dramatic profession wish to retaliate upon the revivalists. If these have lately been invading the domain of Thespis, and taking from the stage some of its adventitious allurements, as means towards an end, now those are borrowing from the revivalists' publications some of their most taking hymns, in order to effect a fair exchange ; but how far such an exchange is justifiable or excusable this is no place to dis-

cuss."

Is there any necessary antagonism between Borough pouncillors and cleanliness? In pur own Council certain members were

'taken to' task for .endeavoring: tofbbstnict bathers, but here at any rate they could urge that they were actuated by a desire to prevent offei)ces against public decency. But ( in Christchurch.two of the municipal Solons object to people washing themselves on Sundays! In the report of the last meeting of that body we read that Cr Binstead moved—"That the keeper of the batHs be requested not to f 6pen v the bathing place on Sundays." CrTremayne seconded the resolution. Happily, we also find it reported further oh that" the resolution was lost," but our contemporary should have furnished the division list. We thirst to make the acquaintance of those enlightened gentlemen, who, setting at naught the old adage that "cleanliness is next to godliness," positively maintain that any one indulging infrequent ablutions act'-ially honors his Creator by going dirty on , the day: set apart for His service.

One of the- valuers for Thames County, under the Land Tax Act, 1878, has had one form returned to him endorsed as follows :

—" Being a Christian pure and siinplo, and a pilgrim on earth waiting for 'my Lord from Heaven and for the city of fny-< Lord—new Jerusalem, I hold no property," landed or otherwise, on earth. 1 amsimply a lodger in the house J reside in, and must.refer you to, * who the owner ' thereof. , " If landowners be a test, of " Christians pure and simple,".the number of these saintly souls must ije 'much greater.than some divines would liavi* , us

believe it to be.

The London Journal of Nov. 23, 1878; devotes an article to the question of middle class hospitals, with a detailed account of jiWdel kind that has jjHyjrmy enormous csMAiso by :<Hif Professor Hol|)|>toay. eViimrtJfatnjg the advantages Jjhj the \fea^4^|| s hospifai accommodation '%hich l>|v/b'ee'n , pVovitled by the charitably on to say—lt is (Jβ iiwj[i6er&)f the middle class to avail themselves of/ this special skill, which is not denied' to their poorer brethren that the establishment of m i4dle, class hospitals ha*s beerf iTierq? can be no doubf that they would form a very desirable addition to our medical institntions, and it is highly probable that there .would not be a very great diffic ulty in making them self-supporting Qγ " ue'arly' 'soj* 'as "tTie "patient"'*who"useH* them would not object to a reasonable feeVaha* indeed, would only be too anxious to pay one in dider to keep them asiinuuh a& possible, to ptheir awn»c}ass. Mr Hollo waj', it 'the movement in a style of princely liberality, having' erected li building on whidh already over £200,000 has been spent, atid which is • expected to cost a considerable sum in 'addition;: The building,' vfhich is characteristically naihed "TheHollciway' Sanatorium," stands in its grounds, twenty acres in extent. It is a handsome edifice

in the Gothic style, and situated on an eminence neat , :he Virginia Water Station of.the Southwestern Railway, forming a conspicuous object from the line, and a landmark for miles round. ; The; sygt|in on which the Sanatorium wilKsubsequenily bo s worked is npt, : we ( believe, yet thoroughly determined on, but we understand that every effort will be to make the institution, not only efficient, but self supporting and everyone will agree .with, jus in the wish that in.both respects it will be eminently successful. A short time Sago.a paragraph went the round of the Press that the Government decided to commute the sentence of death on the man Walsh, convicted of the murder of his wife. It appears "tTiat the statement was made in error, and instructions have now been given that the law is to- take^itscqurße.; As ta'rwhat the Government;h%ve dcMpe, and not done in the matter the Lyltelton Times says :— ■" The Government having been, infoniied of what was ,said to jbe a. fresh stance in the case, viz., the insanity of the convict, at once took steps to do their duty. They appointed l a Commission to enquire into the allegation.'. More than this they could not have done, and to have done less would have been" mrjust. The Commission reported against the allegation, and as a necessary consequence, the wairant for Walsh's execution has been signed." '

Were it not that the .subject is too tragical for laughter, there is a grim jocularity about the proceedings of the Kelly gang as reported in a telegram, which will be found in another column. The gang appears to have taken possession of a . township, cut off telegraphic; cnmmujiipation, robbed the local bank, and with' the coolest jaudacity, confined the police in the locJe-up. Talk of the " engineer hoist with his own 'petard'!"! hefp jfee have an example of it with a vengeance. Seriously, that four desperadoesj'liaTing nothing in their favor buf/'ttie knowledge 'that they! are fighting with halters roujrjcl their necks, should foikibie to Aoiy. aiVtwfe is anything but creditable to oiiii-Atrstra-lian neighbors.*' >If ;tbe cannot do their own work , , the inhabitants should take it .in hand themselves, organize vigilance committees, hunt the scoundrels and make an end of ; the' matter.' fßeiter Judge Lynch, with his occasionally vnasty judgments, than sL reign of terror kept up ,by a handful of murderers. ',''";

. The Australia, with the English Mails yia San Francisco,- arrived at; Auckland yesterday morning. The Hinemoa, with ;the : Southern .portion of the; mails, sailed on the same day at 11.45 a.m» .We. tnayi therefore, reasonably expect the letters arid newspapers for the Peninsula on Monday. ' ■;■' ;*"' "- ; ;r ' i" '■ " ■■■' ;.).