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Mount Ida Chronicle, Volume II, Issue 75, 15 July 1870, Page 2

A number of the friends and tances of Mr. J6hn M'DonaUT, sfdrekeepervo]f this town, entertained him last night to aB% per in the Empire Hotel Sprier to his early departure for Scotland. ' 4 Mr. F. T. George ably filled the chair. Mr: M'-ifonald Vas'-onV ' of the early pioneers of the Mount Ida Gcldfield many years ago,"and "rouglrcd" it-whon coal in the distri«t; was as y.et .jmdiscove,red 4 aiid when the withered roots of tussock grass for fuel had to.Jbe sought on ; , the. treeless hills beneath the snow. Those were indeed hard times : but-well grounded faith in the. future of the district induced him'to cling to it, believing, as he .did, that there was s ';' a. good time coming," The good time eahje at last tii> those animated, like-him, with lively hope .ihd?tern. ea-iu ari;e'anl it is/grafifyihg'tQ learn thht'the j industry an.l good faith .which have characte- ! «u?ed all Mr/. M'Donald's, dealings' with the miuing community and"pfhiers in, this'* district; have resulted in his business success. "The supper was proyided...in a very capital .manner by Ifr. flutter/and t!ve evening was spent, in a most agreeable way, by to'ast, sentiment, and. song. .••..'•..■ -j tf ,"• »\- The • Provincial Government Gazette '~*cpn-' tains the half-yearly report of. the Undaunted Water Race trp i to June, 1870. Walter jnder, manager, gives the nouiujal capital briheCompauy as £(3,000; aiiio'niif "paid 1 up, £6,000 f rnimfce'r if • shares- m which capital is divided," 300; number of original to be at constant wort,'but tliere is no halfyearly dividend! "The Vi 'sanie"bffieial- informa- j tion, : in~terois©f the Act } is-given-4Duchhig.trhe i position'ofthe-Hit or Miss.--Water "Race Company, Mount Ida, for the half year ending i Juiie- 11.J" < Henry Anderson; manager, Vsfets down the nominal capital at £6,o2'»;.f)the number of .w]iiel* capital is divided, 301; the number of. shares taken, 301; and ..original shareholders of company* 5ix...... The manager represents the company to be iri'active operation,, with no cash in hand, but. with dividends dedared.amo'uiYtirigfo'£ Commissioner BKAifrsAX has issued a re- i port on the condition; and present status of i the force -which he has succeeded itt'or'gtfnhung. r It would seem that the men have all become j efficiently drilled, and that office?* will chiefly i be appolnled from the rinks.-.Sevex J »x>j)*p.mijs 1 of our-little army .are.epgaged.-road; making,; •bridge building,.. &e., .in, "the. centre -of -.the JNorfch" Island,. Taupo district; and on thtvlSth;, June last itstbtal strength-on, pay.was—Armed Constabulary: 8 statf (including two field' offie-ersy. 33. inspectors "-and; sub-inßpedtoi%ijand .7773 men ; Volunteers .(cavalry), Militia, 190 ; Volunteers (foot), 81; Natives, 1 16 V; Total,'libS4. ,'.:'• • ■ 'Aflra'ceiaent of a somewlratfserio'us kind'occurred -on ."Monday forenoon* -at • Green "'and _ Gompajjy's • by. wliich a miner named "was 'injured. It would ] j seem" tliat West' was busy" at work between two j-walls-or banks of earth! at tfre.time, ,-Vvheh a-j | large portion, -fvctm. top. came doifai and j nearly buried him beneath it*. He whs relieved J i f r.Qm his-perilous positiqn by,,his and j conveyed'to'the MoimtWaV'Jiotel, wn'e'r'e'he is ! now under the care of'Br. M'Cambridge, who ; reportii'his putientsufferniglrdmsevere'bruises i and contusions, with a 'scar on his left temple. ' He is progressing favorably. _ j The Dunedin papers, in deporting the escort ' I returns forwarded iron the up-country dis- | i tricts last \veek, omitted to that the

