THE Mount Ida Chronicle FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 6, 1874.

Mount Ida Chronicle, Volume V, Issue 297, 6 November 1874, Page 2

THE Mount Ida Chronicle FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 6, 1874.

"We do'not suppose the most sanguine Provincial Councillor ever, .expect^, t -to get the G-old Duty i'n the.';slightest,degree reduced,; by, j ;the * 'Coup eil'. itself., Aid from'the tjqlonial "Groyernment J is not to be had, t so longasProvincialism, exists —doubtful, ' even; ' ( if', ajftei 7'_ The' e ' ;endeay6r-' ing to power," cannot very it would', wantonly' sport with' Provincial revenuWto gain' popularity. 'The" Provincial Governments—as, year, by year,' their, estate b^comes,ywaste i d,' i and 'land' revenue pure' J becbmes' little, more than a,nieV inory of the 'past—wili '&!WSndre : l el6sely,'j3onser,vee.vei , tipn .the Colonial , Parliament, apparently" sanctions.'_' iiaye rjepeaf- 1 ' edly. shown' thkt^'the 5 present 11 jonly.indirectly fp. sanctioned pjthat the? leadmg.jmnciple *in|jt£e pnginalj'(2old* 'Dutj Act ,was that no revenue"shbuld' be specially- raised" m excess "of what 'was required for maintenance " This, original one fhatwaV* aVaIT considered-* bySParliiiueritVUejsubsefluent,,,. amendment , u G^old;'/Djity, f -.A'cts, formal,. , without discussion,', „ afterwards agrejejl' ;to Js ea 6d'.', annually -xiliglltrr^b'cr^featojju—o'iEabi.li. ffcq '^J^lU.l-^^ was removed! , In these amendments,' —carelesslyfof oPintent ers (in either case Assembly) —the clause" 7 was \ omitted- 1 protecting the miners tion, which also conferred powei ofiitne 1 Governqr to r at aboliih r 'th.y dutyp'shoilld''-it: r^ei necessary to do so.

.--Last session in the- > Qquncil.-it will, be, remembered- a .large majority] af-. firmed! l s #ax—/ there being not a- single dissentient: Further, nineteen against twelve'did" 'beTe&atM-on'e'verj bunee-of-gdld proj, d^f e ,4-^i°fes9- n i s a.-[Wy« were' the (xbveriiuient'in Tbßeir of this concession to tne :EmitieT's—which,* o;v;ert the. .whole! Fcoviace,'lw.ou:ldj not have to. after the Or"dinance'so"siispici6usJy troduced was pr6^'erly^ch6fee > d l t»yhead jExecgtjone e s,"[iiojb.^ c stepsdiii ;fc]iej G-overnment take to carry put.the. expressed wish of the Council:'"'_'"irt was ' JHfiv^eAn^['€ftQbersl■■*to■'^^M§e , th'e>i question in-' 1 to the disallowance,; of- the /Ordinances,- -with,-. pf-c\suTse^n6~sa^is^ 'fruitless* sbrt "of'tiog=mmirig.-' to'be credited that, if the Provincial.Secretary ; or ;thefSuperi'nfcenden.t<lfri,d applied .to]tll^j^Bse,^ly"f6V f p6\^ef i _ , Jsf,' pt>we"r was c, carry oiit'the" will of the Council), that power would-,-haYe been ...withheld.;.,, ;r ; :i ; io: _ t-miiii [ ci , , j that this_guestion has been discussed,;, no siugle reason has ever been adduced ' for the continuance of' theduty'. ' "On the e ~ -: mani£esf. l J b!e Colonial G-overiiment = VndeaVdrs— not unwisel^one^-would 1 < r cial works. 'JDhe Colonial Goveriiment actually; 4o ted, sup- . ply, ._and.„ the Provincial G overnmehts excluding" 1 other Provincial Governments that receive gold this sum 9 per cent in excess of goldfields maintenance to'foster and keep alive Provincialism. -..✓

