KYEBURN.

Mount Ida Chronicle, Volume II, Issue 120, 16 June 1871, Page 5

KYEBURN.

(From our own Correspondent.) On Monday, the sth of June, a letter was placed in my hands, addressed to Mr. John Bremner, of Naseby, an I signed by Mr. Mervyn, M-P.C. Tue letter in question requested Mr. Bremner to tell the Kyeburn people to write in reference to the establishment of a school, etc., but as it was handed to me without auy explanation whatever, I was at a loss to know what to do with it. This must be my apology to* Mr. Bremner for not acknowledging his courtesy at an earlier date.

The opportunity now offered is one | that should not be let slip by the inhabitants. Au energetic M.P.C. offers his services and assistance to get a school established in this portion of the district, and it is to be hoped that for once all party feeling will be laid aside, in order that the rising generation may not be deprived of such a boon as education, through the neglect of those whose duty it is to bring them up in the way they should go. The Rev. Mr. YVood, during his visit here, got up a petition to the same effect, but whether it was ever forwarded to head-quarters I know not. Be this as it may,, the opportunity is now offered of having the matter definitely settled, and the responsibility lies with those who have children to educate. There is another matter which wants bringing prominently before the Government in connection with the school, and that is the erection of two or three hand bridges across the creek, and connecting the different terraces on either side of the stream. The Kyeburn is very subject to floods, and frequently becomes unfordable, so much so, that I have known men go to their work in the morning and be unable to return home at night owing to the flooded state of the creek. The erection of bridges such as I mean would not entail a very large outlay, and considering that the Government have never expended a sixpence on the place, it would not be asking very much to request that the road up and down the stream be made passable at all seasons.

The coal pit difficulty is not yet settled. Mr. Barron, the Grovemment surveyor, will be herelo-rnorrow (Tuesday), and I will let you know the result in my next. The weather continues very mild and is every thing that could be desired for mining. There is a plentiful supply of water, "at least at my end of the creek," and I have heard no complaints from the other end.

The church meeting never came off, owing to an accident happening to Mr. Adam Craig. This gentleman, lam happy to say, is recovering, and I believe the meeting will eventually take place.