The Akaroa Mail. FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 15, 1882.

Akaroa Mail and Banks Peninsula Advertiser, Volume VII, Issue 644, 15 September 1882, Page 2

The Akaroa Mail. FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 15, 1882.

Left Out. —Owing to tho length of the fire inquests, a mass of matter has to be left over till next issue. We have to put our telegrams in the locals to save room.

Rowing Club.—Only seven out of the ten members that form a quorum wore able to attend the Rowing Club meeting on Wednesday, and it had to be adjourned till early next week, Inquests.—The teports of the inquests on the Somerset, Bruce's, and Criterion Hotel fires appear elsewhere. That on Waeckerle's Hotel will be held to-day, as noon.

The S.S. Wanaka—This steamer arrived from Lyttelton at eight last night, with Messrs Ketch & Rhodes passengers for here. She brought 12 tons of cargo, aud loaded 339 loose cheesea and other exports for the South, sailing at 11 p.m. for Dunedin.

Lauceny at Little River.—John Rowland, arrested by Constable Ryan at Little River, on the 12th inst., was charged with stealing a maul and ttvo iron wedges from a but at Little River. They were the property of William Giles. Uo.vlaul was brought into Akaroa and charged b -fore Mr VV, B. Tosswill with the offence, He was remanded till today, LITTLK RlVHll CrIOKKT CbUC. Considering the short notice a very fairly atteulel meeting of the intending mnnbers of the 100 vl club was held at Olphert's Mo-el on Tuescl iy evening, the 12chinst, when it was proposed and carried unanimously that the chair be taken by Mr il D. Buc'.ianin. Th ■->. proce lings were then common.cd by Mr F. Taveuder, who propose 1 that Mr Wm Coop be the President for the ensuing year, with Mr A. D. Allan as Vice-president. Mr Tavender's proposil was seconded by Mr L. Allan. It w <s further decided to write and thank the Fresi lent and Vice-presiuenfc for their services last season. Mr H. D. JjUjhan.ui was, prop o-icd its cvptain of llm team for tin: season, bat that gentleman not consent! lg on accou'.it of hi:? reading at a di t-.ince, vn\ Hi' Olpherfc aiidoth'rs b'iug or opinion th it .vi.r John Radford wis the next b.;st man, he (ilt Radford) was elected with ac.lamatiou. After considerable discussion, oho gentle iron present not seeming anxious for office, Mr Leslie Allan wis elected as Secretary aid Treasurer for the seas m ; this w.i:? followed by the election of tiro mil Cimmittoo, vb;., Meiiars ForgUv.)u, R.idlbr!, B ichai: x\\, aud Taveu ler, i'he .VLiteii Committee, Messrs Ii a.'ha ii.vi, Radford, and Ta vender. Tho caretaker, Mr Ferguusou, it w:is decided that juaiar members be not "an.:: r 12 years of age, nor above the a.','- of 15 years, ami that the subscription for tiV. seasjii b" 7 s (5.1 for seuijrs an 1 2t ol for t!u snull fry ; also tint the opening mate i be played on Saturday week, when nil the subscriptions mat bo p.-ii i, the qinhlic itim =.s a mcvi"or being <;,' ;h paymmi:, and th.it Mr "i-'.-iiib biiouid obvuu bits, o balls, '.;''.y'es, etc. The ■ vereUry was iu-su-u»..cl to apply f o hi.? predecessor for [ tne uo.bs of oh; cb.ib, and the proceed-j ings t-jr uiiiiik'.t with a hearty vote of sivaics to 7v* Uhaimi.m, without whose ■i!d t>'-; nobic game wouu languish in t;.is :.':-.rt. '

TIIK AUSTRALIAN CuiCKETKIiS. The cricket match at Leeds between the Australians an { Shaw's team resumed on £y?pfce-nb'r L2t.li, and resulted In a victory for the visi ors by 88 runs. The Australians in their second innings mode 125, and Shaw's Eleven only succeeded in putting together 37.

Tmo Advance of the /Army in Egypt.—lntelligence is to hand that Sir Garnet Wolseley having completed the concentration of his entire force last evening, the order for advance was given during nisjit, and the enemy's position at Tebikebir was reached at 4.80 this mor ing (Sept. 13) whenthe attack was commenced by the British for vs. Last Night's Interi'rovlwotal Tkleorams —The English Church at Johnsonville, near Wellington, w-is destroyed by fire at eleven o'clock last night.l~A portion of Mrs Cleaver's stomach will be forwarded to Mr Skey, the Government analyst at Well ngtoti. — Both Houses of Parliament meet tomorrow afternoon. The prorogation takes place shortly afterwards a The thr c Co liiuissioners are sir Wm. Fitzherhert. Speaker of the Legislative Council, the Hon. P. Whitakcr, Premier, and Sir G. S. Whitmoro. Thhs Tolley Family.—The melodrama of " Luke the Laborer " and the farce of " The Stolen Kiss " were performed at the Oddfellows' Hall on Tuesday evening. Many gentlemen had exerted themselves to sell tickets, and their efforts were successful, for the house wis a very full one. The weather was propitious, and many residents in th '■ Bays rode over to see the entertainment. The preparations for the pr duction of the two pieces had been going on for some time, " Lu';e tho Laborer" being produced under the direction of Mr Parsons, who spared no pains in placing it on the stage in a complete manner. Thanks to Mr Noonan, the scenery that was required was got together, and some new scenes painted by him for the occasion, fcjo many took a share of the work beforehand, to carry the entertainment through successfully, that it is impossible to particularise. The dresses were good, and each character looked the part he or she undertook. Mr L. Watkins presided at tho piano, and played several pieces at intervals during the evening. In the drama Mr Parsons took the leading character, Luke, and played with great expression in his usual effective manner. He was well supported by the others, who played up to him throughout, Mr Hombersley especially distinguishing himseif as Philip, and keeping the piece going with great spirit Mr Martin Daly undertook a rather thankless part in Squire Chase, but did exceedingly well in it. He doubled it with Michael the gipsy, and in this part was very good indeed. Mr Sims pourtrayed the broken-down farmer to perfection, and looked the part. The funny character of Bobby Trot was allotted to Mr Drury, who did it justice, an 1 caused great laughter, especially by bis antics and facial contortions. Mr Granger, as Charles Maydew, a moral young farmer, had a rather difficult part to maka much of, but succeeded in making the most of it, and was several times applauded. Mr G. Scott played a minor part 'Dick, a groom), but was well ac iiiainted with the text, and went through it nicely. Messrs Aiming and Jacobson played minor parts. The lades consisted of the Misses Parsons, and both are to be congratulated on their performances. We had almost forgotten one young lady, Miss Grange, who had a little dusting to do, and had to be embraced by a good many people, and whoso get-up was splendid; The second part of the < ntcrtaiument was " The Stolen Kiss," and Messrs Hombersley and Granger an 1 the three young ladies who took part in the performance were very successful. Mr Homb Tsley to >k Frank fathom, and shoived a very refreshing activity throughout. The amount realised was £21 -is, not including £1 promised by the Good Templars The 11 all was given free by the Oddfellows. All taking par, muH be congratulated on the genuine success obtained.