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Mount Ida Chronicle, Volume VI, Issue 358, 14 January 1876, Page 2

Th 3 English Mail via Suez, closes at the district offices on Monday neit at the usual hours. . At. the ; last ineeting of the ArV of Safety . Lodge, I.O.GKT.j the appointment of Bio. I). Barron asD.DI was officially announced. Bro. G\ Raven was re-elected to the office of L.D. for 12 months. We have to hold over our report of the Annual Statutory Educational meeting, - he'd at Naseby, on Monday last, as also of the an-' nual meetings of'contributors to the district hospital held last night. Both reports 'will be published' next week. The position of parties so far"a» the elec- < tions hare gone to last returns is about 29dL The * Daily Times' would make'the Opposition to have slightly the advantage.; Th e- ' Otago Guardian' put the bodt on the' other leg/ • ' - ; MbChapmaw hi» drawn our attention to the .fact that in his address at Nasebv he stated: " that he y did not approve of offering the runs again 'to the tenants at an increased rental." Our report made the term used "an. uncertain rental." In the same report' ano- " ther error occurred—lOd .per acre.rental ing niade to read 10s. The mistake in thi» case was palpable. There were -fifteen nominations -for the' Thames. Sir George Grey and Mr. Rowe (Abolitionist) were returned. Sir Julius Vogel is returned for Wanganui. At Oamaru . Messrs. Hislop and Shrimski obtained an easy victory over Mr. Steward- (the late—member) and Ml. O'Meagher, who ran with hjmTjtegg: Port Chalmers the excitement was intense a* Bteamer being sent down the harbor for a single voter. Mr. Reynolds was successful, beating Mr. Green by 56 votes. *'

The Taieri Bridge is now almost finished. At • Hamilton some time since the idea wa» started of a fete on the occasion of its public? ooening—a bullock roasted whole being talked of- it was thought at the time thatif co-oper-ation from JTaseby could ba secured public demonstration commensurate wit;i theimpor tance of the work could be accomplished, winle at the same time pirtiea from both districts would spend an enjoyable day. Perhaps ' when the elections are over something of the sort could be arranged. -

At the conclusion of the case Police r Py] e the Sub-Insprotor said he felt it his duty as m charge of the police to state that after the informations were laid the Clerk of the Court went up to the. Hotel and informed tbem that informations had been laid, and that Mr Bailey had told him so. Mr-. Field requested the charge should be taken up. Mr. Bailey got up and denied the facts alleged so fer at he Wis concerned. The Magistrate thought charges of the sort should be put in writing. The matter then dropped. On the whole there were lively times in the Court House hi which the forbearance of the Court was' 'put to the test in a way that ought not to be. ■ At the annual hospital meeting held last r night it was stated that arrangements Tiafl been made with Dr. Whitton bv which that gentleman had agreed to remain in charge of the hospital for another twelve months. The Committee appointed were H. W. Kobinson. Esq, President; Mr H. Anderson, Treasurerand Mr. E. T. George, Secretary; members for ISaseby, Messrs. T. Jackson, A. M'Ginnell Brown, P. J. Greer, B. Gordon, E. Hprswell, J. S. M'lntosh, W. Inder, James Brown, J. Green. T. Mulvey, St. Bathans ; James Tin ' Hamilton; Eobert Johiistone Blackstone Hill; Joseph Edmonds, SerpenLaverty, Hyde; J. F. Christian, Kyebum Diggmgs; T. Foster, Hamilton; W. Gume, Clarks.