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Akaroa Mail and Banks Peninsula Advertiser, Volume 4, Issue 416, 16 July 1880, Page 2

Tim Burgess Roll for the Borough oi Akaroa was signed it; the usu.O numm-i- by hi* Worship t.bc lv..>.;■■•! -ir-d O.- 'KnUMI-.,:

.J. D. Garwood, Esq., has favored us with a perusal of the following telegram, which was sent to him- on Wednesday last : —" Wellington, July 14. J. D. Garwood. Esq., Akaroa. Mr Austin, District Engineer, udvises iKie that he has accepted /a contract .for plate-laying to the extent of '£4543.—W ; Montgomery." We'are happy tq be able to record the'above information, and we think up further, proof will''be required to testify tp the interest taken m the matter by W. Esq., our representative in the House. v v A public ball was held last night at the Oddfellows' Hall, tb celebrate tho anniversary bf theiLoyil'Gooa Ip>fhf ..Lodgf of fhe nail Was'welMlJed, over forty couples taking their places on the "floor,* whilst" L "'flier""spectators'" 'filled fife" greater part of the gallery. jTho ; cat?ring to the refreshment of thoßO participating *in the terpsichorean art or tho displaying of the " light fantastic toe" was 'well carried out by Mr C. Gutberlet, whilst Mr 11. Libeau well enacted his.,part as ■ M.C/ The ball concluded at about 4.30 a.m.,.|a'nd .everyone wended their way home in awell- ;- satisfied and joviai frame.of mind. 5 : At the JpBJ t £riiiß. /'sittings' of the Supreme Court, heid in Chnatchurch, before his Honor Mr Justice Johnston and ; a Common Jury, on. Monday .last, we -.find in'the libel case of Bracken v. Price, floors Darrell, a verdict^was , returned for.,the. plaintiff for £50. We trust this may have a salutary effect, not only cm Mr.Dartell,against whom personally we hay frothing' tp say, but against those whose names>a|e Legion,'and whb can fiAd or vindictive enough to do or say against journalists and members' *bf '•the' 'Forirth Estate generally, when conscientiously and" fearlessly .performhig; iduty, jahd.possiby in such performance! trending upon the favorite corn of some Govern--ment official, some public man, ,or some, self-opinionated would-be big bug. That, unfair and spiteful retaliation is carried to a great extent there can be no denying, and there is possibly no more difficult, course to steer through than, that of a, Colonial editor. One thing is certain : that if the proper mission of the Press is to be carried out, enemies must'be expected, for oven children prefer not to be told of their naughty ways or errors committed by them through either ignorance or negligence. How much more, then, do men ? Such being the fact, the life of an editor or newspaper proprietor would be far from enviable were each offended god to be able to vent his spleen and ease Ivb wounded feelings by giving way to any, act of malice he might think fit. We fire glad to see that there is protection for tho poor. printers as well as the rest of mankind.

The; annual meeting of the .Union Fire and Marine Insurance Company was held -on Thursday, June 1, at the head office, Christchurch. The annual report was presented, showing the transactions of the paat year to have, been of a satisfactory-' • character, and the Chairman of directors the Hon J. T. delivered the, usual address, at the conclusion of which he moved the adoption of tho. report balance-sheet,.which, was carried. The Company declared a dividend of/, lp per cent. Messrs, Cunninghain', andY Palmer were appointed to'the vrfcancißs ! on the, directorate, md" votes of. thahkV having been passed to y the manage? and staM'anal to the directors, tthe meeting .adjourned?,* ' ' The. Bruce Herald is resp'orisiblo'for |he ; statement that Ned Kelly, was spearing ion Mr Dillon 1 . Bell's station, near* .In'vbrcargill," in: the season of 1876, and riassiid;' l)y the (Williamf Ho was, wantedin V4ctoria^at|ithat ; 4iine for sheep-stealing. £ i "' : ■'} I'"* a ll* ./ ;, ■' »Tiie -in"the destruction and ? capture.;.of 'gapg* become entitled ing altogetlier, we believe, to about..£Booo. In' April last it, was..-notifieds that: ihe rewards would be withdrawn at the end of three months, but that term has not.ye.t expired. There is also a standing promise of a pension fbr. the wives arid-icljildfen of men killed or injured *in atterhpfirig the " capture of the bushrangers; \ '.'': ■-'.

