THE Mount Ida Chronicle. FRIDAY, DECEMBER 30, 1870.

Mount Ida Chronicle, Volume II, Issue 98, 30 December 1870, Page 2

THE Mount Ida Chronicle. FRIDAY, DECEMBER 30, 1870.

Another dav's struggle, and i"he year 1870 will r give up the ghost, and the 1 same bells which■ will sound the funeral, knell of the y_ear,„w.illjannounce the birth of the New Year 1871. • Though,-as ariorbals,-we haveneitheHjhe ] right nor the desire to attempt to lift J ■ the veil beneath which-futurity and its' secrets -lie .concealed, there can he no i impropriety m our again reifcoratmg the ;fcLme:-h.onored but somewhat hackneyedand conventional compliment of •a> Happy New-Yea/r.- But while we refrain from speculating upon the future, and its secrets, there arc other subjects whinh we are fully entitled. to.enteHain '—with which we have 1 full liberty to deal—and upon .which it .behoves us as journalists' to co mure lit.'" We'allude to the past and the present Our readers will not have forgot'ten that, at the commencement of the year now about to close, tiis portion of the Mount Ida District was; in (the" lb roes of a crisis—i the crisis having arisen from t"ic high rate for water-charged by'the water companies, and which culminated in. a. geirefal strike. ' The minors, "consider.ing„ the charges exorbitant, obtained" "froWhis* Honor the Superintendent the suspension of clause 2L of Reg-. XXVI. of the u'oldfields and—Eejmla'tions —amoun*in.> .*tb' aljDrotection of their claims £>•- a month —inftihe hope that the then -exist incr difficulty between the water companies, ( .and themselves r mi£hVbe r bY6n-gFit to" friendly settlement. I\ioj issue of .the contest was that after much discussion., the major-.. itvCqf "the". Water companies reduced 'their charges 10s. per liogburn head,' and work was resumed after some six weeks', suspension. -Despite the length of time dun'n" w.iieh mining operations, from the cause referred to. were suspended, we are glad to assure our readers that the produce,of gold during year has considerably exceeded that :of the,year previous. - (The full,statistics are not yet before us, but so soon as they are'Crereiverb aicopy shall'appear in this jounvil.) Following "the *i'rike,-and more'particularly, of an adverse judgment given, by case Packman' * i-rr v . 'J- > - , --■ .• .'a '.>• hi r .j o'l

