The Akaroa Mail. TUESDAY, APRIL 19.

Akaroa Mail and Banks Peninsula Advertiser, Volume V, Issue 497, 19 April 1881, Page 2

The Akaroa Mail. TUESDAY, APRIL 19.

Owing to yesterday being Easter Monday the Telegraph Department did .not supply us with our usual latest telegrams, a circumstance we much regret. ■■ • ■.'• Thk meeting-at the Head of the Bay which was called in connection with the proposed spbrtH on the Queen's Birthday,! for Saturday evening last; again lapsed for 'want of a quorum. An,adjourned meeting: will be hold, we understand, this evening. ■-''LX'st evening a plain and fancy dress ball wfts held in the Oddfellowa . Hall here 'A donsiderable number; of couples made a Jnjghtrif it and Evidently enjoyed .'themselves. Mrs Maitby catered' for the company with her usual success. Maltby deserves in entertainments to be "patronised in providing at holiday time healthy and entertaining amusements. • Fuom an, adyertiseineni.. in, another column it will be seen that,a public meeting will; be held to-morrow evening in the Le Bon's Bay Scliodl/m connection with' the closing of ja public road in tliat neighborhood. "We hear that owing to the feqrirsemenits of the, Ainmended Public, \\tyrka. Act i,of .last session not having been complied with, a Btbriny .night may be anticipated. .;-.■', ~i ;•.-•-. •■■>■< •.:■■.: '-\ : ■-'.-'■■'■ I- ' Cp Black cqmplains that in the account ,of the proceedings of the last meeting- of, the Borough Council he is reported as hatseconded, Cr Chnmberlaina ; mation, in con nection ' with the "preparation of the Borough estimates. We regret 'thb r error and. our reporter in loolcing.over his notes finds it was Or Bruce who is-eutitled -to the distinction. •.; v ■..■AJbhsrs F de C Malet, Mr Nalcler, Mr J. Martin have passed the legal examinations. On the application of Mr H H Loughnnn, Mr Malet. wap admitted as a solicitor and barrister of the supreme Court.His Honor, in granting, the application, complimented Mr W on his fitness for the profession. \ Mr""iVl Na!d6r is a son of our respected townsman Mr Cj H Niilder, So ! icitor. Mr Malet is.., the Registrar of the Supreme Court Christchnrch, and will he remcubi'.red in connection with tin- pro testy of the Profession on hi;; i»oin?( ti-uifi- | i'crruj i'rfjKi the Clerkship of: the R 11 Court I Cln-iatchvirch to ; tho Eeyisfcrarsliip oJ: ihe I Supreme Court.