The question is-rdJows long a time | will Otago Provincialism take to die? The disease ia falaU; but the symptoms are subacute, and the constitution is strong. 'We very much fear tliat the struggle will be so bitter and so prolonged that unless -the miners vindicate their own right, they will nol«et it bv the. paraphernalia of representation before the whole of the Goldfields, of, Otago-arc parcelled off.in.imni'enso, freehold estates', whicti' have been" sacrificed'to keep up the falling image of Dagon ' and miners' have to pay, instead oi'-o-ly a-2a. duty, £5 a head-.royalty .to absentee proprietors in London. Already,.intlie.firsF,alage of the battle, the Prnyiii<i;>l Government prefer to take £6.0,000 ui, of land revenue rather than aivept/that "sum 'mm the Colouial Purso —this a matter of m"i-e pitjii-", not af necessity. The miners h.ive been wondorl'ully pitient. rhey are now submitting to a special

taxation of over 7 per cent, on their slender, incomes that are derived from mining, besides * a general taxation ■of 14 per cent. We wonder what else they will submit to ! Of course they do not really so submit. The plain fact is only too apparent -that every year those who earn the least—those whose earnings reduce the general force'd "to : most: port in Idebt * -'lt jrf drily. those who are more prosperous, and don't tion that rem tin. A wise Colony of a verily !' W e ap&ad irmly borrowed -F}°fiay; s (f?M a fu hire"source actual present taxation pracfcipl colonistVin paymfpM&yfy. head "for. iin'poftarion'of exactly in proportion to the numbers of practical men the same taxation of£ Is,per„head .is driving dut. 'tilm™ flre of miners ' mm, unfortunately'lror *' themselves, i'annot b<s driven out —some 6.000 at :fe fc - } n .Otago..,- \yhy . they- suffer-■quietly-to he robbed w,ereannpt tell: truly,, a " hw : hpn%, submissive. ,'riuce.' $\f B e\&™?™-of. ojihij whVjeWjjiatl ~dn<L%hi'nk r io. redress wrongs by elections':.; .-A's-oif oceans of stump oratory avail.- As if the ablest -ad.vbcaey.' 6v' ' best eloquency were e-reostli.' theLcoDa,. bined and manly determinatioa not to submititb.'anna-' J"sticeJ;o remedy,which evesyffionceiv:: able legitimate charneWiajibsentitfißa: :' If the miners S stump oratory jS " selves—npMnsej;r,et;.:ass:ocbiiDUs;[-Qr such unwholes. J m;e&T ! ay.s;Lb}jt.in/a±i'a'ff: . TQI, /; nation in a tolbe jobl bed of their equalitvjnitheistafej.ay.eat ~ " would not pass before ' G-oldDuty tax would beiijdone A awkf,- : f o been long every other.countrj;.und|p. i tho smw-'d -

Is Melbourne ffoupl' JNoyember4 " i.*<si...«uii.uj. siCsiJOjlJi .iljlj,.) It-si- Jii. ',\<U }-.7J«Y liiflAT Madame GfpDDfiii.,. with her ¥ "cap^K^