y. Martin, fbrpepositing tailin^^u:pb"h'.- : •his freehold .'■property in Earn-street, ! an agitation was commenced by with the view of bringing the grievance under which they labored under the notice of^the,^oyenjm§iit7>^A|MdT3ers'r; ; was*'a]ipbii.tedJat4, publie i jm„eatin.G:,_and;;a..de.nntati.on::(in -the.per-... son/pfi Mr.; J/Lewis; whoiwas appointed -Secretary to the Committee)-proceeded rtq JDunedin to urge thej;mafitjer personally upon the attention of the Government.?; iThe ; wias: thatfthe Government decidedi upon the appointment of a Commission to inquire into .the, /•whole: q ÜB'sti()n <6it the* tai I ih^s 1 gfie van c'e . and, -if possible, -suggest a remedy. In the month ofjftily Mr. Yineent Pyke, duly made his' p. Rafter pneuH-. ing several days;in o yisiting^d.ifferentlb- i calities, in thorou^hlyinvegtigatingthe matter;; and' iiv ven-tilating':t"he whole •question, sentinhis ;Je|)6^t,rwhich, wp„ presume, rema-ined as usual in some dark,, corner <. • or pigeon h ole for - jthe,} space, ofvsome three or four months. Upon the assembling of-the -special session of "the'l'rbvincialCouncil, Mr. Main called for .the production of Mr. repori},' \\4th'l^''c6py v of whjghi that gentleman courteously- furnished us, and which has alreaav appeared .inr our recent issues. JSo far, how■MsF> ■"&*- we have been able to gat/her? from miners wellccap'ableoof(farming a yreliable~ fliir^subjecf,' 1 created feelings of r suspicjrm. : and disHi^rjirytmten^;'as -the remedy proposed is not -gp-nearly of the disease, under which the district tlaborsjandois languishing^'- A r g r ain iT pn. the 14th of this month Mr., Oliver, the rojid engineer, visited -this'place, ami retook theievels both of Main Gully and Koach's Grully. in- connection, we ihelieve,vwith : re|qrt; ■it is further-stat?ed^thab";Mr.ißarr^he' l trie' matter;in J anpY,/pay ; "perT sonal visit,.to ascertain professionally' how theicase ireally- stands. Which, of the .old pro verbs—"Too' 'many *o?ks • H^r^!'^^broth,'' a/p-fl ?^n[|he; multi- :" tude of counsellors there; is " '—may he veKfieotlin ; this?tailings grievance: question .we mustule-ave.it to time ;to-;determine; •-•- :.;•-"-^ "n';,~ .;:■;-.■: ■".';'■■ Strictly locally tVers.'.can be nothing more noticeable t'.inii thelnumerbus and.■ varied' and improvements which ha ..plac« in this town<si'uce: the cbrhmeiiceiiierit of thefpresent'-' iS^asdX ; .b.|" Wprks scheme ; the .formation' of _ a Ei re Brigade,, which; can not vgo^d-service'should the town ;llnf^JrtlmW;ely^be J eveir 'yisfteft' by "the ' s'cmir i ge^fi : r& i ;'. tlie; establishment of a whiciii *suoDl(res3,i; at Dunedin prices;. ;a large district with an article 'fleqiiUlto that which ca T n iJ be 6btained -in' .the grea;fc, city^ifself; tjie.. great" extension of the*" town, and the vastJmprpve r " ; ment in its bo'tlr by'the kefbmgvcE?/iihefl ing of the streets, and the altered style of'the: houses farid shop's tending £6 prove that i's'riot h:t ( a' stand-/ still, but thafher moitto is. "Progress." . - desir< to lift the'-'Veil whjehi conceals' futurity we feel that we are justified Jn to; ,a ,few the., present '•wants ah i requirements''of the district) —wants,; many, of whi[ch the new coming ijsnp.pjied/ may me 1 ?]-' tion:- an increased-and cheaper supply of water, which xy puld p^erhapsuten/i more., tnan anything' ej«e ; tb "clevielppe IJKe/ golden of rT the final. ; and""f|a||is factory, solution ofythe/ tailings and fie formation and/_,consfeructioii]CofS sufificient sludge' 1 channel; the reduction, communication between this rjEre slyl3. •©ujiedin-ia s,uitable:commonagEQfor l/ tiie: town; and the formation and ; cbrfi'; instruction : of- 4he the Houndburn Hill, will .cause "the 'wbfile' inlMid" and topass through this„ r tpwn. '.. These are some few of ffcTwantH bf and .4f ; .!'* n^ L(y® a ? d^PMI; w iaeh?'we are now about to enter..should" seeiJfle whole3or| even, the greater part-of thenDsulpplied, * .■we feel that the ! year 'will, at-its-close^p'r6ve't'6"(ha>v:ebeen, in many respects at leas X"a Happy Tear.for the?' miners" a'M ; : df #e district.""."." «■■"•.'£••>■; Hii'^Ui-j : -i:iuiy. •. I ' '-'> .. Thei e.t: Battiaus and--■.eiuogn lu'joi oiii lo vrrr; oj -io : 'i:.»•«'<

our going -td press, nothing, which, we can prep sent to our readers as authentic. the multiplicity af accounts at present to hand, we prefer to hold our report-rlfflL we are better informed. This will be done by extra so soon as absolutely Teliable information is received.

|p; ;f«el our duty reluctantly to call jjatte|iti6n to a sy§|era of petty pilfering which appeal's to have obtained to a "this, neighborhood". Poverty, which is .supposed iirmuny cases to bean excuse —though ~a~pt>or excuse—here. ~Everyi.m.an]Lbarrhis: a loafer, can live or -.make a living in Naseby if -he be so disposed. We are, hoAvever. now compelled to state that pilferings and robberies of sluice boxes and mining tools have become lately of but too, r/r.ej}uent oceuiTennA. - L -iThis -state of-a.fFnirs we*' "must" attribute rather to an indisposition to work than ; a disposition to seek After this class of characters we trust that the keep a sharp lonlc-rtnt. .-- "We understand, that Mr. Imerie, who has,. .bepn;.so long nonnected, : with reefingat'Maeraeß, f iiasceased "to be manager j£t the "works of the Duke of Edinburgh Co.mpaiw, his place being supplied by Mi'' G-'rßell, 'for'some time 'manager of the Roughßidge Company at the 'lda 5 rVTUHey Reefs: iWe 'believe-we ai e right in p-iy ing that .Mr. Imerie is not abandoning his con-: /.ueetipu r I.Miicraes Li (of which he hasjbe,eri the indefatigable prospector), but will continue to reside at the reef 3, and will devote his energies to the development of some of the other companies in wMchi he is interested.