! returns from] Q:ieen4towri aj3d "Aitow -were foi j a 'period Mount Ida/ Alexandra, j Clyde, and Cromwell were only for three weeks. I Tiiis omission in itself mix seem unimportant to those who know that Mount Ida stands at the head of the g-.dd-produeing districts of the Provin, e, but. readers at a distance might be fed astray by Such "overlooks, and we should-fee glad w re our contemporaries -to furnish the periods-of time, as--well-as-the quantities of gold prolueed,and. sept dow,n,bv escort. . The Rev. Mr. .Burcheft dcuvered'tus first lecture on "The. Age we Live in/\ pa Monday ;'nigiit last, in the Masonic HalS' "a": W.t Robi iison, Esq.,in the ch'afr; and on tl ie platform] wo observed the Rev Father iNorris. Tae hall, was. s well filled", although not.crowded, by a most "re3pectai»Je..and .attentive audience, whqse'enthusiasm arid appreciation were now" and then*" kin lied up and ma;nfesied'anring the evening The rev...lecturer commenced By stating that, in-.he executfonof he had nmJerti;ke*>/ ; he had to appear in three characters, so difficult to-assume that it would, be prdsumptuonp, iii him to hope for any considerable success." The first was that of a photographic artist who. with his ' magic camera, Tiad to picture" t?!ier phases and features of the tinH*sV the second, th-it of the historian, whose duty it was to irr-ves-igateiiie origia.aiidgrowth of pur molern ■"nsiitu-ious ; and the that of. the critic who was called to pronounce' upon* the moml Talue apd tenden-y of the we Li\e in. let there wouTl "be more of praise t»a'en- censured The speaker, expressed *his., }\e.-»r>,y.-fa t ith. in the.advancing h-imanity and nigral dignity *' :of the times, and said that a comparison with whit' are -sometimes called "".the ... good, old rimes" would only increase our satisfadflofi • with the present, r It was -then -shown Ijjatthe V age we live in must have a. vast Influence upon few-men rise above 'tneir times. In order to'act well our part in the t 4rama of life we should understand our age. To be a generation behind' the time* i3*iri* any man a serious-calamity. The habit, also, of s,ush thoughts and'investfgatiSns-had a'tew' dency to widen"and elevatfthe understanding,'-' : as well as to soften the heart'; Reserving for*-" future lectures, the intellectual, social, political, and moral features of the age 7 tlie* present'-dis-cussion would be confinejl to its material eha» " racte'ristics.' One could not stuiy the of pur raee_ without being convinced that a mighty law of motion was : uncffasingly at vrbrk —■amid even disaster, defeat, and fatfure-stfft'** reigning^—the law of. progressy Jsow ; bu/...itf 1 progress —intellectual and..moral, of mankind. The progress'.of this age ?«; was ■startling and grand. ..Before wonders had •multiplied"'and 7 .tp, ; present extent, . the nineteenth justly termed .tljet. age of progress. . With".,"]jbw mo" greater pro-* oriety now"!''-This 7 law-' tff * which reigns wU.h.s^ueh".splendour.wis defined' to be the great characteristic of tile age. The proof-tlie lecturer, presi-nted- by ait extensive rertew. of /the^mpterial. •of rfche, age. The application of science' in all its' hn^-: liant disj'-oyeries to the..useful arts; the 'The" ' Bhanical displays of the especially in the briumphaut agency of steam; the wonders of modern locomotion, arid the extensive facilities For coinrriifnfcating , which ' we?ess ; Jjy the" art of war during the past few years, which diminishes the probability ;of..wat;, by increasing ii g cost and-danger : -and which it was hoped wb.ul<i eventually lead to' its cessation ; the revolution wrought;, in agriculture by modern science; aaa the extraordinary g**6wth rtf-the'great'-'cities«f Europe, and especially of the new countries of America anft'Australiav ehafelirig. 