Local and General.

Akaroa Mail and Banks Peninsula Advertiser, Volume VI, Issue 5, 16 September 1881, Page 2

Local and General.

Passengers by Coach.—The arrivals by coach yesterday were Messrs Daly, Coop, Saxton and Mr Olphert and two children.

The New Lamp for the Wharf.—lt was stated at the Borough Council meeting on Wednesday night, that the new lamp for the wharf would come next week. The Borough Rates.—lt was decided at the Borough Council on Wednesday, that all rates not paid before October Ist will be sued for, and a notification to tbat effect appears elsewhere.

Posi'PONEMENT.—Owing f.o illness, Professor Hugo is unable to give his leciuro on Friday nest as advertised. He has therefoie (as will be seen by adverlisement) postponed it till Tuesday next, the 20th inst. Death of mr George Fs?.gate.—An old settler died in Aharoa yesterday, aged 85. Mr George Felgatefirst reached Wellington by the ship London in 1812, and arrived at Akaroa in 1855, where he has since resided. He retained his faculties up to the time of his death. Wreck of the Paua.—ln the shipping columu will be found an account of tho total wreck of the cutter Paua at Flea Bay. The vessel was under charter to Captain Malcolmson of the Antelope, and the principal part of her cargo consisted of drain pipes, part of which were for the Boro'igb Council and part for the Akaroa and Wainui Road Board. Death of Mr Moorhouse.—ln a telegram from our Wellington correspondent will be found the intelligence of the death of Mr Moorhouse, the member for Ashley. For years Superintendent of Canterbury, Mr Moorhouse did great service to the province. His greatest work was getting the tunnel cut through the Port Hills, and so connecting Lyttelton and Christchurch. Mr Moorhouse, who bas been long ailing, will be deeply and sincerely regretted by many of bis Canterbury fiiends. Stories of the Peninsula.—ln our nest issue will appear the first of a series of articles giving an account of tho settlement of tbe Peninsula, and tbe experiences of tbe early settlers. The first number will contain an account of the French settlement in Akaroa, the principal material of which nas been kindly furnished by Mr Wasckerle. All old residents are requested by the editor to kindly communicate with him on this matter, in order that all record of the early times, and the pluck and energy of the early settlers may not be lost.

Duvaucuelle's Bay School.—A meeting of tbe committee of this School was held on Wednesday night, present Messrs Pawson (Chairman), Piper, Libeau, Wallace, Brooks, and Barwick. Correspond-e-.ce was read from the Board of Education, returning letter from master re irregular payment of salary. From same submitting circular advising committee to put the compulsary clauses of tbe Education Act in force. The Chairman was instructed to write to the master requesting him to resign, as the committee were dissatisfied with his conduct of the School. The consideration of putting the compulsory clauses into force was deferred for a full meeting of the committee. Applications for the post of mistress for the school were received from Mrs Hewer and Mrs Col jean. The latter lady's application was accepted subject lo the approval of the Board of Education. The committee then adjourned till October 5,

OUK Sui'FLEAIENT. — Tne usual weekly supplement accompanies to-day's nssue. Next week will conclude Marcus Clarke's story of '• The; Ahvery of Major Molyneux,'' and on Friday week a new tide will commence, entitled *' Pai-tiiers. 1 ' The Gal!c—Tiie fin ions S. W. gale which blew on Tuesday did not do much damage in well .Miuheied Akaroa. There was at one time however, considerable apprehension i'eit regarding 1 lie steam launch, which started across for Wainui at the usual time, wilh two ladies on board, in spito of the bad weather. Shortly after she left the wind and sea increased, and when nearly across she was fairly bidden in the clouds of spray. From this some hasty individual concluded she had foundered, and jspread a report to that effect, and the public were much delighted when with the aid of a glass, the launch was discovered safely riding off! Wainui jetty. Her owners, however, did not think it wise to return and she lay at Wainui with her steam up till Wednesday morning at daylight, when she ran across. There is no doubt that the exceptional wind (which was quite strong enough to blow a boat out of the water), and the heavy sea made the passage a peiiious one, and had not the launch been a capital seaboar, and handled with great skill, it might have been our unpleasant duty to record a catastrophe.

Inquest.—An inquest was held yesierday afternoon at Holmes' Bay, on the body of a child aged 18 months, named Henry Frederick Wiiite, the son of Mr Harry White, of Holmes's Bay, before Justin Aylmer, Esq,, Coroner. Mr Randall Lytton was chosen foreman of ti:e jury. Alice White, the mother of deceased, deposed that she missed the child from tbe house at a quarter past twelve on Wednesday, and on going to look for it found it in a creek that was close to the ,back of the house, lying on its back. Its forehead was out of ihe water, but the water was running over its mouth. She screamed, and a neighbor named George Williams came to her assistance and lifted the child out of the creek, undressed if, bathed it in hot water, rubbed it with hot flannel and then rolled it in a blanket, but it never showed any signs of life. George Williams coroboraled the evidence of Mr White, and Dr Singleton who bad made a post-mortem examination deposed that the child had died of drowning, and tbat two marks found on its forehead could not have caused de;db. The jury relumed a verdict of accidental death. The child was only missing a very short time from the boose, and there were only about 8 inches of water in the part of the creek where it was lying when discovered. The probability is that it fell over the bank and was stunned. The deceased was a healthy wel!-g:own child, and the only one that Mr and Mrs White had.