The Akaroa Mail. FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 11.
Sittings of a Board of Reviewers for the Canterbury district, under '"The Property Assessment Act," were commenced in the Resident Magistrate's Courthouse, Akaroa, on Tuesday last, for the purpose of hearing objections to the valuations under the Act. The proceedings were held privately, under Section (5 of the Act. A. C. Knight, W. B. Tosswill, and T. H. Potts, formed the Board. Mr G. Bolton appeared with the books and rolls of the department, and Mr A. I. McGregor, the Assessor, appeared in support of the valuations. On Tuesday the objections for the Borough of Akaroa were taken. Mr Adams appeard, and wished a reduction in the assessment of the Criterion Hotel. The Board confirmed the va'untion under the rental clause of the Act. Mr E. Boriaud appeared in connection with a question ot title, which the Board decided they could not entertain. The only objector that appeared on Wednesday in connection with the Akaroa and Wainui Road district rolls was Mr J. Hammond, and in his cause the Board held that the property objected to came under the rental clause, and confirmed the valuation. Yesterday the sittings were held in the same place and before the same members of the Board, for the road districts of Okain'a Bay and Pigeon B.iy. Of the two objections lodged from Okain's no appearance was put in. There wero five objections from the Pigeon B;-.y district, all of whom appeared. In the ease of four of the objectors the valuations were sustained, and in the Ifth case the valuation was increased by over £600. The Board will sit at Wascoe's Hotel, Lake Ellesmere, at noon to-day, for the purpose of hearing objections in the Little Uiver road district.
A srmxa of tho District Court was held at Christchurch on Monday before Judge Ward. The first case en the list was an action by Mr 11. N. Nalder against Mr J. F. Roberts, of German Bay. Mr G. Harper appeared for the plaintiff. There was no appearance for the defendant, and no defence had been filed. This was a claim for £200 damages through breaches of covenants under a lease of certain premises, a brewery at Akaroa. T'.io evidence of plaintiff, 11. 11. Fenton, and W. Penlington was given, and His Honor reserved judgment till the end of the bVt. The next case was J. D. T. House v. the Canterbury Tramway Company. Mr Harper for plaintiff; Mr Garrick for defendants. In this case the plaintiff, an infant, sued, by his next friend, for £200, on account of the alleged negligence of the defendants, which caused him to break his leg on June 4, 1871). The plaintiff is a son of Dr Rouse, of Lyttelton, eleven years of age. According to the evidence for the plaintiff, he was travelling on the train, and when he wished to alight, the conductor told him ia jump while the car was still in motion. Tlmj consequence was that the boy fell and broke UU leg. The conductor in his evidence denied having given this advice. Hin Honor thodght that the plaintiff was entitled to recover. He considered the evidence for the plaintiff to be more reliable than that for the defence. The judgment would be for £100 damages and costs. On Tuesday, the case of Hodge v. U.S.S. Company was taken. In this case the plaintiff sought to recover from ;he defendants the sum of £200 as damages for injuries sustained hy him through the :areiessnese of the defendant's servants, \{r Stringer for the plaintiff and Mr Nalder : 'or defendant. Several witnesses were i •ailed to corroberate the evidence given | >y pla'nlini. The witnesses generally laid ho blame on the driver of the donkey inline. His Honor gave judgment for t 1->X) .ml costs. C. E. Dudley v. 0. X t 'riggs. Mr Btringer appeared for the t ilaiutiff ; Mr J.iynt appeared for the de- t endeiiT. This was a case in which £100 t '.T-re sued for as damages sustained by 1 'ie plaintiff, through tho defondent having a irivei; a trap against the plaintiffs t 'iojele. This ca?e was not concluded 1 n:ii tho following day, Wednesday a t finally resulted in a nonsuit, the cvi» t ence being of so conflicting- a nature that 'I is Honor espressed his opinion that it y iioiilil l>o lol't fo tl.o decision of a jury ti ii t!ic r-nse oC Nakle: v. lloberts, he give ll idgtiipiit for]! plaintiff for the amount " led for—£2oo, with costs n
