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Mount Ida Chronicle, Volume IV, Issue 224, 20 June 1873, Page 4

On Sunday next the Presbyterian Church will be opened. Dr. Stuart is to conduct morning and evening service, collections being made on each occasion. The strong and courageous efforts made by the Presbyterians in the district to establish a resident minister and build a church at a time when all other denominations held back, fully entitles them to the liberal support of the community as a whole. Dr. Stuart's eminence as a preacher is proverbial, besides which, he possesses the somewhat rare distinction of being ever foremost in the initiation of any good work. / The ordinary meeeting of the Municipal Council was held in the Naseby WaterWorks office on Tuesday last. Present: Cr de Lautour (in the absence of the Mayor, in the chair),; Crs Busch, Brookes, and Wilson.— The minutes, of last ordinary and extraordinary meetings were confirmed.—The report of the Finance Committee, recommending the payment of the following sums, was- agreed to, subject to the signature of the Mayor, viz: W. Marslin, £7 ss; W. J. Millar, £l. Cr Brookes proposed, and Cr Busch seconded, " That Cr Busch and the Mayor be requested to take the necessary steps to publish the By.e-Lawa as recommended by the Committee (if compulsory by the Act), at the first opportunity; and to lay such published ByeLaws before the Council at the next meeting." Carried.—The ; motion by Cr Busch, in reference to the signing of cheques, was postponed until next meeting.—Cr Brookes proposed, and Cr Busch seconded, " That a

donation of £26 be given to the Naseby Fire 'Brigade." Carried.—The application made by the Naseby Fire Brigade, asking the Council to erect shed for fire engine, was recommended to the favorable consideration of the next Council.—"Resolved, that the motion re Town Hall site be postponed until next general meeting.—The tender of T. O'Brien for the formation and gravelling of Keswickstreet, was accepted at £2 5s per chain. The tender of George Stephens, for the erection of four lamp posts for £lO 10s, was accepted. The tender of John M'Gregor for four lamps for £l2, was referred to the General Purposes Committee for explanation and appro--val. The Committee for General Purposes were requested to see to the lighting and rendering secure for traffic the road leading to the Presbyterian Church. At the Waste Lands Board, the only matter of Goldfields interest was an application for legal information. Sir Francis Dillon Bell asked if, in taking up his pre-emptives, he had the option of taking either an agricultural lease or purchasing where the rim ia partly within a goldfield. Also, if the same option would <fexist with regard to the block on runs 80 and 109, which he had covenanted to allow to be sold. Also, when he must furnish tracings or sketches of the land to be selected. Sir F. D. Bell to actually make the applications as he desires to the proper officers. In regard to the land under special covenant, to wait opinion of the AttorneyGeneral. Mb J. C. Beown, member for Tutpeka, * writes asking us to deny the local in our last issue, which, taken from the. 'Tuapeka Times/ stated him sto have said, " he (Mr Brown) supported Mr Reid. because las side was the strongest." The boring-rods have at length come t6 hand, and will, no doubt, be at once handed over to the Miners' Association, as agreed upon: by the Municipal .Council. " The road leading by the schoolhouse to the new church is temporarily closed. 1 new road by the Masonic Hall is open for traffic. At the last elections, two or three years ago, the want at the Serpentine of a post office and mail from the Linburn, was brought prominently into notice. It was thought, and we believe we ourselves gave expression to it, ' ■ that £25 a year could be got from the post office to initiate a weekly service from the > Blackball. This sum was placed on the Estimates, but was never taken advantage of, because no one had pluck enough to undertake the work for that price. This was a great mistake, for of. course the post office-officials looking at the Electoral Roll, and seeing only three votes at Serpentine, would naturally underrate the importance of that locality, and if the service had once been undertaken, the -large mail returns would have spoken for themselves, and an. additional subsidy might very well . have been expected. low, wa hear that the inhabitants have agreed to subsidise the Government £25, by a further payment of £lO ; so that at last a post will run through to Serpentine. . Mr. Shephebd, in addressing the electors of _ - Dunstan, said that in Mr. Macandrd w the " miners, he believed, had a firm friend, and. that he had rendered valuable aid in the reduction of the gold duty last session. The known supporters of Mr. Gillies are working hard for Mr. Hazlett. The polling for a member to represent the Matau district in the Provincial Council resulted in the return of Mr. H. Clark, who represented the district in the last Council. The numbers polled were, Clark, 108 j D. Maitland, 65. Majority for Clark 48. The Warden reports to the Marlborough Government of the Wakamarina diggings for the year ended March last:—About 2,000 ■ ounces of gold were obtained in the Wakamarina during the year, and as I have averaged the population at 90, the average wages would be about 30s per week. At the adjourned meeting of the Licensing Court, held on Saturday last, tiie application - of C. K. Douglas for a general license for the : Junction Hotel, Kyeburn, was granted. Oke new feature in the programme of the Tolmie-Turubull.Government was the placing on the Estimates the sum of £SOOO to subsidise Progress Committees. This was intended to meet the fmall requirements of out districts euch as Eye burn, Serpentine, Hyde, Hamilton, &c., districts unfortunately having wants, but having a very power of expression for such wajbs. It was thought that communities having energy enough to organise themselves into the small machinery of a Progress Committee should receive aid to enable such Committees to carry out road requirements. No doubt this will be also part of the programme laid before the new Council, and we earnestly entreat the out districts to at once organise themselves into Progress Committees: not only to take advantage of such a pro- ' gramme, but also, through their Secretaries, to post up the] r members as to wnat really is wanted at each place. Thebe seems to be some mis pprehension as to the appointment of the Waste Lands Board. Clause 7 of the Waste Lands Act says " the Board shall consist of one. Chief Commissioner, and of not less than two, or more than five other commissioners, all of whom shall be appointed and be removable by warrant under the hand of the Superintendent, subject to the approval of the Governor in Council —provided that not more than one member of the Executive Council shall be . a n: ember of the Board." A great many run away with the notion, from the wording of that clause, that the Superintendent has the' nominating of the Board, but this is not so. He only has his voice in the matter as Chair-; man of the Executive Council, and he in thafr\ position has to sign as a matter of course, so long as lie retains the Executive, all business decided oh by it, of course then the expression