Tenders will sliortly Ti &e J ' i c a lle 1 d > f6? C &e _ glad v tc> iea¥n a lteiti^co^pTe'fcea> vl f- u HVDb Whitton has been appointed surgeon tfe.'lft M.1T.1.0'.0.F., at A'aseby. ' "' tihe 9fch of Jfoyember/rbein" the closed. - ■*■ "™ TmS oOnCerfc an d readings,-in'..aid-of the- . Church of England Building Fund," will bo held on Monday evening next. The drawing for the Derby Sweep, in con-Ef^^^fe-%?-Melbourne .Gujv wilt-take lßkak#i<Qu}'Vffifa& - -idg»'l-i .iSiJ'Ji' Sin 'j; qu t*iv>f;; ;. , i"o , <7 iMfrw 51 ?Some TrerylTaluUWb^^e^^'jMk^Swße? 3 - > nuaVisi6n%>%d>fe'Sale>¥ylMrVP^lS^Gwh&; - xegr'eb t'ddeanf, iiKffigadSoslejwa.tbje-coloiiy? - water rights on that side of the Maerewhliua" - . T H * nicipal- Oomicilfiwhiahi was Wednesday evening last, lspse'd .the Mayor being £fie only memberiniattend-: " -ance. eiiigiiCjii, <■, ,- ««?.,■'_ . geon. holds out good hopes of M'Laren's ulti- - •bWiof -,creditableitaifce\*arly treatment he received ;shat he was brought in over such roads alive. .. -The final acceptances for the Melbourne* Cup:—Diver, After Dart, Friendless, Moun-Break-o'-Dav, King of theFugleman, Haricot, Fitz-Yafc-tendon, Speculation, Lupine, Papapa, Kettle- • drum. Dagwbr'fchVßToVafiie, tDJebnle r G-loom, G-oldsbrougli/iAiriJwJL&oshawki-llßiTi.el, Teter, A spkciai meebing of-thelDistricJiiHospitafi - Committee Weekj Jp,-/3onsi*ierj;* the It was agreectto advertise applications for, " the vacant offices. '/%&:'''%,s& 'Mrs: haVe-'lservedatthe-'hospitalf Vell^-tlie, patien# having been well attended tQl^, iir ; f ■» e - fjf-j dm intends making a v "tour 'througfi his JJ olo-" cese. He will arrive here on Saturday, and ■remain. ; until TOn Sufijiay"hejvilliqla s service,' - stone of copalian Church, assisted by the members of " the mystic craft. 3l^WmfMEß^i£. J ds tlie?scarcitygb>l-Sie dearjoess sf-gbeef mutton that was the cause, ' it is-§erfia'in > 'tha was a great rush on" the contents of a hawker's van arrivinn- from Dunedin early in the - J all «n6%aee4'ito Wcalledi at-'onM ' jifqrtunatd.costermonger, and made off, to enjoy for tea flounders, herrings, or cod. ""Ajplica-nts'f©r licenses, transfers, &c, : must bear in niifldrtb.at'Courb fees are to be i paid on applications? grants, renewals, trans- * [Jfers, &c, as"fellowS:^-Onfflingnotice'of application for newiieens~e7 renewal, ' "transfer, or % } "o^f^perfiificate^gr^t-^ewljcensef forjre- - ' "newal or """Fees on applications must be paid on filing. Cartage at £lO per ton 3 £9 from Waik- ' "ouaiti'inThe' -early" ions matter. Hpw ; !.thfi,diggings, exist at .all, especially in the remoter-distiicts, -with auoh aJax.on"eve,rythiß* we is a probleni not easily solved. we fear, will never be„ permanently reasonable ourjagriculfcuralists^geVa.firmer, footing - in ''liariiototo" "£lO^W"tpn^'imagein" v the summer, ~ on r proyi-.i'6'nsj: should be' a T good locally' groTrafi-'*-"' ?\ i ni * At the meeting Education Board, b.eld t -in Dunedin. , _ ilo.nday i'last, _it:"'was agreed to grant £75 residence at Welshman's G-ullyT The - appfertio'u'-ifor assistance for a"'building Ab : Hyde,*wagordered - to stand over for tne InspeDtorVrspsrt.i*'MrC txrah'am was also as 'sfchoolmaste'r - for 'the Ida YHll^y'"s"h6ol. : ' o 'At r the 'same meeting Mr. his resiorna'ti'on as Hector'or'lhe accepted.^" 1 'The "/Sujiermtenaeafc"'intimated I bat tJie'Boa rcl" we£e, iinitioui'tc-' appSiht* l Mr. Uiivkthoru'e' to tri : e^Hei'd L ""Ma9Wshi^'' f "6f -the Normal School, but the offer wis decSned.%i- ■'' '' ? '«'- N ' rf»" 1 ; , -) 4J ,j - "s. - Tac Corporation are, we think, fairly"entitled to praise for thevery efScient manner in whieh-thc main Btreets, and the formerly back streets,' a'renowidrained.—Beyond the n'usanco of pig-siycs,">>tliere is really noibirp to complain of To banish all'pigstyes outbkle tile bouudarr would press very * havd oi a few. and the in}ary;done is, after , all, not proved; dbjx is, from well regulated renriote. in "all dises,- from water couiacs Or course dirty, unbovered ' styes should at once'be stamped out without

ssruple. • The former cess-pool at the end of , Leven-street is now very conspicuous by its absence. '

The survey of the agricultural blocks on the Eweburn run is nearly complete. The one blook on the Eweburn is quite finished, and the other only requires a few days to finish it. The boundary lines are blazed, and oach section neatly marked off with pegs and triangular trenches- The surveyor has succeeded ingebtingin the best land into each block, wnue the ground facing the Channel likely to prove auriferous is excluded. Anyone visiting the ground at the present time can hardly fail.to be pleased with the ground, and the fine rush of grass, 80 different from the snowgrass land immediately in the vicinity of.Naseby.