A Mklhouunk coirespoudcnt writi's :— Christmas at the antipodes is an tmmitigated imposture! Charles Dickens, though not given to cynical remarks, has loft on record his private belief that Chrismns wf.s a humbug t lint the high spirits of tin; genialhearted iiovu.'ist were then losing their t'lttTvescent sparkle. What, ho.vever. can be said in defence of Christmas in the under-world ? Christmas means some thing more than another notch on the whilflestick of Time, and with the ther mometer registering 14r2 in the sun. Christmas must necessarily be but tin* limpcst of spectres, the shadow of a shade, of its rightful individuality. Whut is Christmas without the yule log, the blazing fire, the wassail bowl, the Christm is li waits," the Christmas carol —
"God rest ye, merry gentlemen. 1, the blue snap-dragon, the red holly-berries, ihe cushion-dance, the girls, the mistletoe, and the brisk walk home through the crispy snow, with merry voices ringing clearly out on the frosty night-air? Ah, what, indeed ! The sap won't rise merely because the calender marks oIE another point in Time's log. We marched straight to the picture galleries of the Exhibition on that day, to look-again at Absolon's beautiful Ciiristmasy water-color drawing—" Sir Roger deCoverley"—all aglow with ruddy light shed over old and young, hoarylocks. lithe forms', and fresh young faces. The bright scene exhales an aroma of Hie true old English feeling ; then came to us something like the perfume of dea.l leaves, the odour of pale perished flowers, and then a film gathered across our vision, and we looked no more. If the trustee." of the Public Library and Gallery do not purchase that work to keep green old memories, let them be anathema.
Am adjourned meeting , of tho Akaroa School Committee was held on Tuesday evening last, Btli inst, in the schoolroom. The members of tho Committee present were Messrs Westenra, Kissel, McGregor, Sims, Kedge, and Bruce, the ltev. 11. Stocker in the chair. Applications for the office of Pupil teacher as advertised in the Mail were received from William Yewen and Benjamin Ponlington. Both candidates were proposed and seconded, and a suggestion was made that the master, Mr NichollSjshotiKJ le consulted in the matterMr Nicholls after having been Sβ t for stated that of" the two candidates he would prefer Peniihgton, Tne Committee then resolved to lecommend IVnliogtou to the Bjarl of Education for tho appointjiient of pupil teacher. On the moi'oa of iVj r McGregor, seconded l>y Mr Kedge, it wa° resolved tluit the late pupil teacher, BMissen's salary be paid to the 3Ut ult, and his resignation be accepted. The question i;o£ the election of three gentleman to [ill the ordinary vacancies on {lie B.>ard of Education was then considered. Messrs J. Inglis, It. S. Iliggins, and the It.n- C Fraser were voted for to ii ! l the onliruirv vacancies and Mr Lee to lilltheextniordinarv vacancy caused hy tin 1 , death of Mr D.me/wi A inenioninduin was received from the master of tlie school in reference to fencing tho closets and white-washing tho same. It was resolved that tlie attention of the caretaker be called to a cl uiso in the agreement requiring the schools to be white washe I twi.'O during the year, which had not been been done, and also that estimates s-hoi'd j be sent to the Board of the cost of fencing in the building as suggested by the master. '■■ Mr Kissel was in favor of fencing in the whole school ground properly so as to obviate the necessity for anoth"r fence. His suggestion, ho\ve\er, di.l not find a
seconder, and was consMrpcu'ly lost. It was further agreed that if the care-takt r did not comply with the terms of tho agreement, the Chairman was instructed to have the work done at her cost. It was also agreed that the schoolroom should Improperly locked tin, and all windows secured after school hours. It was proposed by Mr Sims, and seconded by Mr Westenra, that all children requiring exemption from attendance during school hours bring a wiiitcn memo to the! master from their parents to that effect. The motion was unanimously agreed to. The buestion of the compu'soiy attendance was further adjourned until all the facts as to what had been done by. the old Committee, and also tho corn-spondenoe on the subject wura before the Committee. Mr Sims's motion in connection with the starting of a high school in connection with the Akaroa school was llien taken up, when it was respired that tHtf Chairman and Messrs Weeteffrft end Sims be appointed a eub-ccmimittee to make n precis of oil the correspondence on the subject and report generally to nn early meeting , of the Committee. The medium then adjourned till Tuesday, Ist March.
