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Mount Ida Chronicle, Volume III, Issue 169, 31 May 1872, Page 4

The Home mails, via San Francisco, will close at the post-office here on Monday, 3rd June, at 1.30 p.m. Money orders and registered letters not later than 1 P .m. ° The Rev. A. Dasent will hold Divine service m the Union Church, Ifaseby, on Sunday next, at 11 a.m. _ The Secretary and Treasurer to the Nasebv Fire Brigade acknowledges, with thanks, receipt of the sum of £3 16s. from 11. C. Cowper, Secretary to the Winter Evenings Entertainment Committee, being proceeds of concert given in aid of above corps. A memorial, praying that a road of some kind between lifaseby and Clark's Diggings should be immediately formed, is now in course of signature. The prayer of the memorial is fair and just, and the movement has and shall have our hearty support. The memorial says with truth that the district it an extensively gold-producing one, and has contributed as largely to the revenue as has any other in the Mount Ida District, and alleges that no Government money has been expended upon it. Wo trust that the memorial may have the effect of inducing the Council to consent to the placing on the Estimates a sum sufficient to construct a passable road between the two places. A notice in the ■ Provincial Government Gazette,' of the 23rd instant, notifies that his Honor the Superintendent has "resumed occupation of the a?.?a situate in Perwent-street, Nasaby, recently mjvrkedout bv Mr. F. Franks »3 a business site, on rhe ground that the area in question is required for public purposes. The weather oq iiomlay evening last was the very reverse of .-.greeable, rain, snow, and high winds predominating. Weather of this desenphon is that which the district requires; and, though not ple&Aumblo in some respects to the non-mining community, affects them beneficially by supplying water for the miner, an clement without which the district must necessarily collapse. After so long a drought as that to which not only Mount Ida but other districts weie recently subjected, the present moist weather has raised the hopes of the doubtful and inspired all with a still further conviction in its, soundness and vitality. A *boclama.tiox in the ' Gazette' calls the General Assembly together for the 16th July, for despatch of business. A sitting of the Court for the revision of the Electoral Eoil is notified by Wm. M. Hodgkins, Esq., Revising Officer, to take place at the Resident Magistrate's Court House, Naseby, to-moirow (Saturday), Ist June, at 10 a.m. All persons whose claim ha* been objected to, or who are desirous of amending their application, should attend, if they have no desire of being disfranchised for twelve months. The Queen's Birthday, on Frday last, brought a very large number of loyej subjects to the fore, and at noon the new public flag | was hoisted in the Recreation Ground for the first time, upon a new staff specially erected for the occasion—a royal salute in honor of the event being fired from anvils, and a.fe*d» joie from rifles and guns, while the noise from Chinese crackers being at one time almost deafening. Every place of business, at also the public offices and banks, were closed, e.nd the greatest expression and manifestation of loyalty pervaded the whole proceedings. In the afternoon a football match was played which was kept up with graat spirit and vivacity until the dark compelled th* opposing sides to desist. There .were a few mishaps to individuals, as is usually the eastf %ih« playing of this game, such as the shins instead of the ball, a few tumbles, ~&c. } &c but nothing of anything like a serious nature! Of fun, frolic, and good humor there was abundance—of ill humor or ill temper nothing. In short, the whole affiair-was a gr*at success. Though with the exception of som» h«*vy wind on the Quoen's Birthday, been beautifully fair, fine, and warm, at sunset a change came over the face of nature ; clouds, evidently heavily charged with rain' came rolling up from »h« seuth-wes* ir dense masses, and before the hour fixed for fcha Oddfellows' anniversary boll, ia the Masonic Hall rain and snow, driven- by a chilling wind began tovfall in large quantities. BToth-uff daunted, however, tha two sexes, £&ir *md other, hied themselves to the hall,' where dancing was kept up almost till daylight did appear. The attendance was v,>y go £j con . sidering the night The hall was also 'tastefully decorated, having, in addition to the usual emblems o£ OddfelloVship, the new public flag, to which we have reforred elsewhere and which was festooned quietly and peaceably by the stfe of the green flag, mafc.

ing a very pretty object, and covering the lower wall of the hall.

We have been requested to notify that the usual annual protection in Clark's will commence to-morrow, Ist June, and terminate on the 31st October. <•■ The two months' English mail, via San Francisco, arrived here yesterday afternoon by Daniels and Co.'a new line, via Hyde and Macraes, about 3 p.m., the contract time being 4 p.m. This promises well for the performance of this service in a regular and efficient manner. We only trust it may not turn out to be a cpse of new broom. The road is at all times a difficult as well as a dangerous one, more especially in the winter, but we trust that the line which Messrs.*)aniels and Co. have so well commenced will be carried out to the benefit of the public and to their own profit. We cordially wish them success.

. In reply to a letter signed "Fairplay," which appeared in our last issue, we may state that the agitation to bring the traffic of the up-country through thii place has not been altogether without good results, seeing that Mr. Oliver has now eo far modified his plan as to make the new road join with the Naseby road about a mile and a-half above Douglas' accommodation house, instead of the old Duns tan road at Douglas', as at first proposed by that engineer. This modification, or concession, or whatever it may be considered, we look upon as a step in the right direction, and one which must and will lead to the passing of the traffic through Naseby. A letter on this subject appears in our present issue, to which we desire to draw attention, setting, as it does, the whole matter in a fair light before the public. At the Mayor's Court, Duhedin, on Tuesdav last, John P. llenk, on warrant, -was charged with having deserted his wife at Dunedin on the 23rd November last. He was ordered to pay 10s. per week. Judge Haevey has piven his opinion in the District Court, West Coast, that a section could be legally occupied on the Goldfields by the holder of a business license, whether he built for himself a palace, a tent, or a hut, or lived in a tree, or under the ground.

iNFOHSiATioy was received here on the 23rd instant that a gold watch, guard, and sovereign attached, had been stolen from the bar of Luks' Waihemo Hotel on the afternoon of the 21st. A lad travelling with a wajrgon was Buspected v of having committed the theft. From injuries made, it was concluded that he had gone to the Dunstan, but afterwards it was found that he had left the wajrgon at Eden Creek, and turned towards jN'nseby. Through the vigilnncc of Sergeant M'Cluskey he was captured about 9, mile from the township on Wednesday last, when the stolen articles}'were found on him, and lie was lodged in Naseby Gaol.

We understand that there isamoYemens.pri foot, among the police ttationed en Goldfields; to strike for an increase of salary.