Peninsula News.

Akaroa Mail and Banks Peninsula Advertiser, Volume VII, Issue 634, 11 August 1882, Page 2

Peninsula News.

Peninsula Farmers' Club —Tho following notice appears in a Gazette da'ed August 3rd :—" incorporation of Banks Peninsula Frmers ,, Club. James Prendergast, Administrator of the Government. Order in Council. At the Government Hou.se. at Wellington, this 27th d»y of July, 1882. Present: His Excellency tie Administrator of the Government in Council. In exercise of the powers and authorities vested in him by.' The Agricultural and Pastoral Societies. Acj;. 1877,' His Excellency tho Administrator of the Government of the Colony of New Zealand, by and with the aiivico and consent of the Executive Council of the said Colony, doth hereby incorporate the meinhordt of the Banks Peninsula Farmers' Club into a corporate body under the said Act, tinder the style and title of ' The Banks Peninsula Farmers' Club.' — Forster Gobing. Clerk of the Executive Council." Land RssEitViiD. —The following is a description of land reserved from sale in the province of Canterbury, which appears in the last Government Gazelle that has reached us:—All that parcel of land adjoining the Town ol Akaroa, containing 1 acre 2 roods, 8 perches, more or les*. by the Beach Road ; Southward by Reserve No. 2421 (in red) ; Westward by Reserve No. 56 (in red) ; 'nnd'Eastw'ard by Reserve No. 117 (in red) 64"!inlvs, and by lines bearing respectively 23dg. :;17inHn, 172dg slmin. and 2221g 40inin (true), distances 141 link-*, 678 ]inkß> • and : : 22S '. Miikd Respectively : and t n.umbere4,r2s46ThT. red) on the offici&l map " in ''the-jiufypjf pjU-.e,-jUh"ris.t«hiirch. For an. e^tensiort' , of, the Church of England Cemetery. : 'All tliat parcel of land adjoinih'g'the Town of # Aknroa, containing 3 t'cinth lvJ'pe'rcArtM, less. Bounltd .■— Northward 1 ' Reach' road ; Eistwtird/iiy,Reserve No. 117 (in red) ; Southward by Reserves numbare , ! respectively 116< (in red) and 2421 (in , red); nnd Westward by Reserve No. 2546 (\n red) : and numbered 2547 (in red). For an extension of the Dissenters' Cemetery. Little River School Committee.—The ueual, monthly meeting of the Little River distrfct school committee was held in the Bchoolroom on Monday everting last, the 7th inst:uH. W. Coop (chairman), Jinnes Reynolds ;;.hd S. Harris. The following correspondence was read, viz :— From tho.Education Board, stating that the emn.of ii_6\ 7s had'b'eenpuid into the Bank . .af N"ow South Wales,-Cliristcinirch, to the credit of thcvcouimittee, ft;r fencing. From *sAnie,,statm#.th,at-arrau.gements were being made to complete- tho conveyance for additional site, and inimodiitely this was done, tenders for. raanter-V house would be called for. From same, advi.-ring the payment of £16 18s,-3d into tUe Bank of New Seuth Wales, Chrietchurch, to the credit of the committee for salaries. From the master, as to. fencing additional site. From same, enclosing list of books, #•.•;., required for school use, and as to attendance, that it was exceptionally irregular, and asking that the examination of the school in 'standards be postponed until ho had been in charge twelve months. Tho chairman, was authorised to order the books, &2., required. Tho following resolutions were passed, viz:-—"That the accounts ~of the.Press and LyHelton Times be referred to'the Education Board for payment." " Thnt the Chairman write to the Education'Board,.asking thftt when calling for tenders for the master's house to inciudo fencing , the land." " That tiieChairman write to the Education Board, asking that the examination of tlie school niiildren in siautlajds take plfiuo in December next, as tho master will the;, have been twelve months in chargo.' Aftor passing accounts for payment, tU* meeting terminated.

