THE Mount Ida Chronicle FRIDAY, JULY 31, 1874.

Mount Ida Chronicle, Volume V, Issue 282, 31 July 1874, Page 2

THE Mount Ida Chronicle FRIDAY, JULY 31, 1874.

Monday next is the day fixed ; the e& cond time for nominations for Couii; cillorß for the West and South Wards in the; Municipal Council of "Naseby, Ho little do the ratepayers care how ot by whom their money is spent, : thafc, oe .the day appointed last week, there was only one nomination for the* East Michael Brookes, the .retiring Councillor—and nb nominations at all for the other Wards: Outside the Council the opinion appears to be: TKe'se TeU6ws are making a tremendous mess of everything. - 'iiet tiem alone. Make thenr stick to it. 'We will see." ; Now, what is this ? what does--it really mean ? Simply this, that out oi those who clamor so, we ; venture to say; not one has ever 'looked into the accounts to see really what they.';'are clamoring about and against. 1 < Then, too, to us there seems something excessively selfish, _ as well as unwise; about such a cry—selfish, to try to insist on five or six men, none of whom have ever been backward in public | .maker's, being forced for four years to j give up their evenings to Municipal duties, that, if attended to conscientiously, 4emand no slight amount of attention. :: If this vast financial muddle has really been incurred in eighteen monthss:how : excessively foolish to place the .power, in the same hands to double the folly-a-t the same cost.-, 5.1t would be more 'manly to show the folly openly v The ratepayers have-numerous ways of >bringing:s:preßsure,' on; thle Council. So far, however, any criticism,.'adverse, or--,favorable;/,'ever having been elicited^wefare.notiaw&rej, except on:tt:e,opening day,"that.a ratepayer e7er' attended, a .sitting yoftjhe Council* eyenwhen itiwas well-known thatworks: involving, considerable expenditure were to be discussed. ■■■• ; . :.. : Our object to-day is not, however, to sulk and'say nothing,-or to scold. We wish to put a,few;plaiD -figures' before "the ratepayers. . The ..Corporation was started in January, 1873..-During that year no less than £992 2r-. 6d. was re-, ceived by the .■; Municipality, which would, butjbr.ita creation, have gone to "vV eilirl'glon'. This sum is made up of

licenses solely; sums collected under the bye-laws, such as hawkers' licenses, &c , being kept out. Up to the 30th of June, 1874, further receipts from the same sources of 'sums that must have gone to "Wellington, giving no return, amounted to £246 10s. Besides this, ■ ( wf have also a sum ofc£3oo, -paid- over Corporation by the Government in consideration of the main road through the towp being putjntouajfair, state"of construction by"the Municipal *%,-1 We find/ 6d. has been _returned.to .the town _t_o be locally gone to the general revenues of the Colony. We .have not -included the £IOO spent between Naseby and ? -the Kyeburn Coalpit, which, if the Corporation had not spent, would have 1 lapsed. ' * * -" What, on the other .hand, has it cost the ratepayers to Thave this large sum locally -saved and- spent"? - -£137 12s. 7d. collected as rates. During eighteen, months, if the Corporation had- not' existed, how much would have been spent in collections for some of the very purposes" the Municipal money has been spent on ? 'We know of old that hardly a week has r with-, out a shilling or half-a-crown being"required for some public-want.* 'To our mind the reaultis mbst'satisfactory. It. is hard to say how much' every ratepayer is indebted to the large sum of money i which KasVo.eeta7 .sp'ten'J; 7in,"the s place—bertainly to a far than the small sum paid to the rate fund can counterbalance;

