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Mount Ida Chronicle, Volume IV, Issue 252, 2 January 1874, Page 2

. The Waipori Deep Lead Company are calling for- tenders lor boring. Mb. G. G. Russell has made a munificent gift Qt £SO to the Ofvmaru Hospital. _W estport has a Hospital Sunday. The result is £3.'5 added tp the funds of that institution, . Serious idamage has epsued to the crops in the Waimate district by the late storms of hail and/wind. ,Mk. John Martin proposes to make a gift to the City .of Wellingt.Qji,of a drinking fountain, whichis to cost £IOO. . The Good Templars have increased very , rapidly in Ghristchurch, and contemplate erecting a hall costing £2,000. :: Three hundred and sixteen applications for nominated immigrants were'forwarded from Ohriatchnrch by the last English mail. Tns authorities ,of the' University have granted the use of the University Hall for the purpose of the banquet to the Hon. Julius VogeL ' ' dated '/-London, December 13,' says— 4 ' frozen, meat, well? preserved, has been successfully introduced at Liverpool «om Canada." Mr. J. W. Thomson, M.H.8., has announced himself as a candidate for the representation of the Clutha in the, Provincial Cotmeil, in the room of the Hon. Major Richardson, reaigped. The splendid result of 1,164 ounces of retorted gold was obtained from the Jiret crushing of the fyeak o' Day, Lyell. The quantity of stone put through was 152 tons. Inanjahua lierqJd.' A cbickkt match, we are informed, will be-playedl-U»-d*y oetweep the town members and t ' h * l ?! ,ne ! r8 ' .'%'®.. ahoiild be a good mutch, as fbe bowling is pretty firpal. : i Jlsi'iaCf podfcirjagteiii would very much ! oblige us* by eurliest convenience, a note of the tinie'when mails should arfjye apd depart from tpcir offices. '

Otra readers will perceive by the mail notices published in this issue that on' Mondays and Fridays the hour of closing at the Naseby office will, in future, be 2.30., instead of 1.30. The Revd. Father Royer, we learn, was on his way to hold services at St. Bathans on New Year's Day, when at Hills Creek, he was overtaken by a messenger recalling him to attend a eick bed at Naseby. A MEitTiifa of the Mount Ida Jockey Club is called for the sth of January,, to consider whether a meeting ehall.be held in the autumn, and to arrange other business of importance.

We learn that a quarter share in the Four-teen-Mile Water Race, Kyeburn Diggings,, has changed hands for £360, Mr. John Frater having sold his interest to Messrs, Christian and Nichqlas.

The proceedings at the meeting' of the Mount Ida Miners' Association are' reported in another column. It will be seen that the Committee are willing to co-operate pvith the other bodies in tho proposed scheme of selling to one bank.

On Tuesday last, a boy of about ten years of age broke his arm, we understand, from a fall from a horse. Mr. John Sanders, of Kyeburn Station, where he waj employed, brought the young sufferer into Naseby, where he was speedily put in the way of recovery.

The Canterbury Provincial Council will re-assemble after the Christmas recess ou Tuesday m-xt, when the debate on the railway management will be taken. It is generally believed that the Government will be ousted by two or three votes.

A TOUTit named Patrick Bellett had his right leg broken while engaged in wrestling with another boy on the Dunedin Cricket Ground last week. He was immediately removed to the Hospital, where he was attended to.

A coxsiD'EaAßi/E reduction in the rate of Intercolonial postage came into operation on the Ist. of January. The postage to and from Australia was then reduced frojn threepence to twopence, in accordance with a resolution come to at the last Intercolonial Cjnferenee.

New Year's Day was yesterday observed as a close holiday in Naseby, being fitly ushered in by suggestive airs Splayed by the Naseby Brass Band. Nor was the. old year allowed to die without the iisual honorstaking the forms of crackers,. shooting, kettledrums, &c. v

We are in receipt, through the. courtesy of the publisher, -of Mr. Mackay's : alm'aiiac-for 1874. This publication is of such r a general notoriety that it hardly needs our word of praise. The general .matter oft information, including the much talked of Licensing Act of 1873, is of more than usual' interest.

Some specimens of an unusually brilliant character are being shown by Messrs. Paine and another from the reef they are working at Rough Ridge. They have put out about 9 tons of stone, which the Knergetic Quar'z Mining Company's machine will crush at 15s. per ton. The company's claim is now idle—further work having been suspended. . The usual half-yearly summoned meeting of the brethren of the Loyal Naseby Lodge, M.U.1.0.0.F., was held in the lodge-room on Tuesday evening last. The change'of. chairs resulted in the following brethren' being chosen .to fill the. elective offices:—tiro. A. 0. B. Mitchell, N.G.; Bro. Hare, V.Gh ; Bro. Jtt. Webber, E. 3. - sa . The' Times ' of last week stains that' in Tuapeka many and frequent afocthe complaints about the dryness of the weatlier. The scarcity of water is already beginning to be felt. The tanks need replenishing. 'Die recent heavy winds, besides committing considerable damage to fruit treed, have absorbed all the moisture id'the soil, and'a copious shower of rain is sadly wanted, bOth' for crops and domestic purposes

