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Mount Ida Chronicle, Volume VI, Issue 335, 6 August 1875, Page 2

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c >ri'?;(From:©jir;own • • 5 l : The 'nomination of councilloraift6oj& place on the 27th. "Vot the least interest was; manifested in the^m&trfcerJ;*. A generaLfeelmg esistpd .that] a; ! jerque was predominant, and it who came forward they would ■ not, be elected; J hence..the most eligible citizens held aloof in the "and? refused to allow themselves.to he'/"nominated. Ultimately, threeV candidates were proposed/and elected wifchout Oppositioh. One of these 'caused laughter... "When thknkin£ the/electors he said;his heart was SQ mouth was empty. *A. voice—about your-head ?" >;^y_'iW-.O " ; 'The Council met the other evening, but very little business was done, the ! principal! Jjeing jJnVthe'}principle of " You'll- scratch me, ; and : I'll/scratch. you.". The Mayo;r.eulogised the action of the Honorable the Dakstan, and a vote of thanks were passed t9 him;.^.similar-vote was ; also,passec£ for the Mayor's past services: ."Whilst touching on . matters of politics," it is all very well for our Council to pass votes Of thanks to our member. It- siirely cannpt'be'foiv courtesy ttf the constituency, as the Hon. Member, Mas 'never deigned to give an .account, ofhif stewardship. . A -ii Our hospital is sorely;-, in need .of funds thfdugh having to bear the brunt lof the Groinwell epidemie.' Surely this ivas a good case fori a special grant being made by the Provincial Council; .and, hack a r sum:: been askedr for, no doubt it would- have been voted. 'J.:pQb supposed,-when the National Insurance Company was heralded into existence, that insurers' in the ! up-country would/ get a (to *s}duction otf the exorbitant premiums charged, and:people; consider that the medium price of 60s. per £IOO is something like levying, black mail on us, when it is taken into consideration that at Home the minimum price" is 155./ per £IOOO. No wonder -th ese companies, through their combination, laugh' and/dole„ out fat dividends to their fortunate shareholders, and look = upon us as fair;game to operate on! That irrepressible case the Wai Keri ' water has again 1 turned lip. It; is like Jarndyce v. Jarndyce, no one knows . when it will terminate. Almost allour Wardens have had a hand at it-—Mr. Robinson, Mr. Pyke, Mr. Simpson, Judge Grrey, and the/ first Warden, Captain Kedell—and yet .the matter stands. The last phase is Hastie, M'Nally, and Go. apply for the cancellation of Mr. Holt's license, on ; the ground of non-user for mining purposes. The evidence consisted of the > oft-told tale,, till every .one is disgusted with it, and can but pity the' "Warden who 1 is compelled to sit for hours .and • listen to, what he has heard .several times before.- The case is closed, and judgment reserved till next Court •day. • , - .'•• ■, ; ' ' ' A letter*, or rather an account of an incident in .up-country, life, which apppeared in ; the ' Bunstau Times,' is said - to. have. given offence in some . .quarters.- They must be repiarkably thin-skinned. ! It reminds me of. the old couplet— " When a cap; amongst a crowd is thrown, Let hiii) take it who thinks it liia own.