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Mount Ida Chronicle, Volume VI, Issue 316, 19 March 1875, Page 2

Mli H W. .R kindly cojiscnted to lecture at U tmili. n, on Tuesdfly evening last, in aid of the Clui'.x'h !id.

Fresh cases of fever are reported at Cromwell. ■

' Next 'Friday, the,26th instant, being Good Friday, will be observed as a holiday bv the banks. ■ V

A sample of capitally headed wheat, grown at Garibaldi, over 20'J0 feet- above tbe sea, can be seen at our office.

An adj-mrned meeting of householders, for the election of a school committee, at Blackstona Hill, is notified for Mondny, April sth. . _ The svarden last week visited the Serpentine. The business was of a very slight nature, and not of'general interest.

Tickets in the picture art union, to be drawn, about the 22nd of April, can now be obtained from Messrs. Jnder and George.

A sporting event connected ,vitli the Dunedin race meeting will be. the centre of attraction at the Victoria Hotel on Saturday evening.

Mb. J. P. Armstrong will deliver a lecture for the benefit of the Blackstone Hill school fund, in the, sjhoolhouse there, on Thursday evening next. An understanding has been come to between the Hospital Committee and the contractors. A porch is to be added to the, new building, wliioli is-to be'finislicd .without delay.

St. Pathick's Day in Naseby passed off with little or no observance. A number of those loyal to the patron .saint'visited St. Bathans to take part in the picnic and ball," which is now an annual event.

Tins English mails, via Suez and via Sim Francisco, were delivered at the district, offices on Tuesday last. The outgoing mail, via tsuez, closed the day previous—a singula) ly unhappy state of things. It is seated that Mr. Seed, of the Customdepartment, has received' instructions to proceed to Canada, commissioned by the' Ministry to report on the working of the constitution of Dominion, together with its institutions, with a view of supplyingsuch particulars as may guide"'the Government in the impending changes in our constitution.

Ox Saturday last, the gentlemen appointed for the selection of a 5000 acre block on Messrs. W. and J. Sanders'run, visisted th e lower portion of the run. Mo decision as to the locality of the block has yet been arrived at. When decided, the survey will be proceeded with, and the block opened as soon as possible. '

It has been reserved for-Nasebv to witness a house go up in a whirlwind. On Tuesday afternoon, during aha vy gale, a small unfloored iron house in 3S T aseby was suddenly lifted up bodily a few feet and carried several yards. Inside was a woman and child. She, throwing herself bodily upon the child, fortunately was protected by a table, and both escaped unhurt. The articles of furniture were quickly gathered up, and a new habitation found for the family evicted without notice.

It is reported that a highly respected M.P.C., who lays himself out to be pleasant to all, more especially to the believ=ra in' St. Patrick, had a narrow escape from a starved free-selector's cow on the- Company's Eweburn ran on Wednesday last. The worthy gentleman was on the road with ' a huge bunch of clover in front of a white hat. This the hungry animal could not resist, and charged. In. spite of a freely perspired run the clover was lost, and the patron saint had to go unhonored tha,t day. Why did he not rescue his martyred countryman ? This is how the story reaches us—we do not guarantee its accuracy. ;

A good deal of interest is felt in the shipment of salmon ova in the Timaru, expected to arrive this month. It will be'remembered a shipment tvas made a few years ago in a London ship, which failed, owing principally, it was alleged, to the length of the -passage. At the time it was Btrongly urged that any further experiment should be carried out from Glasgow in a Scotch bottom. This has now been done. Unfortunately, although the ship was ready on 31st Dec., stormy weather, and adverse winds prevented her getting clear un : til January 7th—it being probably the 10th before the Channel was cleared. The cost to fcbe Provincial Government of this shipment will be about £ISOO, after deducting the shipowners' handsome contribution of £3OO.

Mr. Michelsen, the accredited agent of the Otago Bible Society, has opened a very handsome selection of books in Naseby at the premises formerly occupied by Mr. T, King. .The parcels opened are the best selected and most varied we have yet seen up-country. Books of all kinds can be obtained in great variety, including even Paley's Horse Paulinse and an edition of Banyan's Pilgrim's Progress published at the low price of one penny., The annual volumes of the .best magazines, excellently bound, are a leading feature, also Bibles and prayer books in every size and binding, from the-large family to the pocket edition in diamond type. The illustrated year books for children are good, and' Anna Shipton's serial stories need only to be mentioned. Mr. Michelsen will visit the out-districts next week, and should be looked out for. The Society's sole aim is to offer the best kind of literature where at present it is inaccessible, and at prices that are reasonable. We should not omit to notice the biographical works; and works of a high literary character, "such as Krummaclier's Elijah the Tishbite, .Forster's Essays, &c.

These has been a row at Ohiriemuri orer the prospectors' claim. Thorpe and party, the prospectors, said that, when they got tlie reef they would show gold ; but the diggers wanted an immediate show. They started to drain water from the winze; and continued working- A crowd collected round Thorpe, and gesticulated in an excited manner. Thorps stood his ground, and told thern that: the claim w»s his own, and that they had no right on it, and thot if they did not clear off he would get 50 miners and drive them off. This imprudent speech excited the passions and incurred the disapprobation of the diggers, who shook their fists, and threatened him. Sub-Inspector Neal, with a strong force, arrived on the spot in time to prevent a serious row. The prospectors then conlinued work without interruption until midnight on Saturday, and began again at break of day. They expect to have the reef this afternoon, and declare that they can show payable gold, but nothing rich, 'i'ho great, bulk of the men are still incredulous. A Inter telegram ears, in Thorpe and party's No. 2 claim, on the north side of the creek r a fair show of gold has been obtained.j (Several par ies have gone towards "Waitekoru with timber' fur 3luiee boxes.— Press Telegrams.

It is not often that the General Govern" ment sees fit", to reserve lands £.>r sale in this Province, although they have power to do go under the 12th section of the Waste I;unds Act, ISSB- It was therefore with some surprise flvii we no'iced 'wo proHnmnHon ß in the ' i v 'e» ZenJ-'iid .Government, Gazette', of the 25t.h nit... reserving !Yom sale, "for purposes of public utility," u out 66,000 acres on the West Coast., of the boundaries of which the following description is jrivr-n " AH that parcel of land situated on th" southern shore of Dn«kv Po\"<d and hounded ns fol owa : at a point on i ho shore of the said sound, due north of Mount Sparrman ; thence towards the east, by a right liue to the summit of Mount Sparrman ; fchence towards Ih« south-east a right, line to the summit; of Mount Bradfhaw ; tlicii'-e towards the south by a right line due wes" to t he sea shore ; and thence by i !'f> sea sh'-re h nrl the shore of Dusky Sound to t If commencing poirt. Together with Resolution TR'jind, Gilbert Tales, Entry Island, Curlew Island

Heron Island, Indian Island, Pigeon Island, Pin-rot Island, and Anchor Island,-arid the small islands find groups of islands adjacent, thereto." What purposes of public utility areJro he served by abstracting 66,C00 acres from the land -available for the revenue of we cannot imagine.— l Star '