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Mount Ida Chronicle, Volume V, Issue 267, 18 April 1874, Page 2

The English mail viA, Suei • and Brindisi .was.delivered at the Naseby; post office on Wednesday morning last.: ' '..

Tenders are called for the. erection of a. bridge over the Lee Stream, on the old The Mount Ida gold; referred to in the assay results of the iirst parcel forwarded to Melbourne, was obtained at the Sowburn by Mr. Loader, of that place;'

; We understand that the Blackstone Hill School building is so far'.completed that Mr. Warden Stratford, on behalf, of the Government, inspected and passed it on the 15th •inst. ■-. ■ ■"•'•"" ' ■'■•■'■ '. '.'■" ■"",':'''

jr.is "stated that the Government, intend to ask for. a loatt" of £50,000 at 6 per cent., \o enable the"Thames' companies to test the deep, level in that" goidfield.-'£6,000 is now available •• --*-Vi- • -..<•

•,. Fresh mutton aiid,.poultry, preserved in.ice> have been imported into Xqndpn^from :Transylvahia, jarid passed £_jbo "test .at ...the Oaroiiofl-street H'btelf/'"'Jfhe'muttb^cari,bp.delivered in Lb'hdoriat flj;' ~ ;,1 - ; '■•■' The Dunedin 'Star' is given" to understand that a requisition, which ia numerously'signed, will shortly be f presented to Mr. Fish, requesting,him .to cpnie-ip'rw;ard-as a candidate for the next.Maypral election. :t ..We learn .from Waikouaiti that a stack of ; whea| belonging to the Rev. A. destroyed by- fire'. last afternoon: About/two years ago''the'same gentleman suffered; a -similar loss. . The stack was not ■ jiisured; . . In an action for libel brought by a Pole against tho ' Times' for publishing in its' correspondent's letter a statement tha*.

he had purloined valuables from M.. Thiera's house, during the reign of the Commune, £SO damages were awarded. It will be seen in another column that Mr. Sproule, late of Queenstown, has determined to offer the advantages of evening tuition in •Naseby. Particulars will be seen in our advertising columns The Grand Art Union at St. Bathans, in aid- of the Harmonium and Church of England Building Funds, will be drawn on Friday, the 15th of May—a postponement of-a week having been agreed to.

Mb. Bathgate, the Dunedin Resident Magistrate, has determined to set his face against the Sunday liquor traffic. " He' said, on a late occasion, that if he found any publican guilty of selling drink on that day, he need not come before the Licensing Bench for a license.

Me. Michelson, the agent for the Otago Bible, Book, and Tract Dep&t, has opened a si op adjoining Mr. Millar's Hotel, where he will remain, for the purpose of selling religious literature, till the end of the week. Profit is not sought for, but simply the dissemination of sound reading. We understand that the maps, showing the blocks of land to be open for application on the 20th insr. amvdd al Naseby on Wednesday last. If the map of the Hyde block is the same as we have received, the half of it is as yet unsurveyed, although open for application.

It is understood that the Provincial Government are favorable to the grant, out of Provincial funds, of a Sum' of money as subsidy to the £3OO granted by the Gcneral.G-o-vernment for a Naseby Court House. .For £6OO or' £7OO a suitable and 'safe building could be built;

"Our Friday morning the Goldfields Secretary, accompanied by the Provincial Engineer, visited St. Bathans, returning to .Naseby in the evening, and proceeded to Dunedin early on Saturday morning. We are glad to learn that the matter of the sale of, the township has been at last fairly put on' its way to be settled. As a proof that Maerewhe-iua is not content to let other fields bear its burden entirely, we are glad to'hear that the subscriptions in that, locality towards the defence of the River Pollution Case already amount to £IOO, and it is expected that £2OO will be shortly subscribed. It is the intention of the Central Association to open a special banking account as soon as the local Secretaries forward the amount collected by them.

. At the nomination in Dunedin for the vacant seat in the House of Representatives, Mr Barton, and Mr. Nathaniel Wales, contractor' :were'noinina(.ed, and Mr. J, G\" S. Grant nominated himself. All the nominations were r duly .seconded. During ~the speeches and ;' questionings -which took ' place Mr. Barton made a very -rood hit, by staling that if some' lawyers had been in the House of Representatives the laws would have been more intelligible. On Saturday last some uneasiness was manifested in Naseby at the non-arrival at its usual liour of Cobb and Co.'s coach from Pigroot. About 11 a.m. the coach was seen as usual coming down the hill, heavily loaded. It appeared that one of the main springs had given way, and a pole had been ingeniously lashed to the broken spring, resting on the fore and hind carriages. A passenger and some of the luggage was brought on by an express from the-Kyebum Hotel.

The visit of the Emperor of Austria to St. Petersburg is regarded as heralding a reconciliation with .Russia. The Eastern question will be " discussed; and a new commercial treaty arranged. The German Press seizes this opportunity to fid for Russian' alliance on the basis of a new settlement of the Eastern question ; and one leading paper declares the preservation of the Turkish Empire not a dogma with G-ermany. . If Russia Germany agree to transform the map of Eastern Europe no one could prevent tlem.-

Thomas William Quelch Honeywell was charged in the Supreme Court, Dunedin, with manslaughter. It appears he attended a Mrs. Agnes Smith, in her conlinement, and it was asserted by the counsel for the prosecution that by neglect and ignorance he caused her death. The evidence called supported the statement—that of Dr. Thomson, of Clyde, being very damaging. It appeared that Honeywell, although generally called " doctor," was not a registered medical practitioner. The jury found a verdict of guilty, but judgment was deferred. Our correspondent from Blackstone Hill tells us, in another column that two patches of wheat have been grown iii that district successfully proving that nothing but a>flour -■mill-is .necessary to render agricultural-set-tlement on these large "interior plains a certain fact. Blackstone Hill is very exposed in the winter to snow and frost. For this reason we the more gladly note the success of the wheat crop, as the strip of cold country along the line of main road from Malloch's Kyeburn Hotel through Na3eby to Messrs. Piollands'station gives no idea of the mild climate of the plains six miles off the road.

