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Mount Ida Chronicle, Volume IV, Issue 227, 11 July 1873, Page 4

We are compelled to hold over our usnai Court news, and other iteins of local interest', until next week. The Court for the revision of the Burgesses' Roll was held, according to notice, on "Wednesday last, before his Worship the Mayor and Council. Nine names were struck off the old Roll, and ten new claims allowed. We do not think it likely that Mr Oliver, member, in the Provincial Council for Mount Ida, will allow himself to be nominated for the representation of Waikouaiti in the Assembly. We merely gave it as a current rumor in our last issue. Mr GiHies will no doubt.-receive, strong -support, as holding views pretty much in accordance with the Stafford-Monro policy. • On Monday last, his Honor the Superintendent sent down a message to the Provincial Council, recommending that a line of light railway be at onceundertaken from Paimerston up the Valley of Waihemo" for ten miles. It is to be hoped that the Council

will concur in his Honor's wish that this work should be undertaken at once—it would be the first step in the much-needed extension to the interior of the Northern Goldfields. The Southland meinbers of the Provincial Council, being frightened by the very large sales of land in the Southland district, brought the matter before the Council, and got a motion passed recommending the General Government to practicall}' stop this locking up of the land in the hands of speculators, by temporarily raising the price to £5 per acre, The General Government refuse to accede to the request, offering, however, to withdraw land up to 500,000 acres, under the Public Works and Immigration Act, at the same time intimating that if the Superintendent and Council agree to raise the price to £2 or £3 per acre, the Government will accede to it. The Council have therefore, as we think, foolishly, raised the price to 665. per acre, thus at once enhancing the value of all the land at present in the hands of speculators in that portion of the Province, and locking up the whole unoccupied waste lands of Southland from the bona fide settler. Knowing the time and difficulty that had to be faced in getting the present Otago Waste Lands Act passed, we fear that the policy urged on the Council by the Southland members has been a suicidal one. A conceet and dance in aid of the funds of the Naseby Brass Band is announced to take place in the Masonic Hall on Monday evening next. The object is one which well deserves the support of the public. With the local talent mustering in force, and the moderate charge for admission, we have not the least doubt but that a full house will witness the entertainment. We understand that our St. Bathans friends have asked our ex-M.P.C., J. P. Armstrong, Esq., to re-deliver at that place the lecture given by him on Wednesday evening last, in aid of the Mount Ida Hospital funds We "believe that he has consented to the request. It will be observed, by referring to our advertising columns, that members of the Church of England, and others interested, are requested to attend a meeting to consider a communication from the Bishop relative to the proposed settlement of a clergyman a«t Naseby. • We understand that Mr M. Dillon, the successful contractor for contract No. 6 on the head race, commenced operations this week. From Mr Dillon's energetic character we have every reason to believe , that 'before many months are over, the extent 0f,.1m contract will be finished in a practical and workmanlike manner. ' C" We regret to record the death : of Mrs Jane . Redmond, the oldest resident, we believe, in the Mount Ida district, which took place , at Hyde on the 30th ult. '" The deceased was mother-in-law to Mr P. A,. Conolly, of Naseby, • and, from her long residence in' tile district, was much respected. The funeral, which ■ took place on Wednesday fo'lowingj was attended by nearly every individual in Hyde, • and large numbers from the surrounding 'districts. . On Tuesday evening last the imposing ceremony of installing the officers of the Loyal Mount Ida Lodge of Independent Order of Oddfellows took place, when the following brethren took their respective chairs N.G., Bro. Michael Brookes ; Y.G., Bro. W. Currie; Secretary. G-. R. Paice j Treasurer, Bro. N. " Currie. A SPECIAL MEETING- of the Naseby Town Council was held in the Water Works office on Tuesday afternoon last.—Present: His Worship the Mayor, and Crs Buscb, Brown, Brookes, and Wilson. —The business before the Council was to open and consider tenders for the various public works advertised for last week. The following tenders were accepted : Crossing at Brooke's fence, M. M'Gratli; drain in Broom Street, (behind Chronicle office), John Cogan; forming Ness Street, . John Cogan ; formation of street opposite , school reserve (tender No. 4), was postponed until next ordinary meeting, pending reply from Government in reference to main roads, tender No. 5, for supply of kerosene oiJ, and lighting and-extinguishing the four corpora-' tion lamps, was referred to General Purposes Committee.—The Town Clerk submitted statement of receipts and expenditure for the half-year ending June 30. The Town Clerk was instructed to protest by telegram to the Secretary of Goldfields against the sale of certain sections asked to be withdrawn from sale: Sections 70 and 71, 118, 120.—The discussion of the Bye-laws occupied some considerable time, when the matter was again referred to ordinary meeting of Council. Accounts to the amount of £ls 9s were passed. We hear, on reliable authority, that the question of liability for damages occasioned by the bursting of the Leviathan dam at Hamilton, a few weeks back, will shortly be before the Warden's Court at Hamilton, damages being laid at £IOOO. A complementary dinner is to be given to George Duncan, Esq., previous to his leaving the Colony for America, this evevening (Fri- , day.) His Honor the Superintendent is announced to take the chair. The late member for the district, Mr J. P. Armstrong, delivered a lecture in the Masonic Hall on Wednesday the 9th in aid of the funds of the district hospital. The attendance was by no means good. This is attributed to two-causes—first, the state of the roads and weather, and secondly to the bad management on the part of those who had to see to the welfare of the public. Several people were turned from the doors, owing to their being no person appointed to receive money or tickcls. Mr Warden Robinson, who acted as Chairman, briefly introduced the lecturer. The bulky and perpetual John then addressed tlie public. A feeling of uneasiness was at

