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■ The, l GooS'Templars' ClinsVc6u¥cK intend to erect a hall'at a cost of £2,000.

, The ' Arrow Observer'- considers'tliat tHe_ 'Southern Mercury' mil!prove a powerful competitor to'the'--Witness..'- . /. „i\ • :The English,inail via Suez willjclose at thedistrict po9fc office at the usual-hours on Monday the 19th inst. ' ■

Monday, the 19th instant, is the day appointed for .the sale of lands at.Nasebv. On Tuesday"'.the 20th, similar 'sales will be conducted at Hill's Creek. ' ~

V The Committ'ee_of„the Nnseby Presl'yterian Church acknowledge in our advertising co--1 umns ,their obligation to the public . for the hearty s'u'ppbrtitccorJed'to the bazaar. \> The collection made in Naseby, under ttia auspices of his Worship the Mayor, for the" Suvat relief fund, amounted to £24 Is., which has, we learn,' been forwatded to its destination. l > .

Osr to press we learn that -Air John" although still flying nfc E weVurn sta-; : tion j'n a niostrprecarious state, jet cannot -be said toJiav.e lofct ground. week wo\hope to be nblo to rejjrort more favorably. " , Our, readers .will observe from our re, fort of the proceedings of "the Waste Lands Bvard in another column, that,. Mr. Stanbrook; of Cromwell, i 3 tlie successful teuderer for'the privilege of, conductmg the Gavernmentland sales in this district. ' ; ■ " Me. Abbott,"-"tbe"'contractor, arrived in Naseby on Tuesday last. He has since been on the Head P.ace, and will have a-batter idea,'from personal, inspection, of tlie .work which has to be done. It, is rumored that a' large party of Chinamen are to be i,up to the works. ■ ' From the Surgeon's report, laid on the table at the annual meeting of subscribers we learn that sixty-two cases have been treated in th' District Hospital during the past year. Out of these, forty-five have been cured, eight relieved, three have died, and six remain in Hospital. A PATii'y of 140 Chinaman left Dunedin for Hongkong in the HaQda, specially•chartered, on Tuesday- . They-tbotwitii 'them a most 1 in the shape of scrap iron of'all kindSj glass, &c. ! , .These are a class of exports ithej Custom House will find some difficulty in tabulating. Thk infant daughter ofiMy. Burgess, of'the Pigroofc liotel,' died on thb znorning of Tues-' day last., It appeared!'that the child had been in- a-weak state for| some " time. • The' body was brought to Naseby, arid btirieel at_ the Cemetery on V/edneiday last. The me-' dical "ccrLificato showed ;bhat' death had 1 enBued from inanition. .. ■

It- is pleasant, aqnong so much delay, la learn that Mr.-Dillon's contract for 10 miles is,completgcl, ( ;and pn3sed(by'the resident iEu"gineer; The work hiis been done in a manner «xccßsively ; pleasing botli to" the contractor and tho Government. Ue is now busy uil h tlic.fiLvl.bcr contract of 5 miles, which-it"is expected will bo completed 'in about two jiwsitiis. 'i

Thk importance of the'-right of th'e ;gold rriner to pollute'' the Hvers""iri the "ordinary process of his avocations is so palpable, the,t a meeting of the Central Association, with- a full attendance of delegates, to decide on ti:e mode of action - to be taken.in-defence of that right at Alaerewlienua, would be'amply justified. *-

i , The annual races, advertised to be held onand'Gtli'of March, should'be* a~suc■cess, andvrecoup/the Club for. the plucky programme offered for. .p-ablic competition. It well -worthwhile for horses waiting in draining for the DuiiVdin~hieetirig,"4ater in: l the month, to take a trip to Naseby for the i prizes offered.. -The Grand Stand Handicap of G5 sovs. isito be on the firat day,- and the Mount Ida.Handicap of 70 sovs. on the second. ... - ,

The monthly-general meeting of the members of the Mount Ida Cricket Club was field 1 in"Millar's Old Victorian Hotel oil Mond-iy evening last. There "was" a very meagre attendance—owing, no doubt, to f tlie fict of there being several' Other meetings on the same evening. The "only business" was the passing for payment of a bill for £5 lis. for'cricketing material. The next meeting will, :'wor understand,, be held, in G-eorge's Victoria.Hotel on ilonday evening, 9fch prox. * *' '' :

-""fc. Intending contractors - for tlie portion oi lieadj race—contract No. 10—must for war r ! their tenders by the mail closing at 2.30 p.m. this day to tlie Secretary for Public Works, Dunertin. We at the same time dr.vw'atteniion to a recent issue of'the ' Grazette,' which itinounces that all deposits with tenders for uiblic works must be -by marked cheques; ?th'c Government declining, to „be responsible for sash. Tlie practice of forwarding bank' notes is deposits led to confusion : hfenee the notice 1.11 uded to. V Ma. JonN LATERT?r~of Hyclo, announces lis intention tD run a bi-weekly coach, via Jyde and Macraes, to - and 1 -from Duuedin, in injunction with Messrs. Cobb and Co.-s line >f coaches. Passengers will be able 1o leave .Junedin on Saturday', and'arrive at Naseby >n Sunday morning ; or leave Naseby on Sunlay morning, nrriving-iu Dunedin on Mon lay. ilr. Laverty has obtainsd a string and lomfortuble Jiooded, - conveyance,..which com tines sl.rength .with the coiufoi'ts of; a"pnvat« ■arrtsge. , Mr. sei'-'ices having beei etairiecl, careful- driviug 'may b3 'depenclec ipoa.

