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Mount Ida Chronicle, Volume III, Issue 183, 6 September 1872, Page 5

We desire to draw attention to the sale, by Messrs. Inder and George, of a third share in some valuable mining property at Clark's Diggings. The sale will take place in the "Victoria Hall, to-morrow eveniug, at 7 p.uv. We regret that, by an error in our last issue, it was made to appear that the sale wa3 to have taken place on Saturday last. We apologise for our error, and trust that the property may command spirited competition. The weathe.' during tile present week has been beautiful in the extreme, and heartily appreciated after the late unprecedented iy severe ■ winter. It would seem as tl\pugh spring had come upon us all at once. We are glad to be able to. report the roads as improving, though still rough and difficult, the water supply as abundant, and the miners as being in fu'l work. Should the weather continue as at present, the next escort will, we trust, show Mount Ida resuming her old position afc. the head of the poll. G-reat things are expected from the constiuction of the Sludge Channel, and the bringing in of a further and, it is to be hoped, a cheaper supply of water. Much disappointment is, however, felt that these works have not-yet been commenced. A "VEitx old and respected settler has left the district to try his fortune in the Cromwell reefs. We allude to Mr. Thomas Baird, for a long time and still a shareholder in the Hit or'Mia i Water Race Company. Mr. Baird has, we are informed, purchased the interestof Mr. Brian Hebden in the claims known as the Cromwell and Golden Link Quartz Reefs, together with the dwelling-house, the purI chase money being £3OOO. Mr. Baird was well respected in the district, and by his singing afc nearly all the concerts which have taken place afc Naseby, has contributed very much to the amusement of the public. We notice his departure with regret, and sincerely wish him every success in his new enterprise. The newly-formed Dramatic Club will make their debut before the Naseby public on the evening of Wednesday, the llth instant, at the Masonic Hall. The programme is an excellent one, qnd we doubt not will be ably and successfully carried out. Many of the performers are well and favorably known to the people of Kaseby, and the. rehearsals which have recently taken • place have abundantly proved that those who will on Wednesday next make their first appearance are riot without considerable dramatic ability. The dresses are entirely new, as is also the scenery, which has been paint ed- with great care and- with good taste by Mr. J. Teague. Mr. Teaguehas shown, by his efforts on this occasion, that lie possesses powers as a scenic artist of no mean order. Erom what we have heard from the members of the Club, Mr. Teague's arrangements witl\ them have been of the most liberal character. •' In reply to the local which appeared in the c Daily Times' of Monday last, having reference to our remarks at its garbled quotation of Captain Eraser's speech, which appeared in a late issue, we have pleasure in placing before the public in general, and the ' .uaily Times' in particular, a telegram received yesterday afternoon from Captain Eraser himself, from which it will be seen that his (the gallant Captain's) opinions with regard to this place were misrepresented, and,- we assert,

purposely misrepresented, by the ' Daily Times' on the occasion referred to, for, reasons hest known to itself. The telegr.im is as follows: —" 2.10 p.m., sth Sept., 1872.—1 have just seen your leader, commenting upon the cowardly and unwarrantable conduct of the 1 Daily Times' in reference to my remarks in reply to the Address, for which I thank you You do me but justice in belie ving that no man has advocated the interests of Jfaseby more than myself, or believes more-in the inexhaustible resources of that district. —Captain Fiuser." There will be a sitting of .Judge Wilson G-ray's Court, in the Court House, Naseby, on Wednesday next, the 11th insfc. The o"hly case, so far as we havfe heard, is that of George 1 Harris Cart ?r, in bankruptcy, for final order. A PABAGBAPH in a late issue of the ' Daily Times' states that photographs cf the plans of the Great Central Sail way, by Millar, F.S.A., have been submitted to them for inspection. By this plan it would, appear that the line is to be a continuation of the Dunedin and Clutha line,- and passing through "Waipahi, Tapanui, Teviot, Ettrick, Clinton, Alex-

andra, and Clyde, to terminate at Cromwell. From Alexandra it is proposed that a tramway shall be constructed which will pass through Black's, Drybread, and Blackstone Hill, terminating afc St. B:itlians. • We should like to know why this place has been, or is intended to be, entirely ignored iu the matter. Surely a little stir and agitation on the part of those interested in the place would cause the extension of the tramway to this town. We have heard little of our members and their doings of late, and think it would be well if they were to look into the matter and state a case for the interest of the district which they represent. Resident Magistrate Court.—On Monday the case of Emily M'Cambridge (administratrix of the estate of the late L)r. M'Cambridge) v. C. de Lautour. was heard before fci. W. Robinson, Esq., R.M. Claim, £2O, for medical attendance on a fractured le». This case, which had been previously heard, and adjourned for additional medical evidence lo be taken in Dunedin, was again adjourned sine die. Yesterday the case was again heard. The medical evidence from Dunedin in this case was read by the presiding Magistrate, as