first apparent amongst the audience, but this feeling soon disappeared. The lecturer fully carried out his promise, and the anecdote and jokes were of a peculiarly amusing nature. We much regret that we are unable to report this lecture in extenso, but we give the foliowing as a sample. The lecturer at this time found himself in Cincinnati, on the Ohio, and, being dissatisfied with his prospects, informed his friends he intended to return to his native land. His friends endeavored to dissuade him, from this course, and as a special argument pointed out to him the splendid vista .which lay in his path. They explained to him that every avenue was open to worth and merit, that, every post under Government could be held by a naturalised subject, and that, if he remained with his talents and good looks, progress for him was certain. His reply was characteristic of the man. It was this : My dear friends, your advice is good, but you have forgotten to point, out to me the end of this splendid vista. As I take it, the Almighty end of mortal wishes is concentrated on one spot, wnich is the Presidency of this glorious Republic. Now, my dear Friends, being an Irishman, you are all aware that for this appointment—No Irish need apply. Reefing at Baudigo Gully, appears to be looking up again. The ' Cromwell Argus' remarks :—The Aurora tributors washed up a crushing of about 80 tons with a return of 14 dwts per ton. As there was known to be a lot of poor stone put through, fchis is a decided improvement, unci has produced rather a cheering effect. Their water race is being continually broken away in the ranges j as soon as they can remedy this defect crushing will be resumed. The Cromwell Co. are washing up, and expect a cake of 350 or 400 ounces. The reef never looked better than at its present depth of 289 feet, and about 1000 tons of stone arc ready, for the stampers. The L.uoknow tunnel still keeps in frightfully hard " country," and costs at present nearly £5 per foot! The 'Cromwell Argus,' commenting on the improved personnel of the Provincial Council says" As a whole, the new Council is composed of men of better education, higher standing, and honester principles, than was the last. Some of the Goldfields constituencies, especially, are ty be congratulated on the changes they have set-n fit to make. ! That nice trio—Shepherd, Hiekey—where are they ? All three have given place to better men, and their constituencies heed no longer blush under the shame of so miserable a representaion. Bradshaw, too, and Armstrong are certainly no great loss. The former possesses something of the adventurer character in politics; the latter simply mistook his " forte," and when a better man was to be had,' the Mount Ida electors rectified the m'stake for him. Altogether, it may be safely affirmed that the new Council will lose nothing by comparison in. all'.'characteristics with any previous one. Perhaps it is'not going too far to say that a better average of intelligence and efficiency in representatives could not be expected." j TiiE/VTimaru Herald,' referring.to new j buildings and other improvements lately ob- j servable at Ternuka, says —" The brewery so long idle,-has found an enterprising tenant in Mr. Franks formerly of the Mount Ida brew- I ery, Otago. Hie has turned out several brews, I and has already gained for himself a good i name. The Temuka beer, has been pro-i nounced quite equal to that imported from i Dunedin. Mr. Franks; is building a Lirge malt house and drying kiln, so that it.may be; expected by next harvest; there will be a local market for malting barley." " j The Rev. Father Nojjris lias been appointed- to the Thames Mission. On leaving Auckland he was presented by his former parishioners with a purse of sovereigns. Eveby one will rejoice to learn that the brave Sir Samuel and Lady Baker have not lost then* lives, as reported in the English news and in our columns. Telegrams received in Melbourne have declared that they are in safety. The following are th? weights of the Canterbury horses in the Melbourne Cup Tambourini, 7st 101b ; Lurliue, 7st 71b ; Calumny, 7st 31b j Castaway, 6st. A petition from the members of a Progress Committee, chosen by the inhabitants of Macraes Flat, relative to the state of the road between that place and Shag Valley, was presented by the member for Waihemo (Mr. J. M'Kenzie) on Wednesday last. The Condition op bYDNEY.—At a recent meeting of the Sydney City mission, the Rev. Dean Cooper stated that he . believed there were about 560 public-houses in Sydney. ■ A company, with a capital of £15,000, has been formed to issue a new daily paper in Dunedin. The new journal is to be called the ' Otago News,' and the ' Morning Star' is to be incorporated with it. . It is to be published in the Government interest, and' it is rumoicd that its editor is to be Mr. Creigh- ' ton, M.H.R., now editor of the 1 Southern Cross.'