The Macraes, and Hyde blocks of land are open for application -on deferred payments on the 20th inst. The conditions of the Waste Land Act, 1572, must be followed with regard to applications and subsequent occupation and management. Any application mu3t hi made personally. Applications on the unsurveyed portion of the bbjk must be made, giving such temporary boundnrips us may be convenient with the estimate of the acreage applied for. The survey will be ordered according to the provisions of the Act, subsequently. Lithographs of the bljck can be obtained at the Survey Office, Na,sjeby.

At Mr. Holloway's meeting at the Masonic Hall, Dixnedih, Mr. J P. Armstrong mofred and Mr. Barnes seconded—««Tliat^tfi4,nj^t 7 .' ing thank Mr. Holloway for his desires also to express its < opinion"? thanks of the working men of thlg' Proving, who are desirous of securing some little share of the unsold agricultural land of the Province for bojuaflde settlement, are due to the men of Roxburgh for having caused so much attention to be directed to the consideration of our land laws and their administration by the statement, relative thereto presented by them to Mr. Holloway." The motion was carried with acclamation.

A TEi.EeßAir has been received from tie Agent-General, dated April 2, announcing as despatched., for.'the Colony during March the following vessels, with immigrants :—Buckingham',,liindostan, Caroline, and Carlsruhe, for Ota»o, with 1,500 souls ; Northampton, City of-Dunedin, and Stonehouse, for Lyfteltoii, with 1,320 souls ; Pee-ess (name of place not decipherable,but supposed to be Timaru), with 260 souls; Wishart and Queen of JN'mions, for Auckland, with 630 souls; Waikato, for Wellington, 370.50u15; HYdcione, for Napier, 5340.j80'u19.--l!ne planVshipped in thebe three" ■vessels includes-2,820 tons of rails and fasten"'-;, ings, 17 carriages, four bivikes, four horse boxes, two trucks, one steam crane, 25 sets of waggon irons, engines, and 150 tarpaulins. '

•_ French politics rup more smoothly. Official contradictions' have been given to the alarming rumors curriert respecting the relations between France, Italy, and Genuany. ihe Chances of.-diplomatic complications are believed to. be removed for the present. In an address to the Tribunal of Commerce Marshal MacMahon declared that he considered the septennial term a definite estab-lisliedG-overninent, and he would cause the vote.ofthe Assembly to be respected. .'.This' fi>m. attitude qj the Present; ha? irritated.

the partisans of tho Comte de Chainbord. The Ministry stand by the Marshal. He is to make a tour of the provinces, and visit the chief military commanders. Large numbers of workmen will be employed in the reconstruction of the-forts round Paris.

Mr. Jacob, the contractor for the Town Hall, has undertaken, to complete the building with- concrete. This will enable .the building to be finished this winter. If cob had been used, as originally intended, it could not have been ready for. roofing before next Christmas. Mr. Jacob was employed, it will be ■ remembered, .to plaster the Presbyter ian-Ohurch. This work was done in a highly satisfactory manner. _Mr.. Jacob, we believe, intends to devote his time to the building of concrete cottages, at such a figure as to ensure an unlimited supply of work. Tn this boisterous climate there is nothing like solid walls. We would draw the attention of runholder3 and farmers to the excessive suitably of this material for shepherd's huts and stables, where stone is not procurable, and the season is against the use of cob.

The usual monthly meeting of the Mount Ida District School Committee was held in the schoolhouse on Monday evening last. Present —the Rev. 'E.' Williams (chair), and Messrs. Bremner, Inder, G-eorge, Stewart, Field, Wilson, and the schoolmaster. The minutes of previous - meetings were read and confirmed. The Treasurer stuted that he had reiived the sum of £43 18s. 6d. in school fees. The suggestion thift a readings and concert entertainment bo got up to liquidate the debt incurred by the Committee in enlarging and improving thp school,, was favorably received. The. coriijideration of the matter was postponed until next meeting. Resolved—That, iri futuro,' the schoolmaster receive a'l fees on condition of his paying the following school expenses, viz., fuel, pens, ink, pencils, cleaning, brooms;stationery and stamps for use of Committee; this arrangement to continue until such time as a clerk's salary is required. In the Resid"nt Magistrate's Court, Dnnedin, Kobert Ghodison was cha-jred with hav : ing, on April 2nd, on the public road near Anderson's Bay, assaulted and beaten Stephen Stamp Hutchison, with intent; to do him grievous bodily harm.—Mr. Harris said that he was unable to go on with the case then,: as Mr. . Hutchison, 'understood that it would not be proceeded-with.until Saturday, and he had not been able to inform him to the contrary. —Mr. Stout said he had no objectioiis.to the remand, if bail were allowed. —Mr. Moore and Mr. Stephenson (of Wright, Stephenson, and' Co.) were present, and were .willing to become" bondsmen for the accused. The Magistrate: I wilL remand the accused until Saturday," and will take baiL—Subsequently Messrs. Moore and Stephenson, became bail for' £IOO • each,' and the" accused himself in £2OO. ;He then left the Court.— The adjourned'case was heard and concluded at the Resident -Magistrate's Court on Saturday last, ending in the committal of the aceised. The case excited considerable interest, several persons- remaining; in Court; during the whole time. .It lasted betweenthree and four hours. Messrs. Stephenson and Moore acted as bondsmen for Goodisdn, who was liberated on bail immediately afterwards. "