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Akaroa Mail and Banks Peninsula Advertiser, Volume 4, Issue 398, 28 May 1880, Page 2

We would draw the attention of the ratepayers of the Borough of Akaroa to the fact that on Saturday next, before the hour of twelve noon, they will be called upon to nominate candidates for' the office of Mayor and a Councillor, to fill the places of Mr Waeckerle and Mr Chadwick resigned. We trust the burgesses will show a lively interest in the matter. The attention of our readers is called to the sale to be held at German Bay on Saturday next, by C. W. Bridge, Esq., of produce, &c, seized under distraint for rent by Mr J. Hartley. With reference to the statement used by by the Hon. John Hall as to an alleged request made to him by Mr Montgomery, M H.R., for a new post-office at Akaroa, the member for Akaroa writes to the Lyttelton Times, as follows:— " Sir, —Mr Hall is reported in your paper to have stated at Leeston on Thursday evening that I had applied to him for a brand new post-office at Akaroa. I am sorry he has made such an incorrect statement. I never applied to him ; I never spoke to him on the subject. What I did was this : I put a notice on the order paper and asked the question in the House in open clay. (See Hansard, Nov. 12 last.) I asked the Postmaster-General' if a sum of money will be placed on the estimates for the erection of a new post and telegraph office at Akaroa, in accordance with the petition of the residents of that place dated Sept. 1?' That I was in duty bound to do, but that is a very different thing from making an application to Mr Hall. I shall not use the strong language he applied to Sir George Grey, as I consider such language most unparliamentary, but I must say that if Mr Hall made the statement above referred to, he was exceedingly disingenuous.—l am, &c, W. MontGOMEiiY. Christchurch, May 21."

A cricket match between of the Head of the Bay schoolboys and eight from Robinson's Bay school came oft' on Saturday last, in a paddock kindly lent by Mr Shadbolt. The result was an easy win on the part of the Head of the Bay. If the Kobinson's Bay had only fielded half as well as they bowled the result might have been very different. At the conclusion of the match Mrs Shadbolt kindly invited all the boys with their leathers and friends to spend the Queen's I'ii-lhday in sports on her grounds, and ■-."ho would give them a plentiful supply of the kind of eatables boys lovo best. The

invitation was thankfully accepted, and accordingly on Monday, the 24th an assemblage of about two hundred young find old were gathered together, and a most enjoyable spent. After the tea the boys were assembled by their teachers, and nine hearty cheers were given in honor of their kind hostess. The return match between the two teams will take place at Robinson's Bay on Saturday, the sth June.

A meeting of the Kobinson's Bay School Committee was held in the Schoolroom on Friday, the 21st inst. Present—W. Whitfield (chairman), Messrs S. Curry, H« Sager> J. Gundy, sen., T. S. Johnson, H. Tizzard and W. Morgan. The minutes of the last meeting were read and confirmed and the business transacted by the Chairman since the last meeting approved. Correspondence from the Chairman to the Board of Education, re repairs to Master's house was read, the Board stating that the architect would shortly visit the place and report upon what repairs were required. From same, enclosing vouchers for salaries for month ending April 30. From sam c requesting information as to use of school for other than school purposes during 1879. The Chairman stated that he had supplied the required information. A report was received from the Master, stating the average attendance to be about twenty, and complaining of the bad attendance, some of the children making only about one week in six. The sub-committee appointed to carry out repairs to master's house, reported that the south-west side of the roof was re-shingled and the inside papered; further repairs were stopped until the architect's report was received. This action was approved of. The committee resolved that the master take over the books at present belonging to the committee at his own valuation already given to the Chairman, and that he supply all books for the future. The chairman was instructed to get the tanks cleaned out, and to procure a bowl with chain attached for drinking purposes*. The passing of several accounts for payment closed the proceedings. On Saturday last while a man named Joseph Keller, in the employ of Mr John Smith, was driving a pack horse from Le Bon's Bay to Waikerakikari, the horse suddenly kicked out as he walked behind, giving him a severe blow in the bottom of his stomach. As it was he had great difficulty in getting back to Le Bon's. Fortunately he was rather far off, or he might have been killed on the spot. A correspondent in Le Bon's Bay writes as follows :—lt is getting quite a common thing here in Le Bon's to see great overgrown boys going about shooting on Sundays. The parents of the boys must know of it and ought to be ashamed of themselves for allowing it to occur. The following, which we clip from the Lyttelton Times, betrays the existence of a deplorable amount of distress in the Cathedral City :—" His Worship the Mayor of Christchurch has obtained the use of the old Post-office building during the winter months, for the purpose of a central relief depot. At the meeting of the Council on Monday evening, the Mayor mentioned that as a member of the Charitable Aid Board, he had been interesting himself in the establishment of a soup kitchen, and that he had already received liberal subscriptions from some of the leading citizens. Cr Hulbert expressed the opinion that there was as much food wasted in that city as would serve to keep all who were in want. A hint is thus given which it may be hoped will—upon the establishment of the depot—be generally acted npon. It is believed that during the winter a very large amount of distress will become apparent."

The City of Sydney, which arrived at Auckland on Tuesday, brings but little Australian news not received via the Bluff the same day. A rumour recently prevailed that the Kellys were at Chiebruh, and the police mustered and went out. The camp, however, proved to be that of four honey seekers. A commission to paint a portrait of Sir H. Eobinson as the latest addition to the Government House Gallery has been entrusted by the Sydney committee to Mr G. F. Folingsby, who left for New Zealand, where he will be a guest at Government House till he has been favored with a sufficient number of sittings by Sir Hercules.

Says the "Loafer in the street" :— Some few days ago the conversation turned at an estalishment (not at an hotel) where most men meet upon equal terms, on the unsatisfactory salaries paid here to the ministers of the Church of England, and the difficulty, particularly in country parishes, of raising the stipend. A minister of that persuasion who happened to be present said he could quite believe it, but long experience of such matters had taught him one way out of the difficulty. " I always nominate," he said, " the parish butcher for my churchwarden, and arrange matters so that the storekeeper—always more or less up country a reliable and weighty personage —shall be the parishioners' warden. These gentlemen are naturally my principal creditors, and you see for their own interest they natually see my stipend is paid regularly, and invariably advocate my little interests at vestry meetings." I have always thougnt the parable of the unjust steward contained a great moral, and without wishing to institute a comparison between _that party

' and the reverend gentleman whose experiences I have taken the liberty of quoting, I must confess I think the minister displayed considerable astuteness in a good cause, and I make a present of the idea to those similarly situated with a great deal of pleasure. [Church News please copy.] Of the concerts lately given by the Camilla Urso in C'nristehurch, the Press of Wednesday says :—" Last night concluded this series of the most delightful per* formances of the choicest gems of classical music which have been heard in Christchurch, and general regret is felt that a ew more opportunities cannot be given of hearing this most accomplished violinist. The attendance has night by night been on the increase, and the season closed to by far the best house of all, with the exception of the Queen's birthday. Madame Urso's good nature was even more heavily taxed than usual. The two numbers upon the programme were swelled by encores to seven. Ernest's Rondo Papogeno and Valse Caprice by Wieniawski were the first solos given in each part, and the encores were a Barcarolle by Spohr, Souvenir of Haydn, a Minuet by Boccherini, the ' Carnival,' and ' The Last Rose of Summer. , The lady singers were at their best, and earned hearty applause for all their efforts. Mr Sauret's solos are highiy appreciated, and also his duet in the first part, ' The Dance Macabre,' which lie played in conjunction with Mr Scherek. To-night Madame Urso will appear at the Colonists' Hall, Lyttelton, and next day departs for Dunedin.