THE Mount Ida Chronicle FRIDAY, AUGUST 2, 1872.

Mount Ida Chronicle, Volume III, Issue 178, 2 August 1872, Page 4

THE Mount Ida Chronicle FRIDAY, AUGUST 2, 1872.

The-question as to -whether or"hot > ; aseby shall remain as she has' for-; years past-been—a terra ■'n'ognita—ov shall ask to come within the re ions-of / civilization, was 'practically'solved; on * the evening of. Wednesday last." An"; advertisem jnt, binder the "auspices • of' - the Trade Association,'appeared in our- rissue of- last week/ calling "a 1 public!•> meeting for;-the -purpose* of deciding-'j whether or not "steps should be, taken"'" - to "have the town of- Naseby ; erected into 'a;M'unicipalicy. ; " The .public 1 in eet-- ' irig.'todk-place','-and a fuller meeting-' we have seldom,if ever seen in 'NasebyV;' To our mind, despite the'-cock-e rowing; '-. the caterwauling, and' sundry otheV hideous', sounds/ the- feeling'-'of ' ther meeting was evidently in'; favor of in." corporation. It' inusfc', : '-however,' h.iyebeen ; evident'to all" present- that "the" perpetrators of the-' very objectionable ' noises to which we have alluded, came from a clique so-distributed as to make'-' it- appear;'" if possible,- that ignorance " prevailed,' .-and- that : ?ommori sense,'/comjnon honesty, and- real''logic 'weve'" to "be put down by gaseous'absurdHies:' It must also : have been "seen that, the'.most noisy, the mast.uproarious bppd'.V - sitibnists werem'en living* outside s the'' limits of the proposed boundaries; anU" therefore possessing 119 ihteres* in the " uYat-ter further than that of being -06- : -' structionists.' ; ' The- men are- known :) and-"though, we- know them full well." and iIV their <ordinary'capacity, we' fail -' to* "see-^hat'.their- opposition • can'-or should affect the question'at issue. ! 'lf,"' as-we a"ssert/-advahtaoe's 'are' to "tfe;-"de-rived \froin ! ailMuitfcjpaHly£ it; will' bo"' found-that'the nbisy men "at the-meet--' ing'of AVedne/sday last-will Wjr their ' f "benefits without being; called;upon 'to r ' pay-a-single shilling- thereto.' l -The mat'-- : ter/wa's^-we 1 put before tb'e' : 'meeting! by- 1 the" Chairirian". • M'r. John... 'B renin or,-a iid others,'arid after alPthe" r efforts of the '; clique, "'to prevent-.it, ' a-resolution;-was carried to the effect:" that.tlie time had arrived when it-had , : become expedient'that steps ' should : -he taken to .have the town of "JNaseby; declared a Municipality. -So far so . good.- The' thin end of the wecke'has ' been introduced, and the dnving°of the' - wedge home'must, iri our opinion, split to. fragments the would-be hard crust of opposition. - -. .' * Seeing'such-to we"call ■' upori all' within the-advertisecUimits of ' the proposed boundaries- to' be' united and stick ~tp their . Union is strength, only say" that in the,' ranks-of ■ the.;- : oppdsitibn ? 'disco"rd,- - ■di sunio'n ,• \an d di s'ebri'terit" rei cni -• s u'i '' preme. The Municipal Ordinance re? -' .quires that two-thirds of the population should. petitian/forincorpoYatiwn ; .and wo; cannot- .bring our ininds ? to believe .that men possessed of reason can by any possibility,be so. .blind, to their own interest' as to ..retusetheir si<*nature in- such a, case .and .for. such a purpose. Did we for a moment think that-'the .incorporation of;'the town, of Naseby, would injure in any way.min-. ingrinterests we should be the first to oppose; the movement. Believing on the other hand, as we that the' incorporation of this town means pro. - gres^s—,m ean s ad van ce'm en t—m ea n s - prp i sp;er|;ty--our heart. and soul-is i u •its- invp v\:'.' '; would siinnlv be

to republish what we h:;ve. already published. The la: is are Wore all iuterested. and to them we say think twice befoie you allow yourselves to be deluded by the popular cry that corporation means taxation. At the present time we do not feel disposed to enter into the pros and'cons of the matter, feeling as we do, that the jr.s so thoroughly exceed the cons that argument would be useless. We cannjt, however, conclude our remarks upon this subject without calling" upon all who possess a real interest in Naseby to rally round the standard of Incorporation.

