ST. BATHANS.

Mount Ida Chronicle, Volume II, Issue 110, 7 April 1871, Page 3

ST. BATHANS.

The first ni^eting.,of ; St. Bathans Quadrille Assembly ior tlie season came off on Thursday night well attended. Most of the gentlemen present signed as members. At a public meeting held in the ; school-room on Saturday night, the Ist instant, Mr. Armstrong again publicly thanked the electors for the hearty 'support they had given him in the late contest. He approved of the intention of the meeting to elect a local body to keep their representatives posted up in tiie requirements of the place, and recommended that this body'should have *a paid secretary, in furtherance of which he paid down one'guinea' himself. . following gentlemen were then nominated and elected a' (joinjiiit»tee, to be known as the St. Bathans Progress Committee, with power to add to their number : —Messrs. Pyle, Talty, Purton, M'Pherson, Keenan, Smith, and Mulvey. . IVJj-. was appointed by the meeting to act as Sec*retary .jtm .» ; ,i K As the name indicates the sphere of action to be pursued, -by this new committee may and should embrace all the \i ants of the locality. • It, is to be hoped that they will lose no time in pressing on the (Tovertiment the great necessity of repairing the approaches to the village. before the winter sets in. The s natter of a commonage is another item spolcen of the pros and cons afcout which,cat . present render it a matter of uncertainty with> :your Jaumble servant whether the majority,

of, the nojt. : But, .is' the Ooitimittee'" arfes supposedly represent'theipU'biic; I;supp.ose> they will consult public -opinion on the matter, and act iii-'accordanc& witli -the wish of the majority; ■ Actings.on instructions received head-jquapters,;'Constable Morton .has taken : Vigorous action in compelling the of maoti^ i Jiggem^,"an3^ of cesspools from the' centre[o£ thV'Viljlage,; 4; ?hen.ce.• lour^^ack, yards no 4bnger lV ce^einJle : ., so n many; : stockjArds j, norr the umosferils -.0f?,: longer : o$ended- with-the fragrance'! of iiriii^bye^ I^ -«weetne'ss-of the''|^^^j^^|ys 7 al^9jr';;mosfe : \rechange bemgiitheeresMliof-rConiiiulsqry' f .take any credit to ourselves for it.'.,iwov> &«•;. '

The wMther daring nights.— A;B:W 10 a < - Mining Lesse applic^ibn ~W "of land? obgranted e a ;i fefertifi.ca Ci ; St: Lah-'»pip]iGatioiaf!of !denee a a^^'*at i Mk i ¥alley.v.i : -.Thefg/iJound; of objection was ttiM : theibeen the ground. -It appeared' that : Mr.'M*Phatt pas'tbi*ar I&s'se'e '• of some' ; country 1 in Ida - Valley a' person : nained p terson:,/iWhoio.ok.ed; after |bis o.c cupied; a;hut.:thereu: ;C/lucab, i-th.e,lprje-:-serit had v .commeniGed to build . _a question^ affdjn'fp'Tj a' residenefe of corner-peg' ? was wdthin three .ieel of; Patterson's %ut > and. another insifkv a , piece'-of'ground fenced in as a garden. M'Phail' ; 'had- subsequently marked out an acre ;c>f :^f ; ound tb -iricludp; Patterson's erected hut,of ClncaslY ;It came out that Clucas had iio 'minV's.-rright on tjie.day, wlien hemarkedf out the ground, and that he: had ; made nti'application to the Warden' until t)vQ;.days aftei^M'Phairs; application had .been lodged. The. W ard'en said .that he, could, not sustain the ob.as Clucas had apparently .at j some expense in building on the. ground he -should recommend thati pay 'a fair value .for the. - 'fin#!? -decigion' of the .caseHvas adjourned for a ;f6rtu%ht, to afford tirpe,for Betweeri 1 the parties' J "'.^V' under f the, 'Minings I^egulatibns r )dealt ;J ,^ith. •' f - -okiu'd ~4 ,;- r . Tt j r^r | " iRBaSSN'i' s i GBu et .—MABO® <Bl-11

Kochfoirfc^ThiSIwas a claim fn cattle of > the : Court ;gave*'juig;mgnt 'for £.B damages 'and. costs. 1

, Turnbull v. a claim for £4i- damages-drtne by cattle. The plaintiff being unable to identify any ? of the 1 "ta-ttle' as • belonging to the (tereiihcfeiul;,--iftteP <&se*-was' dismissed.