ST. BATHANS.

Mount Ida Chronicle, Volume II, Issue 139, 27 October 1871, Page 3

ST. BATHANS.

The Progress Committee received, a couple of weeks ago, the promised £2O '—given as a subsidy for repairing the road within the precincts of the village. Payment of the work done has "thus beeti satisfactorily completed. The expenditure, including the above amount, was £47. The Committee have now got authority to spend the sum of £4O, the amount voted by Government, on repairing the road to Hill's Creek. Kor the very limited amount placed at their disposal they will certainly get better work, and more of it performed, than if spent by Government in the usual way.

At a meeting:, held on the 16th inst, the report of Mr. E. Purton, on the

state of the road at JMuddy Creek, was read and adopted. One important clause provides for the construction of

a short wing-dam at each side of the

creek, in order to confine the water within reasonable limits at the crossing,

another provides that dangerous holes be cleaned out to a depth of 2 to 3 feet, and then filled in with brushwood, fag-

gots, stone and gravel

The Commit-

tee at -once posted notices at Hill's Greek, St. Bathans, and Welshmans, ihviting tenders for the work. Of course some of the intervening places will he also repaired ; but to render Muddy Creek a safe crossing will take ~ most of the money voted for this branch of road *. ■ '. .■ ■••■'■"•«: There is also; a Catholic Committee heftf, and I learn that they have at last taken action in the matter of obtaining

a grant for their cemetery, which they intend fencing. They are not doing so a moment too soon. lam glad to see that the Waste Lands Board have

agreed to give the grant sought for on ,the condition of paying the upset price of £5 and that the runholder gives his consent, which consent, I am informed, has been most kindly and considerately given already.

An alarm of fire was raised a few evenings ago. Tie fire proceeded from the chimney of Mr.. Potter's house, and was very fierce for a few minutes ; but the soot having burned out, and the flue stopped, the fire was soon extinguished. This incident has revived the question of a water supply for the village as it became evident to everyone that, had a fire really taken place, there •was not a bucket of water available to be used in reducing it. Deepening of tail races,and sluicing away of the gullies in and about the township during the last twelve months, have perfectly drained and dried up the numerous surface springs which before gave out an abundance of water for domestic and other requirements.—A. B.C.

Resident Court. I CTOBEK 20, , f (Before E. 11. Carew, Esq, K.M.)

Police y ; . Patrick Mellon, and same v. same.—These cases were two charges against the defendant, for breaches of

the provisions of the Licensing Ordit. nance, 1865. One charge was for keeping Vipen his licensed house upon a {Sunday, and the other for permitting drunken persons to remain upon his premises. ,:Tae prosecuting constable testified to five general orderly manner in which aei*ii*e<l had conducted his house, and that the present were the first cases brought against him. Fined 55., with ss. 61. costs in each J case, and cautioned that any future breach of the licen ing law by him might not be so lightly dealt with. Police v. Patrick Kenny, and same v. earne.—Similar charges to those last decided. The Magistrate stated that he regretted that lie would have to deal more severely with this defendant, who had been previously convicted and fined for breaches of the same sections of the Ordinance as those under which the present informations were laid, and adjudged him to pay a penalty of 205., - with ss. 6d. costß in each case.

Warden's Court. (Before £. H. Carew, Esq , Warden.)

The following applications were granted : —Howe-and another, protection ; Peter Malloii, protection; W". , M. Wade, extension'of water race, extended claim and tail race; Inder and

others, protect un to a quartz claim at Hough Ridge; Sutherland and others, water race and a branch water race; E. Price, extended claim ; James Purcell, alteration of tail race ; K. Johnstone, two extended claims at Flume Gully ; Louis Po, extended claim and tail race.

The Warden also decided to grant the application of Thomas Bolton and party to construct a water race to divert six heads* of »vater from Duustan Creek, about a mile below its junction with Welshmans Gully, to Drybread diggings, but with the following condition to be endorsed upon the license:— " Granted. It being a fact recognised by the applicants and the Warden, and now recorded, that the source from whence the water is to be obtained, viz.: the Dunstan Creek, is being used by a large number of miners as a receptacle for tailings, this grant is made subject to the conditions that the holders of the race shall at all times take upon themselves the entire responsibility of all tailings passing into and down the creek, in so far as the same may affect this race, and will not interfere with or retard the passing of the same down the creek : And further, that the holders of the race will provide and maintain sufficent culverts on the leading spurs through which the race is to be rut for the crossing of sheep over the race."

Thomas Smithson's application for an agricultural lease, and William Smart's tor a mining lease, were both entertained, and the Warden decided to grant them certificates.

The application of the holders of the High Level Channel to re-construct and deepen their tail race was objected to by the Hose, Thistle, and Shamrock Company, and also by Peter Tiernau. The Warden visited the ground and said that, so far as the Company's objection went he saw no difficulty in making the required grant, and that he would adjourn the application until the next Court day to enable the applicants and Tiernan to take levels and measurements, and that the objector might possibly, when these were known, find he had no occasion to press his objections.