also the whole of the evidence which had been given afc the firsi hearing of the case." Atter hearing Mr.de Lautour for the .defence and Mr Newmarch in reply, the case was dismissed, with costs of two professional witnesses, 425., and 21s. professional costs. Emily M'Cambridge (administratrix in the estate of the late Dr. M'Cambridge) v. Jacob London. Claim for £lO, medical attendance on broken leg. Claim admitted. Judgment for the amount claimed, with costs 9s. —Bremner Bros., v. John Minnock alias Callaghan. Claim, £29 7s. 10d., amoimt of dishonored acceptance. Judgment for the amount claimed, with £1 10s. costs. —John M* Donald v. G. E. liowlatt. This was an action to recover the sum of £25 which had been received by the defendant on account of plain tiff in the Resi - dent Magistrate's "Court., in tho case of M'Donald v. M'Kenna. The payments were made by two cheques for £lO and £ls respectively. A set-off for professional charges amounting t0,£20 10s. 10d. was put in, and the defence set up was the non jurisdiction of the Court in any matters affecting professional costs. After considerable argument theßench decided that, with regard to the set-off, it had not, in his opinion, any power of hearing the case on its merits, and gave judgment for-the balance, £4 9s. 2d., and 9s. costs, expressing, at the same time, his opinion as to the harshness of the case, and the power which the nonjurisdiction of the Court gave to solicitors. Warden's Court, Yesterday.—Extended Water Race Company v. J. W and E. Oi Cooper. The information in this case having been laid for a wrong date, complainants accepted a nonsuit. • Costs to witnesses 20s; allowed, and Court costs 6s. Mr. Hertslet for complaint, Mr. Bailey for defence Licensing Meeting. Application from William Hunter for permission to transfer his general and night Jicenss to R W. Daniel .was granted. A telegram received last eveniug informs us that, there is every probability of the present Government going—or, rather, being put —out of office. Nothing, however, is said of who are likely to succeed.

Mb. Simpson's report on the head race from Kyeburn and the Sludge Channel was received late last evening. The estimated cost of the former work is £9,680, and of the latter, with branch channel, £22,2ls—making in all over £30;000. We purpose publishing the report in exiemo in our next issue.

We beg to draw the attention of our readers to Messrs. Inder and George's auction sales in another column.

Fsoif information received by last' night's mail we are glad to find that the ' Times,', as usual, is wrong in asserting that the proposed tramway alluded to in another local is intended to terminate at St. Bathans. The intention is to continue the Alexandra line to Mount Ida, and ultimately to extend 'the railway system to Palmerston, and there connect it with the Great Northern. Trunk line. Our information, so far - as it goes, we regard as #ntirely reliable. \Ve are again reluctantly called upon to record another fa'.al accident from carthfall, which occurred yesterday afternoon, near Taradale Gully. The victim, in this case -was a Chinaman named All K.ng. From what we have been able to gather of the matter the facts are these : All King was working alone in an old tail race some twenty-five feet in depth, his mate (Ah Ket) being at some distance from hivn. From some cause, probably from the rotten state of ■the ground, the side of the race caved in, burying the unfortunate man in the debris. The upper sides of the race were in so overhanging and dangerous a state that it was found ne:esssary to dislodge thdm before it could be entered with safety. All the available water whs a! , once brought to bear in order to sluice the ground from the bo:iy of the deceased, and nearly two hours were occupied in the operation. The body was brought to Tait's Hotel to await, .we presume, a Coroner's inquest. The Chinese, with the exception of deceased's-mate, All Ket, showed the most abject fear, leaving the principal part of the work to be done by Europeans,, among whbmwe may mention the names of Messrs. John M'Donald and G-porge Provan as having made themselves conspicuous by their exertions.'The usual monthly .meeting of the Hospital Committee took place iu the Victoria Hall on the evening of Friday last. H. W. Robinson, Esq., in the chair There was a large muster of the Committee, and the principal business of the meeting was the passing for payment of the monthly accounts. The reports of the Doctor, and Visiting Committee were read and adopted. The report of the Treasurer showed the institution, despite the constant demands which invariably arise at the commencement of any new enterprise, to be in a highly satisfactory condition, there being with the .Government subsidy at present due, a sum of nearly £SOO to the credit of. the HospitaL So far so good, and we trust that in time to come the amount will increase rather than diminish. The Albion arrived at the Bluff on Monday evening last, bringing the English mails via Suez. ' There is no news of importance^