•"; .Messrs: iYoijrig, a Commission appointed to repo"t r T;e?p'ei;.fiin <r certain proposed -Hun?;! reds in Ota'^o,-: 'arrived'" in" TCa>e:hv oil" and remained nntil Monday.-,,,We behe.ve that their u object in visifcins'NasVhy'Svas'td'ffite the.eyl-'_ r denoe of Mr.~"WarHen Tlpbinpon in-jeferehre to ''the pVopos'eH* 'HuSa^f taken''the 1 evidence'of '" some'" of the residenta : there.-- On Monday they, Naseby, on their i:w!ayi to Black's,' \vhere Hundred has been proposed ;x. <x .j. "• "' : "';

,We,would.drawi,hejat.r, ; ention of the owner? of pigs to the .proceedings at. the Resident Magistrate's 'Court, ( Macraes^' in anotl ier

* J 'W'E'liave Often had'oVed'sion .to cairatreiition ; to ? tlfe ! inipmanajfemeilfc whicHi invariably attends .all Governmental; matters- —G-eneral and Provincial—-in .connection with' this district. r .There,is nqw another qasejiijpoint before us to "which, oar ,-djity, .to. our fellow' townspeople, compels us to draw attention. An advertise-' "ment~rallihg tor tenders for the erection of a iposteoffice * niid telegraplv station 'at- Naseby, and dated Wellington, the 15th of TWrmber, jreaclied'tins olfice ;pn> the 27th ! instant, and will be fonndin our :; |>ivsent issue. ;JTII is. advertisement anr>r\ired in the- 'D • i'v Times-' of the '24t.h, and is to t!\e,effect th.ar, spo-; deifications an 1 "dr.-iwings hnv ht»"se(Mj at t.ho telem'aph oiiice. J)unedin, and at the post-ioffice-i Waiko'ia ; ti. up tothe Ist of Ja nary, 1871. and after that date at t ie pos'-offiVe,. Naseby. And further, that th.r tend rs wiil s.be received by>lhe Colonial. Ai*chhV«t in Wellington up toaioon on iviunday the lfifcii January; ~.: By ; no possipduvy .can these drawings r'ahf] specifications, be her?, until Tuesday, tie* 3rd ihstanr,. Supposing that it. will occupy' pyen three "days less for the tender from this 7 plhcb to reanK Wellington than it'did for the. advertisement, from. Wellington to reach this; nila:p'e7t l, igfollowing'"FrrflaT's. post will the lEgtes'p.'mo.il by which tenders "can beforwarded, leaving but two entire d.ys for intending ten-derers--to-make their/necessary calculations. This is, however, the bright side of the question, as the Friday's mail wotdd not be delivered iu Dunedin till the following Monday, ! atfcl\tne connnjunication between Dunedin and Wellington is so,notoripusly irregular and unrcerba'in 'that'it is more uiah doubtful whether a vessel. ,wo.idd bdrleayiiig Dunedin in time to Teach" Wellington t)'y" ■latest so'eived?' l far as D dne'flin'and Waikouaiti are -for sending in tenders may be IQBg-i enoiyrh, witliXjegard to Naseby, in our-opinion, virtually §h p t on t frpm,ten d eringj r ; f proceed - Ing*sn#> as that adopted "in this mitts' by the Grove-riment is manifestly unjust and unfair to/Naseby; enterprise. ,'j.jj -.) 'J «-"iG>J?V. If the action taken by the Government in connection: with .the, extension of the telegraph system to "this place has been slow, let us'h'bpe" tkat.it has been at least sure. .By,an ady'er- 1 in another 'column it will be seeri'jiiat. ; tender's r ''for' the' erection of a post-office- x arid". ."telegraph station at Naseby are called for-by 1 .AVe•h i itecl;. , ; We J trust that the] tenders for tlie~ posts and wire will speedily Sibllowi,Cand' thatJ this district may ere lon* be* rrecoy.er t ecv : fro.mjjfclieLstatei.of-isolationJin w-h'iclr,- 1 from th4iabsence,- ; of 'telegraphic vcommunicajtion, it h.as'liifh.erjlolbleeuplacedot ,c"»is; ~ '~~. ioviWE remind our ir-eaders-that- the great 1 an. J nual festival of the QoVdfellows!:.picnic wil, jtakbn pla*ce>*at < tlie old racecourse on Moudf y next. The Oddfellows' AVill full re--galia, and will march from their Lodge Room, j at the Empire to the scene of the pic- ! nic, preceded'by tlie Naseby Brass Band. r arldition to tlie dancing and otheivamusernents jbfi several-sports and-'gatnes gvill take will be; given.-^Mr. W. . Jij'MilJai', .iutwhoseJiands-redts fcke-reftfeshmen'l;' i<te,p/irtment, .'jwill'place:ou a coach tot convey passengers to and from fche^acecouvse^'and-w^j' .-dQU-bfinM Jjliafc a very enjoyable day will be spent.by all present..... \ " rs THETtEvis,, to pur mind, no more pleasant or agreeable sight than a party of young children |<F a festhfe pension. ,Sncji a the |pleasure'of : sb ; eing J OTf 'last, when the scholars of the Sunday- School assembled ; andi mai'eued,Qaecompanied"by their teachers, with flags flying aiid with healthy l andjai%ppyj : to 'Enterprise. Gully, 3vhereL_aJpicrucJiad—been kindly pro-', ylded.s for;them. -/In the evening "tluTliost o£ Juveniles"'returned, to the churchp ilid difte* : di^iniissed r "to^ r th.eir respectiv.e liomesj-v-the whoEe -having-passedWve'ry pleasalnt '• dayi. odi oi oinoi huAhz,/0 'aU siu * ;

