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Mount Ida Chronicle, Volume VI, Issue 339, 3 September 1875, Page 3

... In reply tbjw£qjifßti.a4.':b£ Mr. Mervyn in the House on.Wedn-sdHy last, the Oovernment said it jras intended revenue should be locally expended under the proposed; new. .measure*.-.-.JVhivt ■do**"'that mean ? Just nothing ! The samcibcSutifully vague assertion we have ii the ~Fiii>ncial Statement.'' " - - '• il -'-: says the course-pur-sued by tile, managing directory.pt, the Pneumatic G-oldnrimng "Co.uipairy'r mlibiidxicting the Company's aßairSi to: a ; iy the least, i* inexplicably.- £Jffa,d ; :tbt7iait*nipted.frow the start how hot to carry out the intent of the promoters, they coulcJLjaot have done other than theyhave; awl; as if they were neve: to learn wisdom, their last aetis the most insane of all. It will be ;remembered that Jsome . three months ago the Company's dredge sank afi. her moorings, and though from then until last week'a man hash en engaged in watching the olighteit-atteiupt has been -made to rescue a particle of the. property, though it is firmly believed that had an effort been mMeTimme'diateiyiafter the whole of the valuable plant could have been recovered ;aiU>nl a trifling cost. 3 '*■£■&% latest .act referred "to charged, ami the property is consequent y left entirely at r *he meruyTOt' tue wiiiqsjiiitrs'it^r^ lTHEf ; Tu.apekavTimss' states the Waipori Drainage Channel has been maila hseofbytheminers, and the Government have formed regulations and imposed a tax urjqn: each" man 'who' is. at work', - there has a - considerable* amount of grumbling. One shilling and sixpence'is the sum charged for each':. miner who uses'the channel, and this sum,, although it may seem small, is said to be oppressive—even the Chinamen Being complain-, ing of it as weighing heavy upon them. Some ; 300 miners are at work on the 13 at, who will thus contribute £22 a week to the Govern- * ment. As the cost pf the channel was about . £IO,OOO, the tax will pay 5 per cent, interest on that amount, and leave a balance towards the wages of the Inspector of Works. If all the undertakings carried out under the Public Works scheme pay as well as the channel bids, fair to do, the public debt of the Colony, will weigh but lightly on the population."

The population of Victoria oil June 30 was 813,588 persons. .. -•■--.--> .0 TheTNew":Zeala : na loan of 464,00O;00O. has been officially quoted on the Stock Exchange. Holloioay's Ointment and Pills.— Diseases of Advanced Years.—'When man has ipasud to tne borders of old "age," the." digestion becomes impaired,' the' nervous •system grows feeble, and the physi al power shows increased weakness. IJerice. arise congestion of theliver, lungs, or head/followed l.v dropsy, asthma, or apoplexy, which too frequently afflict the aged. The liyer usually first becomes torpid, but its activity may speedily be revived by .rubbing Holtoway'sOintment thoroughly over the pit of "the Bforn';ich. air I right side, at least twice a day, audtskinifthe. Pills at the-sametime; -This treatment also .cures j)ll other congested organs, -bv varying the parts rubbe'd according to the situation of the - congestion. % . •• ■••.--, • s--" : . ■-' ' ; '• --■-• Strangers paying a visit to Uunedin.' ar often at. a loss to know what is the best establishment, to visit for the purchase of : drapery and clothing. Herbert, Haines, and Co. "oil. r special advan'agea "that, can be iiiet with nowhere else in thei city _Thty keep at^l:Hin^.H^&'fttroc»t^Hnd.- : >esf* Hsloftr I ■&% stock oCfeveiycaass: ofgcioits, .*imported- cfirect >"• ?' ;: 'from the leading manufacturers and ware housemen at Home,, which, being bought, entirely upon cash terms'they are enabled to ofier goods of such, sterl ing ; value as cannot b»: < equalled by any'Jother house in the : 'tricW. ' '" Eveay f rticle ._inj_stock is marked at a fixed ,price for/ready money,. Trom winch no abate"mtentfis ever -made; ,sb that the most inexper'ien'cect"buy. 'theifgoods" at" tha-game prices as -tljc* b«st judge n. K , Their t rms- -i re.—net cash, A^rx.- 1 "'*- w •'* '■■-••"