HYDE.

Mount Ida Chronicle, Volume V, Issue 274, 5 June 1874, Page 3

HYDE.

(From our own correspondent.)

June 2nd

There appears little likelihood at prt sent of our obtaining a bridge over tin Taieri here, if we may judge from th( result of the deputation' which recently Waited upon the Provincial Secretary. We may therefore expect this winter to have the old tale over again—no coal for weeks together, and probably more loss of life. Will the eyes of the Government ever be opened to the importance of this district, not only as a Goldtield and a country second to none in the Province for settlement, but also as being situated upon the road which would command all the traffic to the interior were if, not for the danger of this one fordP With reference to the deputation above referred to I notice a great mistake in the report of it which appeared in your last issue. The crossing between Hyde and Naseby referred to in your report is an excellent one, probably the best on the river; whereas that one between Hyde and Macraes (the one asked to be bridged) is a most dangerous one in winter. The river is at present rising, so that in the course of another month or so it is very questionable whether it will be fordable. Operations upou the blocks of land have commenced. A large portion of'the material for fencing is already on the ground, and one of the fortunate ones has already commenced the erection of his residence. It is a great pity that no more land is to be thrown open here this year on deferred payments. Many of the residents in this township, as well ns numerous outsiders, will be disappointed. I do not think that much will be taken up under the agricultural lease system. Improvements are still going on in our township—both hotelkeepers and others appearing determined to make themselves comfortable before the winter sets in; I find that I made an error in my last letter, as I understand that there is no truth in the rumor which was current at the time to the'effect that Mrs. Connolly intended removing her hotel into the surveyed township. f We shall have quite an exciting day here on the sth of August, when the townships of Hyde, Macraes, Hamilton, and Blairtaieri are to be sold. I understand that most of the miners' intend purchasing the several allotments upon which their residences are situated, which shows that they still have faith in the district, notwithstanding the unusual scarcity of water.

Our-roads are still in excellent order,, with the exception of the bridle track to Hamilton, which, to say the best of it, is a disgrace to the district. Deep regret is felt here at the temporary appointment of Warden Robinson to Tuapeka—he being very much esteemed in this portion of the district, and the present Warden being far from popular. Mr. de Lautour is much praised here for the mnnper in which he is endeavori ing to promote the interest pf this part of "iu«