i The deepest mine in Cornwall is Dolcloath, now about 300 fathoms, or 2160 feet from the surface. The workmen descend ~ and ascend by means of a man-engine, and Captain Thomas, th'e* manager, as an illustration of the healthy condition of the workihgs,'itates that one .man has vbeem working in the mine for forty .years. During al),Jhis time, he has lived at Corner-downs, a dis- -,» tance of five miles from the mine, so that he : has been walking ten miles per day, in addition to his labor; and a-calculation •-which ■ Captain Thomas has made shows that this man has, during his forty- years work, walked 120,000 miles, which is equal, to. a journey of five times round the earth, or half the distance to the moon.—'Bath Express.'. The Provincialist party have not been slow themselves of tho help volunteered George Grey. Mr. Fitzherbert, the ener- ■, getic Superintendent of Wellington, has telegraphed congratulations and received back .the following : —" Thank you for the telegram. ■Surely men worthy of tho great liberties they hare will not let them be taken from them- . selves and their descendents without a struggle. , The British Parliament which gave • them these liberties, thought them so valuable that in each amending Act it made ihom ; more secure. Pray tolograpb as Superinten- . dent to the Secretary of State for the Colonies, and poinl out that the course proposed to be taken is unconstitutional, and pray that no action be taken until a new election, and the .voice of the provinces has been heard. Parliament will at once accede to this request," It is contemplated at St. Bathans to set on foot a Medical Club, that members shall sub- , scribe a small annual fee, which shall go as subsidy to a medical man to be resident in Naseby. It is thought that, by a co-opera-tive movement of the sort, a doctor's services could always bo obtained by telegram, .at a short notice, while the patient would not have to bear tho cost single-handed of , availing himself of professional skill at such a distance. If any member sending for' the doctor has to pay a trifling fee, additional to his membership to the Club fund, it is thought that there would be no great risk of fancied ailments, and consequently needless journeyings. The idea is not a new oneCaptain Hamilton having urged the plan at Hamilton-and Hyde. If this is carried out (and the movement should extend across the Taieri), no doubt, with private practice, a Burgeon could be kept in the district, independent of the hospital, or the bulk of the !N aseby practice. The monthly meeting of the Naseby Volunteer Fire Brigade was held on Monday evening last at Pinder's Empire Hotel. Present—Lieutenant Miller, Sergeant Morrison, Foreman-Hall, Secretary Costelloe, and Messrs. Collett, Pincler, Baxter, and Tootell. The minutes of the last meetings were read and confirmed. Mr. P. J. Greor was proposed a member of the Brigade. The Secretary stated that he had received from Mr. Geo. Clarke, the Town Clerk, a letter from « the several Insurance Companies in Dunedin, to the effect that they would not contribute towards the funds of the Brigade, in consequence of the insurance premiums in Naseby being reduced. The Secretary likewise informed the members that he had seen the Mayor in reference to the lower plug in Le-•yen-street, who informed him that the necessary steps would be taken for raising it. Notice ' was given that the Brigade would practice on Monday evening next, and that the next monthly meeting would be held in Pinder's Empire Hotel on the first Monday in December prox. The Shag Yalloy Block appears to be a .constant bone of discontent. Some week's ago we drew attention to the extraordinary action of tho Waste Land Board in overrid*nß-...!*« ..applications for land before it, and declaring that all applicants alike must com- • pete from October 27th. . Apparently the bulk of the applicants considered that their applications would hold good, and neglected, on tho 27th, to renew them. Sir Francis , Dillon 8011, however, applied for himself and Others for about. 1600 acres, which, it is said, embraces land already settled upon. We understand that tho Warden has been applied to to report on the auriferous portions of the ground, and no doubt any mining interest or property will be carefully conserved. Why notice was not given of the re-opening of the block for application, must remain one of those inscrutable acts of wisdom for which the Board is now so famous. It is folly to suppose intending applicants for land have time,to watch in the papors, week after week, the erratio judgments and decisions there recorded.

