The Akaroa Mail, FRIDAY. DECEMBER 22, 1882.

Akaroa Mail and Banks Peninsula Advertiser, Volume VII, Issue 672, 22 December 1882, Page 2

The Akaroa Mail, FRIDAY. DECEMBER 22, 1882.

Fire at Little Riveh.-—Mr G. Stanbiiry lost 25 acres cf grass seed by burning, in consequence of the carelessness of some person, on Monday List. People should really be more careful with regard to iiring grass, at this time of the year especially. The Southern Provinces Almanac.— We have received a copy of this publication from Messrs Gnnvood & Co., the local agents. As usual, it is admirably compiled, and this, its thirtieth issue, shows a marked improvement in many respects over its predecessors. An old Fiuend —Many persons will be , glad to hear that Mr A. G. Wiggins, formerly editor of this journal, has arrived safely from hi.s trip Home. He has reached Wellington, and writes us ho is well, and has had line times. He will probably pay Akaroa a visit before very long. Post Office and Telegraph Department. —Close holidays will be observed on Christmas Day and New Year's Day. Mails usually dispatched on Monday will be closed the preceding Saturday night at 8 o'clock. On Boxing Day (26th inpt), the ofli 'c will be open in all branches for one hour only, viz., from 9 a.m. to 10 a.m. Mails dispatched on this d>»y will bo closed at the usual hour. Akaroa Regatta Committee.—A meeting of this committee took place at the Mail ofTi :e on Tuesday last. Present— The Commodore and Messrs Hargreaves, Henning, Rich, 11. Ayltner. LaCosto, and jacobson. The minutes of the prior meeting being read and confirmed, attention was called to certain statements that had been made regarding the Dingy Sailing Race. ■Assertions hid bne'i ni idu to mumb'TS of committee absent in vessels, that the bont? had waited more than half an hour after the time of starting. These false statements were at once disproved by the united evidence of all who had been aboard the committee ship, and by ths Commodore, who testified'that when he came in in the Dream nt sixteen minutes past three, the crews of the boats had all been on shore pome time. Tho real facts were that the boats canvj nfE before the Canoe Race was started, or the flag telling them to prepare for the race in question had been ihoisted. and insisted upon being started at tnreo p.m., ostensibly because that time was marked on the cards as tho time for starting the rice. The committee, as a matter of course, refused, stating th it tho committee bad agreed to allow two hours to elapse between tha races, and that a a tho Open BoatStiling Rice had not been stirted till 1.36 this ra :e would not be started till 3.36, unless the Fuugh-a-Balligh was rca ly before. The boats then mule for the shore at exactly 10 minutes past three, and refusad lo compete. It .vas unanimously agn:ed "That the action of the otlioers and committee aboard the committee ship be approved of, and that no entries bo returned." Tlio Hon. S.jc. and Mr llirgioavo.-i were authorised to sign cheques for prizis, an I it, wis agreed th'tt all the outstanding accounts .should be alvertised for. Tue proteu of the C.R.C. against theKiia'poi Club for fouling in the 'air-Oar Rice was then considered. It was resolved to take lh« evidence of thowo in the-eteam launch, and write to ivampoi isking what they had to siyin order to prevent the protest of the GK.C. being sustained Mr H. Ayirner having consented to collect outstanding subscriptions, In mooting adjourns.l till Friday, Deo. : ( Jth. at the Mail oflk-e, at 8 p in.