From tho Bruce Standard wo clip tho following :—" A ; Good Examp*lei-4 A settler recently applied to the Akaroa and Wainui Road Board for certain work to b e done in the neighbourhood of his property. The Board not being in funds the applicant agreed to have the M r ork done at his own expense (£25), upon condition of having that amount refunded upon the advent of better times. A good example this both for Road Boards : and back-country settlers." Wo, however, are of opinion that there may be two; ways ot viewing \ tho matter. No doubt it is most commendable to see a man helping himself, but still as a precedent such a course as that referred to may not be altogether advisable. It would moat certainly be somewhat hard on a struggling fanner to be told, in reply to an application to have a road near his property either formed or' repaired, that lie 'had hotter follow, tho; example of hits neighbour, who might possibly be a Crnivix— do the v.'crk himself, and look for remuneration from the I

Board, when that body might bt in funds, which might pom-ib'y me.'m, "wait for ever arid .x day." We fear a Ito&d Board, c:.Lici-ifi!!v in thv:.sf; hart! timy:-:, niight be f) "..'Oik '(it." HI ;->i'.'b :(.;: Ojl-Jf

Ma SsYMOUB, the well-known dentist, o „ Christchurch, arrived in this town lastg evening by the s.s. Wellington, and i staying at Bruce's Hotel. He purposes returning to, Ohristehurgh on Monday next iSb'->vould politely request all who may to avail themselves of his services to favor him with aiioarlytcall. We perceive that the practising for tho forthcoming concert in aid of the funds of -St. Peter's Church,, to be held on Wednesday evening actively carried dut Iry tlioso Jadifes andjgentlemen who so kindly lend their, .services to the cause The programme, which will be published irf is jeqnally as/'choife/lnd; 'replete. l &s f that presented on the-Just occasion—we do not say better, as we believe it would be almost impossible to improve upon it. The reduction in tho police of the -whole Colony will be 63—21 in the SoM'TsTan'd'' and 42 in the North. In Canterbury two /sergeants and eight constables will be dis-| pehsed with. '" - ' fbf .j«J.n»c(Pti pfkiftil '|iat«[re| hip'ffenJd to op? 9$ ovt *lqaa| jljojh) jrj&a' r of Vulcan, Mons.. Leprou by name, on Tuesday .evening last. It appears that '■gentleman was effecting some small repairs to Cobb and Co.'s coach, and in so doing had occasioned shape a of wood with a tomahawk!' hJwi.eve'r;, of shaping the wood he shaped a small portion off the top of his left thumb,' ' right through tho bone. Dr "GutHrie attended to him on the following "d'fy, and dlys ; .detention f rfmiwQrJtf'njb fjirjner be anticipated. , ~ •, , '~ ; .•■■<! Ii! '.;'.'{-< ''I * } ' Wi! understand that ft football matc n , will be played in Robinson's Bay on Satur-, day nexf(tb-morrow), between teams from; French' Fanii and Akaroa. ''{ ,Wl : , jarej gladto learn that Akaroa has a far better team, than* they ever bad<before, w At- tV-e-.same : time, French Farm have.had inbre practice,; and play together bytter ; so that if our local team wish to add one inbro victory to their list, they will have to put thoir; shoulders to the wheel; The,jfollowii|gj comprise the Akaroa team :—W. Hughes (captain), John Armstrong, .Joseph rArrn- 1 strong, J.Lelievre, A;Lelievre,:E.Lelievre, ; A. Rhodes, F.Narbey, V.Narbeyj J:Hewitt, ; W. Watkins, F. Watkins,, A. Roberts, J.; Roberts, and A. Munro. Emergency-:' H.. Munro, Hewitt, Hemingway, and Watkins,: We do not know the/names of those who; are going to play for French Farm, but; from,what we can hear;they wjll)be much< about the same as those that have played, formerly,—We.are also informed, on good; authority, that a match will be played in a> fortnight's time, between the Christchurch! College boys and the Akaroa team, the latter be able to muster sufficiently: strong. Elsewhbrk will be found notifications from Messrs W. H. Wood and Co., announcing,their, commencing ,in business as auctioneers, &o. The hammer will be • wielded by our eloquent and 1 pushing' fellow-townsman, Mr McGregor, who is ... thesajesmanjof tho firm, and we hope for. that success to them, which we trust to be : able'to chronicle* ''in-the sweet byo and j Wflf a/"jcs,?c|fcKi|- from:' the depkVlrtierflf of- the^MeU&nrne 4 Exhibition ToYnrnlfteV^umleF^ 'Wbyiim&fliffi'fi: wf H this :|f||osr4:' : / bleajginojuli^idVsm^dliilina 1 ' plants, ''j&cjy&ti, H?lie'department arq very anxious to. secure a good: Islibw-ljor.) the naluraliprodiictions of thejsoil' throughout ttie Australasian colonies &iid ; arid urge'on fall- intorestedlto coilcimence collecting samples at [■" ' ■'■> SI —The Parliamentary correspondent*of the Lyttelton Times saystiieHods thk((|ues*di.y) 'evening^'a\ witli''laWliter 'for 'some minuted oy' !,f « of, Mr : Lnndon's. Tie said—" We rlejd; ;a/meet- * ,\|e resolvedjfo'"alitort any good proposal for real even" if ir \Vsre "bfOtight"dbwh" 6}'' the Igfreatestj f • in the* | * Hbise"— . /(liaughter.)! iThe'ri after a VpKuie'i' {•'' and that sir, is why I support the proposals of the 'honorable member for Waitemata.'v A perfect, roar.,of laughter, apparently bevvilderment, followed, "arid: in which'Mr Wood joined heartily, al.: though he at the same time looked rather taken aback. '