As td -the expenditure that has taken place daring the period, we do not say that in all instants itis commendable} ■but weirdo-not-'thiflk^it-'.cb.u.rd-have been, much better. In every Ward streets of a gobd permanence have been made, footpaths improved, and drainage-. afcv tempted. These things do net. make; much show, as they grow gradually, but;they cost money. The Town Hall is the great object of possibly this could have Veen done without!; but, at any rate, ";tne\r,ate/ payers [need never be taxed~a* single ■pfenny for that building. The revenue after the first jear, when business in ; N'aaeby-' canst be on a very different is nbWj and, 1 ; w t hen local jealousies-are foVg6ifteb, i mV?t--^ay ii.the interest on the money borrowed per cent, besides to allocate jtt'd a spejcial sinking fund. It must be iremembered that the Council has to ■ ;pay the interest on nearly £4OO of jb/3rr/?sved money for the anch l entirelyfunproductiverooms:.they^o^C l -occupy, i This will, of course, be Hayed. ,It wanla be, in our opinion, a most.; policy to increaagtthei " raters a smgle penny for the Town Hall.. THe ; Securities we caii ve&er ar/rsoYsat-'" "isfactorjr that the mbiiey * can" be 1 'Borrowed as long as it is needed. We r cannot but contrast Clyde and ISTaseby. •Clyde hlis felt justified, and the idea is 'not disapproved of by the Provincial Government, in obtaining a special Qrdinaitee -last A. session '.empowefinex anat Corporation l ; to up to .£20,000," the presentilimit'.being, as at Naaeby|£lo,opo, ,that Clyde i$ ruined, to be.* _iSTpw, ..while; 1 borrow for any other purpose except a good water supply for the tpjvii (and they might do well—indeed, .cpuld notdo better—than borrow im- ! ;rfediate% £2,000 for that), still it id fjpjreposterous to suppose that, because a; liability of £I,OOO has been incurred repeat urast proye a roughly [reproductive the ratepayers must be taxed"2 % s. 6L,', town, civically rliin ; ed. ' ■ -v--•*-••>...

The incoming Council may 'find it necessary to rate at Is. this year in.-, stead of 9d , to meet the,deficiencies caused bjy the reduction of 't"be .public houses ;, but, if so, it ca&haVaTy\be doubtednhat more than the-3ci..° in ihe £1 will "be by every individual, through the closing"'of'six lie'ensed. houses out of eighteen,' all of 'whom could not have beenilivjng'by the trade they presumedly existed by without affecting injuriously the pockets of every resident, and not a few, iri the town. ** ** * 3 Kj ij -

■''■ Miss Doklt Green, the actress,"has coniImenced a"divorce-B\i|t against. •,. Wei,:d, GoverriorV Western Adstralia'-has Governor, of .Tasmania,'.... "\r ; r . -.The .House of CommonsSJias read the Antfii' . Ritualistic Bill a second divis- -»• . v -. -- ? --z>a\v\QvoIn. Yicporia, thei-Hojiise .has .agreed,, by a ■ majority' of 31* to r24,\tha«an?addas6ilfe\ h>pe>i seiited in : favor s,p"f'the of members. «,s *•> 'A A- nX vf We have to acknowledge the" 'receipkdf a ■ ; numberr of/Parliamentary, No. 3-, of, f Hansard, Priaiffer afWellin'gtoh.'' ' '"' 7*\" *' ; ~V ' Me. Vogel has stateVi^^atftheV'Government intend to apppmt? a Sdr : .Rumor/says'Mr.\ Thoms'bn bf X)bago s ceive the'appbihtmentU \ }-ji\iJ C. \\<i it Mb. Shaw, ne^spape^-proprietory'formerly of Dunedin, has patented irf-Sah' Bfa\reiß , cV , ah rimpr,pved',type wE'ch with: ease allows>, typ.e» 'to.be drawn out without ■in correction. " '\ '''■'' i '■" "' "f -•-■'■'-. 1 'The rent'-roll'-of'the DdnVdin" 'Corporation is,said ; was in Return for 'which- } ;soo' spent, ■ which would .otherwise be expended by the Government. ( ; :.w"' -«'(•»' » ■,, ! - i-., j ' '•:' '' ■ '"* s'ti -, ■•'/? *• !*■ f"P ' J »'■'!-"- Pi -'?*"• .£:* I A;'c'a I'lEGEiMpdated New" Tbrk,"' July 15,' states that, ;a tremendous conflagration is ragat/Chicago, and, owing l the, flames are uucontrdllahl'eS-i. Before->4heV fire was extinguished, 25 blocks of buildino.were, destroyed. ,Loss \4,ooo,ooQdols.'. \ [\; .An attempt IwaSvJnade\tq!assas'sin4te- ijie} ; Prince of:saTce-Weihiar as'he.was leaving ihis 'London rbsidence t6'attend U-JeViSe. fired at by an unkno'wh'assassrn,'whsVscape'd. He had previously- received threatening letters, as alsoihadVthe'Duke bfi'Gambridge. and Mr. Disraelii ~"" ■ ■ 'i') ' / ■',