- It is a subject of regret to find that the brethern of the mystic tie here are not bo enthusiastic as they might be in attending to their Masonic duties and aa a consequence, -tbe officers of the Akaroa Lodge. No. MjG6 have decided to finally close the Lodge, it is to be hoped in love, peace, and harmony. Since the death of the late Mr Scaibrough thia body has had a most precarious existence,' no member of the craft either having the time or ability to give to the conduct of its affairs. All the jewels and furniture of the Lodge have been removed for the purpose of sale, and the records amhbooks have been doposited with the Provincial Grand Lodge Christchurch, so as to bo available in the event of the Lodge being resuscitated at any future time. From advertisement elsewhere it will be observed the Hall ig opened for sale. The Hall was spockHy built for Masonic purposes from designs by the first R.M., the Rev. W.H. Cooper ? and we undei stand is quite a model of its kind. It certainly does not speak much for the public spirit of the craft, who are opening. Jodges. all over the. Colony to allow No, 1660 initiated under so -happy auspecies to ba closed, and.its. p'rblWrties to pass into the hands of strangers. Such however is the way of moat'things Peninsular. ; ! Thk usual Church service in connection with the celebration of Easter were held in St Peter's Church on Good Friday, when Morning Prayers and Litany and Even Song were said by the very Eeverend the Dean of Chrietclmrch. Air early celebration of Holy Communion was held in St Peter's Church at 8 a.m. on Easter Day. No great attempt was made in the shape Church decorations, and what was attempted was certainly hot of the most tasteful 'description. At the morning service the Incumbant, Mr Stocker, read prayers and the very Reverend Dean Jacobs preached an earnest sermon on the text "He is not here he is risen," and afterwards officiated as Celebrant. In the evening the Reverend Incumbent preached an eloquent sermon to an overflowing congregation numbers not being able to obtain [ admission. The musical part of the services were fairly rendered, Mr L. Watkins officiating as organist, and Mr J. M. Wood as Choirmaster. The Annual Meeting of the Congregation will be held on Monday next, the Echo Judicial' Com* missiOjh is not to have it all their own way The.Canterbury Law Society has practically declared for the "good old ways." Some thing 'is to be done to satisfy the public, but the lawyers have to be satsfied > also I Here is a shoit extract from the anual report of the Society :—" The opinion which'; on their behalf Mr Harper represented [on the Judicial Commission], ! w4s:thAt while considerable changes in the proiJedurVv of ' the . Supreme Court are necessary for the. public satisfaction, the extreme views maintained by a .portion of the Committee led by the late AttomoyGjerieral, Mr Stout, ought certainly to be opposed." That means if the Canterbury Law Sbctety can help it, there will be no complete simplification of the law of proceeduro in the colony. We think the public; will be found on the side of the .'.' extreme " party, and not on the side of the Conservatives. .-.■•; •A meeting of the Banks Peninsula Fanners' Club was held' at Brook's Somerset Hotel, on Saturday last the 16th inst. The President, Mr C. McDonald, Wainui, in the chair. The minutes of the previous meeting were read and approved. The Hon. Secretary reported that in accordance with instructions received at last meeting he had been to Lyttelton and had carefully examined the arrangements for the carriage of cheese to London. Mr Ooster had stated that the New Zealand Shipping Company would do all in their, power to assist the farmers in the carriage of their produce* and landing the same in, good marketable condition, he believed everything had been done by the Company so far aa h<? could see to ensure the success of the experiment. Ihe room had been ; carefully chosen, amidships was vermin proof and almost airtight. The niairitaining an even temperature had been proved by experiment to present no difficu ty, while it was both simple and unexpensive. There were two or three points he would like to mention which had , been observed as likely causes to- millitato against complete success. It was ; feared some Of the cheese were not sufficiently ripe. .'The packing cases were not of a suitable kind, and in soino instances it was believed the timber used was not sufficiently seasoned ; bad weather might preven,t the-captain in whose hands were placed) the . freezeing arrangements from being .able to carry out his instructions, yet this was very unlikely within the tropics. The result of the experiment would probably be known early in July nextNotwithstanding the causes enumerated he believed tlieventure would be attended with a considerable amount ef success. <A levy of Is 3d per case was made to pay freight and wharfage from Akaroa harbor to Lyttelton per s.s. Akaroa. On the motion of Mr Goodwin, tha following , gentlemen were erected inembura of the Club, —H. B. Buchanan, W. Montgomery, J. Bruce, R. Bayley. W. Witfield, J. Lowe. £1. V/iiliusley, J. Thonms, B. Hncidior. and ■J, LiiU'.iotgoir. After a vots oi: rhnriLs to ■!,bo eha/nuian, the mooting was adjourned uiitii' Saturday ;>olh inst., at the amuflime and place.*

The local lodge of Oddfellows held their annual Eaeter Picnic on the paddock in Jollie street, kindly granted them by Dr Watkins, who at the same time supplied a large quantity of walnuts for the children. The picnic was originally intended to be held in the Reserve at the back of Leprou'g forge, but .the early morning damped the grass too much for this" site being enjoyable. A little after two o'clock a large muster of Oddfellows in regalia turned out with their wives, friends, and children, and had a capital afternoon's sport, Messrs Miasen, Meach, and Wliitfield conducting, and giving the children prizes for sports. In the anteroom of the Hall Messrs Burke and Johnson attended to the elder portion of the gathering with tea and other refreshments. Altogether the meeting of Easter, 1881, was successful and enjoyable.

The Commissioners appointed by the Government to enquire into the complaint against the Wellington Lunatic Superintendent, on Thursday last issued a voluminous report and findings, generally cen-: suring the management and the Superintendent. From the following telegram, dated Wellington, Saturday last, it will be seen that the Government have acted promptly in the matter halt-past two o'clock this afternoon John- Henry Whitelaw, late\!Saperiqten^@|i)tlof.;' : lington Lunatic Asylum, wasi jarrested on a warrant charging hirii he did on.the first day of May, then being ah officer having the care of one William M'lntosh, a lunatic patient then detained in the Wellington Lunatic Asylum, illtreat the said lunatic patient by taking him from his bed at ten o'clock on a night in wio|er, stripping him of his clothes, taking-him across an exposed yard, and placing him in a confined shower bath, and there keeping him under a continuous 6hower of cold water for the epaceof ten nrnutes, such being an indictable offence." The information was laid by Chief Detective Brown, who was acting under instructions from Govern-, merit Whitelaw was admitted to bail himself in £300, and two sureties of £150 each. He will bo brought up on Monday and remanded.