The Akaroa Mail. TUESDAY, JANUARY 4.

Akaroa Mail and Banks Peninsula Advertiser, Volume V, Issue 464, 4 January 1881, Page 2

The Akaroa Mail. TUESDAY, JANUARY 4.

The New Zealand Gazette of 23rd ult. announces, under date Dec. 22, that James Daniel Garwood, Esq., Mayor of Akaroa, has been appointed a Justice of the Peace under tho "Municipal Corporations Act, 1876." We have to acknowledge the receipt of A Press pass for the Now Zealand railways —Hurunui to Bluff—for the current year, frcrn J. P. Maxwell, Esq., General ". Manager. THE weather being too -uold on Saturday -.-' Jast, the Water Polo was put off to Satrird*y next, weather permitting. ■-*'"» -' ; " * • • . request*! to draw^tentioiyto ' Messrs UaoTO and Co's advertisement in farther pviiiixan of our issue,)

On Thursdny next the ratepayers of the Akaroa and Wainui Road Board will be called upon to elect two of their number to represent them at the Board. Three candidates are announced, viz., Messrs Chappell, HiiPt, and McDonald. Mr Hunt is new to the Board, never having been in public harness before, but is well known as an industrious and successful settler, and owning large property in the district. Both Messrs Chappell and. McDonald have previously served on the Board, Mr Chappell both as member and recently as chairman, in which later capacity he has been attentive to the duties and courteous to the public having business with the Board. Mr McDonald is a gentleman well known as taking an active and intelligent interest in local public affairs, with a considerable amount of affection for the particular part of the district in which he resides,Wainui. The Returning Officer, Mr Barwick, will preside at the poll at Duvauchelle's Bay, and has appointed Mr Sims as his deputy in Akaroa, and Mr A. I. McGregor, in Wainui.

The Ratepayers of the Okain's Bay district had no, end of choice in candidates as members of that Road Board. No less than eight candidates offer themselves. One of the retiring members, Mr Barnett, Senr., does not seek re-election. Messrs Bennett and Callaghan both offer their services again. Tliis Road District is subdivided into three. separate subdistricts, and the only ratepayer belonging to the Lo Bon's subdivision who comes forward is Mr J Knight of Laverick's Bay,, and unless voters belonging to this par ticular part of the district go for him, interest?, from what little we happen to know of the Le Bon's Bay politics, will be left out in the cold. The man in the street tells us that all the candidates are well worthy. Mr D. Wright, the Returning Officer, has made all the arrangements under the Act for the votes being taken at Little Akaloa, Okains and Le Bon's Libraries. What might have resulted in the total destruction of the Le Bon's Bay jetty by fire one day last week, was prevented by two men who were fishing on the rocks in Le Bon's Bay, seeing a smoke went to ascertain the cause, and found a large beam and part of the decking of the wharf on fire. The putting of it cut was a work of some little difficulty, as thf necessary vessels to carry water were not bandy. Refore the fire could be extinguished it had. reached within three feet of the shed, and had that building once caught fire the whole structure must have been destroyed. The damage sustained is of such a nature as to be repaired at a small cost.

We deeply regret that the weather should have unavoidably prevented Mr Black trom sailing his newly built yacht, named the Chance, to Lyttelton for the Regatta which was held on Saturday. We might mention that Mr Black has been put to considerable expense and trouble to get this yacht built in time for the Regatta.

Tub usual watch night service was conducted in St. Peter's Church last Friday, commencing at 11.30 p.m. The service was the ordinary evening prayer of the Church of England with hymns. The Rev. H. Stocker preached a sermon suitable for the occasion. The death of the old 3 ear and the birth of the new year was announced by the church bell tolling twelve. The Decoration of the Church j the Binging of hymns, and the attendance was very good.

With reference to the taking over of the wharf here by the Borough Council, the following letter has been received by the Town Clerk, which will be considered at the first meeting of the Council :—

■Marine Department, Wellington 23, 1880. Sir, —I have the honor to acknowledge the receipt of your letter of the lGtb ultimo relative to the Akaroa wharf, leased by Mr Henning, being vested in the Borough Council, and asking that the wharf locally known as Daly's wharf, may also be vested in the Council ; and with reference thereto, I should be glad if you would give me a short history of the latter wharf, and state by whom it is now held, and upon what terms and conditions. —I am, etc, H. S. McKellar, for Secretary.

We have to remind our readers that, in terms of an advertisement in another column, slaughtering licenses have now to be renewed, and also that the new Dog Registration Act came into force on New Year's Day. Persons having unregistered dogs in their possession 14 days after that date are liable to a penalty of £5.

A reply has been received from the Premier in answer to a letter from A. D. Allan Esq., covering certain resolutions passed at a public meeting held at Little River on the 23rd ult., in reference to the extension of" the Akaroa and Little River Railway. The Premier states that it is only owing to the present state of the finances of the colony that the work in question is delayed. The work is one the bonorablo gentleman states which bas been favorably reported upon as being worthy of being carried out and be bas written to the Minister of Public Works asking him not to lose sight of it. We understand it is the intention of the County Council at their next meeting on the 22nd inst. to memoralize the Government in the matter and it is ajso pro-' s dosed to hold a public meeting on the someday at the. offices .of the County Council on the subject. _ j

1 In the New Zealand Gazette of the 30lh ult, we note that the following lodges have been registered'as branches of Jhe Grand Lodge of New Zealand of the Independent order of Good Templars under the Friendly Society Act 1877, viz., No. 124. Second to None, Pigeon Bay. 147, New Life, Duvaiichellc's Bay. 21*4, Hope of Little Akaloa.

• Against our wish we are forced to take notice of the larrikiriism carried on at the dance, given in the Town Hall on Friday evening. It was anything but pleasant for lovers of hopping and music to have witnessed the conduct of the Akaroa larrikins, who by some means or other had gained admittance iiito the hall. We think the sooner some measures are taken to prevent such conduct at amusements the better.