THE COUNTRY.

Evening Star, Issue 3228, 25 June 1873, Page 3

THE COUNTRY.

Mount Ida. —The elections over, Mount Ida is very quiet, rejoicing in the open winter, which so far has not delayed work for a day: On Saturday night the rain fell very heavily, changing to snow in the morning and continuing through the day, not lying in the flats, but leaving a fine thick mantle on the ranges. —On Sunday the Presbyterian Church was opened for the first time, Dr Stuart, of Dunedin, preaching morning and evening. In spite of the bad weather the church was very fairly filled, and good collections were doubtless made. This church has been built within a very short time, and although not entirely free from debt, will soon be so. An Episcopal Church has also been projected, and a considerable sum of money is in hand for the purpose, but owing to some difficulty about a suitable site, the foundation-stone has not been laid.—The sludge channel, under the vigorous care of the contractors, is progressing very satisfactorily, a great quantity of stone being on the ground ready for pitching the channel. There is more difficulty in getting reliable accounts from the head race, but I believe the work, though progressing slowly, is being done thoroughly.—You have been already advised by telegram of the restoring to life of a little boy who had been choked by a marble. Life was apparently extinct fully ten minutes before there was the least natural response to the scientific efforts of Dr Dick. There are only two cases on record where recovery has been effected at the expiration of a similar period.