The Akaroa mail. TUESDAY, JANUARY 16, 1883.

Akaroa Mail and Banks Peninsula Advertiser, Volume VII, Issue 679, 16 January 1883, Page 2

The Akaroa mail. TUESDAY, JANUARY 16, 1883.

Birdling's Flat. —The attention of the .railway authorities is called to tho fact that there is no wuteroloset accommodation at the present terminus of the Little Riv;.r Railway at Birdling's Flat. Such •accommodation is most urgently needed, and the sooner steps are taken to remedy such ft crying evil, the better. The New Loan.—The New Zealand loan is a .thorough success. A telegram from London, dated January 11th, says :— " Tenders for thof &pOO.-Ono 4 ivr cent loan for New Zeah&d.wcre opened to-day. The total amount off-red was found to be £1 520,000, at prices ranging from a minimum of 98£ to 101. Tenders *t 98 9-lGths will receive allotment to the extent of 78 percent. Tenders above 98 9 ldhs will be received in full." This is the more gratifying as the new Victorian 4 per cent. £4.000,000 loan has not met with much support. It was issued at par, and only £450,000 subscrioed. The South Australian loan has also been a partial failure, though the full amount was eventually sni>s : :<-ib'_d. The fact, thi-n, that more iU.xn a million and a half were offered for Ilia million we inquired, at a price exceedin., d'J pei ccat., shows that English financial cir-lf- have great faith in our prospects and resources.

Congregational.—The annual meeting of the Congregational Union of South New Zealand vvill be held in Christchurch on the 23rd and 24th inst., Mr W. Barnettha« lieen delegated to represent the Akaroa and Leßon's Bay Congregational Churches. Photograeuic—-A temporary portrait gallery has been erected in Mr Henning's old offices, Church street, Akaroa, by Mr J. li. Crairg, a photographer who has recently arrived from Melbourne. He has already taken many beautiful Peninsula views, and no doubt many will eagerly seize the opportunity of having not only their portraits, but their residences taken, in order to show their friends in the old country the sort of place they live in. Sir W. Jervois.—" The prospect of the | removal of Sir W. F. D. Jervois from the Governorship of the Colony (says the Adelaide Advertiser) is regretted by all ! sections of* the community. During the period of his residence in South Australia ho has so constantly and earnestly identified himself with al! public movements in which he could as Governor take part and has at once maintained the dignity of his position and associated freely with the people over whom he has been placed, that ho will be missed as one of the familiar and ever welcome personages adorning great occasions and adding interest to ordinary ones. When his appointment was first announced his reputation as a great military authority made it particularly acceptable as a kind of assurance that some more satisfactory provision would be made for- the protection of the Colonies. At the same time there was some little anxiety as to whether his military training, together with the fact that he had had no experience in the Governorship of any Colony possessing Constitutional Government, might not unfit him for the satisfactory occupancy of a position of such acknowledged delicacy as that held by the Governor of our very free and tolerably democratic province; but any such anxiety was removed as soon as the Governor was known, and his thorough good sense perceived. He at once accepted the position, and threw himself into the public life and interests of his now sphere with an enthusiasm and energy tbat had characterised him in other spheres; and now that the term of his official relation to the colony is almost cotnplote, the success of his Governorship is best at tested by i.ho universal esteem and affection in which he is held." Little River Road Board.—A meeting of ratepayers of this district was held at the schoolroom, Tai Tapu, on the evening of the 11 Ih inst., to discuss matters of local interest. At the hour appointed a very limited number of ratepayers attended. Mr Forbes being requested to take the chair, having explained the object of the meeting, Mr Mangles proposed, and it was seconded by Mr Leatham, :( That tr.e rates be raised to Is in the £." Mr Herrick proposed as an amendment, " That !)tl in the £ be the amount." This was seconded by Mr Gihnour. On a division the former'proposition was carried. The next question was as lo tlie advisableness of taking steps to reconstitute the Akaroa County Council. Several desired to be informed what possible benefit the district had ever derived from that body, but as no one volunteered the information the following »esolution was carried nem con : —•« That it is highly desirable to take steps to abolish the Akaroa County Council if possible,.and if not to reorganise it according to powers granted by the Counties Amendment Act 1882." Rate payers expressed their astonishment that gentlemen could go month after month to sit on that Council, as no one seemed to ho aware that the least possible benefit had hitherto been deiived from their meetings. It was also unanimously resolved—"That it is desirable thai the district be sub-divided to enable each riding to elect its own representatives independent of the others ; and also, that no more roads should be closed in the district, as its future requirements in that regard could not be foreseen. After lengthy discussion on the above matters the meeting separated. General News.—Mr Gladstone is indisposed, arid his medical advisers have ordered him to Cannes on the Mediterranean coat of France.—The remains of M. Gambetta have been transferred to Nice. —Bishop Moran is a candidate for the Otago Peninsula seat in Parliament, in \ho in.erestsof Denominational Education. He is well supported.—The San 'Frisco people think it quite possible that the frozen ■neat business may be extended to that town from New Zealand.—The ship Dunedin, with a cargo of 8271 frozen sheep, sailed from Port Chalmers on Sunday last, bound for London.—The Sonkar has arrived at Lyttelton, after a 92 days passage. She brings 46 passengers. —The Tambour Major Opera Company opons to-night.—The journalists of Christchurch gave a dinner to Archibald Forbes on Saturday night. It was a great success. —The Duchess of of Connaught has given birth to a son. —A plot to assassinate the chief police officers in Dublin has been discovered.—The Wild Deer from Glasgow to New Zealand, with 200 emigrants, went ashore at North Rock. All hands were saved.—Three clergymen were drowned whilst bathing together at Kiama, 90 miles south of Sydney.—There has been trouble in the Kaiapoi Council, and the auditors are to be ousted.—Some time ago £800 worth of jewellery was siolen from a passenger on the steamer Wellington, and several members of the crew were committed for trial on the charge. £400 worth of the jewellery was yesterday found by the police in an oil can on hoard the steamer. The police have received information of other plants in connection with tho jewellery robbery on board the steamer Wellington, in the boiler and in a shaft tunnel, but they havo not been able yet to examine them. The Wellington Froz3n Meat Company is making good progress. The first cargo will be placed on boird the Lady Jocelyn on Wednesday next, and will be followed by another on the following day, arrangements having been made to bring meat down at daylight every morning. The work of freezing will occupy about three week*.. A< tlm is the first shipment of frozen meat from Wellington a considerable amount of interest will no doubt he evinced in tho progress of tho operation and tho result of the undertaking. The nhip is fbted with machinery or the latest design, and the freezing of the meat will be conducted by three properly qualified engineers. The cargo will consist of about 0000 carcases f mutton and 150 of beef. The necessary number of sheep and bullocks have been purchased in the Wairarapa district and will be slaughtered at abbatoira at Petone.

