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Mount Ida Chronicle, Volume VI, Issue 324, 21 May 1875, Page 2

The batiks will be closed on, Monday next, ;24th instant (Queen's Birthday). "' "We understand the concert in aid of the 1 Presbyterian. Sunday School has been postponed for several months. -- ' A concert and dance will take place at Blacksfcone Hill in aid of the school funds' on Monday evening next;; 24th instant. .'J .": i A meeting of persons fayqrable to the for-' ;mation of a Coal - Company is advertised =to .take place at HbrsweU's Royal Hotel c 6n Saturday evening next '' i. : ;:

As advertisement in another column noti ifie's that Messrs. Inder and George have been (appointed agents in the Mount Ida district ;for the Colonial Building and Investment jGompanyi limited. ! ; ■ .• • • ~X : L'l\

i The District Coroner, Hi' W. Kobinson, ■Esq;, held an inquest'on "Monday last, on iview of thebody of W.-C. Hammond;'storejkieeper,' Macraes." The jury reiurned ! a verjdict of "temporary insanity."

f The. anniversary,; ball and, supper: in conneciioa with the Loyal Naseby Lodge, 1M.U.1.0.0.F., will take place spn Monday evening next (Queen's Birthday), at lie Town Hall. Tickets (admitting.a lady and gentleman), 10s., may be obtained from the stewards.

Thb 'Bruce'Herald's' important .witness in the Tichborne case,_ Mr. A. M'Bonald, of Hoionui, in a letter in. the ' Southland News,' saysi':—"" The whole tenor of the article in the 'Bruce Herald' of the 30th April, associating his name" with the school daysand early his. Tory of Eoger Tichborne, is false, being- en. tirely the s production of some idler'scribbler :to hoax thepressl" •.' . .-.'•': ..iU

" A "ffOTmcATioN appears in another 'column conveningthe: annual meeting -of subscribers to. the Naseby Athenaeum. Hitherto loose management has been the rule—not that the. Committees appointed were not able to conduct the institution,' but they did not seem to care" to do sor For this the subscribers have themselves" to" blame. We hope they will attend in-force on-Tuesday evening next, and remedy:the eyil. >; , ;

We- understand -that' a scratch football match will be played; in ,the Cricket; Ground on Monday.(Queen'sßirthday), to commence at 2. p.m. j,.To play .the. game with enjoy r ment,! twelve are required on each side,' and we hope, those .of a recreative turn ,of ; . mind will .assemble; inj.force.- This, we presiiiiie, practically means the testing of. the, possibility ..of .starting <a football cluh in Naseby. T)uring : the winter months, when the miners are idle from frostj, football would afford a very good "means of amusement—fo'r'sk'ating is not always possible; and, even were it so, everyone has not a taste for it. ' , A correspondent from St. Bathans write 8 to us as follows:—"The St. Bathans Progress Committee are enabled to hold corres - pondence,.'send messages, &c., &c, by the aid of a' small subscription raised among their friends, so that the public or Government monies entrusted t.o them are always spent to the shilling for the purpose for which they may be given:: Up to the present time, the following named persons have contributed for this year:—Messrs., T.. Mulvey, Peacock, Kenny,. T. .Hanrahan; P. Mallon, G. Prescott, P. Hanrahan, J.' Tovvefs, Campbell, ss. each; E. Kenny, Gilhooly, Leonard, Conner, "Bunny, Hanger, Hill, J. Hally, Keenan and Morgan, G. Eurton, Quinlan, M. Hanrahan, A. Gallagher, P. O'Hara, J. Mannix, A. Wilkinson, W. Pyle junior, Inder, Barkley, and "Wheeler, 2s. 6d. each; J. M'JSTamara and P. Mallon, 2s. each; P. Toomey and P. Fitzpatrick, Is. each." The monthly meeting of the Hospital Committee was held on Friday evening, 7th instant. Present—Messrs. H. W. Robinson (president, in the chair), Barron, Anderson, Jackson, Green, Greer, tnder,' George,, and Rev. Mr: Smith! The minutes of last ineet'ing were read and confirmed. Letters were read, from, the Superintendent, re supply of trees for planting on hospital ground; and

from the St. Batlians local committee, with cheque for £7 2s. 6d. The surgeon's report was real. During the month 5 patients were admitted, 4 discharged, remaining in hospital, 4. The Treasurer's statement showed balance iu bank to be £220 3s. 9&.; Govern-; ment subsidy due; £9B 16s-. Bd.—total/ £319 Os. sd. Accounts to the amount of £35.05. 3d., for supplies and salaries, were passed for payment; likewise, £lO9 to 'Mr. Jacob, on building account. Resolved, That the Visiting Committee and President be empowered to carry out the alteration in making the large ward more comfortable. Some other business of trifling importance was transacted. A meeting of the Committee of the local Mining Association took place at the Council Chambers on the evening of Monday last, j Mr'. Shannon in the chair. Minutes of previous meeting were read and confirmed. The outward &nd inward correspondence was read. Resolved, That a memorial to the i Waste Land Bdafd be drawn up for signature, expressive of approval of the action taken by the Cdmmittee in the matter of the objections to the sale of certain residence areas. Resolved, That a memorial be prepared for signature, requesting the Warden to declare that portion of the Mount Ida district not already declared open, to be occupied as claims of one acre for each holder of a miner's right. Resolved, That a memorial be prepared for asking the Supertendent to amend section 0, of regulation 26, of the Goldfields Rules and Regulations, so as to make it read as follows:—"A copy of every notice given in conformity with these regulations shall be kept for reference at the Warden's Office during the currency of such notice, and an abstract showing the name of applicant, the nature of the ground applied for,. the locality where situate, and the day appointed for the hearing of the same, and if any objection thereto, shall be kept posted and maintained in some conspicuous part of the Court House for general information." The Education Ordinance, -;/hich has been talked of for some time, has now been, definitely framed. The pith of the Ordinance is in clauses 3 and 4 : —" 5. In the event of Any School Committee in any year finding that the amount at its disposal arising from school fees subscriptions donations and sums appropriated by the Provincial Council is inadequate to meet the expenditure required to be •made by such School Committee for educational purposes it shall be lawful for such Committee with the consent of the Education Board to raise'- and levy all moneys required by an annual general rate equally upon all rateable property within the educational district of such School Committee: Provided that no such general rate shalTin any year exceed ■■ the amount of threepence in the pound of the full nett value of such property. 4. All lands tenements and hereditaments rateable under the " Otagb Roads Ordinance i Amendment Ordinance 1872 " or under any Act or Ordinance which may hereafter be in force for defining or specifying property rateable for the purposes of district road boards within the Province of Otago and no other j shall be rateable propeity within the meaning of this Ordinance." The Committees are Ito be invested with all the powers at present ienjeyed by Road Boards.