1 u*'4o understand the Yankee editor- who, in order to be the first in the field> took Mis types out to the far "West; and" announced in she-#rst his" paper" ci^,jconim^rced..;'4a»tft L niglit. There are, 500. inhabitants this morning"— were all illustrated; by.Jthe; iletftureri" ' pared or tjhe.past. :il They put ia. few illustrations of the material progress of the age.' Time'would fafl"tb entunerate -all. S'gns also, it wa£ : Hoped, of> mfnfiiLand mcrd pro'gVeYs,;and Rerakisi^of-^'brighter day >for man: ' J The Itirug tried%nd wearie&..watchers of humanity y&th*. joy %fo witaiiess the spreading day." The ligh£ of .truth, wliich former' yp shone only .upon the mountain tpps, was now flooding the deepest valley 'X {Tfe/e 'the lecturer paused 'ft* a'-- lew-iatißoles, by way o£ relief, an J Mr, c llugh ..Wilson gave the song *' Scptjand : _ Ye'jEr'"*]' " ; T.lie tecturfer, on resuming, stated .that the.age' Was but-its progress cha^acte^s6d , by features which entitled it to our reganl, -and which he wb;itd briefly''notice'" -1./ The s spirit pf enterprise. The.epurage whichf/ornierly spent it§el| on. the battlefield was displayed amid' the mbsjb peaceful scenes, and applied to benyfiuent.purposes.', *£his t was, shown by. to tlie" grand' works' of the Brimejs-r:the Thaines'Tunnel' and the Great Eastern"; file Atlantic ciible'; the Suer (>ajxaj r." andtlie.long.train of daughter states which.*t;ne grand 6k f ' land we love to call duVMother Country has gathered .around. in her numerous colonies. "2. This isa prae'ticaTagV /it doesfcot triiild but. spends it 3 energies in the attainmett of useful ends. • This'is shown; by. tIW of .tlie -new ..acienqe .of., political economy,, wliicif aims to reveal .the" laws of' wealtTi.' Men ..are remjployed/mqre in" prpduct|ye Mbbr. : Tlie v division of (whiclj.u^ustrates^fhe'practical character of liipdern'tirtiesj) wa» shown by the number of persons employed in various ways in tlie productifi of that "'"necessary aijijrict of civilisation, a newspaper. 3. The last'point noted wtfs "the diffusive spirit of-'tlie age. Notwithstanding in Europe who struggle t.hrouglx life from squalid cradle to pauper grave, "the comforts "of life equally difinfsedV We-expect a d;ty when remunerative work'shall -be-open to all, and every "worker wlio take* his pari, in the world's great plan shall be-honored. All .-modern ira-provenieiits'.-were'ehQww to hareithis tendency. A conviction was working ampnjg the natious that " There's a good time coining." The iai"pul'se of thafchb*>e:-was already. felt% ujillions. What is the conclusion of the mat ter ? Let .us reiaeiuber that a great age ought to produce •• • ■ - '--• - : v . i^.

great men and women—great in moral stature and the .case, .w.e , are uuwoHhy of qur-age.i shame,the pre- .-.- rob xhe future: 'After'atf, Twill tell you what 4* greater than .the age—a manly, , upright conscience. 'ln the' words "of the <*reat ■ master of .".This ahove all: To thv , own solf be true; and if'must-follow, ; asHh'e inght the day, thou canst not then be false to any man." Votes of tiiariks" to the lecturerand chairman terminated the* proceedings. : 4rr a L to our knowledge that Mr. Warden Robinson, in pursuance of instructionsfrom the provincial Government, is about land for the purposes of agriculture, of four miles from the town of Nasebv. It may be concluded that tne. decision timfc come fo has bSen lmmecKateY caused by the late memorial and deputy des- \ * ro I)imedin r ° r ' :he object now gained, lhe YVarleri will also select a'rens for agriculture at Hill's Creek, Hyde, and an early day, nrittalut. respect, to-any conditions of distance, as at Naseby. : A m_keting of the Mount Ida