Wa learn...that, owing to serious illness in .his family, Dr. Cari- isforced toV relinquish his intention of viajtirig'the up country towns of the province present,,.as the above occurrence necessitates his return to Christohurch.. In a few weeks, however, he will return to Dunediu for a short season.*'

The advertised land sales for next week will be seen on our first page. The English mail, via San Francisco, is duo at Naseby on Saturday, the Ist August, about mid-day. We are in receipt of the bound volume of Provincial Ordinances from the Clerk of the Council.

The Cromwell Municipality has passed a bye-law, '.making it penal for any person in the Borough to have any other privy or cesspool than ajjroperly supplied earth closet. _

We have" been handed a late number of '-■ Town and Country,' an Australian weekly, got "up" in a very interesting and commendable'rform. be obtained at the lagent's, Mr. L. W. Busch.

The extra we publish with our Friday's issue was put out and circulated on Saturday last in our-issue of that date, we being" the first paper up-country publishing the Public Works Statement!

■ Me. H; A. Stratford gave a highly successful lecture at Blackstone Hill, on Tuesday evening last, in aid of the schooi funds. Over fifty tickets were, we believe, disposed of. „., _

The balance-sheet of the Loyal Naseby Lodge, M.U.L0.0.F, is printed in our ad" fvertising columns, showing results very satisfactory to that body. Fttrtheb information from the 'acene' J bf the wreck of the British Admiral has' arrived stating that several more bodies .have 'been jburied at King's Island, also that the wreck [of the Bn'ish Admiral was found in seven fathoms of water. From her position it is probable that part of the cargo will be easily recovered.

! The assailant of Prince Bismarck ,was a journeyman cooper from Magdeburg, a mem-' ber of a Catholic society. ' He confessed his intention was to assassinate Bismarck. A priest is supposed, to 1 be implicated in the plot and has been arrested. Much excitement 4»as been } occasioned in [Berlin, and there - are; strdng manifestations of sympathy." " "

; .On Monday evening, last, professor. Bruce, gave' his eritertaiiiment 1 at Pinder's Empire Hotel. His phrenological lecture was' entertaining, tanditheilocal celebrities .who stepped' forward to have, their delineated were said to haWbee'n'weil : hit dff by those' who knew i; them. Themesmeric.-partjol'the; entertainment did not prove successful, x>nly a very slight influence being obtainable over one ;or : two of the subjects. > The Professor/ however, ; undertook; f to giye a -gratuitous eveing's amusement' at .the. same rpbms,pn Wednesday evening, which' his severeii'disposition unfortunately prevented, j.,"•' /..,,;,

; The usual monthly meeting of the; MountJda Mining Association was held on the 30fch inst. Present Messrs; Shannon;' Ja'cksoir, Webber, Moore,: Woodhill and. poopbr was voted to the.. :cWr,J_.Srr. Shannon acting secretary. Owing to the' nonattendance of-.the thera ma,s ; nothing, done, the hiving - rieither i, mintAes; records, or correspondence before them. R§?, Bolved—that this meeting stand adjourned until the secretary appoint--a' tinl& n that suit, his convenience. ..; ; <, __?

