NOTES FROM ST. BATHANS.

Mount Ida Chronicle, Volume IV, Issue 242, 24 October 1873, Page 4

NOTES FROM ST. BATHANS.

October 20th;. A r p3titipn ; in favor of the sale of ,the>town-: ship has been forwarded this morning to,the Superintendent. Ifc bears the signatures, of the'whole,of the business people arid fully two-ihirds of. the miners resident in the place. This 5 is a tins' commentaiy on the statement of' Mr. Stout, before the Waste Lands Board, when opposing the sale ; on behalf of' the Scandinavian Water It ace Company, that "The whole of the miners are opposed to the' sale," and that " the township is believed to be built on the richest auriferous ground in the Province/' Another reason adducad h/ .Mr. Stout against the sale--viz., that-the. G >vernmeht receive, an. annual revenuu in'the ; shape of business licenses,, winch would cease on thejS.aleof the allptmenis—is a- lawyer's reason truly, and quite in keeping with the, we'llrljiriown maxim of .the. legal fraternitv: "Squeeze as much as you can out of your clients." . A'pliblic meeting* was held ori. Saturday cveriirigVfor the purpose of taking steps. tp' raise funds for testing the deep leads which are ..supposed to exist in , the. district, by •means'of the Government bpring.rpds. Mr. . G. Purton occupied the chair. There was .a good attendance.— Aftei considerable discuslit was proposed by Mr; ■Samuel Turner, ,and ; agreed to, "That a subscription be raised for covering the expenses in connection with .the,proposed, use of the boring rods. " The meeting, then .adjourned for a fortnight. the Progress; Committee was held; last week, when tenders for repairs to road; at Welshman's. Gully were opened.: Mr. B. Washer was the successful -tendei-er.— It was-agreed,, on the, motion of Mr. J Eagle,, that a public cemetery w.as urgent! y required, andfa Sub-Committee was. formed, to co-ope-rate with, the residenis of Welshman's Gully. " in choosing a site and raising funds, for the. purpose -tttA discussion,on .the ppposjtion to. the'.bj.l6,.pf th,e township.too,k plapq, .when.it wai.'iin'auiinoiiiJy 'agreed that no , valid r.ea"-' heen aidiyeed fpr the poitppnemen*, of tb.pj and, the Secretary, was instructed, to yrite totjia.Secretary.of Lands and Works! asking t that the .investigation into the mat-, ter, M ,ordered by the Waste Lands Board,. should take placewithout delay v , T&ree jprecocioua, youngstersTr-r boyi£ _of. course—frbrii three and a half to five years old, went into the bar of the Commercial , Hotel a iew days ago, and helped, themselves to four.ibottles. of porter, .acorkacreWj .and a .*■' couple, pf .-glasses,* ; ,with which they Retired to B <puet appk-ia,. the Gully, and wentia for a-

grand debauch. They had some difficulty in getting out the? corks,, but succeeded iu drawing t\vo; of >tHvjm4-thd.'other two 'bottles had their necks" knocked' off in. the most artistic !9 a ß?l?J'' ■-,:,, .-S3*.3u^disco,yer^d,.t]ie.y l o : cals were found drinktng.each other's healths after the hiost approved fashion!- They were conveyed^home-and*- treated -to an -emetic, and subsequently to a good birching—which, it is to.be hoped, will nip their convivial clivities in fne bud. ' ""'