District School Committee was. held in the school-room on the ;4tu mst. Present—Messrs. ''Botting' (chair,' xn-n), Dickson, and Ross. The minutes.of the previous meeting were read and confirmed ; afer Srhich the querterlyand monthly report? of the schoolmaster were read, and the salary of.the secretary for the present quarter passed for payment. The meeting then adjourned io Friday - ,- the'Sth'ihstanty" there were present Messrs. Botting (chairman*, Inder, Dick son*, Lory, ami Ross. The teacher's report of l?t July was adopted, ar*d showed the average number of pupils in attendance during thi, quarter to be sixty-two. A letter from Mr. Petchell, en<;losing payment of account, was received, and Mr. W. Inder voluntarily offered financial aid to the Cemimittee. The secretary was instructed to pay the bill accepted when-iit: became due, and the proposition of Mr. Lory.' seconded by Mr. Dickson, "That a concert he got up for the benefit of. the committee," -vas carried. A cmouiAß been issued by the Corn'^aKce^'Bun'edin,'giving notice" of a reduction of pay -.throughout the department, to commence on ste. ffcjst September next. F>it clas» sergeants,'second do, and first and second class constables w.UI each be mulcted of Is. per day'from'that date. doe's seem a amgular and arbitrary course to pursue just now, seeing that the: from the Commis-. sioner down to those of first class sergeante Taraain untouched. : , ,* • J^. r <%>g n ifci&i of t&e valuable services renderad by'Wm'Jfaseby Brassßandon the oeca*.. aion of the late entertainment, given &t the Masonic Hall, in aid of the Catholic Young Men's Bociety,/we>are- informed that the Rev. Father Morris has, on Ids own personal account, the: hau tion of £1 Is.

. *Prs town- Macraes' were o%r.ed for sale by public auction (as advertised) bv ;, Mr.©sMd ■BisrrOn,*-disteipt«r surveyor, pn-ths 11 tli instant, when four sections out of the six ptlft disposed of as. foliowa.i—.Np. 4 ■'■ Mr. John Boss, £6 95.; No. 2, do., £8 3s. • v **& -9, ■s*■ B/enaMstm;; £5 >ss.: ; . No. 12, K ;•-, Claffy, £9 18s., or at the rate of 3s. per foot : , ' y .'•• .-■••. •, • ■..... 5 , : . v „. ~,,, .. . "treetsbfthß town have been in a very . wretched 'coirditiofa fqf some'jtiinfe Bast,. rt ,owifl,g; ' : to the absence of frost and frequency of rain .. 7 »howrera. To attempt crossing either Xtejreiv.Q? V Earn-streets at any gi?en point whateverwith- > -out sinking deeply.into;the mud, has been impossible. We are glad, therefore, to see that Mr. &lenn,,Mr,.E, % T, George, and Mr. W. J. ' % T e defe'rmineti' to'pilt -a /'crossing-. pJ^ t o PP oS i te fcln^ir at any rate, and ,fta*e'eomme?:c d fcfie-'Mfcfc eaune-st. If the. storekeepers, publicans and. others opposite *ach other, in the cliief street,- <wou!d but unite t,» efitpt the same desirable -end—wbich surely theii own comfort and that of their customers in some would be- . cornea, better lookingv,.and a ; much more comfortable place to those residing 'in it! M : £?& ialt-yearly jmeeting of the Kaseby Catholic Yonng3|en;i Society was held in : the • Catholic Church oil.Sunday,' the lOtn instant. • ; J. r A. Norris occupied the chair.' ■i *h e °faeffi w"ere elected' for the ensuing* half"year?' vtiz.:— Joseph E^ealy.". presi- - deiit; John M'Namara, vice-president'; P. M. ; i n y< secretary ; Michael Lennaun, trea*'X^St'-■■ : ? at j"^ k: . Ble a'ca, Warden ; James lib'rarian; and a coiincil of seven. . Ah unanimous vote of thanks to th&chairma: and officers terminated the proceedings. •'* for.agricultiirarieas.es in 7"i 1 "* f " , Migftb&riiopd"of Naseby, .by Messrs. \V. '•'JVidiraftdJ. Mnlholland,. were heard 'ajt'tlie Warden's Court here -yesterday. (Thursday), but the cases were postponed for further cbn- * gaeratio.nj.aiid, in the .meantime .Mr. Warden ••-; flobmaoh Has. toexamnie the' lands for; ... •, u .:-,~ ' \'S.,'i. ' ''" "'"."' *-^ -~'.Tbs District Court "here^.as.duly opened on Wednesday, the 13tn instant;'but there were iio cases: for hearing. ■ - •• *-/i»y*KF>.observe, by.an advertisement elsewhere,.. I ; : make their •■: vbqiW before,a aujdience to-riiglitr Be->-i|rid*»i>}i?jr.