WELSHMAN'S GULLY.

Mount Ida Chronicle, Volume V, Issue 276, 19 June 1874, Page 3

WELSHMAN'S GULLY.

' A complimentary sapper was given in Mr. Jones' Hotel, Welshman's Gully, on Thursday "evening, the 4th instant, toMr. B. Washer, as a mark of respect oil the eve of his departure for England. Mr. Washer has carried on the business of a storekeeper.at Welshman's for thelast nipe years, and the large gathering assembled to do him honor on the occasion of Ms leaving may be taken as an in» 'dex of the'bigh estimation in which he isl held by the community. Upwards of • fifty gentlemen sat down to table, and the resources of the Welshman's Arms were taxed to the utmost to provide for sueb, a number- Mr. Jones, was equal to-the occasion, and succeeded iin 'providing a spread ■. such as probably could not be surpassed by any other house in the district. Mr. Millward, of the While Hoesc Hotel, occupied the chair, and Mr. Kobe lirown the vice. After the repast had been done Justice to, and tlie u.->uaJ loyal toasts disposed of; . .'; * L . c

The Chaibmln. pro],io«ed ..tne Ti.alth of Mr. Wa&ner in wutaSfe teim*p asd, 'on behalf of the at liis departure froai amongst them, anii the hope mat fortune, • health,; and;happiness would i-ccoinpany hihv. wherever his iin.{ht.be cast. "[' The."fcbasii. was. drunk w.ith musical honors.; ~:•!.

Iu responding, J&-_ WA-iiiEK.expressed? great pLa&ure. at seeing &o many fri-'uds arouud hi:n, au'd felt deeply the 'obligation hj" was iid ler'to the penpl" f W 'ls'livmau's and Si } . Batlians tot -suoli a handsome proof of iueir goo.D fp-'eli»>«r. He also ioit *.aepi-is». d», ihdt he had Uoue so litiie m deservv «uch'amarked loken of t.ieir reg.u-d> He had. been moderaiely.successful amongst them, for which he was duly thankful, andiwas about to recuro to the o'd Country ;' but wherever his future life might be* spent,., he would always oheriab a warn;, fce.iiig ; for the people of Welshman's. Hfe-be-lieved he was leaving one of the 'mostprosperous communities' in OtagO}. Audi lioped he would continue to hear of their • prosperity. ; Mr. Washer concluded amidst loud applause. A numhpr of t.»asts, including " Commercial and Mining Interests of theDistriet,"' ■■'Tlie ~-Visitors,"- "Absent friends (coupled., with the names of Mr> Owen Pierce -. and Mr. Jamus .Taylor),'* " The Health of Mr. Paiorson (t!ie teacher)," " The Chairman/' "The Ladies,"' and " Tlie Host and Hostess " were duly proposed, and responded to by Messrs. G. Gilrnore, W." Pyle, B. Washer, G. HSmith, E. Morgan, W. Smart, B, Brown, W. Gay, and Paterson.

The proceedings were agreeably diversitied with a number of excellent songs by Messrs, T. Bavies, W. Thurlow, M. t'uwvr, J. Melvin and others, and a recituLiou oy Mr. Paterson ; and altogether a most enjoyable evening was spent. The. company broke up at an early hour. On the following day a large number offriends, including several ladies, accompanied Mr. and-Mrs. Washer on their way to Dunedin, as far as Blackstone;

A Newcastle. Del , physician tried theexperiment of grafting a piece of his own. skm on a colored, man. The piece grew,' hut in three months it was as dark as. the surrounding cuticle.- >

A settler in Brighton, district was verymuch gratified the otlier pay in seeing a splendid covey of partridges feeding along with the domestic fowls in the corn yard. The pheasants are "rapidly increasing ,ia the district.

; 'lron' says'a' composing machine* is' likely to be seen in next year's exhibition. It is an invention of Mr. Hooker, a conmpositor and self-taught mechanic. The • machine can be worked singly, that is by one man, but, the inventor says that it. most economically worked by three men ■ and a boy, who can produce work equal to' s that of 12 compositors. The inventor hasbeen over ten years world' g out his ideas; : and has during that time twice abandoned a part completed machine for improved ones on a new principle. He is now at work on a distributing machine. r v

A Bill has been introduced into the;, Sydney Legislature for the abolishment of all pensions and Annuities to any person in consideration of services rendered by him as a member of the Executive Council, or as a member of the General Assembly or Legislative Council, or in consideration of services voluntarily rendered by any person hi tue promotion, si' auy measure political and social;, having prof>r its object the public good. In other words, pensions are to be abo- ' lished for political; offices; and ministers who ; have heretofore looked forward to a r comf rotable retiring annuity for life, after a lew brief years of Executive: duties, during which they have been in receipt of salaries, will, : so far as New South Wales is concerned, have to depend upon someother source than the consolidated re-'-' venue to support thera.; The ' Brooklyn- Argus,' a New York paper, furnishes us with a singular ' in-" stance of a stop being put in a wrong " place in printing au Act of Congress. Among the articles added to the free hit. in the tariff of August, 1872, were placed "'fruit plants, tropical and semi-tropical,** for the purpose of propagation, and cultivation. In printing, this, a comma was placed after the word fruit, and the effect of this was to put all kinds, of fruit on the free list. But the customs officers, not noticing this, continued to collect the duty as befroe, until it amounted to 2,000,000 dols. Oil its then, being, pointed out to. theni, they undertook to-get the error corrected by; the introduction of a new Bill during the present session, which has. been done, but they reiuse to give up any of the money thus-illegally obtained. This is not a solitary instance in which administrators of the law have acted laiJer a wrong impression as to how it really stood, albeit not in precisely the same way. From this Ave have not beea altogether exempt ourselves, as wiil, we believe,'be made manifest during the ensuing sessiua. u- >