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Mount Ida Chronicle, Volume II, Issue 129, 18 August 1871, Page 4

O.ye of the oldest, we might with truth say the oliesr, police otlicer in tlie district has lelfc us, anil lifti- universally regretted. Sergeant M'Nally, though an efficient and deserving officer, had always tlie sense to combine civility wit h duty, and we venture to s.iy that .Sergeau*; YrXally, in leaving the district, has left behind \ery many friends, mvl well-wishers, with few, if any, enemies. We wish Sergeant M'Nally, in the new sphere to which the call of duly has removed him, every success. .Ser•re.int Al'Nally's future destination i«, we understand, lo be Clyde. Y:ie public of Naseby have been ■» » m'l }'i accustomed to read of accidents, and these accidents the result of earthlkll, that the uneasy feeling which the rea ting of such accounts should create ha- considerably abated, and ,t •• cident fro.u eartlifall has become to all here < "familiar as household words." Sipce our sheet last appeared another human being has been a victim I rum the same cause, the accident resulting in a fracture of the eg. The sufferer in this case is Hugh Sinclair, a mi -»r well and favorably known in this town and district. We are truly sorry to be compelled to endorse t he remarks of the • Daily Times ' relative to the extreme unhealthiness of the season. No withstanding t hut the winter has been much finer than any which has preceded it ■iinee the opening of these diggings, illnesses of various kinds have been unusually prevalent. Though to a very large extent the'young have been the sufferers, the older anil stronger portion of the public have not escaped the epidemic, and colds, bronchitis, and sore throats have been, for more than a week past, the order of the day. It is to be hoped that yesterday's return to something like seasonable winter weather will be the means of causing the cessation of the present visitation. It will be seen by an advertisement jn another column that the artiste Miw

Palmerston will give entertainments in the M<>sonic i 1 *ill, Naseb.v, on the evenings of tumor: off (Saturday) "ami Mon lay next. The favorable < i*itioi.stu of Lite press of litis 'talented lady's enlertiiiiiniiills lead us to belie»e tlr.it the .Na-seby public have a treat in store for tliem ■■Mb; Wakdejs Kobinsont made his unial monthly official visit to Hamilton, llyde and Macraes last. week. The business transacted at each place was of no public interest. The Rev. J. M'C'osh iSiuitli will preach at Kgrebu'rn Churuh jii S.iriUiMf. urxt, and in tiie Masonic Hall, Nasrby, ?an?u evening at (5.30. Wtiare glad to observe that Walsh, the man who some time since had both his leys broken by a fail of earth; and whose ca -e was at one time thought to be more than doubtful, is now able to move about with the aid of crutches —we hope with the prospect of a speedy restoration to healt h. ScakCity of water is still the cry throughout this part ot this district." Though there have been, during the last week many -indications of rain, the clouds have invariab y disappeared without discharging the supply ol wat er so essential to the welfare and prosperity of tlie dir-triet. An advertisement in our present issue notifys that. that, the water race and the water rights of the All Nations Water .Race Mining Company will be sold by public auction at. the Court House, Maerewhenua, under a writ of ji. fx. to-...0rr0w (Saturday) t-isc 19th iiist., unless the judgment obtained in the Court House, Oarnaru, be sooner satisfied Th 8 ace, with; the wnte> rights a t. lied. from what we have been given to understand, are the prospectively most, valuable properties on the Maerew 11 en ua l>igg'm gs. Thk concert and reading entertainment in

! aia of the fumls of the Mount Ida Temper,:nee $ Society took place last evening in the Masonic ~"Hall. H. YV. Robinson, .Esq., in the chair. The hall was well filled. Tne space at our command will not allow U* to The efforts of the la lies and gei I'< men wi.o gave their services on the oi casion were thoroughly appreciated by the audience, who testified their satisfaction by numerous encores and frequent applause'. The presence of tlie Naseby Brass Band contributed materially to the harmany of the evening.