TiiK intense sweetness of the ausver re turned by Mr Oliver to a Dnnedin clrpu. tulion, which waited upon him. asking that the railway might be eonneried with the Kaltray-street wharf, renders it worthy of quotation. It is reported that—" The lion. H. Oliver readily agreed to grant I lit-* application and sai.i t'uere. was no necessit*to take up time <n discussing the question. Indued, he thought it wonderful that the application had not been made before in the interests of the commercial community. The work would be accomplished." And, yet, notwithstanding such touching distributions of love and lollies in Dnt.oclin
the Time* eorrespomlsiit can stale that " Mr Oliver is perfectly aware that he is
not popular!"
By advertisement rlsewl'cre it will hi
s»«ii fltat Mr W. J. Hiuld, Giivcrumui t Life Assurance agent, is now in Akaroa, aid in i v be consulted at P> \\ -c's II >tel.
We have to remind our readers that Tuesday, 15th inst., is the la<t day for lodging objections lo the vaiio'is Itoad Board rolls, and also the Borough valuation roll. The for.na of objection must be in terms of the fourth schedule of " The Rating Act, 187G," and are rather complicated. Printed copies of the form in question may be had at this office.
A mkkting of the Little River School Committee was held in the schoolroom on Sitnrday evening, the sth inst. Present— Messrs Win. Coop (chairman), W. Walters W. Greenland, 11. K. Tyson, and James Reynolds. The minutes of the previous meeting were read and confirmed. Tiie folluwing correspondence was read, viz., — From Chief Postmaster, Christulmrch, and Manager, Bank of New South Wales, as to miscarriage of pass-book. From Education Board.enclosing quarterly return From same, stating that the sum of £1G 13s 4d had been paid into the Bank to the credit of the Committee for salaries From same, enclosing voting patera for members of Board. Tho form was filled in and signed and ordered to be forwarded The following resolutions were then passed viz., —That in future Messrs Crcrar and Whiti'ome be requested to forward duplicate invoices of go ids suppliod one to the Chairman and one to the schoolmaster ; that the particulars of the book account be entered in the minutes, and that Mr Wcstropp supply a copy of return of apparatus, furniture, etc. An. account of Crerar and Whitcon;be, £1 Od G I, was then passed for payment. The meeting then terminated.
Ix another column appears the programme of the Little River race meeting to be held on March 25. Nominations for handicaps close on March 1. —The Port Victoria meeting lakes place on March 17, and appears to have attracted a good field Particulars appear elsewhere.
Lath telegrams inform us of the death ot one of the greatest writers of this generation. Thomas Ua/lyle, the " Sage of Chehea" has just passed away at the r'.pe age o£ eighly. Fur more than forty years 1 c had been a prominent figure in the v, orld O- letters, and he is an authority wherever the English language is spoken. Carlyle has hail an enormous influence in thought, and his earnestness and power as a teacher have been freely admitted by those most opposed to him. In 18u'a he was elected Hector of the Edinburgh University, an honor which he characteristically accepted, and in 1875 he wav otl'ewil (he Grand Cross of the Pxilh, which ''i.-itinction ih.s author of Sartor Ilesartus an characteristically djo'iinol.
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Akaroa Mail and Banks Peninsula Advertiser, Volume V, Issue 475, 11 February 1881, Page 2
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