THE Mount Ida Chronicle FRIDAY, JANUARY 12, 1872.

Mount Ida Chronicle, Volume II, Issue 150, 12 January 1872, Page 4

THE Mount Ida Chronicle FRIDAY, JANUARY 12, 1872.

The late unceremonious burial of Clark, the Digger, found dead in his hut at Maere-, whenua, has produced a somewhat indignant letter from a correspondent, signing himself " Plebs "—The letter will be found elsewhere. We have been requested by Mr. T. Mulv?y, hon. Secretary of the Ewing Defence Fund, to acknowledge with thanks the receipt of 235. from Mr. George, being the amount collected by him on the Kyeburn Diggings in aid of the above fund. Also, a letter from Mr. Smart of Welchrnans, enclosing £1 from the Port Maddock Company of that place. We have also been given to understand that the Treasurer (Mr. Stewart) has received the Drybread list, through Messrs. Alex. M'Lean and Dickie, very liberally and handsomely filled. The tenders, four in number, for the erection of the Mount Ida District Hospital, were opened on Tuesday last. Three of these tenders were from Dunedin, and the fourth from Mr. John Morrison of this place. The tender of Mr. Morrison (£342), being far lower than any of the others, was accepted. OUR readers will observe, from an advertisement which, appears in another colu n, that.Mr. W. H. Haydon, of the Bull and Mouth Hotel, Dunedin, favorably known to the settlers of this district, has become the landlord of the Imperial Hotel, where he offers his friends and the public the best accoramod. tion with moderate charges. The monthly meeting of the Naseby Presbyterian Church Committee was held ia the. Masdnic Hall on' Monday evening last. Present —Messrs Wilson (chair), J. S M'lntosh (secretary), Glenn, Rogers, Jackson, Morrison, Alexander, Smith, Creighton, Gillespie, H.. B; Ai'lntosh, Tait, Millar, Eccles, and Young.— The minutes of the last meeting were confirmed.—The Secretary read the correspondence, and submitted a plan of the proposed manse by Mr. Barron. A long discussion ensued regarding the plan submitted, which resulted in the matter being held over until the Committee should have an opportunity of conferring with Mr. Barron upon the'subject. An advertisement in another column notifies that Messrs. Inder and George will sell by public auction, on the racecourse, to-morrowj the grand stand and booth material. After

which, several horses, carriages,. &c, -will be offered for sale. " We hare to acknowledge with thanks the receipt of Maekay's Otago Goldfields Almanac, ': and Wise's Almanac and Otago Directory, 1872. Both works contain a great deal of very valuable information, though, as is frequently the case notwithstanding every care, not a few . inaccuracie& and omissions exist in the various ' directories. Still these almanacs cannot fail • to be of great service to the majority of the public. VVe hear from reliable authority that po'' : time should be lost by persons or parties desi- ; rous of availing themselves of Government aid' ■" in the construction of water races, in sending in their applications to head quarters. Surely ; some effort should be made by the miners of this district to secure a fair proportion of tjie sum to be devoted to the purposes of water : ! supply on Goldfields. If this place ft to be : expected to progress, or even hold its own, . something must be dote and some eff>rt made ;. both to increase the water supply and con r " struct a sludge channel. Nobody will, we think, deny the existence of these two great ; wants. Why, then, not take the •- steps to get them supplied ? A long pull, a * strong pull, and a pull altogether, and these : great objects would be Bpeedily accomplished. Mr.JAMES MACASSEY has, we are informed, forwarded to the Hon. Secretary of the Mount Ida District-Hospital Committee a cheque for the sum of five guineas, in aid of the funds of that institution. The public of Naseby cannot fail to appreciate a generous act such that of Mr. Macassey. If a defeated candidate for senatorial honors can afford to be thus handsome and liberal, how much more reason have we to expect aid and assistance in matter* . of local interest from our elected representstivea. Glancing our eye, however, down the list of confrbutors and subscribers to the Mount Ida District Hospital fund, we fail.to catch the name either of Mr John Philip Armstrong or David Hunter Mervyn. We have been requested by Mr. Walter Irider, Chairman of the Mount Ida District School Committee, to acknowledge the receipt from Mr. J. A. Douglas of the sum of £1 in aid of the funds of the Committee.

A correspondent from the Cambridge dig* i gings writes us to the following effect:—Popu-.i lation oyer 80 souls. As a. rule average wages say £3 per. week per man are being made/ In some instances much more. On Friday last's;" rush occurred to a locality about two and a- '* half miles from the workings. Sinking, two : feet six inches. Prospect—one pennyweight, to the dish. : Water supply abundant. T!;e principal workings are upon spurs leading, into the Sowburp. We trust, in bur Jssue of next " weekyto be in a position to give furtlier aridfuller particulars. : ; - ; v 4 ,;;iv In aid -of Ewinga Defence . Treasurer?|or the ISaseby division of the-Mount ? Ida district has, \\re are iuformed, forwarded ' to the general treasurer, at St. Uathans, the'' sum of £35 195., being the amount of .isiii)-?; sdriptiohY collected in tins portion itlifeKdis^s tlict/ ? •';■:■•..•;"' .'.';■ \. v''• - /.' ■'■''. ', " '"■

Anaccident of a very severe natupe occur-'" red a few days hick to a hawker named Jacob London, resulting in a compound comminuted : , fracture of the left leg, from what we have been able to gather if nppears that London" was on his way to .'Hamilton in his own convey- -i once, and that, when within two or three miles from that place, he noticed something' wrong.about the head gear of the horses; ajjitf got down for the purpose of setting it in order. While thui engaged the'horse*., took fright and broke away from him; the vehicle knocking him down and passin".>. over and fracturing his leg. . Fortunately Mr% John Shannon was on his road from Hamilton to Naseby, and noticing a vehicle in a disor- ' dered state standing on the road without a driver, lie very properly and very thoughtfully * traced the wheel tracks until he came to the . spot where London was lying perfectly help-. less. : .After, doing what little it was in his' power to do in the matter, Mr. Shannon went : for assistance, and upon his return to the in=- ' jured man he was carefully lifted into his own conveyance and brought to Naseby, where- he has been since attended at the Naseby. Hotel ■ by Dr. M'Cambridire, who reports him as gressing satisfactorily, though the case will, it" is feared, be a protracted one. ' ■■■'■> r It must be gratifying to the residents of the Goldfields'to know that the cost of living has; been materially reduced by the use of Flour. from the Mill of Robertson and Hallenstein, LakeWakatip, which is by far the best produced in the Province, and fully equal to the best Adelaide ; whilst same is delivered'to all • parts of the Goldfields at a much cheaper rate • than any other Provincial brands. Orders sent ■■ to I. Hallenstein and Co., Cromwell, will be promptly, attended to.— Adv.