j At the nomination of. councilldrs on Satur-* flaylast, at 'Council '€h f ainyrS, J JSaseby, Mr. M. Brookes was nominated, and, being the only nomination, was declared duly elected as councillor for the east ward. There were no nominations for the south and weßt wards, consequently another day is required to> be fixed for nominations.. The consent, of. the peribh nb'ninated wili'no't c 6n the day. appointed under the, provisions' of thehas; held the same office 1 within five, years fro :, the date .of his re-election, in which case he, : can-, claim exemption within! five day's from slich re-elet-.ticrh. "' Meiriberis' of General Assembly and Provincial Council are also exempt from compulsory election.,. '. .; •

I The ships Peter, Demiyr and;:M&iri; Bhan; have arrived, the '.Evening, Star,', 'writes.:-- '■■ The arrival of two or ; more Home .ships—both .with immigrants, has ! put:ithe'':aiithoritie»ih a'rathei unexpected dilemma as to how; to.apcommodatei.their passengers, seeing that the barracks are already comfortably, filled. The Mairi Bhan, which left Glasgow oh. Stay 7, brings 463 souls ; and the Peter Denny, from London .(May 2), 363 BoulsT-rmaking close' "on 2,000 immigrants landed at Port 1 Chalmers in eight dayß. It being found to be' very expensive to accommodate them .on board ship, and as the barracks will not con- - veniently hold any more, the majority •of those from these two vessels will be temporarily quartered in town the drill}shed; : : amongst other places, being brought into use; whije a number jwik : Oamaru,. Tokqmairiro, and any other v place, where accommodation 1 can berfoundi"' *' <•' :r!0;

A was held on the 27th. instant. r . [PresentT-r Messrs. L. W. Busch (chair) jMenkesY Wood-" hill, M. Copper, D. Barron; and —The minutes of previous meetings were *read and confirmed.—Proposed by Mrf'M. Cooper—"That subscribers have the use of the library free, provided that two of the Committee guarantee the 'safe of .the book." Lost for want of a seconder. Eeplie* v/ere received from the Rev. E. Williams, accepting ithe r .offer .of: honorary ■ membership; from the Rev." M'Cosh'Smith,: thanking the Committee, and stating he wished to continue 1 on the list of subscribers. "the Rev. E. Eoyer being absent from the district no reply: had been-':as'yet received fromthim;^The Treasurer stated that there was a balance in : hand of £2O 17s. sd.—The Librarians salary for five weeks was passed for payment, 50s. |. i -fi^W- 42 ?^; , n f ws . j is . ewblished in ; thc ■ DuneAjf\ papers bj 1 cablegram, in ! reference to. "the aim'exatibn Government is adverse. Had Gladstone reihained in ofiice, the annexation would now be complete. The same views that. induced Earl Caernarvon to decUpe;r the vrtrustfr will probably induce him to cold wafer son the Premier's splendid, P&ynesian seleiiifi. The cable tells us Lord Caernarvon has stated that Kjij'niakes|BeyenteemwhoUy .impracticla-; W e arfd England; can ohly accept' ■ an.absolute; uncohditronarcession."" He states' tjhat Australian institutions are insufficiently developed to enable the Colonies to undertake the-responsibilty of .the government of-the. Islands. Sir Hercules Robinson is to go to "Fiji to explain the'difficully. During the discussion in the House of Lords on the Fijian question, the-Earl.of Belmore, thei Duke of Manchester, and Earl Kimberley approved of .the annexation; Viscount Canterbury protested, and Earl Granville argued, as during (he previous Parliamentary discussions, against its being constituted a Crown Colony of a severe type. ■'■'•*■'■'■ •"•■" '-•'■ ! -At the us ual meeting of the: Waste Lands Poard last week, the members of the Presbyterian Church at Naseby applied to purchase a piece of, .ground, adjoining, their present holding there." 'Survey to be submitted to the Board. The report of the District Land officer at Naseby was read~on the application of Mr. Eccles to purchase a quarter-acre section m i report,, recommended thatconsideration of the application should be deferred, pending of the public works at Naseby. The Board approved of the recommendation of the officer. The District i and Officer transmitted the application of Mr. James Tannaliill to purchase 50 acres of land at his hotel/Upper Taieri The applicant stated that he had. obtained the runholder's consent; but as this did not appear, except from the applicant's own statement, his application was only read.