Canterbury Fuozen Meat Company.— Attention is called to a special advertisement of the above company appearing in this issue. Football.—The mutch at football that was to have been played in Mr Watkins' paddock last Saturday was unavoidably postponed till to-morrow, owing to the inclement weather. Intending players are requested to put in an appearance by 2 p.m. sharp. Entehtainment.—As will bo seen by advertisement, the drama of ''Milky White" will be performed on Tuesday, the 22nd of this month, at the Oddfellows' Mall, in aid of certain necessary repairs in connection w.ith St. Petor'e Church. The drama is of a character to interest all country people, and no doubt a full house will assemble. Outside News.—Tho Irish Constabulary have threatened to strike for increased pay, but it is now hoped that the trouble has been arrested,—Alarm is felt at the influx of Chinese into British Columbia.— The machinery at Burnside Refrigerating Works, Dunedin, was formally started on Tuesday, The director? of the company are in negotiation for another steamer, to arrive from home in November next. The company received an offer at the rate of 2£d per lb for another cargo of frozen meat, but are asking IE the steamer be sent, as is expected, she will take 9000 carcases. The ship Dunedin, which is to sail fro.n this port in December nest, will take 6500 carcases. The steamer Marsala, which is expected to arrive at Port Chalmers shortly, has storage capacity for frozen meat to the extent of 800 tons measurement, equal to about 9000 carcases. —An inqiiH.st was held at Woodlands on Wednesday beforo the District Coroner arid jury, touching the death of Ellen Ann Milno and her children, who were found drowned in v well at her residence on Sunday evening, under circumstances already reported. Several witnesses were examined but nothing throwing any light upon the fatality was adduced. The jury returned an open verdict, and stated that there were no marks of violence, and nothing to show how tho deceased got into the well. Our Latk Proprietor.—Many of Mr Wiggins' friends will be glad to hear that he is enjoying himself heartily on the Continent. Writing to an Akaroa friend, he sayn, dating from Gotha, in Germany :— "It is not yet three months since I left New Zealand, and already everything connected with that part of the world seems to have receded about seven years into the limbo of the pist. Your last telegram rather amused me. and reminded me strongly of that incredulous Barry's Ray man, and his remark about the 'sackful of Bibles.' It would be quite impossible to give you anything like an account of my trip—it would take volumes. When I return I will go through it for the benefit. of any of my friends who come to listen Meanwhile, I can only give a few hints, to be improved upon on a future occasion. First, as to the voyage. From New Zealand to Sydney it was delightful. Steamer very full, but weather and everything else charming. Sydney was—well, hot, isn't the word—simply baking, broiling, and steaming all in one. I was very glad to get on boHid ship again. The ' John Elder' is a fine vessel, over 400 f"et long, and as steady as a rock. We were' crowded with passengers. Every part of Australia represented, including tho Peninsula, in the perso'i of Mr Jamos Hay, who joined at Melbourne. Wo called at Melbourne and Adelaide, and our voyage was tolerable uneveatful, though we had a week of very bad weather, just where we ought to have bad it fine—in the Indian O.ean and within the tropics. They said it was the ' tail end ' of a monsoon ; if so, I should be very sorry to make the acquantance of the 'head end' of one. In the Red Sea, instead of being baked alive, we had delightful weather. On Satnrdfty, May 6, we made Suez, which ia at the Red Sea end of the C-in-il, find on Sunday' evening we reached Port Said, the Mediterranean terminux. It was very pleasant to get ashore here, after four weeks of salt water. The sceno was very picturesque and animated. There were all kinds of Oriental nationalities represented, and the town looked like a cross between a socon Iclass Paris and some city out of the ' Arabian Nights.' Oα the following Friday (12th) we reached Naples. This place is most beautiful, and looked at its best in this lovely spring weather. It was charming to find cherries, strawberries, and green peas in perfection here, after having left them behind in Australia. Stayed here three and a half days. Saw Pompeii, Vesuvius, the town itself, and some of the beautiful country round. Got to Rome on Monday night. Tin's is not beautiful, like Naples, but is so intensely Interesting that one could linger here months. I stayed eight days, and found that I had only just got into the way of weeing thinga when I had to leave. The rost of my tour I can only give you the itinerary of, and you can follow it out on a if you care to do so. From Roma to Florence, thenco to Bologna, Venice, Verona, Milan, Como. the whole of the Italian lakes—Como, Lugano, and Lago Maggiore, Then over the pa J, of the St. G-oUiard on foot ; then by the ' VierwaldoUiLiei'tieo ' (you are not expected to got your tongue round this word ; it is also ca! led the ' Lake of the Four Cinfons ') to Zurich ; thenco to Sehaft'hausen (Falls of the Rhine) ; then to Friberg, in tho heart of tiic Black Forest ; Friberg to B:idcn Baden, the gr.y&st watering-place on the Continent; thenco to Heidelberg, Schwitzing-jn, and Frankfurt ; from Frankfutt hither, to soo a brother who is settled here."