Peninsula News.

Akaroa Mail and Banks Peninsula Advertiser, Volume VI, Issue 542, 23 September 1881, Page 2

Peninsula News.

Proposed Bomtng Club.—The attention of all interested is called to the meeting to be held at Bruce's Hotel tomorrow night to endeavor to establish a boating club in Akaroa. Early Swarming.—Some bees of Mr Penlington's swarmed on Monday last. This is exceptionally earl}', bees having been never known to swarm in Akaroa till the middle of October. Freak of Nature.—A hen of Mr R. Humphrey's oE Little River, laid an unusually large egg on Monday last. On the egg being broken, it was found that inside the outer shell, which contained albumen alone, was a perfect egg of the ordinary size. Mulberry Trees. —An unusual instance of the forwardness of the season is shown by the fact that some mulberry trees in the garden of Mr Donald McCulloch are in full flower. These trees flourish here, and the possibility of turning the leaves to account by rearing silkworms is worthy of consideration.

Aquatic.—A race took place yesterday afternoon between Mr F. Arming's boat and Mr W. 11. Hennirig's centre board boat. The course was from the jett^ T to the Red buo3-, thence to the Red Point and back. Theie was a light N.W. breezy at. the start, during which Mr Henning had tiie advantage, but on the win! increasing considerably the other boat drew awaj-, and rounded the point ahead of her opponent.

Akaroa and Wais'ui Road Board.— There, were no nominations for ihe extraordinery vacancy in this Board on Wednesday last. As will he seen by our adverti-ing .olmrins, fresh nominations are asked for to close on Saturday week October Ist.

Our Steam Service.—The Union Company's s.s. Wanaka will call at Aliaroa on her way from Lyttelton to Dunedin on Thursday next, tbe 29th inst. The Hawea arrives from Lyttelton to-day, and proceeds for Port Chalmers after landing cargo and passengers here.

Jam Factory.-—Three gentlemen ha\e already come forward offering to subscribe towards defraying tbe expenses of advertising in Tasmania, respecting the manner in which their jam manufactories are managed. If a few more were to join, say ten in all, and subscribe 5s each, tbere would be pleuty of fu.ids available for obtaining all the information required. Any person wishing to join is requested to communicate with the manager of this journal. The Paua and her Cargo.—Messrs Riches and Wagstaff have been absent at Flea Bay and visited tbe site of the wreck of tbe Paua. They found that the vessel had gone right to pieces, but that part or her cargo had been got ashore by the Messrs Rhodes, and that the remainder had sunk in about 12 feet of water, the pipes being visible with the naked eye. No doubt some of them are broken, but tbe great majority seem all right. The things that have been got ashore are some spars and sails, a few pieces of iron and the grain, (which latter has been utterly spoilt by the salt water. There seems to a fair possibility of some of the pipes being recovered, and we are glad to record that Captain Westlake and his sons, have recovered most of their clothes.

Accident.—Another cbild has met with a fatal accident at Waikerakikari. It appears that on Wednesday at noon Mrs John Fraser, wife ;of John Fraser engineor at Mr Smith's saw-miil at Waikerakikari, was washing outside, and had with her one of her children a little girl eighteen months old. Mrs Fraser was using as a washing tub one part of a beer barrel that.had been cut in half, and she left the child close to this tub (which had two feet of water in it) whilst she hung up the clothes she had been washing on tbe line. On turning round she saw the unfortunate cbild in tbe tub, and running to lift it up, discovered it was quite dead. The child must have climbed up tbe side of the tub and fallen in, and death must have been almost instantaneous. An inquest will be held today.

Little River Railway.— A meeting was held at Gebbie's Valley school-room on Monday, September 19th, Rev. A. P. O'Callaghaii in the chair, to consider tho advisableness of communicating with tbe Government regarding railway sidings oh the Little River line. It was proposed by Mr 11 ad ford, and seconded by Mr Butler —"That the best sites for sidings on the Little River line for the convenience of thisdistrict are one at Rabbit Island, ami one at tbe north-western sideof Kaituna Valley near the point." Proposed by Mr D. Gebbie, seconded by Air Reeves—''That a copy of the above resolution be forwarded to the District Engineer, with a request that the work be carried out while the present contractor is engaged on the line, whereby considerable expense may be avoided." Proposed by Mr Leney, seconded by Mr Wheeler—"That a deputation, consisting of Messrs o'Cfdla_han, J. Gebbie, T. H. Parkinson, J. Radford, G. Edmonds, and Dr. Doyle, be appointed to wait on tbe District Engineer and further express the views of this meeting." The foregoing resolutions were carried unanimously and to-day, at twelve noon, was agreed on as tbe time for waiting on the District Engineer.

Professor Hugo.—This ger.tleman gave the last of his Akaroa Lectures in the Town Hall on Tuesday night. There were severity or eighty persons present and all seemed much interested. Mr Hugo was suffering from indisposition, but in spit of this disadvantage the lecture was one of the best of the series. It treated not only of physiognomy but also of reading character by the hands, feet, and figure. A number of gentlemen wrote sentences on a blackboard, and from the hand writing Mr Hugo gave the chief charactistics of k the writer, and if popular applause be taken as a guide, we 111,-13----conclude with great effect. In wishing those present farewell, he said he had been badly patronised by the people of Akaroa, but hoped those be had made take an interest in the study of physiognomy would follow the matter up, as he was convinced it was a most important branch of knowledge, and might be made the means of doing a great deal of good, j As usual a number of ladies and gentlemen were invited to ascend the platform, and did so, their pecularities being in many cases most accurately given, judging by tbe popular verdict. Mr Hugo lectured at the Head of the Bay an Wednesday evening to a small houes, a fact we regret to record, as he thrown his whole heart into tbe work and believes that by spreading the knowledge of tho subject, he is conferring a benefit 011 humanity generally. J