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Mount Ida Chronicle, Volume II, Issue 67, 13 May 1870, Page 2

The funeral of the late Mr. Thomas Lawson, whose melancholy fate we recorded in our last issue, and whose body was found on the following day, took place on Sunday last, when the Odd Fellows and the general public of Naseby manifested their respect-for the dead and their lively sympathy for the living by following, almost to a man, the remains to their last long resting place. ' -l The pipes, of the Naseby Watec Works Company are liist approaching their, termination. The transverse pipe in Earn-street has been laid, and the * only thing necessary'to afford a full and constant supply of clear to the town is the service pipes. A -supply of these pipes is already to '.wind, and we expect to see, in the course of another week, the town supplied with wholesome water at a, cheap rate. This, we fancy, -.'.rgues well for the permanency .of the Hogburn i;s a diggings. I We are gl.ul to Sal that there is at present an effort being made to establish a fire brigade for this town. W-.il.er will soon be plentiful, and the only necessary thing to he done will be to raise a sufiljient sum to supply the hose and othei* necessary materiel. A subscription list is on foot and has, we believe, been, and is still being, handsomely responded to. We understand that a subscription list is going t!re round of the town and district to

raise a fund for t'le relief of thy widow of the late Mr. Thorn is Irn wsoa, whose melancholy fate lias been recorded in this paper, and a report of an. inquest upon, whose body appears, in our present issue. In ordinary eases of misfortune it is the undoubted duty of tlie fortunate 1o assist and relieve the necessities of their less foituna-e brethren, but in a case such as the present ihere is a more than ordinary call for support aad sympathy. Many of us m tlie Hbgburai ire husbands and fathers, and the same misfortune 'which lias occurred to Mrs. ..-awson migiu happen to the wife of any one' of us to-morrow. Let, then, all of us respond to tliis. call according to the means at our disposal, and attempt to place the widow in a position which will enable her, not to forget her lost husb;i:id, but to obtain an honest, decent) and respectable livelihood. To those in good circumstances, therefore, we say ."Give niuch;" to those possessing little we would suggest, " Give of that little," remembering the Divine promise—Cast your bread upon the waters and you will find it after many days. Subscriptions addressed to Mr. Hugh Wilson, .at this office, will be acknowledged in this journal. Otaqo is famous for 1-lie absurdity, vulgarity, ...and "uappropriaiencss of the nomenclature of ;:its country districts ; but; ii is, apparently* not , singular in this respect. The ' Argus'"says.: I —"We gather from a gossiping article on ! London topography, and street nomenclature ! that this colony "does not possess a monopoly ' of absurd, vulgar, and inapproprial e names of localities, since the following are to be met with in the metropolis of Great Britain-. Bandyleg-wa'k, AU : farthing-lane, Shoulder-of-tnutton-alley, JJlpw-bladder-street, Pig's-alley, | and Cut-throat, Do-little, and Stinking-lanes. ; The provincial topography of England would I supply scores of similar instances; and we recollect passing through two villages in Essex named Ugly and :>"as(y respectively.*' In exemplification oi"the sympathy ' felt for the widow of the late Thomas Livw'gon, we may mention that, at the last weekly meeting of the Oddfellows on Tuesday last, Ihe suiri of £26 was subscribed in the room. ■-••."

: The new : Beprescnt»fion Ordinance, waicli was rend a second lime on Friday last, proVu'es that af iv tlie dl*:c of the dissolutioa 'of tin}

present Council, the Province »ball be dmctedl into 14 districts, which shall return 24 n>em» bers as follows :—Bunedin 4. Oamaru 2, Waik*

ouaiti 1, North Harbor 1, Boslyn 1, Caverslisun 1, Taicri ?+ Tokomairiro 2, Clutha- 2, Tuipefc* 2, Mount Jienger 1, Mount Ida 2, Dunstan 2* Wakatip 1. We wish to call the attention of Mr. Main* our representative,. to the state" of the ford at the Taieri where the late accident ocwnrre<£ i The Council being in session, we trust that Mr. ; Main will lend his support to carry out the- ! views expressed in our leader of ;o-dny. * The first reunion of the newly formed..-; . Quadrille Club took place at the Masonic Hall, : yesterday evening, when, the hall was well i filled and an ag;*eeable evening passed. Thii j assembly promises well to supply.amusement land recreation during the winter months, | which are fast creeping upon us. ■ Is the appeal case heard on Wednesday last, ; Creighton v. Campbell, ;\is Honor Mr. Wilson > ] Grey, reserved his judgment il'l tlus day at j 9.30 p.m. Up to the time at which we write the" body ! of the younger Lawson had n.>t been found, though both the police and private individuals ; have been constantly on the search" in the neighborhood where the accident occurred. . "We notice by the telegrams from Hokitika that our respected townsmen, Mers.s. W. Inder ; and James,Thom*on had arrived thus far on their return to N.iseby. We feel sur,e .'hut all , the residents ot Nnseby will welcome the re- * i turn of these gentlemen. : A BEi?OBT of the inquest on the body of the late Mr. Thomas .Luwson will be found in ■;■ another column. The verdict was, of course, such as under the circumstance? might have • been expected; at the same tiir.ewetMmk that the verdict should have been accompanied by ! a rider calling the attention of the Government to the danger, of the crossing in question, and • suggesting that some provision should be made . to protect the lives of t;:e public as much as : possible in future. It "s announced that the second anniversary , ; ef the Loyal 27aseby Lodge, M.T7.1.0.0.i\, will j be celebrated by a B.ill and Supper, to take j place in the Masonic Hall on Tuesday, May ■ 24th (Queen's Birthd -v). ; Owing to so; ae cnosped eel 'delay the post* ■ for erection upon the line of track from Maere- '. whenua to Nnseby, on ihe iLierewhenua side j of the nnige, have, we understand, not yet been wceivec from Oamaru. Those on the Kyeburn side are or. the ground, and are now in course

o? erection. Mining matters at t'teMnerewlienuaappear to be very dull. No-ie of the races are yei completed. We believe iiiat one parly,, having a small ••.;' e ..o-nmanuhig the head of Duffer's Gully, nivi w'.o ■ ..ve hern sluicing for the las!", three or "our weeks, are about to wash ;;p. Sho-.dd tliei.* washing up turn out a? well us is expected .he effe-'-i will doubt.less be to * greatly encoa/ago '.Ik::: "n'e.-est.eil. iu ihe larger undertakings. RsFßmiiXG to Lord o-ranviue's rho-lomon-tade, about England defending rs with her " last, na.j, :ier List- ship, and \:er last shilling," the ' Wangauui Chroaiele' suys:—".-.Lord Granville's policy "s rather peculiar.. He ha» no object ion to t.ne Maoris killing —and, per-oham-e, eating—us, but let an American or a *

Frenchman attempt, to lay a finger on lis and then —then indeed we shall see what we shall see."

The shareholders of -lie Table Hill Quart! Reef have decided upon raising nine tons of si one, eight of which are lo he crushed on the. spot, and one ton is 1o be forwarded to Melbourne for thai purpose. The Melbourne 'Argus' of April 25, says: —"The mineral statistics'of Victoria for tbd year 1869 have just been published, and show a falling off in the yield of gold in the past at com oared with the previous year, of 316,353 ozs., while the.mean number of ininers em* ployed was greater in 1869 than in 1868 by,, 4,1'.7."

'/pom the ' Southland Times' we learn that the properly of the Longwood Water Race and Ground* Sluicing Company, with all the com* pany s tools, &c.. was sold by auction for £SO. The vosi to the company was over £9OO.