■V. It isrumored that Mr Donald Reid thdj^H posing candidate to Mr. James Macandrew^M the Superintendency, -will pay a visit to tS Groldfields to explain his political views pri<M to tlie day of election. Mr. Reid, though pJ honest, upright man, has political proelivitiM which savor very strongly of the agriculturaß to the exclusion alike of the mining and tIH : squattocmtie, Mr. liel'ds may,- it is to-be hoped, ,open his eyes M the very great importance j>f thjejmuiing int*« "rpsfTanrl""f olhe~ueces"sity of theOovernmeni doing all infthetopower to promote and fostei it. ° " „ :. (JvVk understand, that the RevlMrj JTlairinls wHI pi'eacli in the Union Ghurch, 24kseby, or the -forenoon,of Sunday,next, Jan, ,1,. at eleven : o*clo<"-k ; at ilie Kyeburn Diggings Church it the afternoon at half-past two ;_. and .again ii I the Union Church here in the evening atsevei oclock. r Otekaike ?r "e.f, Maerevvhenua diggings';-sayß --rr-The erec< tion of the quartz is being proceeded with,: but not so speedily as I would like. .The masons ar ( e expected to finish tlic .wheel pit by next week.. The .company working the ad joining, claim has not" yet ran then tunnel into the'reef. ThfT_ expected tMj .would have struck.it by are in about" 170 fe>t't abbut* 20* more ieet, thought, -will be sufficient. -4-*—-We regret to learn tint Mr. John Muir,~ of Quartz Reef Point., met i ? w'ithia-serious accident-on* 'Monday -'last. Tt appears that?~about hnlf-past nine a.m. Mr. ?Miiir;-along-with" Mr. { John were al work in their sluicing claim, when a mass oi iea?th an>i stories bee.triie -de-atclfed from the high gr-ouiid immediately above the claim, and strui'k Mr. Muir "across the legs, dislo -atinj : hist bright -arisle 'suvi -fracturing >ihe tibia, oi hi rge bone of; the leg. Dr. once, sent for, arrived at.the, Point within a short; tiuie al'cer the accident • ana "h.ivint s-^fc : tile orokeu;bone anil replaced the!diMociled ankle he deft the patient free'from pain, anc in a fair way towards recovery., £•■ r. Muir was.for a considerable time a resident and wvl] ■ known injNaseby/] / " A telegram in the ' Star,' from Qaeenstown, strifes that Mr. Shepherd ad u-essed th >* o 1 e".lora, and reviewed egotistically _his caree;* in the P-nrincinl Oounril. -'if is- F-peeeh «ihieflyj consisted of atirade ?V ioinsf >-h«».' l£r«niiig Star? and 'Lake vVnkatip ivi.-til.' =m i o'" ••eriiwioiis* \ . tlie press. "He atraekeu J J-nigh von -md other memoors savagely, and com pi lined f . ~niembe,rs jiot ;wi;h "iiim-—-V <<v,otirHljoke was played. Th«' tv-vii <*-<»'■ k «• 1 town furniture wen* f.-sken our. oi.,tiift hill,:: 1 I 'placed before'fifeMayors y'tvo ' The po ..-

