HAMILTON.

Mount Ida Chronicle, Volume II, Issue 87, 14 October 1870, Page 2

HAMILTON.

. (From our owai Correspon deii t.) " 1 - ; c - October 12. Our-districtis atepreserit reaping thebenefit: of ar very-propitious iiymter,}theeffects of which are,plainly discernible both in-the amount of work- done -and the^ield';:.has it beem felt tliafc' scarcely any part? | been | stopped ;for a week; during • the entire, winter. -All . look cheerfully 'and ipealc: ( hopefully, awl: the-. • that" TiaVe already taken place- are- reported as being sati?- * —the United and Cornish- partielMn particular being very'good. At the Sowburn-also; I-think things vMtv ■ -they, have been" for* some time;, . yictoriah Company have given up sluicing in favor of tunnelling;. with considerable adyn|n%i*?e to- 2 themselves. - Tiiis is in consequence of the'depth of their ground, and the 'fact, cfciat .thje; creek, is always liable to silt up 4 with the- tailings—the same-acting as a drawback to other parties, whose °nly remedy is-to-wait until there is a flood in the- creelr,. when the debnis. carried away.. It is a- pit} 7 f6rth(£So\vbu.r4l.that the level of, the;-creek is so high, otherwise. I are many of acres- of payable ground,. *• which cannot be- worked* for want of the requisite-tall.. As % token of the* likely durability the place, I may .mention that lately the inhairitants-have-subscribed liberally and erected a very neat and substantial the pulpit ot which will be pretty regularly filled,, either by the local p-reaehei* from Ham - i ilton or itineraut ministers. Jn con- 1 nection therewith, I am happy to say that the -Education Board have opened.

school uunderr r ofT'our intt a^Sa ble scKoolmasielv^Vlr,Walter •|, r ® T to bis duties, Msle arrangements |lo each; at the :So wburriLfor half-a day, at .? e sain fe time only depriving the Ham--1 ""'en _of one liour's tuition. Supplementing' 'Mount Ida pepr-le determined to. have ;a day sam useinent also, and chose Friday last, when thfey tueinselves ,by horseracing,;,-/iittQiting, &e.—Mr. Rouse's proving timselt the best horse in the place. In running, Messrs. Girvau and Clarke took the prizes, and at quoits Mr. J. Roberts >vas r by far the best player. _