Thu ' Tuapeka Times'' is informed that tTie lowest tender for ■ the building oFa manse in' connection with tlie Presbyterian congregation at Waitahuna was £642 183.'; and as the architect's estimate was only £4OO, the congregation committee do not feel justified in pioceeding with the work. If the subscribers ,to the manse fund are agreeable, we learn that the committee .will allocate the amount towards building a place of worship. . The following applications hive been received to date for the office of Surgeon to the ]>unstan Hospital:—Charles Scott, L.F.P.S. (Glasgow),L.M., Cromwell; Cuthbert. Fetherstone Haugh, L.R.C 5.1., and L.K.Q.C.P.1., Hokitika; Alexander T. Thomson, M.D., M 8., C M., Clyde. The Naseby Sunday schools, as previously announce], met on Friday last ' to hold the annual school treat. The schools, -.marshalled side by side, preceded by the band, inarched up the town, and from thence, to the paddock lent .for the occasion by Mr. W.'. Inder, in which swings had been erected. • All sorts of games were set agoing,\enjdyed l.;y old and young. Tea, cakes, and confecfiouary were supplie2 in profusion, and a-tired but happy -band came home in the" evening to!-Nasebjy; no doubt to regret that the school treat for 1873 had come and gone.

| The Oddfellows' fete, including under that I name a picnic and sports, took place yesterday, and was adecided success. • Great numbers of people and vehicles, from all parts of the district, attended. . At. ten o'clock a. m. the members of the Loyal Naseby Lodge, M.U.1.0.0.F., mqatered atthe'Lodge Room, and soon after marched, in full regalia, to the scene of festivity, preceded by the Naseby Brass Band, playing lively airs. The sports as they occurred,. ..one by one, brought fresh . variety to ' the scene. Towards the evening the change in the atmosphere, from scorching point to something very close akin to chilly, sent a good many of the visitors away before all the sports were concluHed. Messrs. G-ason and Pinder were the caterers, giving very general satisfaction. We are sorry our time and space will not al : low of a more detailed notice. * The ball, to be opened at the Masonic .Hall last night shortly before we went to press, was certain to prove a fitting close to the day's amusement. • Tiffi Duncdin ' Star' informs us that the ship City of Dunedin, w.hioh arrived in Port Chalmers on Monday last, brought 138' immigrants, equal to ll : 5 r adults. The tirades and occupations of the heads of the families are: cooper ; two weavers? five agricultural laborers; four farm laborers ; one engine driver; four tailors; one shoemaker; one Spinner; two carters; two porters; one shepherd; two fishermen ; seven domestic servants ; two miners; one ploughman; three joiners; one- housemaid; two tailors; one farm servant; one gasfitter ; one blacksmith ; household. servant. They .will be cor.veyedtotown by the us. Golden Age at one o'clock to-morrow; and the time of their engagement will be advertised;) The Surat, which left London on* September 28, the day after the departure of the City of Dunedin from Glasgow, brings 213 statute adults, and . may be now hourly looked .for. J Applications have been received by the Imjnigratjpn Oflicer for forty farm laborers aud{about twenty-, four female servants. . . I

It is officially notified that. I January the new issue of postal bo as under The penny stamj head on oval ground printed i twopenny—the Queen's head i file, printed in crimson lake ; i

.on the first, of ;e stamps will i—;the Queen's n muuve ; the i. a dotted circle threepence Ib, printed in i- the Queen's pt?d .in Indian l\'? head "i u a '

—T.h'e Queen's head in 11 circl sepia bro.wn ; the fourpence-i Tie.ad o T i n cqnnro ground, .prij led; thfl sixpence—tjje QueJ

circle and hexagon, printed in blue; ; the one shilling, the Queen's head on an oval ground, printed in green ; the halt-penny stamp to remain unchanged. The rate of postage on letters posted in the Colony for Australia and Tasmania will be reduced from 3d. to 2d. per ( half-ounce.

The ' Timaru Herald' says:—" Last week a party of ditchers were digging a drain near or on the properly known as " The Stumps" south of the Orari, they found on the edge of a small swamp underneath a terrace, the remains of a human being—the skull and lower jaw with its teeth intact, and a lot of bones—together with several spear shafts." . Along with the bones some thoroughly hewed pieces of timber, apparently of manuka, sln.ving that the remains (the spear shafts pointing them to be those of an aboriginal) were duly confined. The pieces of the boards found were remarkably sound, owing to the fact probably of their being buried four feet in the black swampy soil—-one of the best preservatives of timber. Around the spot, where the remains were discovered, there is not the slightest, indication of there ever having been there a place of sepulchre. -. r^ll f congregation of the Naseby Presbyterian Church have much cause for gratification with the results attending the labors of their Committee, in bringing the Bazaar to so eminently satisfactory a conclusion. Not only did the community feel that the cause was a good one, and so readily flocked to the hall, but the combined efforts of all sections of the Church commanded the success this favorable impression paved the way for. The work performed by the Dunedin Committee of ladies was very evidently a labor of love—the articles contributed by their efforts being a most valuable addition to the stock so tastefully displayed in the stalls. The Hall, it is perhaps as well to tell our outside readers—for who within five miles reach wa3 not thereto see for themselves—was decorated with flowers and evergreens, the taste of Mr. H. Anderson being placed at the services of the Committee. At 7 p.m. on Monday the Bazaar was opened by the t Rev. Jas. M'Cosh Smith, who, in a few well chosen remarks, explained the cause of this call on the purses of the public. Very soon the room began to fill. Towards 10 p.m. the crowd and heat became rather excessive—the ventilation of th« building being so defective. The ladies lost no time in making raids upon the gentlemen, trying all their arts and fair enchantments to obtain names to miniature art unions, and direct buyers for everything that could be named, from magic bottles to babies' baskets. The evening was kept ,up to a late houe—£93, we learnt, bi-ing the result -of the firsfc day's proceedings. The evening of the second day resulted in the handsome sum ■ ot.-f.70 j the unsold portion of the goods was disposed of by auction sale on Wednesday night, and brought the sum total up to about, £2oo—a better result than Which could not , liHve be n anticipated. Mr. Walter Inder kindly placed his services, a3 auctioneer, at the disposal of the Committee gratuitously —thus enabling the balance of goods to be disposed of to the greatest advantage.