THE Mount Ida Chronicle. FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 3, 1871.

Mount Ida Chronicle, Volume II, Issue 103, 3 February 1871, Page 2

THE Mount Ida Chronicle. FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 3, 1871.

We are reluctantly compelled to hold over our leader, Resident Magistrate's and Warden's Courts, and correspondence, in consequence of a pressure on our advertising columns. The sale of horses, the property of Mr"' Samuel'lnder of Hill's Creek, is advertised to take place by public auction, by Messrs. Inder and George, on the premises, on Tuesday the 7th February Among other valuable horses to, be offered on the occasion ive may mention the names, of B,ubstance and Ladybird, who, have on several occasions well supported the credit of the. jockey Club races of this district. ** /

K vebubk,: it vrould does not choose. either to bo ignored or outdone with regard to sports, Christmas or Isew Year, and the programme which we publish in another column shows their capability as well in conception as in funds. Should the weather prove in any way favorable, no doubt many of the'Nasebv

People wil) put in an appearance on the occasion.

We understand that, anticipating a refusal ..from to contest the election for |tUin \j]mji,,ii f has been resolved to request Mr. W. F. "Cutten to come forward as a candidate.

The usual monthly meeting of the Mount Ida Lodge-of Freemasons w>ll be held in the Masonic Hall, on Wednesday evening next. An adjourned meeting of the recently appointed Presbyterian Church Committee was held <yi the evening of Monday last. Present —Messrs. J. Bremn,er (chair), M'lntosh (sec), G-lenn, Barron, Alexander, G-illieSj .MjUar, and Wilson. The minu,tes of last meeting having been read and confirmed, it was resolved that the Committee put itself' in 'communication with the Kyeburnand Blackfltono Hill districts, with the object of obtaining, further subscriptions. As Hamilton is already attended by the Bev. Mr.JjjFliimank, it was considered advisable not to communicate at present with that district. The othe* business was of an unimportant public character. A private letter received in Auckland states that Bishop Viard, of Wellington, while travelling on the Continent, ,w,as taken, prisoner bv the' Prussians as a spy.. 4-* tne time of the departure of the San Francisco mail lie was in prison.

Liist of letters received at the post-office, Nasely, during the months of) September and October, 1870, and remaining on tiie 31st January; 1871':—G-egrge Allen, J. W. Baker, John Baily, Tim ! Brow,n, James, Campbell, John. Collins* N W- Gilbert, Isaac G-rig£, Joseph Laverty, T Lanhan, John Long, Chas M Mason,': Nicholas Q.uin, William. RobertSi 4 H Stewart, F Smith, Mr. Lodge. Ma. J. P. Arms'SIIONG will address, the electors of the St. Bathans division' of tlje Mount Ida District, on Saturday evening, the 11th instant.

Me. ©oijalp Reid will address the electors in the Masonic Hall, on Monday next, at eight p.m.* immediately after Mr. Macandrew's ad> dress. . • '

A meeting of gentlemen favorable to a requisition being presented to Mr. James Macaesey, requesting that gentlemen to allow himself to be put in nomination as a candidate to represent the Mount Ida District in the G-eneral Assembly, took place at G-eorge's .Victoria Hall on the evening of Monday last. There wag -a large attendance both of business men and miners. Mr. William Sanders, of Kyeburn slation, having been called to the chnir, the following gentlemen were duly proposed and sreonded to act as a Committee to ensme the ivturn of Mr. Macassey. r'-f-Mesßrs/ suii<|£rs, inder, J Bremner, Hunter, It Robs, T Jackson, J Shannon, F Pirider, Simpson, Richards, ET George, Francis, Hor«wel], llarwpod, Lautour, Hans Petersen, J Rwm, G Stephens, J.Frater, T. Grace, W [lsiy, J Smith? J \Vylie, J Thomson, W' Brookes, ACttmpbcili, Jt.Ait.ken, J Given. J Net»le, John Creighton, E Carling, S HJodgies, Jacob Lory, J Coihouvj, DiStevyairt,, T Buird, Harry Anderson, Geo Currie, J'Dinnn, T Lees, W Gordon, Patk Gr<?er, H Nokes, A Mawhinney, G Martin, J Alexander, J Dillon, L W Buseh, J Ecdes, J Morrisou, J Dr M'Cambridge, EC Smith, J Brown,,A Campbell. J M'KHmnra, J Cogan, M Dinau,R G-lenn, E Hall, Detlivlandmark, R M Kenjyt, A Coutello, T Cooper. Thk members of the Mount Ida Cricket Club will meet in the Royal Hotel, on Monday evening, at eight o'clock. Thk Rev. Mr. Flamank •will conduct Divine .service in the Union Church, on Sunday mat, forenoon and evenirg. The ReVj. Mr. J. VVood will preach in the Masonic Hall on Sunday next, forenoon and evening, the usual hours. Ma. Hejitslet advertises that he will be glad to meet the electors this evening, at the Victoria Hall. !•

