CLYDE.

Mount Ida Chronicle, Volume VI, Issue 326, 4 June 1875, Page 2

CLYDE.

: Mqnda&nbeing the Queen?sdßirthday was kept-as' a holiday. One or two loyal pubs, flew:ahttle- bunting. The< weather was anything but desirable, indicating that ere-the tfay; was out theTcricketere wouldbe-most likely tq get their jackets wet. This was verified. The two elevens appeared on. the ground, and had scarcely made a start when rain "commenced, and »' "*? rvals continued, .. Nothing.daunted, the Clyde team went to the wicket - y and notwithstanding some three or four were unfortunately disposed of with a duck's £Sg> <-old up score'of 61. ine Cromwell men then wenfc.in, it-having-been previously arranged that-the match - should be -decided by the first innings, the, stumps should be *awn at half-past four, . The bowling of Bichinond was a hardnut for them to crack,'and* all -went out for.a, score of 47.-The :Clyde eleven made. 65 in the second innings, and r * he promwell. 64,, with four^ickets>to go d6wn - . A; refreshment tent,was- on the 'ground, :under the superintendence'of Mr. who dispensed the real mountain dew, so that those who were wet outside could, if so disposed, just jdamp, «jhe inside ,also.* The"brass* Band was in attendance, and at intervals flayed some lively airs. On the stumps "being drawn, the cricketers adjourned to the Uunstan Hotel to dine. The attendance pi from the outlying ..districts was good, considering the state of .the weather. Had' the day been fine, 'no doubt, but a large number of others would nave been .present..; ..- I .see Cap^tpinyjtutton., has, issued his fiat tbatf 'not- many deep lea'ds' exist itt Otago r No doubt these prophesies arevery goodm their way, but I believe in what is Cousin Jack's theory of gold, which is, that where it is there it is. Dr. Hector was mistaken' iii 'his statementthat payable gold would not be found on. Coast. ,• Professor M'Coy- hazarded an opinion that no payable gold 30Q leet,jand,D Oyley in Queensland often said gold in payable quantities did not ex--Ifiim * , i - ls termed tne re greenstone-. All ot these statements have proved fallacious, and I hope that the Captain's may also be. What leads me to suppose it & is the fact that not only deep leads do exist, but that more than one has been partially forked'at : Ida Yalley, dr ; v.hat is called Blacks No. 3, and 'I have'no hesitation_m saying that,' were thev in any other of the Colonies, they would b'e,thoroughly developed, with good payable results. The day will come when not'alone these, but our valuable reefs, will-be systematically and profitably! worked. What has ,at the present ,time is a mere surface scratching, "and this, coupled with, inexperience and mismanagement, nave been pronounced failures. Many of these reefs have been abandoned; but still the tact remains that they are highly auriterous, and nothing is wanting but a proper and efficient system of working to make them highly remunerative' I see your folks'are going to test fora deep lead under the Maori bottom. I trust that the report of Captain Hution will not have the effect of retarding the operation of the company. Its progress will be watched with much interest by residents and others on the northern Goldfields. Now the Council is in session some of the members might, with advantage, got a smull sum of money voted for a supply of specimens of all kinds of ores and minerals, to be deposited in the several Athensums for public inspection. Many persons are unacquainted with the properties of many that come under their notice in the ranges, and are just looked at and cast away again as -useless—whereas, if'sam-

pies of (he various ores were to be seen in

such a plfico as mentioned, many valuable discoveries would be made to add pros- ,« ..pcrity ta The Clyde, District Court has a Criminal jurisdiction added to it.

One cf our oldest residents in this district, Mr'. Joseph Knowles, has just departed to that bourne, whence no traveller '° returns. Hown's formerly a partner with Jones and Oliver, and held some valuable

water rights leading from Conroy's Gully, ! und'byihe aid of which-the celebrated Frenchman's Point on the Molyneut was Bluiced away some few years' since. The Molyneux continues very high forthis season of tho year. No attempt has as yet been made to recover the wreck of the pneumatic dredge, the height of .the river being a very great obstacle in the way of its recovery, but if something is not soon done she will be silted up. Mr. Coventry, the manager of the late company, has gone to Dunedin, I believe, to make -some arrangements for gettiftg the boat up again.