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Mount Ida Chronicle, Volume IV, Issue 256, 30 January 1874, Page 2

The Switzer's races will take place on the sth and 6th of March. • ' The ,annual, Dunstan Jockey, Club race" meeting is to be held on the sth and 6th 'of February. ■ TuE-Tarariaki honey harvest'is expected to be unusually good this year, as clover is more abundant, than it has;beeh-for many years.' The returnsof gold from" St. Bathans for! the year 1873 is 4,9210z5: 2dwts., as against 1 5,4950z5.-7dwts.- returned-for the previous year. ' ~'"'" ■'- I

! A meeting of those, interested in a proposed adventure, by-a district company, in station property 'is announced in' an advertisement, to be held at the Victoria Hall. The '' "Briice Herald,' 'reports that Mr. Thomson, Messrs. North and Scoular'e well known traveller, was very rimch shaken by a fall from bis horse last week in the Tokomairiro district/ • ' .

We have to acknowledge the receipt, frr m the Government Printer/ 'of a copy of tie Appendix to the Journals- of the Jtlouse ox Representatives, together with a number of papers presented to the Assembly at its' last session. - '

In our-Warden's Coiiffc report of last week the adjournment fee adjudged to be paid by tlie Band of Hope Company, in the' ease against the Enterprise' Water Race Company for. damages .caused by leakage', --was, owing to,a typographical error,,-stated as being £2 instead of 2s. ' '

■ -A BURGLAit forced his way, at-Dunedin; into the house of the Hon. u James Paterson,' and was"surprise'd by the se'rvant-'maid, whom he threatened to shoot.- - The. girl screamed l Mrs. Paterson rushed from her bedroom! seized the ruffian by the beard, and held'him till Mr. Paterson came to the rescue, and overpowered him. ' fLm -' -..

Mr. Dillon is the successful tenderer for contract No. 10 on the Head Race. ■ This poi-tion of the work presents many difficulties. It is satisfactory that the contract has fallen to a hand who'has' proved his capability' and determination' to .complete quickly and efficiently what he .undertakes. The amount of the accepted'tender is £2,981 55., j the.price per chain being £3 19s. .6d. - ~ j ' i

The '"Weekly Times' states that the quantity of land sold in the Southland district from the Ist of April, 1872, to.the 31st March, 1873, was Jiop. Of this 12,792 a. 2r. '3sp. was'purchased by seventyfive settlers, and 49,974 a. 2r. 20p7by nineteen runholders. Of the former, 1,240 acres and of the latter, '12,233 acres were purchased through contractors for public works." ' '

It is with much regret we observe tha,t Messrs. W. and J. Sanders purpose disposing of their station by_ public auction at an early date. (The particulars of ;the, sale will be seen in our advertising columns.) Dnrinnthe time that the" present 'owners have held the Kyeburn Stations we ' consider/that,' on all occasions, they have offered 'favorable terms to their neighbors in the district townships. "While showing that they were not prepared to be imposed upon by wholesale ' unlicensed graziers, yej, we have never, heard of any case where the swner .of a horse or of one Or two cows has bfceh molested or interfered with. If a sale is effected, we can only; hope that tlie incoming purchaser will be as," reasonable and considerate.

We- have been shown a sample of gooseberries grown by Mr. fil. Horswell, weighing, on an average, au ounce apiece. Hearing such a lqt of nonsense spoken about the soil and climate of "the Naseby district, as being eritirely,opposed>fco cultivation—that it is a folly to grow fruits and finer flowers—we need only point out the successful results attained by Mr. H. Anderson, Mr. Horswell, and obhers to remove suoh'falso impressions' asking doubters to avail themselves of the courteous inspection always allowed by these gentlemen.- The only requisite is a decent system of cultivatibh'and shelter (either na,tnral or artificial), with irrigation where that is possible. Mr. Anderson's successes have been achieved, we believe, without that last great help.'

A meeting of the Committee of Management of the Naseby Cemetery'was held on Monday last. Present: Messrs. Grumitt (chair), Busch, Brown, and Bremner.—The Treasurer's annual statement was read, showing a nett balance in the Bank of New South Wales of £lO 10s. (id.' The expenditure for the year was £44 lis., and.the receipts £4B 12s. Proposed by Mr. Busch, seconded by Mr. Brown, "That the annual statement be received, and a copy forwarded to the Superintendent." Carried. Proposed by Mr. Busch, seconded by Mr. Bremner, "That'aU parties indebted to the Oemeterv Trust be required to pay-their accounts on or before the 9th February, or legal proceedings will be taken to recover the same." Carried. —The'meeting then adjourned until this day (Friday) 'at 4 p.m' At the Burns annivc. ;sary, commemorated in Dunodiii last week, ,//lr Piiih, responding to the. toast of Superintendent and Proviu° I I

cial Council, is-repotted-by'the ' Otago Guardian' to have matter which he introduced last session, more as a feeler than anything else—the question as to the propriety'of abolishing the • High School—he intended to introduce again during the ensuinf session; and he'trusted that his efforts would result in the abolition of that" institution—(hear), —because it had never fulfilled the functions it was intended to fulfil; nor would the abolition of the High School—a class institution—tend one jot towards the retrogression of our educational establishments as a whole. - (Hear, hear.)" -■ Although Professors Black, M'G-regor, and'sixty other gentlemen were present, not a word was said in defence of the High School—a silence significant of.much. , Me. John Sanders is, we are glad to learn, progressing more favorably.