" under the hand of the Superintendent," is a matter of form only. It will be seen that the Executive have also the power of removing, and it is very desirable that this part of the clause should be insisted upon, and the Board, as at present existing, be reconstituted. On Wednesday, the 25th instant, a tea meeting will be held to commemorate the opening of the Church. The Revds. Dr. Stuart, Clark, Christie, and Flamank are expected, to take a part in the night's - entertainment, and they are all well known as thoroughly enjoying -and therefore able to diffuse enjoyment—what is popularly known as a tea-fight. All those who accept the Committee's invitation on Wednesday next will not only get value for their money, but will have the satisfaction of contributing to a thoroughly deserving cause. Wf, are sorry to have to report a severe loss to mining property which occurred on Friday last at Hamilton. The Leviathan Dam burst, and levelled up the race which was being constructed by Shannon and Smith in a few minutes, entirely effacing the work of the last three years. The proprietors had just determined to dispose of their property, not being strong enough to complete a work of such magnitude, which yet promised handsome results. Mr Shannon is well known on the Hogburn, and many will be sorry to hear of his loss. Mr. Armstrong, surgeon-dentist, announces that he will remain in the district for the next ten days. As he does not anticipate visiting Naseby for some time, any who are likely to require the attention Mr Armstrong's skill in his profession offers, should immediately pay a visit to his rooms at Mrs Lawson's. - On Tuesday evening, Mr Glenn's youngest boy, only nine months old, accidentally swallowed a big glass marble—at least, the marble was firmly fixed in the pharynx. The child was taken over to Dr. Dick's, and was apparently lifeless. The doctor made many unsuccessful efforts to. dislodge the marble, "but, owing to it being so firmly and deeply lodged, for some time his efforts were fruitless. At last, after great perseverance, he succeeded in getting an instrument behind the obstruction and thus removing it. About ten minutes must have passed during which life appeared to be quite extinct, and the lower extremities chilling. Those present were anxious that the child should be let alone, but Dr. Dick was not to be beat; with great perseverance and labor, artificial respiration being kept up, there was a slight natural response—the faintest possible breathing at intervals of fully sixty seconds, which gradually was coaxed into the stronger and wellregulated breathings of the natural state. Beyond irritation of the throat, there is nothing to keep back the little man, restored, as it were, from the very jaws of-.death,. by a combination of skill, courage, and perseverance rarely equalled. We have received a second number of the * Australasian Sketcher,' which, among the numerous well executed illustrated papers of the day, is entitled to take a very high place. At Hyde great difficulties are occurring in the way of obtaining grazing rights sufficient to run the horses and few cows of the district. The runhol der's manager, Mr Chisholm, is very firm in the stand he is taking, and matters have come to this, that the "Government must, step in and determine the position of the different parties. The Taieri ford at what is known as the Hamilton crossing, is hardly safe now for strangers. Owing to a tail race which has been discharging a little below the crossing, the ford is apt to be soft and shifting. The best road now is by Mr Maitland's woolshed, crossing at Captain Hamilton's washdip. There is a good road running into the Sowburn and Hamilton road. There was some stir in the town' of Naseby last Saturday night. Messrs Armstrong and Mervyn met the electors at the Empire Hotel, and later in the evening Mr Oliver addressed them at the Masonic Hall. At the Empire Hotel noise and chaff predominated. The evening being fine, a great number of people were in the town. Oscar is d£ad! such should be our sole obituary for the grand old dog, so long an institution in Naseby. His simplicity, his courage, his entire devotion to the Court House deserve better of us than a vague panegyric. Let it suffice that Oscar is dead ! The usual half-yearly summoned meeting/ of the Loyal Naseby Lodge, took place in the Lodge room on Tuesday evening last, when the following brethren were chosen officers for the ensuing six months, namely:— N.G., Bro. J. Lory• V.G., Bro. W-. M'Aughtree; E.S., Bro. A. G. Mitchell. The installation of officers of the Mount Ida Lodge (E. C.) will take place on St. John's Day (Tuesday next). A banquet will take place in Millar's Old Victorian Hotel in the evening.