Fire at Kaituna.—The Press reports that on Monday week a fire occurred at Mr Parkinson's Kaituna Station, when the woolshed, stables, and a quantity of grass seed and implements were destroyed. The buildings were insured in the Royal Insurance Company. Banks Peninsula Teachers' Association. —A meeting of the members of the Banks Peninsula Teachers' Association was held at Devauchelle's Bay on Saturday, the 13th inst. The minutes of the last meeting were read and confirmed. The correspondence since last meeting was read and considered. The action of the president in getting the prizes was approved of, and the account passed for payment. The secretaiy and president were requested to prepare the annual report to be sent to the Institute. The secretary to inform the representatives of the Association at the Institute that as the books of the library are to be circulated amongst the teachers, the association approves of the library. Resolved, that the Association draw up a petition to the Board of Education, asking them to grant similar advantages to the teachers on the Peninsula that are afforded to the teachers of Christchurch by the Science and Art Department, and that the signatures of all the teachers on the Peninsula be obtained. The Association year to commence on the Ist January 1883, to correspond with the financial year of the Institute. By-law No 3 was amended, and the time for the annual election of officers of ttie Association was fixed to take place at the first meeting in each year. Votes of thanks were passed to the retiring officers, and were dulj* responded to. The officers for the year 1883 were then elected. President, Mr Nichols ; librarian, Mr McClintock; secretary and treasurer, Mr Roulston. Mr Giles and Mr Bussel protested against two offices being held by one person. The secretary to write to the secretary of the Institute, asking his opinion in the matter. Resolved, that the president be asked to draw up a paper setting forth the advantages to be derived from being a member of the Banks Peniusula Teachers' Association, to be read at the next meeting of the Association on the second Saturday in Febuary next. After considerable discussion on several matters connected with education, the meeting ended.