Peninsula News.

Akaroa Mail and Banks Peninsula Advertiser, Volume VI, Issue 577, 24 January 1882, Page 2

Peninsula News.

Indecent Assault,—A man named John Owen was brought up at the R.M. Court yesterday eh uged with this offence at Little River. He was remanded til' to-day. Reserves for the Akaroa High School —Tic following Akaroa High School Reserves have been gazetted : —Part of reserve 1127, 184 acres, Deep Creek) Wnimate, being that portion of reserve 1127 lying to the westward of the road known as Cattle-yard road ; reserve 1198, 42 acres, Uniuka Lagoon, Temuka..

A Great Convenience.—lt having been brought under the notice of tho Government that penny duty stamps, when applied to letters posted, have boen refused by the Post-office officials, arrangements have now been made that penny postage stamps and duty stamps may be used cither for postage or on receipts.

Till' LA'l'E Raln.—• The heavy rain that fell last week caused all the creeks to rise considerably. The Grehan Valloy creek waa very high on Saturday morning, aud about G ;. i\ it was expected that the Chinamen's garden would be Hooded as on previous occasions. Mr Bayley went across and assisted to clear the creek of logs and posts which blocked its couiscj thus siving any damage being done to his own arid neighbor's properties. Up Ay liner's Valley a piece of the road that was damaged last year by the floods has been again washed away, but the extent of the damage is not great. At a little before G on Saturday morning, a large landslip, up at the source of the Balguerie street creek, drove the water down with such force as to do a considerable amount of damage, rushing through Mr Mullins'a property and flooding the land at the rear and front of his residence. It washed away his pigstye and very nearly carried down his hay as well. Mr Mul.ins thought his pigs were gone, but eventually discovered all except one, underneath the house. A great amount of drift wood, scrub, and huge pieces of trees from the mill above, were forced down to Arm-

strong's bridge where they cougiogatod

and made a stoppage for the water,

About ii on .Saturday morning, however, with a noiVe like a heavy peal of thunder the bridge gave way under the immense pressure, and piles and planks were a-'I swept down, of toe plank. 1 * being actually washed down as far as Mr Jacobso:i's portion of the creek. There is not a vostigo of the bridge iefr. The overflowon the road sear the bridge was great, and | loft a dead block on the road after the | water went down again. The boundary I fence between Mr Armstrong's fence and Mr Jacob sou's was torn up for several yards. The lawn in front of Mr Jacobson's was completely flooded, and at one time must in some places have been under water 6 or 4ft. The creek made an u-.i:.hii for it*;o!£ and completely flooded the Manse paddock and the road right across to Mr Westeru-aY-. The little bridge in the Manse was knocked askew, and some fencing was v/as-bed away. Mr Mas-diekl suH'oied no loss, and indeed tho creek below returned to lis natural channel, and vriih the exception of a little damage done to Mr GundyYs properly disturbed ritdhing from there to its outlet. The rain was falling on Sunday, but there were inietvals of line weather and the creek fell a great deal. Many of the residents in Balguerie street collected a goodly supply of firewood that had been landed on the road, and eels washed up high and dry wore pici.-lifi.ii. '

Tiie Address to Mr Williams.—Tho address which was presented to . MrWilliams on Friday night was beautifully illuminated by Mr Spurr of Robinson's Bay school. The Exhibition.—lt, has been definitely resolved that the Exhibition building should be erected in Hag ley Park at the junction of the Ricoarton and Lincoln roads. Particulars of the building will be given in a future issue. Tiie New Licensing Act.—The supplementary Gazette issued on Friday afternoon proclaims the new licensing districts under the Licensing Act, which was passed last session. It also contains a list of returning officers and clerks for some districts. Akaroa and Wainui Road Board.— Owing to the inclemency of the weather, there wes no meeting of the Akaroa and Wainui Road Board on Saturday. Their nest meeting will, we understand, take place on Saturday next, the 28th inst.

Silk Culture.—Mr Federli invites all interested in the matter to visit bis bouse in Balguerie street to see bis method of rearing the worms. It is to be hoped many will attend. Mr Federli had a difficulty in procuring sufficient leaver* but lias now a large supply from a tree at Mr Bouriaud's. Mr Federli remains with us till the worms now hatching from the Japanese eggs have all spun their cocoons.

Akaroa School Committee.—A meeting of this committee was held on Saturday at 8 p.m. It waa resolved to nominate Mr W. Montgomery and Mr G. Booth for the vacant seats on the Board of Education* The annua! report of the proceedings of the committee was brought up by the Chairman and adopted. The Chairman was instructed to thank Mrs Nicholls for her kindness in tiking charge of the gills during the time the school was without a mistress. The Eccentricities of Genius.—Mr Leprou informed the correspondent who wrote this that be understood all transactions at Little River are cash ones and in this it appears be was right, for some Maori boys who were anxious to play at cricket with the Cricket Club were refused till they paid their subscriptions. Determined not to be beaten they found a couple of bullocks on the road, belonging to a gentleman not wholly unconnected with s-aw dust. They drove them to the pound and claimed the driving lees with which they gleefully paid their subscriptions. The proprietor of the bullocks, who is a general benefactor to the district, was stirred to the soul when he heard of this nefarious transaction, and immediately gave orders that a mob of cattle that were in sight and supposed to be Maori propeity, should be pounded. The act was accordingly performed in spite of the remonstrance of a small relative who was shut up. When the poundkeeper began examining the brands he discovered the well-known initials of the irate gentlemen who had ordered their incarceration. He paid the fees and has since been a wiser if not a .sadder man.