MAEREWHENUA.

Mount Ida Chronicle, Volume V, Issue 266, 10 April 1874, Page 2

MAEREWHENUA.

(From our own correspondent.)

I send you a few hurried notes lis the opportunity occurs. Since my last we have been in a fair of getting our wants attended to. The road from Harris's to the diggings is being put in re- "' pair, and I am told the bridge is on the road up, and that its erection is to proceed with despatch. thej;ase, we • will long 'remember " with* pleasure~"tKe*"'* visit of Messrs. Bastings and Simpson to this place. 1 ' " / ' "' ' ' , .-..-The.. tive, and labors have resulted in the school being now fr.irly started, with an attendance of nearly twenty, .which, will "- soon be increased. The school at present _, is not well situated; but that must be * borne with for a time,- -until the new school-house is erected. , Thei Committee, t if they act with judgment, will choose' a"' central position, so "as"to~accommodate families liying on the. west side, of the river. If this is not done, the school will not realise the representations made on its behalf.' ■ The CSinmittee are- entitled'.'v to the best thanki of this community for the hearty manner in which they have gone into this matter. Oar member, Mr. Surapter, has been nagging on behalf of the school for a long time, and has.our warmest "thanks for making the work' so' - easy for the Committee. " Webb and party have determined T to register under the Limited -Liability Act. | They have appointed 1 a manager at a salary of £4 p"er'week, v who.is to have" full control of. the workings,' and to do the jbest he can for the" company. I '^Mr." Joh'ii" *' jM'Donald, an old miner',' secured "t he ! ap- - pointment. ■ The race-is now delivering a "fine stream.of.prater./ 3 _>, -„, -. -• /v . v --, • Subscription lists are .now being taken round in aid of the river pollution defence fund, and'the" call is being liberally;responded to.;. ,Itfis,to be hoped the Council . . will, immediately on its being opened, take.up this question,' and authorise the/ Government to defend the case, and thus" - a young and struggling "Goldfield jfrom the responsibility.of testing the va-r, . 'lidity of the Government's own It seems a scandalous and cowardly action on the'part of'the Government, to allow parties, who have for the last three or four years laboring in the construction of water races, to be now dragged into Court- " to defend .their Government grants, I sincerely' trust a vote of censure will be' passed .on . the ; Government for their, - apathy in this matter." But, looking at T the formation of' the present Executive, -- little berter could be expected from it. I almost pity 'Mr'.-'Bastings in the hands of ' his colleague s , and would-not be astonished to 1 h"ear' ; 'of f his resignation, which'! [Would"'mean the* of the Govern- " ment. The trial should be' proceeded with as early as, possible; as at present capital is''being-kept ont of' the* field—no<- ' one caring to specuiatcwhile the case is pending J "■, ■ ■'■■'' ' ' «'- ' ~.-...•