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Akaroa Mail and Banks Peninsula Advertiser, Volume 4, Issue 401, 8 June 1880, Page 2

An enquiry was held at the Resident Magistrate's Court here yesterday, before Justin Aylmer, Esq., R.M., into the late election of auditors for tne Borough, a petition for the same having been forwarded io the Magistrate signed by Mr Stephen Watkins. as candidate for tho office, and Messrs J. D. Garwood and William Sims electors, in which they-stated that they verily believed that at tha election for auditors for the Borough hold on June Ist, that in contradiction of. section 5, sub-section 3 of tho sGth clause of " The Regulation oil Local Elections Act, 1876," certain electors gave more votes at the said election than they were entitled to give in accordance with clause 32 of ''The Municipal Corporations Act, 1876." Mr James Morris Wood appeared as Returning Officer, to answer the charge. In reply to the usual question put he acknowledged that a mistake had been made. His Worship ruled that the election being irregular must be declared null and void. Mr Sims, who conducted the case, stated (hat several witnesses had been subpoenaed

I and applied for expenses. Mr Wood stated that no witnesses had been required, as he had 'acknowledged the morning following the election that a mistake had been made. Mr Sims, however, submitted that such acknowledgement was not sufficient, that it did not necessarily deter the Returning Officer from defending the ca.e, and that in the interest of the. burgesses in order to properly support the case? should it have been- defended, the witnesses he had in Court would have been necessary.' His Worship allowed the actual costs incurred in the case as against the Returning Officer.

A clean shfcet was presented at the Resident Magistrate's Court here on Friday last. - On Sunday morning, for the first time, this 'winter, |we awoke to find : the ranges of the hills crowned with a heavy coating of snow. This, considering the boisterous weather all the previous day and night, caused no surprise. The Deputy-Commissioner wishes it to be known by owners of property who have received Schedules from different Assessors'divisions that it is only necessary to fill up one form, No 2, if :in that they include a statement of all their real { ' i %..._;_ -/U , We would remind the electors of the , BorOugh of Akaroa that to-morrow (Wednesday) is the day appointed for. the nomination of a Councillor for the Borpugh.of Akaroa to fill the; vacancy 'caused by Mr .Penlington. - ....... , . ; , -..:• ■ We draw the attention of our readers to ; the sale of effects, &c, of __[r E. Haines. at Pigeon Bay. Mr C. W. Bridge, the i auciioneer, .will comriience to sell punctually at 12 oVock noon. - We understand that a trotting match is to come off to-day, at the Head of the Bay,"'Between Mr J. SunekeH's well'known, "Bones," iand Mr J. Grant's) celebrated 'trotter.' :..■ The distance is one.mile, and the stakes, independent of any side betting whicli we have no doubt will be consjdeiahie, are to be £5 aside. '■ ■Itw'fll be'- scarcely necessary to remind our readers tlutt'the'e.niire lot of furniture, good's, chattels; and: effects belonging to Mr J. Beec .ier, of Brace's ho.el, are to be sold' or. Wednesday and Thursday next. The sale will be one of the largest held in Akaroa, and a most varied and extensive lot of goods will be offered. It is thought the auctioneer, Mr Alport from Christchurch, will be able to get through the sale in the-two days, but if such is to be the case tl\e bidding-must be sharp and brisk. We expect our town will look quite- lively during the two dsys, as a large attendance is sure to be attracted. The monthly meeting of!'-the' Akarod and Wainui Road Board should have been held on Saturday last fy.d fronr-the. amount, of 'business-to :bo gone tlifouglr'.a lengthy sitting was', expected.; 'Messrs Williams and Shadbolt, however, the only members present, the meeting was adjourned till Saturday next, the 12th inst. Considering.the inclemency of the wejither we can hardly be surprised at the absence of the other members.

We have been shown an exceedingly fine specimen of a cock pheasant' killed and' stuffed .by our well-known local sportsman Mr. Harry Edmundson. Tht work has ybeen executed admirably, and .we venture-to say a,finer specimen is not to be had for Jove or money. Should any of our readers desire to see any of the produce of their gun immortalized we have no .doubt Mr Edmundson will be ■hsppy to undertake the work.

It appears that the Bank of New Zealand has abandoned its intention of charging 'exchange on all cheques. Cheques drawn in branches within the Provincial district, will be- collected .as heretofore, Av.it.hout charge. The contrary practice would have entailed a considerable charge. :Oii 'the business men of the Peninsula where small cheques are so numerous, and a great many are drawn on Chrjstchiuch or Lyttelton. An accident happened on Saturday evening last, to a man of the name of O'Connor, an employee of Mr J. Smith, at Le Bon's Bay. It, appears he was riding home somewhat late in the evening and not exercising such judicious management of, his steed as he might have done, managed to get a nasty spill. -He found' on rising, that he was much hurt, and his friends conveyed him to the Hosoital, where he was attended by Dr Guthrie, who, on examination, found he had broken his light arm. The Doctor set the limb and we are happy:to say the patient is now doing well, and nothing further than a short detention need be feared.

