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Mount Ida Chronicle, Volume VI, Issue 321, 23 April 1875, Page 2

The Waihemo sale ison the sth of May.

Mr. Parker, K.M: at Oamaru, the other, day fined a sly grog-seller named Epbert! Keenan £25 and costs™ , !

- ; TfiE J suWey'.o?aJme;pf railway 1 frpm'Pal- 1 merston td'Cryde has'beeh' commenced by a, party: underTthe charge rof>Mr.7Denniston r .

n;i "SiB^BIJROE f G-BBy''i^' - SMd^td r belQ3&glQyei r for^J^dvu&i^isiS^ 'delegated'p6we'ra;under r the &oldfUslds : Acts.' ' y .Q't^j^Tß^;pi^el^^nYG^y v was ar- ; rested"in..fivjneiflin- on; Wednesday last, was '■ brought'uparicl remanded'ifor a week. "

. Jt is - notvexpected "tha;t Mr. M'Kerrow will visit 'Naseby-, the next three months—not at any_ra£e until after the ensuing session,of the Provincial Council, ,-»

.;.The ' Wellington;.correspondent Jieara-that Mr. C. E.-Haughton -disclaims^'£,nyr intention,of segking political honors, as reported in a.Sjoujjiernjjaper. *""»

Mr. W. Affleck;.blacksmith at Palmer' stpn, in wrestling .with .one of .his men aon Satu'r'day " evening, . hadJhis leg broken and his ankle dislocated. .."'■"

The''Tablet' dpes_.-not mince matters about the proposed education rate. It says:— "Should ,this .proposed tax, therefore, be levied', -it' will be necessary to use force to collect it from. Catholics. " They fi cannot .voluntarily pay'- mohey-to -destroy that-' -which they are-bound by the most~sacred bbligaß tiohs to uphold." -... ■ -... ; s;» Gold is. at last being reported in the new Auckland-.Goldfield.- - A late telegram states: —"A: small parcel of wash gold from Ohinemuri j was shown. : Three-quarters of -an ounce was got sluicing-in:,two. days -bythree, men. The Waitekauri reefs are look?" ing better. A parcel of stone crushed in .a ber.dan gave soz of gold from 1651b of stone..!'; In the 'Star's' table sheying the results of Provincial revenue for the year, the gold revenue is returnedat£46,4lß, against £37,000 estimated!}: The; figures should be '£3B/060.' Our contemporary, appears to, have transposed the June and September returns, and added some £BOOO in the, transposition.. A book that should be in everybody' 3 hand is just published by Reith and Wilkie Duriedih; It is called " A Mahual of Banking, by a Banker." It"is"full of usefiiLmfor-matiori-;to business men and all. ranks. ■ Complete' information is afforded in ; a v-e'ry little space and in- a clear .manner about difficulties- constantly I Arising as---to crossed - and- marked' cheques,-exchanges,' bills,--honored and dishonored. ' The author 1 says, "In tbe course of a somewhat lengthy career as a banker the author has often, been .surprised at.the ignorance-prevalent 'among the great marjority of- those who transact banking, businesses,. as; far as regards the? laws and customs of banking. It is for this class of people chiefly that.the work is put forward;" and, we may add, it is for fchis_ class admirably adapted.' ~"?'" ' "'■'"' , The Muddy Creek-Main Channel Company are making progress with their very heavy undertaking. The channel is twelve ;feet between the outer walls, is to have a , centre wall for the . first, three miles ; the whole length being about four. The object of the centre wall is. to supply an alternative channel during times of washing-up. As the A comp'any will be a great benefit to the' district; and cannot very well, under the conditions -upon ; which it is undertaken, prove the Progress Committee are urging the Government to bridge the channel at the main road. As i the dividing wall would be a firm, central. .'.support the expense would not be very great. It is to be hoped that this small will be given as a.token of encouragement to the plucky enterprise which is now in. hand..-; Mb. .Warden, Stratford makes a sugj gestion in 'his < annual report to obviate r the present difficulties in mining auriferous* agricultural areas, which are almost: prohibitive, and have the effect of raising a feeling of antagonism in , the. minds of miners to all settlement on the land. He suggests that: — "The difficulty would, be obviated by a short Amendment (Goldnelds) l Ait abolishing the arbitration system, and providing that leases shall be granted, with the right to the soil to a given depth for cultivation only ; ■ and that clauses be inserted in the-leases,. providing that when gold is traced within the boundaries of any area on satisfactory proof thereof, portions of the same in"- blocks of not less than five (5)-acres at a time shall be yielded upto the goldmining applicant on payment to the lessee of a sum not exceeding ; three pounds (£3) ah acre, on refund of rent .that tbe agriculturist has paid to the Crown; rthe exact?suni.to be paid as compensation, to' *be [decided by; thei Warden .and-ifour (4) assessors." \ _ :.... ..• ~.. .-.-. ■_• . ■:, i ;.-i