[Reference to a Parliamentary Paper, which appears in another portiqn of ,our present issue, should be sufficient to prove that we are not altogether forgotten, and that the golden resources and vitality of Naseby are thoroughly admitted by the " powers that be." Mr. 0. E. Haughtou, specially, appointed to enquire into aud advise the Government upon Goidfields matters, has sent in a report confirmatory of the fact that a iSiudjje Channel t#the Taieri is not only a possible, but would be, at the same time, a reproductive work. The report of Mr. Haughton is a valuable one, but when we consider that he has" had the best brains in th * Pr.ovin.e at his command. we could hardly have expected less The more the matter is ventilated the betrer, and the more ventilated, tin more fully will it be established' tha= an increased Water Supply, conjoiner with a Sludge Channel, will not only act beneficially towards the district itself, but. will, at the same time, be o. .the most reproductive character tc the Government.

•We are only too glad to find that in this era of progression really valuabhminds are tending in this as also in other directions, and we trust that ere long—with a Sludge Channel—with an increased and cheaper Supply of "Wafer —and with a ( barter of Incorporation—Nasehy may yet hold her head the proudest and the highest gold-producing districts of .New Zealand. ,

We are requested by the Secretary to the Mount Ida District Hospital to acknowledge the receipt of £2 18s. 6d., being proceeds of discourse delivered m aid of the Hospital, on Sunday evening last, by 'the Rev. Father Koyer. The following is a list of unclaimed, letters now lying at the Post Office, Jfaseby:—J". Christopher, J. Chartres, ■ William Connolly, Win. Forest, "John Hoskmgs, A. Jaggar, Samuel Jamieson, George Junner, Frederick Lloyd, Messrs M'Dougal and Smith, Michael O'Brien, Michael Sheedy, Davd Sinclair, A. Simpson, Jens Peter Svensen, James Twatt, Peter Wetherston, J.. P. Williams, Thomas Wilson, Arilrew Young. . . AccokblXG to announcement, the Rev Father JRoyer delivered an able discourse in aid of the funds of the Mount Ida District Hospital. The text chosen for the occasion—"Communicating alms to the Saints in their, necessities"—-was eloquently, handled, being divided into two parts, namely—first, tlie obligation of practi-ing charity ; ami, secondly, the manner of discharging charity, and the blessings arising from the discharge of the obligation. To enter into the subje tas the rev. gentleman did would exceed the limits of our small space. Suffice it, therefore, to say that he brought to bear upon ..the subject, all the resources of a well informed a;:d well tutored mind, and we can on y trust that the efforts'tni:de by nmi in< be-half of charity will induce men hitherto 'indifferent' to put their bauds in their pockets lor the public weal. The. sum of £2, 185. 6d. was the result of the discourse of the rev. gentleman, a sum which we feel is required, and winch, we are authorised to say the Hospital Committee accept with thanks.

Mikzxg- operatiems since our last, with the exception of two or three' Ulsiys when, from the severity "of the frost, work .was not commenced till mid-day, have been in full play. "Water is abundant. Now font there is an early probability of the Sludge Channel being commenced by the Government, we trust soon to see the present population doubled. The English mail, via San Francisco, arrived in Kaseby last evening, per Mr..Daniel's mail service.

Tiik roads are still in a frightful state,, and the recent falls of snow en Sunday and "Wednesday last, "with occasional severe frosts, have not contributed to improve them. How travelling at present is being conducted is next to a mystery.

Mb. D. M. Simpson, the engineer appointed by the Government to make the necessary surveys in connection with the iS'aseby Sludge Channel and Water Supply, arrived here on Tuesday last. We understand that he is under orders from the Government to survey a line of lace from the Mannherikia. Hiver.

We acknowled/e, wi h thanks, 'Jie receipt of Parliamentary Papers by last mail. A special meeting of the ilospiial Com-

riiittee took place in the office of the Naseby Writer Works Company, li the evening of Wednesday List. A numbr rof smnll aoconnf s ■were pass d for payment. A. proposition -by Mr. Brown that the maximum rate of payment be reduced from 30s. to 205., was, in the absence of that gentleman, taken up by Air. 11. B. M'lntosh, an •, after a smart discussion, the eiim -was reduced !o 255. for paving patients. A letter was received from Dr. Dick, intimating that he felt regulation 3b' to press unfairly upon him —the regulation having reference to his absenting himself from the district for purposes of private practice, without making medical provision. Mr. llertslet moved that rule 36 remain intact. The motion was lost by the casting vote of the Chairman.

Tub sixth of the seiies of Winter Jlveni "-g's Concerts is advertised to take place on Monday evening next. We notice that the entertainment on this occasion is for the benefit of the proposed Athenaeum. The object, being one which all must, admit, to be highly praiseworthy, and the programme, as will bt: seen by the advertisement, being a very attractive one, we fully expect to see a crowded house. The Star Variety Trsupe is announced to appear next week in Kaseby.