The Akaroa Mail. FRIDAY, JULY 23.

Akaroa Mail and Banks Peninsula Advertiser, Volume V, Issue 418, 23 July 1880, Page 2

The Akaroa Mail. FRIDAY, JULY 23.

~, Wa MQ informed thftt ; the,PoJice:Station at the Head .«fr»«the Bay is»to,ife closed at once.; Constable,, Mahoriey returns to Sydenham, Christcbnrch.' This is in consequence of the reduction in the force and expenditure. . ~' i

| What was either a tidal'wave or else 'a very extraordinary roll v waa noticeable in this harbour on Tuesday. At high water in the afternoon o^ ! that day, not jonly was tire tide considerably higher than jusual, but it was accompanied by a great jflux ana reflux :of .the wate£l Jn, many Iplaces the sea dashed over the sea-wall, and invaded the Beach road, and it became necessary to remove sundry boatsi land articles liable to bo carried a place of safety out of the reach of 4hl tide. Another portion of the wreck lately found in the harbour has been picked up. On Tuesday Messrs Wight and Bruce, oi the.steam launch found one of the hatchway beams, floating off German Bay The beam is of Kauri, and bears the offi, cial n umber and tonnage of the vessel. The' inscription' is as follows : Of. No. <61003, 5168-lOOths tons. Of course this absolutely identifies the wrecked craft. A very perfect specimen of that some.what rare phenomenon, a lunar rainbow, rwas visible in the heavens on Wednesday evening" at a.bout 7.30. The arc was per* feet and tho colors remarkably distinct. On Wednesday there was again a failure to nominate any one for thejvacant seat in the Borough Council. We observe that Mr A. I. McGregor;-though duly elected, has not yet taken his seat. Another article of flatsam or jetsam has been picked in the harbor by Messrs Wight arid Bruce. This 'time' it'is •a' totara pile, kbout 20ft in length. The pile has evidently formed part of a jettyv'as it is shod VHfrirbn, 5 arid n'e'a? r its upper end are .the, remains of a huge' bolt. It must have diijE|ed i roui some, place .harbor j The Wellington correspondent of the -Times ' writes' George QVey and Several members of J thb Liberal'pitrty have jointly signed a congratulatbry nies'sage to Mr Berry and cabled it to Melbournej to lie read at the meeting of the Victorian Parliament. Some members of the Liberal party, however, declined to aign ty on .the ground that it should be. Addressed .to Sir John O'Shanassy, to whom they think the credit of securing a Liberal majority in tlie Victorian Assembly belongs,

: Mbssbs W. H. Wood & S Co. held their first sale on Saturday last at the Caiterion IjLotel yards. Mr A. I. McGregor Wielded the hammer,' and discoursed most eloquently anent the various lots which he had te submit to public competition. The first lot offered was a...cottage and two allotments of land situate in Balgnerie street, and occupied at present by Mrs Brough.' 1 This elicited no competition, and was knocked down to the mortgagee for the amount claimed by him as chargeable on the property, viz., £253 17s. A considerable line of medium quality feed oats were quitted in lots at Is 9d, bags extra. Some capital hacks were offered, but had to be passed in unsold. Messrs Wood &Co. have arranged to hold ,the 'first of a .series of cattle sales on Saturday, : ■ the' 31st Z .instant, Mr Shadbolt's paddocks, Head of the Bny. Particulars appear in our advertising columns. By advertisement elsewhere it will be seen that a meeting is convened s for tomorrow night to be held at Barry's Bay, for the purpose o£ taking Steps to establish an Oddfellows Lodge in .Jthat Jocalitj-. f The Good Intent Lodge of the same order, .meeting in Akaroa, also anhodrfces that their night of meeting has been from Tuesday to every alternate Saturday, which was the 6riginal night. The change comesinto effect from and .after; Saturday the 31st inst. It appears that the p.s. Tongariro, about thb safety of which some appre* 1 liension was felt, had taken refuge in Lyttelton and was lying, in .Dampier's Bay at the time people were in th* look out for her in Le Bon's Bay. •

Under date, New Plymouth, July 20, the Press Association telegraphs that the Natives under one Te Whetu (not Te Whiti) had again commenced fencing aaross the road in course of construction by the conHtabulary. After telegropiiing for instructions, Colonel Roberts ordered Te Wliotn, the leader, and tlie rest of the fencers to be arrested, which was accordingly done, Te Whetu resisting violently. The prisoners were brought into New Plymouth, well guarded. When the news of the arrest was carried to Parihaka, great ex.

ci'tement prevailed amongst the Natives assembled at the mee'ting,anrl they declared theiT determination to prosecute tire work of erecting fences until all were taken prisoners. ;< By a, late Gazette, we notice that Mj Sims has been itnirof Dogs for the Borough ralso that the Loyal Dawn of HoM triage LO s o.fVm.U., situated at Litt|| has been duly registered under ■ Sodetie| Act. f;./.^.