Mk;-.tinu ;.— riii-re will bo quite a gathering of tho clvh at tlie Head of tin; Bay to-morrow, for there are no than three important meetings to bo held. At 11 a.m. l!i<; County. C inncil meet fit their chambers, and at the same lionr tlio Fanner's Club assemble at the Road Board offi.e. Tliis latter body have a most important tfihh before them, namely, tho final arrangement of matters connected with the coming Agricultural and Pasto-.il Exhibition. The fact of tin President (Mr Piper) being away in the North Island renders it a matter of even greater importance that there shou d be a full meeting. In the afternoon the usual monthly : mfotin" of the Akaroa and Wainui Hand, takes place at their office. Trie: CniusTCHunoH Wool Sale.—Tlie New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Co report that on Wednesday there was considerable reticence in the biddings, and an vi usual number of lots were in consequence withdrawn. O-it of a catalogue of 1340 bales only 424 passed the hammer, but. from the numerous inquiries mule for lots withdrawn, we anticipate considerable private sales at current market values. The prices obtained are indicated by the under-noted prices catalogued, from which it will be observed that greasy merino realised 7{j-.l to 10.-J--I, the latter price being paid for 44 bales of the heart brand ; halfbred, Bid to B£d ; crossbred Gf Ito ; Southdown, 7;fd ; llomney cross. 6|d ; long-woolled rams, 7-jjd ; scoured merino, Is 7d , scoured crossbred, la to Is S^d. German Bay Side School. —The annual examination of the above school for prizes took place on Monday last/ At the request of the committee, tho liev, W. Davidson, of Akaroa, very kindly conducted the examination. The following , are the awards :—Sixth Class—David Misseu, Agnes Jones, equal. Fourth Class—l William Curry, Alfred Missen, equal; 2 Emily Jones; 3 Eliziboth Curry. Third Class—Mary Lelievre, Jeannio Lelievro equal. .Second Class— 1 Mary Curry ; 2 Margaret Curry; 3 William Lolievre ; 4 Sissil Lelievre. First Class, 2nd Division—l Henry Woodill, Edward Curry equal ; 2 Henry Curry ; 3 David Curry. First Class, Ist Division —1 Joseph Lelievre, Willie Curry equal ; 2 Lucy Brocherio; 4 George Thomas. At the close of the examination, Mr Davidson addressed the scholars. He expressed himself as very much pleased with the way in which the children had acquitted themselves. Mr Giles thanked Mr Davidson for exatning tlie school. Three hearty cheers were then given for Mr Davidson, and the proceedings terminated. The school will break up for the Christmas holidays on Friday, the 23rd. A very liamltiomo sum has already beeu subscribed for prizes, which will bo distributed when school resumes. It is proposed to hold tho annual picnic after tho busj season of dairying, grass seeding, etc., is over. The Inauguration of the Mayor.— The meeting of Councillors to inaugurate the Mayor for the coming year was held at noon on Wednesday, at tho Council Chambers. Present—His Worship the Mayor and Crs Waeckerle, Rich, Scott, Gutber'et, Cullen, Brown, and Black. The minutes of the prior annual meeting were read, an 1 also tho correspondence re the re-election of Mr Thos. Adams to the Mayoral chair for the year 1883. CrCullcn then moved—" That the members of tho Akaroa Borough Council beg to express their appreciation of tho kind and [ considerate manner in which Plis Worship the Mayor, Thomas Adams, Esq., has presided over them for tho past jear." Seconded by Cr Gutberlet and carried unanimously. The Mayor briefly (hanked the Crs, and said ho had to declare himself re-elected to the Mayoral chair for the ensuing year. His Worship was then formally inaugurated. Ho then sail . Gentlemen, allow me to express my thanks to you for the great honor you have done mo, and also for the great consideration with which you have treated me during my past year of office. You have bad, and will have, to make great allowances for mmy shortcomings on my part, but you may depend upon one thing, and that is, on my acting sincerely and straightforwardly, and doing what I believe to be the best for the welfare and progress of the town. lam indeed glad to see so many of you here in the middle of a busy diy, for it shows a fine public spirit to knock off work, and come in your shirt -sleeves, as I see some of you have done. I again bo;; to thank you for your courtesy to me in the past. This terminated the proceedings. Akaroa Horticultural and Industrial Association,—A meeting of the committee of this society was hold on Tuesday evening last. Present—Messrs Jucobson (in the chair), Perm, Newton. Lee. Bicknell, and S. Watkins (Hon. Sec.) Tho minutes having been read and confirmed, correspondence was read from the Schoolmasters' Association. enclosing resolutions passed at a meeting held on Dec. 9, relative to prizes given by them (already published i.i these columns). It was unanimously agreed t'iat the Schoolmasters' Association be warmly thanked for the great interest they have taken in the Exhibition. Letters were also read from Messrs Piper and Saxton, accepting the post of judges at the forthcoming show, the former, however, stating that as he was going on a trip to tlie North Island he could not be sure of being present. It w.is agreed that a subcommittee, consisting of Messrs'GJ-irwood, Bicknell, Pcnlington and Lee, be appointed to arrange the Oddfellows' Hall for the Exhibition. It was agreed that the Secretary should write to the Farmers' Club, suggesting" that one of their members should be present at the next meeting, to arrange with the committee regarding the staging of tho agricultural and pastoral exhibits, it was also agreed that special attention should be called to the time for entries closing for the horticultural and pastoral exhibits. (An, advertisement elsewhere contains full particulars.) It was mentioned that a good many people in Akaroa were anxious to go to the opening of the Lyttelton Graving Dock, and that it might be possible to get the Akaroa s.s. to run from Lyttolton with passengers for the Akaroa Exhibition, returning on the morning of the 3rd, with excursionists to attend tlie opening of the Dock It wr.s agreed thiit the Hon. Sec, should write to Moss»h Ouui'Mou Bros., asking tliem if they were inclined to entertain such a proposal, and on what terms. The me-. , ting then adjourned to Tiicarlay, 'Dec. 2G, at 7.30 pm. It is most important there should be ii vary full meeting on that evening, as; all the final arrango'.nents for the show will then have to be made, and the subcommittees appointed to do tho work.