haTe'a flue to thf n't'oiider*, who hold :i «•

position. Mr. Hii.u«;hton -li.ns V«-n wed V ■ceive'lr-' Siiepiier i is sanguine of- j*ii<*«vys ; u\j chiiiiiiiir I a .-r Jz-vi 1... 6 j ir-S'-i --«- \? y x; VV-K .trould -'i-iw- th«»-'aWt"*int.cu:-ot owners of ruriauv* m this d t the adver<"i<'MiK".jfc in an.>L:i<*r "<> i •. } r> t :ii. uorses and ca. tie running "111 cue \-Ic=nity of the fence eitenainjr iV>m tre wt nine pinch to the iiweburii, >vau be ij.*t>le tQ have them impounded. On.au'l- f.er the Ist .T.muary £!<e A comminion oharjed for money nr.leio <m *4M LTr-ifeyiKingiom will b-> at the ibllo.viug reduced rates:- —ft ot exceeding £2, 1?; ££, lis t»u; £7, 3a Gd ;. £ LO, os. , £< Those wiio are such out-and-out a lvoc:i^ja for the Suez route. d.> no l-enect, or pernap* .o not know, that we may soon b'* a'.tog'iher dependent on the (J.-i!ifornian route For Europe ■* i news: At present, the ' Fi%n 1 of "'lndia' informs us, te'esrrapliie eo nmunuvitioii with KuropeJ via Suez, is transmitted tthroug i tlie Russian territory. The ve»*y iirst note of war will put a stop to tlyit, an.i the enrhest intimation of ic to us may be thesound of Russian guns.—'Star. J

GsAsa woo Gpw, the.Chiriesiv;gia at, is al present bidng..exhibited in JDunedin. M . .We acknowledge receipt, with thanks, of tin Appendix to 'Journals of the House of ttepreseiitatives, lfc>7o;

. The is e.w, Zealand Parliament was to ha i T e been'dissblved 'oh "Wednesday last. .New writs will be issued immediately. Me 11."Smithies is a candidate for the representation of-theT.-iieri in the liouse of .Representatives. Eur Bruce, two - t candidates «a]fl in the field, viz.,: Mr., ,W.;H. Cutten, late Co«j missiouer of Crown Lands, and Mr. .W. AJ

Murray. l>bth are confident, of being successfid;' 7 *-':"■'' i ": i! r lr : J :.-. :■':' •"^

