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Mount Ida Chronicle, Volume III, Issue 201, 3 January 1873, Page 3

the collective opinion of the members, and bring that opinion to bear on the Government of the day. We venture to say, that had su«-h an Association bten in force iu t lis distric*, during the last few years, t!»e sales of land, which to a certntn extent, are well known to be likely to act very injuriously towards the oper:ing up of rich ground, would never have been concluded. There are a great many matters sure to crop up iu the carrying out of the public works, during the next few months, which could only be criticised, ably and successfully, by experienced practical miners, whose recommendations, coming through an organised body, would obtain a weight and tone which never will attach to individual opinions.

"Wb have to congratulate the Trade Association on the happy results which bave followed their plucky action, decided on last Friday —the sending of a special delegate to Dunedin to ensure the due gazetting of the Municipality, and also the pushing forward of the public works. Our Extras issued during the week, and the telegrams in our present issue, tell their own tale. In our next issue we shall be in a position to give full particulars as to the mode in which these important works are to be constructed. The struggle so long carried on by a few energetic men has at last ended in victory.