We.Tegrot to have to record, at such an early stage in the shooting season, an accident of a most serious nature which has happened to Mr W. Westropp, schoolmaster at Little River. From what we can learn it appears that the gentleman was shooting on Saturday afternoon last when the gun exploded in his band. Dr.. Guthrie was immediately sent for, and was in attendance ay quickly as his horse could carry him to the spot. On arrival, tbe doctor round the injury to the left hand to be of _o severe a nature as to necessitate the amputation of the. first and second lingers.. We beg to express our sympathy with the unfortunate gentlemen and our wishes for a. speed}' a recovery as possible.

The ordinary quarterly meeting of the Financial Committee of the Presbyterian Church, Akaroa, took place in the church on Friday evening last. Nearly all the members were present. Before the business of the Church was taken up the Missionary box.of the Sunday School was opened and found to contain about the same sum as last year. The account from the Sunday School Uuion of £2 4s excited surprise, as last year it was only £1 2s 9d. Mr Douglas promised to see if there were any mistake. The treasurer then gave the quarterly statement of accounts. Income for quarter, about £31. There were several subscriptions to come in \fhich would help to clear off some of the >old debt. The insurance on the M_n_* was stated to be nearly due, arid %*as resolved that Akaroa should pay the _»c half if Pigeon Bay would pay the other half. The rent of Manse ground and accounts due to Yewen and Mail Office &c., were ordered to be paid. It was proposed and agreed to that in the present condition of tbe finances, the notices of services in the Akaroa Mail be discontinued at least for the winter. (This will accordingly be done after the current quarter is up). The meeting then adjourned.

■ A public meeting of the parishioners of. the Church of England of Tikao, French Farm, and Barry's Bays, was held in the schoolhouse, French Farm, on Saturday evening, June 5. Owing to the inclemency of the weather, there was not such a large attendance as might have been expected. In the absence of the Rev. H. Stocker, Mr A. C. Knight was voted to the chair. The Chairman read a statement of the receipts and expenditure for the last year which showed that the amount of £59 Is 2d had. been received by subscriptions and offertories, and that there still remained a credit balance in hand of £16 9s 7d, which amount.it was agreed should be handed over to the Churchwardens of St. Peter's, Akaroa. after paying an account of £1 for cleaning, ,&c. After considerable ' discussion as to whether it would not be advisable to have a fortnightly service conducted by ..the Rev. IJ. Stocker in French Farm, instead of as at present a monthly service each at French Farm and Barry's Bay, as the attendance had fallen off so (much gat the latter place, it was proposed and carried unanimously—" That a public meeting of the parishioners be held to consider the advisability of altering the services." The following gentlemen were re-elected a Committee fortheensuing year :—MessrsC. Bates, A. C. Knight, and E. S. Latter, of which Mr Knight was elected .Treasurer. A vote ef thanks to the Committee and to the Chairman of the meeting terminated the proceedings.

Says Frank Fudge in the Saturday Adverliser :—" Did Igo to the Urso concerts ? of course I did, and I can assure you,,my boy, that I got a good deal moze than I bargained for. : I would'have been more than satisfied with the delightful execution of the Star, and the really fine vocalisation and instrumentation of the ladies and gentlemen who assist her, but an individual beside me was apparently determined to fill my cup of .musical ecstasy to the brim. This gentleman' was what is , technically termed a stamper. There are your reii.arkers,' your hummers and your stampers, who take it upon themselves to assist t'.ie performers at every high-class entertainment. The remarkers are simply disgusting, the hummers are intolerable but the, stampers are not fit to live. That individual who kept on stamp, stamp, stamping whilst Madame Urso was charming the seraphims above by her exquisite rendering of the " Last Rose of Summer," need never escape the gallows for lack.of a lianghman while I'm about.

The following from the London Truth is of interest to. yachtsmen—"Compass deviation we know is caused by local attraction, and the following curious example of it, according to the judgment of a yacht captain, is said to have occurred last autumn. Said the captain to the owner, ' I wish, sir, you would ask tliat lady to move away from the binnacle ; the ironwork in her head puts our compass wrong.' The astonished owner exclaimed, 4 What on earth do you mean ?! and the captain soon explained himself. ' You see. sir, the lady's head is crammed full of hairpins, and every time she sits down near the binnacle she puts the compass out a good point and a half. It is needless to say that the lady was instantly removed to a berth remote from the binnacle."