It is rumored that Mr. D. Maitland, ol'3£weburn station, is likely to come forward for the honor of representing the Mount Ida constituency. - The state of the bridge over Roach's G-ully in becoming daily more and more dangerous, and, as we have been informed, several accidents of an unimportant; have already occurred. We trust that in this instance the old adage—"When the steed, is stolen tjiey shut the Btable door " —may not be verified. The case is a desperate one, and one calling for immediate remedy. A few pounds qan, we believe, be made, to render the dangerous (structure, secure. Towards that end we invite public subscriptions, and a list havhig in view that object now lies at the ' Chronicle' office. " Bis : dot, qui cito dap" is aii old adage, and one. well vvorthy of, recollection, on such an occasion. as the present. . As advertised in our present a.nd past issues, Mr. Macandrew wjill address the electors of the Mount Ida District,' in the Masonic Hall, on, Monday the 6£h February inst. A sale by auction of the property known as the. New Oxjleaus Restaurant tock place, on, Wednesday afternoon, in front of the premises. The property was, we hear, bought in at the reserve price of £l9o:' Inder and George were the auctioneers. A meeting of Petty Sessions, advertised to take place on Saturday last, 28th ultimo, fell through in consequence of the non-attendance of a sufficient''number of the great unpaid. Tliis is not the first, nor likely to be the last occabion of public duty being .ijegleeted by those whose acceptance of the honor of J.P. should induce to remember that, in accepting such honor, they voluntarily accept a certain! trust and responsibility w ( hich in honor they are hound to We understand that a requisition is being higm*d, requesting Mr. C. F. Roberts to allow himself to be nominated as a candidate for the representation of the 1 Mount Id* District in the Provincial Council. *'

Ik the Resident Magistrate's "Court, St. Bathans, on the. 31st,. ultimo, before H. W. Robinson, Esq., R'.M./thefollowing cases were disposed of: —Lloyd $. Kenny was a claim of £l2, for wages. It appeared that the twaintuT had been engaged as; generally useful mas in defendant's hotel, and bad been there from

October 2nd, to January 4th. He had boon, engaged by defendant's wife in the absence of the defendant, who was. in the Dunufcan HosEital. lie had been ill four weeks, for which e did not claim any pay. Defendant swore that on December 6th he had discharged the plaintiff, who had ( after thW'date remained in the house only as a guest; Judgment)'for £6, and 19s. costs. —Coates v. Hanrahan waß a claim for £ls, on an I 0 U. Judgment for £ls, to be paid within fourteen days. At the /Warden's Court, St.'.JJatbans, on Tuesday last, before Mr. Warden Robinson, the following grants were mode -.—Sutherland and others, water race ; F. Morgan, extended claim ; Louis Po and another, extended claim and l tail race; J. Ewing, protection.—John Beck's application for lease of sections. 39 and 40, block ii.> Blackstone district, was heard, and the Warden decided to grant a certificate. W. H. Wilke's application for leaso, of section 38, block ii., Blackstone district, was also heard, and the Warden decided to grant certificate. The annual examination df the children attending the St. Patrick's Catholic Church Sunday School, Nasebv, took place last Sunday. Prizes, the Father Norris, were distributed according te merit in the thrqo classes. comprising the school. The Rev. Mr. Martin will preaoh in the Oddfellows' Hall, on Sunday next, at 11 a.m. and 6.3,9 P-»-The, oil paintings will be drawn for this evening,, at Horswcll's Royal Hotel. Ma. J. P. Aemstuofg, one of the candidates. for the representation, pf the district'in the Provincial Council, addressed a meeting of the. electors last evening, in the Oddfellows' Hall, which-was crowded! Mr. John Bremner was caliedMo the chair., His remarks frequently elicifce*d applause, and ho was attentively listened; to throughout. At the close the usual questioning ordeal had to be, submitted to, and, a vote of confidence waa almost unanimously passed in his fav;or —an amendment on the above' being allowed to lapse. The late hour at wjiich the meeting broke up prevents us. giving a fuller, report in our present myp.