The Intcrprovinnial criekefc match between Canterbury and Ota go was, on the first diy, a very om-sidod affair Canterbury 'went fir? 1 to the wickets,. obtaining seventy-eight runs.' Otago following ran- up a soore oflil; two batsmen—Messrs Lynch and Reatle—obtaining 89 betwecn'them. Canterbury iigain took the wickets, with very poor fortune —losing five wickets for only six runs The in itch thus appears to be a pi ft to Otago, unless Fowler and Fuller make an extraordinary stand on behalf nf Canterbury. • At the.• Statutory: Annual /Educational Meeting, held in Dunedin on the 7th inst., there were fully 150 persons present. Among other statements, Ml- J G- S Grmt remarked that there were only-1523 children attending "the whole of: t.]]e schools, and the fees only amounted to £2OOO, which was little 'mo're than £ I for-each "child. Hp/deprecated the practice of oraj;ming 500 or-600 children' in schools' which : were * so" very inadequate to their proper icommodifcion, »an<"t pointed out that iii the High School there wa3 a Fourth School waitiug, to be taken - possession of. (Laughter and applnysc.) The enquiry into the wreck of the Surat„i B being steadily proceeded- with-.'!: As the depo" si I ions will be ecutiliome : to:thc JJoard oV Trade, great care is being taken in botli r the examination and cro3s-ex;i ruination of witnesses: ,It was:expccted that'.the examination of witnesses would coiiclude on VYednesday'last. , ■ All through the evidence as, published there are symptoms of partial, intoxication'among, nearly all in authority on board, after the vessel struck.- -At the same time there must be.difficulty in distinguishing.between excitement, produced by/diuger, and excitement _ caused purely through drinking spiiits v , lif replying at' the' banquet to'th'e Premier to the toast, '- The Provincial Council andilve Executive," them''for the manner in -svliich they liad risponded to the', toast." Although~hV: agreed •:• with 'Mr: Pyke that the 'Council was -a very good one, still there was'one mistake it had made, and that was in/not returning Mr. Pyke as a member. (Applause.) A great. many people were under the impression that the days of Provinciul Councils w;ere numbered": he could assure them that were "'never so strongly imbued with life ns> at-the > present "time. the Provincial Gorernraeut waa doing a great good, and without it they would nev.er have had the 2000 miles of road which at present existed in' this'P»ovinco. ,-Ue believed that 'Provincial Councils would for years- to *come. > He returnedtthanks on behalf of the Council genela'ly, and the-Executive in particular.

, The fo'louing is the statement of railways in course of const' notion referred to by* Mr. Yogel:—Lines : Kaipara to Kiverhead, 17 miles,, under,' contract; , Jti,verheach to Auckland, 23 miles, surveys prepared for contract ; •Auckland to Onchunga, open and nearly completed ; Auckland to Mercer, 46 miles, under con tract; Mercer, Southward, about 40 miles; surveys<prepared : for-con tract j-'Napier to Pa-; kfp;iki, 18<miles, under contract; Pakipaki to iW 'ii'iMT't: l and: Waipawa 'to Waipnkurau, 27 | f milo3, undor contract in part, rest next month; VVaiiara to Plymouth, 11 miles, unrler contract ; Wangaiiui to Mnnawatu, 58 nii'es; Wellington to Upper Hu',t, 14 miles, under contract; Upper Hutt to Fentherston," 25 miles,. surveys - being .prepared for contract's ; sTelson ■ to: Foshiil; -13 -rnilesji-under contract,and 5i miles ready .for contract j'Pieton to Blenheim, 37',iniles, under contract; Brunner t3' G-reymouth,' 7 miles, under contract North ,of Christchurch,:, Adding! on to Rangiorni 19 miles, open'; Tiangiora to Eowai, 15 I rr-iles, 1 under contract* "South 'of Christcli ureh: I S.jlwyu to Raknia, 13 miles, open ; Baknia to j Ashburion, 18 mile's,-'under contract; Ash-: burton to Temuka, 32 miles, arlveri Bed for contract; -Temuka" to Timaru, i) miies, under contract; Tiuiaru to Waitaki, 41 miles, sur--j veys for contracts being prepared ; Kxngiora to Oxford, 7 miles "and'l4 miles; under contract ; Kaiapoi to Eyreton, 14 miles, surveys for contract pre'pared-;f'Rolleston to Malvern, 35hmiles,, under contract,; , Eacecoilrse : to 1 Southbridge, 34 miles, under Waitaki Bridge, tenders "cilled for, completion in eighteen months; -Waif.iki to Moertki, 39 iniles, under contract; Moeraki lo Pmeain, 52, miles, surveys for contracts' 'beirg prepared ; Dunrdin to Cluflni, 51 miles,;uo f ler contract; Port Chalmers to Dunedin; Ouiiles. ,ope.n ; 'Clutlia' to' Matania', 50 miles; roi" contracts , being prepared ; Mat.aira to InverciirTill, 40-miles,,under contraf-t ; Qamarti to Waireka,"" preliminary surveys onlv ;■ Waipahi to, Cromwell, preliminary sirvevs. only; -Tokorrmiriro to Lawrence, 22 Iniles, under contr.ict; Winton to Kingstoi, 70 miles, 23 miles under contract. Plans ready" for calling for tenders for balance. j .;

The ' Lancet *~says that ao Tncnmation Club hW been established, *whiclji already numbers-400 members, each ' : of whom has made a will directing the body to be burned.. The ' Lnncet' decidedly approves of 'the system on ihe scote of ■health, but thinks that the.great objection would bo the, high _ pi ice of *'uel, since so rjre a quantity would be require! to atisfactorily consume a human body.!

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Mount Ida Chronicle, Volume IV, Issue 254, 16 January 1874, Page 2

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Untitled Mount Ida Chronicle, Volume IV, Issue 254, 16 January 1874, Page 2

Untitled Mount Ida Chronicle, Volume IV, Issue 254, 16 January 1874, Page 2

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