The Auckland My.-tery.—Acting upon permission given bj' the Presbyterian Cemetery trustees, Superintendant Thomson had tho bodies of the late Hugh A. Hamilton and his infant child disinterred on Wednesday and conveyed to the morgue. Dr Goldsbro made an examination, there being also present Dr Walker, and Dr Dawson, Superintendant Thompson, Detectives Strathoarn and Walker, and the undertaker who interred the bodies. The press requested permission to attend the examination, but was refused admission. Tho body of Hamilton was in an advanced state of decomposition. The preliminary stages of the examination disclosed facts Ibat have not even been suspected, and that will, when made public, intensify the painful interest which is concentrated upon the case. The fracture of the skull was found to be more extensive and serious t.ian had been anticipated. Cricket.—The following will represent the A.O.C. at Barry's Bay on Saturday :— Messrs Hay ward, A. Munro, W. Watkins, L. Watkins, A. Tosswiil, P. E. Granger, W. Parsons, G. LaCoste, J. Sunckell, V. Masefield, and G. Robinson. A start will be mado from Bayley's Hotel at 7.30 a.m. We are glad to hear that there is every prospect of the " Muff Costume Match," on Boxing Day, being a great success. The drum and fife band will be revived for that day, several fifers having signified their willingness to lend their assistance. The secretary will be glad to lie.n of any musical ni'-n who will help to swell the baud. Moro than twenty players are already on the list, but the secretary will bo happy to receive the names of others. As the members of tho Cricket Club are sparing no pains to make Tuesday a thoroughly enjoyable day, we hope the public will show their appreciation of their efforts by rolling up in large numbers. Players will assemble in full costume opposite Garwood's store at 10.30 a.m. sharp, to form the procession. The following are already down on the list of players:—Messrs Hayward,. Colletf, Billena, Granger, Sims, Kissel, Gutberlet, Penlington, Sen., Cullen, Brown, W. Jacobson, A. Munro, H. Munro, J. Sun ckell, Hargreaves, Funne'.l, Green, A. Tosswiil, Parsons, San., Scott, Flutey, Robinson, Smith, Ferguson, and Zincgraff.