The Akaroa Mail. TUESDAY, JULY 13.

Akaroa Mail and Banks Peninsula Advertiser, Volume 4, Issue 411, 13 July 1880, Page 2

The Akaroa Mail. TUESDAY, JULY 13.

In a letter to Mr Dalgjiah,' chairman' of the <^an%^^un«l,^Mhf; , 'Moo.tgjpiiery .writes as follows concerning the present, position of the question ;of the Akaroa railway. Wβ fe«il» sure! "that, may be the •faitf-f£o£*thi<p.j undertaking, 'it will not'be through 1 any .neglect on i the part of our representative :—"You will please bear in mina that the Government have refused to accept tenders , for rail way works iti aU parta of the.iCbldny, and that urttil the Public Works Statements be made bo one (not in the confidence of the s Government, and I. question if any member

knows what worksi will ''be'proposed for hie district) can lorui ah opinion as to the new-works to •be■ undertaken.'' You may be quite certain^ 1 ri 'eh'aliynot* forget or ©egtect to do all,in* my.power to promote the extension of tiiefallwayi-, I have [the feenor to be,; Sij; your, obedient servant, W. Montgomery." ,? ~.;•.. ■

Oob correspondent writes: —" The rain here on Saturday and Sunday last-lapsed euch a, 1 freshet in the creeks, 12rl o'clock on Sunday night logs of timber and small bridges up what is known as the Panama Valley, began, to come r down n the ( creek. The. logs got jammed in the forked creek bridge, and a large quantity of timber arid bush accumulated,, which caused the-water to force its way toward* jtluj bjack of the residence of Mr W. B'arnetit, /and enter the back room; Fortunately the water went through the gbrse fence and ran down the Government road ,pa»t the church and into the creek at the next bridge. The forked creek bridge was moved a few inches from its foundation. The Boad Board have put men to clear the timber from the bridge, which' will take some time,' as such a mass of debris has never been known at any former flood in the l Bay.: Beyond a few land-slips no other damage was done."

Wβ have had . an opportunity of examining the " New Complete Comprehensive, and Illustrated Family Bible," containing Bible Dictionary, Concordanbe', - History l the- 'Books of the Bible, .the Jewish Tabernacle and Priesthood, A'p'ocrnphy, a table of the Old Testament*'pas eagee quoted by Christ and ( Ilis, Apastlea ,in N,ew Testament* and• iraitieroiia tlb'lee arid 5 references which must be examined to form a concise idea of its' coriten'tsJi'Mbss.rs Kent, the salesmen'for this Bible in this Colony, inform us : < that'they, have sold over 650 copies qii, thus l Bible in the Southern districts, all of them giving good satisfaction. Such a work has naturally won high enconiuiiis wherever ! it has been shown. From ourExchangesj we find the Complete Domestic feiblei; examined and strongly-reeominended of all denominations. Dr Stewart, of Dunedin, says:—''I do not know any half-dozan volumes that contain so much information as this Complete Domestic Bible." Amongst other testimonials are some from membeis of various religious bodies in Christchurch, who all concur in Uieir high opiidon of tlie work of art—for tiueh'it really is—which Mr Beney has brought into tlie Colony, containing 1400 pages, and upwards of 2000 colored and t-teol platee, illustrationn (by Gustave Dore), maps, and Biblical charts, it ie also very low in price, placing it within the reach of all. Wβ understand the agents for this work will remain in town for a few days, and our country readers would do well to avail themselves of thift- the oniy opportunity they m.'iy ; ha , "'";. <!'/' '• :. ,; " ; ;, a , ; j. ;.;•.):.<:-, (. • ;t ! c< i : ci w;io i

Our Presbyterian friends are informed that for the present the usual Church service notice will be discontinued, we having received instructions from the Committee to that effect.

Mr 11. B. CorroN notifies that it is hie/ intention to hold evening classes for the study of I&tin 'and* . Mathematics We have, man}' of/the young men" in the;district[wi|l be happy«to avail] themof tljis ; fSeloertain in6Ututij>n/will\b^. ; a b^nepf-

The Rev H. Stocker informs ua that Mr I Stephen Watkins has lately made a most to the Parsonage-of no. fjuit tnreaa4if .every tion, as well as a large number of other > Mj^,ler s< buriwß l .' - BucJj.i.,,ae. currant bushes, gooseberry trees, &c. We are most happy jfotbe , able'itq'recordi such a precedent, 6hd think it would only be wel were a few more of the reeideijta in Akaroa, to follow'such a good lead.

As our readers wiil see by a notice appeering inJanother column; Mr■ Mariing is "doHdcting; of j reriti "ahe-'oebts, jifcfewjse making: up tradesmen's bo oka. Mr Mining lui9 pirovett himself a pretty at •Hrkw^ng , 4ii" ; " the bawbeee," and we have,no doubt!will' not be long before he gets together a* good; At any rafe', , ju&ging , 'i|^hiß ! advertisement, histerme are good enough; in the first place; whether in "pursuing.the' ordinary way of collecting- accounts" dr~ having to appear in the; K.M./.C,ojirt,.-hs. only charges to the 1 Vesutts df hierabore-; so that his clients willhaVe no caqse to dread costs in eacoea of the amount collected., which ie eometimea thi? caee { find in me iecond jplaee, ne tends making weekly returns ..of .j ; monies he mayreceive—aiiiiost'coraniehd- ?- ;able plan, * ■*■'■■> ■-''^ i - n V*/!2

. Thb return cricket mateh 5 between 'Mb Head of the Bay schoolboys and the Eigeoii Bay.lichpolboye ; took, p}ac6 on; the i 26th ult., in a paddock kindly lent by Mr Shadobit, l at' i tn<THeaidf 'di #ie 'JBayythe result being a win for the former,' with' their usual lues .for thdueea'Soh.: iPigebnißay scored 30. in their first innings and 23: in! the eecond, while of 4he, Bay made -60! >in the first iniiingß: and 8 in the; second, with the loss of only one wicket' The bowling of, J, Spftrr was very successful, he taking'Wd less than fiVe'wickets out of. jS^yen , , innings, and four ,fh the •rfecond.>T.The ! Uead of the' Bay boyM played with their usual plnck; aiid tibbddy was;surprised;at;their wanning. The blflest of the Pigeon Bayites might have done better if they had notplayed top cautiously; in fact, their little ones did by far the best. The Bobinepn's Bay, and Head of the Bay teams have now combined together, and fully lnte*ficT niert ie&son to challenge ; any the Aka'roa , dfst-rict. : :

In unawer t6 "0 correspondent, who assumes the somewhat peculiar norn de .plume of we have to y|e liav© no ideia %h|> the is who is responsible for tho ments (?) now being intt(|te'" dnTo.tff VoSaV Post Office. We belieye tiafihl JretchU , ! lean-to .which, is. in course,of..erection, is intended'-ifdr '' tiie accommodation' : bf the public, Tind not for any of the suggested .by. our .anything -is 'cohside/edL good foiT ; the aforee'aiiJi public. ''•'Wβ agrte correspondent that are tpo.'se«eise s > to be -applied to the structure/in 'qlidstfon," and occupying the prominent poaitiibrf it does, its erection is l iei\\y a pubHd misfortune. ' "/«/•'' f ' "VVlOlearn that yosteMaj. July was celeSrated, the' Orangeinsjh jpf QKristchurch aTsr -their.- by) through tbe cify "itt procession./ Wβ] are happy, to state that, contrary to expectation, , nlthoiigh' w K "considerable crowd was gathered: together, ';io distarbanded took place. " • ' , ~ , i