_ The following ore the entries and nominaAuras for the forthcoming Christchurch Races: Wtakes Traitor, Tambourini, Wainui, Toi Templeton, Heroules. For the Lottery Plate •—ladtnor, Emmeline Oolt, Waverley,'Batter, •Remnant, Yatterina, Belle, Elfin Kinp. The Grand Stand Handicap nominations are—;Tadxnor, Exile, Ada colt, Parawhenuaf-Rangi, Remnant, Yatterina, Templeton. The Handicap Hurdle Race nominations are—Theodore and Alice Grey. For the Derby—Tadmor, Sonambula, Meteor, Emmeline, Colt, Ada Oolt, Wainui, Rangi, Remnant, Belle, Hercules, Elfin King. For the O.J.C. the following havo accepted— Traitor, Tambourini, Emmeline Oolt, Zigzag Oolt, Batter, Templeton. Railway Plate—Wainui and Elfin King. Maiden Plate—Zigzag Colt, Ada Colt, Rangi, Ngaro, Remnant, and Belle. Canterbury Cap— Sonnambula, Traitor, Tambourini, Wainm.Toi, Templeton and Horcules. Ohristchurch Plate—Sonnambula, Traitor, Tambourini, Ada Oolt, Ngaro, Wainui, Yatterina, Templeton, Hercules. For the Metropolitan HandicapNominations ; Marvel, Tadmor, Sonnambula, Traitor, Exile, Tambourini, Emmeline Colt, Zigzag_ Colt, Parawhenua, Rangi, Tui, Remnant, Yattorina, Temploton, and Bell.

A patient named Mrs. Hondrickson committed suicide at the Dunodin Hospital on Saturday last. She was brought to the Hospital shortly after 11 o'clock in the forenoon of the same day by her hußband, who stated ■he was suffering from nervousness, and was in bad health. He did not, however, say anything about hor being of unsound mind. She it appears was then plaoed in one of the female wards upstairs, in which there were 16 or 16 other patients. She had not been in the hospital more than half an hour when it was discovered that she was sufforing from mental derangemont, ono of her delusions being that she, as well as all the others present, wore going to bo hanged in the evening. She used also frequently to go down on her kneos as if praying, and also beg the pardon of those about her, declaring that she had done no wrong. She continued apparently in this condition until tea-time, when she took her tea and ate the bread. At six o'clock a window of the ward was open, for the purpose, it is sraid, of admitting fresh air to the other patients, the majori y of whom were, in bed at the, time. The window was about forty feet from the ground, ''Mrs. Hendrickson,' without giving the - least indication of her inten-

tion, ran •to the open window and jumped through it, falling heavily on the ground outside. On assistance going to her, she was in an almost dying state. She lingered until about 7 o'clock when she expired. On Friday last Mr. de Lautour met his constituents at St. Bathans/ There was a good attendance in ; the evening at the schoolhouse. Referring to the rumor of. a possible vacancy for the district, he said that there was no certainty yet.;...He still hoped Mr. Oliver would see his way to retain his seat in the Council; but, if not, he j would implore the people to' be true to themselves, arid send down their ; own ; man— of themselves, with their interests, and who would not be liable to be coerced into a position antagonistic to the district.—Referring to the Gold Duty, he-said it was very, obvious..tkat the tax would never be willingly given up. Year by year, as land revenue decreased, the more important to the. struggling Provinces would be' the"" Goldnelds taxation. '- The miners had drifted into paying the duty in excess of the cost of~nraintenance, they had been prosperous, and it had been no one's business to look after mining interests, consequently the ; provision in the original Gold Duty Act to guard against special taxation being raised to swell the revenue had been ! quietly allowed to slip. In reality, when the : 6d., reduction took place, .the new Ordinance; (which* was necessary) eased 6d/, ahdrivette'd; on the2s., .which,,butf orthe easement amend- ? ing the briginal" Act; '' could' not be 'collected. ; There was no remedy, ; he.feared,, out of-this :i state of things, a' special' taxation of £5 per. head, and a, general taxation of. £lO, unless the miners of the' Province simply refused to' cbntribute any longer towards'so unjust an : imposition. He, for his part, could not, understand why over 6000 miners in Otago allowed themselves to : be fleeced against the expressed wish of ,the Provincial Council' during its last session; 'Several questionsi were put to the-visiting member, which were satisfactorily answered, the meeting cordially: agreeing with the sentiment, "that, the sooner Otago Provincialism was dead and buried the :• better/'-.. ■,:,. ~J.- ■. ■:.,,, ... ~-,", ~..,: ; ...,■■ ;