■ We have beeri"informed _tuat"!he.miners and residents of Hyde presented amemorial to the Hundreds'Coitiinissiouers, uppiY the occasion ol 'their recent visit to Hyle, against declara* tion of the'propbsed 'Hundred in that .The declaration""'of. Hundreds must, as matflj of course; cause the withdrawal of the porticw oiUsthd so declared from the operation of the G-oldtields Act, and render any ground comfprised within the declared limits liable to be purchased-as-freehold. It is feared-that if the Hundred be declared much ground-known to be .golden, -will .pass irrevocably into private hands, beyond-the-reach. oi mining enteprisew vlience the.memorial. ;'-'LICLV'I •..."l-'.'j.ir. It is fully_understood that the Hon. Julius! Vogel, Jfche...present, .Colonial Treasurer, wjjJ shortly "ieave , for the Home Country in tM capacity cf Agent-General for the Colony ol , iSuw The salary is _Faid to be £2OOO TOtlitraveliihg expenses a"nd aliowanc'es. The triennial" census of the Colony will b« taken'-iiv February next; "V; The 'Daily Times* understands that Mr. General Government in connection with thf Land Transfer Act, ami 'consequently that !■ wi,il not' seek re-election as a representative Keferring to the above appointment, tin * ISclib'i says :- —Mr. Main has got the office ol Hegistrar tpf, Titles, under the Transfer Act, 4'or Otago. Mr. Moorhouse, the chief Regis' /t-rar, is at present in Otago, and .he, has ap"pointed Mir. Main. So many offices are said to have been provided-for Mr. Main, that wfi "^eVe^begmnin'gtp'dbubt .Government were sin'cere in their intention "to rewaril his arduous services as " whip." It is a pita that iHe •Trustee 3uT'yvai u thrown out. Ma : Wv>«il£ hmi io ■»

Mam -would have made a capital Colonial a jnere bam^telle f fco. the great benefit that would aive the lieges. , Court yesterday, before H. W. Eobmson~/Esq., 8.M., tiie ; case of Jepson |V. Mackay, a-claim for £7 onan 1 0~U; was 'heard * A's there was noiap- ( pearance of the rlefenrlantj judgment was given for the with costs. . f , -A 1 the, .Warden's Court yesterday, before. ' ;H:'W. , Ro , Warden, 'the case.;of Dillon and others, complainants' v. Samson find others, defendants, was heard.' 'This was rn; application for forfeiture of a, w.iter race at" 'Eyeburn b'elon^?ns: J to r the defendants, the same leaving been disused for upwards of 30 days. No appearand of*'defendants. ' From the »»-i--dence o£ Dillon it appeared that the defend'-inls' " had admitted that the race had been abandoned, and tliat plaiufcilf might have it. Verdict for ' 1 '■' The down -country mail closes to-day at the post office, Nasebv,, sj,t .l/3,3;p.m sharp. The members of the Loy.il jNaseby Lodge of o..ilfellow3_will meet, in the Lolgs Uoom, on Tuesday eveningjiext, at B.o"elock.\ . . t v .> A free ball and supper will be given by Mr. Crallaglier,''in the Slianirock x ltotel, on Monday evening next, 2nd January, 1871. " The Treasurer ofHhe Naseby Brass Band acknowledges receipt, with ,1 hanks, of £1 from G-: Collet,' Ancient' Briton H Green, Enterprise G-ullv ; £l, W. J. Millar, - OU-yj6fioriah r ffotej s/rtivn £L;0 5 . : 61., W H. Cooper (Sec. jdpoj-r.s Committee), being surplus on hand from sports on Monday last. . ARRIVAL of t-he~EX.GLIsH.MAIL' • , : ' " VIA SUEZ.--' -garibaldi 1 v-ioTo^rous/;,;. NAV A L ft N QvA GE M E N'T^ Trie following'telegri-m wa.sJcihdly Landed to »s !>v n £*ci>fl"ir>an who arrived br'thi- Morning's coa'-'i. ,It is dated '" Pu\'RT)rx, De'c,-2fi, -10 ni/*!' The notirLuti n,of't -e \\ ithdiMWal of Bussia fro-ri tbc Treatv of' Paris o<" 1865 is cwiitir'ned. . i EussiaVivesent hostile attitude attributed- to eoinplicityoa the pact of Prussia. - - , iiussn repudiates. Z Austrn, Turkey, and Ttaly joiii with England Panic on the Stele Exchange.. Orle.iu-' evacuated by - Grand'sortie expected trom Pans. llussi.Y's rpply to' Lord T Gram i lie \ hostile. - 1 Tb" Russian Government - ' ,ther c>'itnb«ition of fi.'refii m. .ions. , V n ■ 1 n ''>:<-!i i .pii< as i-i'-pn pi an 1

eian and '•Verier • ; GariV'idi •»•-'.fi"<i h iii'f.irv <-n the 39th ;it 'C in'-i -m ,<ut' ' «-'ine—killing uumbel's, anH takin« remainder prisoners " ' • <- Gvw* .-"-it'ius-" , s;n. i p.revni]s in Russia. " [We will publish a'n extrPthis afternoon.] .. .