. .A ruBMC meeting was held a.t the "Empire- Hotel.- Kaseby,. on .Friday evening

laat, at the request of the Progress Committee, to consider the selection of a. block of land on Messrs. Sanders'lßiros.) lower run. The meeting, which was well attended, was not -inclined,to be discursive,., and a resolution was almost at once proposed by Mr. Shannon, a"nd seconded by. Mr. Webber, " That the Committee's report, which had been read in favor of the lower block below the joad be adopted." Mr. Maonamara proposed as an amendment, which was seconded by. Mr. Currie, "That the block .be selected neareruthe Hogburn, if it can be got." A very general expression of opinion was given that no land should be opened up within, iour, miles, of the town< The amendment being'pus, was negatived, only two hands being held up; and the motion was carried. Advantage was taken by Mining-Association of so full a to urge the present state of the public works, and the following motion was proposed- and. carried:— * 'That, "seeing the unsatisfactory state of the public works in this district, andthe impossibility of completing them jas originally, contemplated from the sum already voted, .the..Committee of-the.;;Mining Association be requested,to prepare a "me-, morialto the Governnient,' setting forth the' present unfinished! 'State of, thfcworks, and praying.that.a_ sufficient additional-sum- be--placed upon the Estimates for .their comple-' as early as possible."' '* '„-, - In the bupreme T .Qourt on Monday last,v Johnson n (43J,.'convictedj.of committing ja criminal' assault"upon his i brought up for sentence. .Tfr answer't'dthe 5 usual .questiotf-pns6ner ;? han'deii : *'a J fetter to the learned Judge, which ; was .read,-to the: effectthat he'-Md -been"two month's'awaitintr trial,-sand fthat''he' ! nad been prevented fromr obtaining: legal assistance 'by the 'conduct of" his wife;;; He had:.t6ld J her ; to-sell J certain,:property.' of ffis,cs6 r --as to pay r allawyer, but = she appropriated the money to her .own use.He hoped the.ConVt=wouia-take4£'inio kinld considerationTthat h*e~hM"b^en^un^el^mJdi--, cal treatmentVf or-three yeWand could do no hard : Jabor_;also-.-thei;peculiarities of>fcb!e, case: the treacher-y 6! p.f : Jb;is wife, the lapse of time, and \ thex gpoji ucharacter given him,by some , of L 1 Jlonor;:' Prisoner at the-tibar,:, you charge""your wife with treachefy„ K !--I.jbelieye she has been' treacherous^.fcut.W^^ the facts'' ] that.' i Havej,bein -proyedLanl. >froni ' what "I am satisfied of "from other matters-net. proved, that Jfc it,, had, npt : been for,the'{reticence" ibf'^-'dijf"mfej;\thls " s unfoitunate, , 'affair would ney'e£haye .^p^ur^fe .was ■treacherbiisjjnottoypu~ huJltlo.yKur_children, "No sentence the Court can pass upon you.can adequately | express, 'the feelings J. have iand all, men- "musfch'ave; of your con'duct." rhaui assured state'is such that you are not'fit to'sreceive the lash 1 , nor am 1 sure that that sort; of punishment is applicable to the case. It is clear to me that you 1 are not fit tOfWat large—your offence is such that, if :the'slightest -idea T were -entertained, by .members ~of~families that such ~'an "offence; could pass withoutthe severesttpunishmeiit,; the family tie.wpuldbe entirely have avafled'yci'urs'elf of,"your.position to de-i moralise/for ey ; e.r the unfortun^e- i phild,.Jthe; : iHctim-of;,this > 'act. '"As' ; theja'w."allows, as; its , fullest; senten'cej f or,this." offence,. penal: -servitude fbrlife.'T'shall give you something; short of that—but .not much r short* of; it. i the'Cpiirt; is;thaii']you" kept in penal ox twenty-one years. • —Walters.convicted' 'of''"manslaughter,p re-: deived'fifteen' ' ; '-/f 1 "-" J l ""' r ._;;'''""■'"" !