>-owri.attractions, they proinise an enhancement-oit. the entertainments by" the , performances of other^w.Ml"known 'artistes, wluch will be certain to induce excellent patronage. - 1 -'•••• ■ , '

Johx Patehscks- was brought up on remand before H. on Friday and charged with having burglariously 1 premises Kyebura, on. the night of the lat or early on the morning of the 2nd tnst.ant,' and stealing therefrom certain moneys., a watch, and sundry oi-her articles. The prisoner- was committed to take his ijrial at the next sittings of the' Supreme Oours„ Dunedin, and Sergeant-Major Moore proceeded to town wil;h Turn in charge on the following dsiy. / At the Warden's. Court on/Monday last, before H. W. Robinson, Warden* the case .of Brooks and party v,. Mowbray. arid p:!rty ..was heard. Damages laid at £5. This -to- a , a '.)" to determine the powew of the Dead ';"'''"' Level' Conipany'No. 2i/to prevent tail water * *" and.ttailingß froiri certain workings o» Surface

Hill being allowed to run into the Dead, Le-.re: t^jl.-.race;; _. At the desire of the parties, theWarden proceeded to examine the'source of grievance. Mr; Brooks for Dead Level Company No. 2, Mr. Ross for Mowbray and party.. The? -counsel for plaintiffs submitted grant of the company for the Warden's inspection, and/as thedefendants failed to produce any documentary authority for forming «.".. tail race, the case was decided'against their./ j)amages, £2 and -costs, vehich, however, thr plaintiffs refused to accept, .their only object being.to maintain the rights of their grant. | A BUBfAQ meeting was lately held in Cromwell for the purpose of forming a lodge of Q,ldfeilo.W3 rf (MancJiester Uuity),'whe'u twenfyV %-e persons placed their names on the jist, and ir, was. decided to obtain a dispensation to form the"Xbya! Cromwell Lodge." ; ' ' : '• Mb. W^f 1 . Henley, of London, .has opened communication" with" the New Zealand Com-missioners-relative to submarine elecJnc tele .;*raphv'';"between / 11iis ; counl ry and Australia. i-*"' e Commissioners (Dr. Featherstone and \hv Bvliytiad similar oveitnres. made them by'the French Ti-ansattilil it* Cable OompanV, of wbidi J-ljortl William Hay is' a dhvclor; and ft is very, likely that the.- scheme of .!e.le■'jr?ip!i..commumcaLion.witJi Australia niny become, ere long, an established fact. •

Bav, on the West Coast—the ■ niostv recent settlement in that di reel ion— has been, reeent'y ..reported upon. Some 1 ime baek !fprosp-HM:oi- ? J'iear L.;ke M'-Ken-ow ohiamed the 'color*' hej;e and titer-, and not a few anxious ' '"? have ; si nee ..been open, to learn of more extended research in the neighborhood. The hirbor-musier of Hokitika, who furnishes the! ■'epo'rr, will' chVek further espeeta'-ion- anions miners in the meantime, for he says:—" I got to luentioii that* no gold had been got in .Vlartin's B»y-up to our leaving." Me, Ei.ipha.let Haul took°the onth ofallegtance on- Wednesday last,;at tlie Court-house, Na ; -eby : under ihe Alien's Act, J 3#S, previous to havihg letters of naturalisation"-being- issued id him.- ■■■■■■■■ • , ,

'iHti-Dtoke of Edinburgh Quartz Mining Company, Macraes, are busy cleaning up; out- informant states that the giving satisfaction; :Wisen the amalgam been retorted we will endeavor io obtain and puhlsh tlieaveraje perion->ol" their crushing."