Peninsula News.

Akaroa Mail and Banks Peninsula Advertiser, Volume VI, Issue 620, 23 June 1882, Page 2

Peninsula News.

Improvements.—We are glad to noticthat Messrs J. Bates and H. Citron both announced their intention to the Council of erecting new buildings within the borough. Tripoli.—We are glad to record that Mr D. Kennedy, of WVinui, has received a silver medal and a first order of merit for what 'he judges are pleased to call his splendid exhibit of tripoli. Funeral.—Trie funeral of Mrs James Rhodes, the eldest daughter of Mr Rodrignes, took place on Wednesday. The great sympathy felt was shown by the attendance of more than 200 friends. The procession fii st went to the Catholic Church, where the funeral rites were performed by Father Walsbe, and afterwards to the Catholic cemetery. Le Bon's Bay.—A notice signed by eleven ratepayers has been posted at the Le Bon's school convening a public meeting in the schoolroom on Saturday (to morrow). "To consider the advisa - bility of merging the Okain's Road District into the County." Our correspondent bi-lieves the nif-eting will be veiy largely attended. Two more Mormon Elders arrived at Le Bon's on Tuesday, so more meetings are anticipated. A magic lantern entertainment wa< given in the school on Monday, but was not very successful. The Exhibition Cheese.—Mr Chappell has post'(l up unties in the Farmers' Club Bay al tin- 'Inhibition that tenders for the cheese then- will lie received up to the 4th of July. He has also received the following letter :—" Christchurch, June tG, 1882.—Dear Sir, —The cheeses were numbered and the award given accordingly. Will you oblige me with the names of the makers against the numbers. We took a great deal of trouble, and think it a splendid exhibit. We were all much interested, and I think scarcely a cheese was missed. We should be glad to learn if our classification is generally accepted to be satisfactory.—Yours faithfully, M. Irving, Secretary to Jury XII." It need hardly be said that Mr Chappell at once forwarded the information asked for, at tho same time expressing his belief-that the exhibitors were generally sati.-fied. The Mat aura.—As we are all aware, Mr Uheckly did not send his cheese Home in the Mataura, as the New Zealand Shipping Company telegraphed there was no space for it in tne refrigerating chamber. It was of course never intended to go in the refrigerating, but in the cool chamber. A Southern contemporary says:—'-The N.Z. Shipping Company's barque Mataura, which sailed from Port Chalmers on Sunday, takes Home in her refrigerating chambers 3844 sheep, 24 quarters of beef, 77 pigs, 26 hares, 2 dozen rabbits. 5 dozen and a half fowls, 1 dozen and a half ducks. 2 dozen barracouta, 8 hapuka, 3 swamp turkeys, and 1 frost fish. In a second chilled room she his 55 kegs butter, 12 cases hams and 3 cases cheese. The refrigerator employed is Haslam's dry-au-patent, and it is expected that an average of five hours' work per day will be sufficient to maintain the requisite degree of cold. In the tropics 17 hours work may be required." It is satisfactory to know that cheese is being sent in the cool chamber, which will answer the Club almost as well as if a case had been sent from here. The result of the new experiment will no doubt be -vatcued with groat anxiety by our Peninsula cheesemakers, and we shall take care to lay before them the earliest intelligence on the subject.

Tug Somerset Hotel.—lt is reputed that Mr Biooks his no ioieniion of! renewing his license for Ibis lio.e 1 . . T;ik Maii^.—The mails to Le Bon's, 0-at Vs. and L : .cle Akaloa will now go on Tuesdays and F.idays, of Mondays and F.'uays as i'o nie-ly. News of ;\\ t Oco Fi'.'^d. —We hear that Ali' Ho'-'iliioo'c, who was wo-k'-ig the saw iniil ou M.- Pipe 's poit-'cy, Duvauooellu's Bay, has been enjoyed by ihe Queensland Gove omeot as laoor amongst the imam's. He was appoMoed io the sc'ooo'ie,'Lesl'e. belonging lo Maryborough, w.i.li ve.isel got lost on a leaf on Ap.il 20,1 i, off U>e island of Anie.einn. Soe had oa bo.nd at ihe lime 41 lelurn Wanleis. All lives were saved, as they were picked up by the achoone.- Siorinb'id, oeloogifg io tho same place, and safely kiioed. We undeis.and there is a good opening for emei-pn'siog young men in these tiadiug vessels, as the agents are very lucky if ttiey make more than two nips without geittng killed. Ootiok News.—The Ony of Peilh has been safely got off UieTiiini'-ii beach, and left for Pore Chalmers, in tow of the s.s. Lyttelton, ou Wednesday evening.—The Intoinational Wine Eshibiiiou has been opened at Bordeaux. The Australian euhitvi'.s were most attraciivo in appearance.—A civil war has broken out. in ZuUilaud.—Messrs Munay, Roberts, & Co. have received cable advice of the sale of 349 carcases of mutton forwarded by them per ship Dnne.jiti. After paying f.eight at 2£d peril and all charges, the net return was equal to 2d 4-sths per lb. Reckoning skins, off d, &c, and paying all expenses, the ban receive £1 2s 2d per head for the sneep. which, at the time of their shipment were selling at Burnside yards at 13s per head.