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Mount Ida Chronicle, Volume VII, Issue 371, 14 April 1876, Page 2

Texckrs are called for ; a much wasted post office at .Alexandra. -The I<faseby ;Mre.Brigade ball and f ßiepper, 'comes off-on thp evening of the 19th, ; A. slight shockjjOf eartbquak&Vas felt at Naseby, oa t Tuesday last, at 28 minutes past 11a.in.,. -., .-."':'•' It. is intended we- believe" to publicly entertain Sub-Inspector M'Clnskey prior 1:o his leaving-the Mount Ida district for Oamaru. '. "The Naseby branch of the M.U.1.0.0.F., intend to give a ball and supper, at Naseby, on the evening of the Queen's Birthday. Te>tdetis for the completion of tha Go* verninent dam at Coal Creek, are ta be in by the ißth, and for the Court House, by the 17th.

The gaol at Naseby will, It la expected, bo convicted this week. We Bhall notic* the work in ourne:-:t issue:

List of unclaimed letters,;*lying at the XTaseby post office:—W. J. Barrett (2), R. Galbraith, Michael Harvey, A. M. Lamach, Richard Long, James Nelson, ArthnrfSimpsoii, James-Smith.

The 'Kyebivrn bridge has been passed by the District Engineer. The work ia a good cue; and reflects greatfcredit on the contractor; - Mr. Carrie, and the inspector Mr. Risen.' The Pass will be opened by this work practically-to dray traffic for aboat 3 miles.

~;■ The 'Saturday Advertiser' in pursuance of. a capital. idea it started at its outset of obtaining original matter at a ha* just awarded a prize of £lO 10s. to the o.uthor of the best essay contributed to its pages on Local Government. Mr. Vincent Pyke is the successful essayist. His paper is to the point so far as it goes. It starts on .the comfortable assumption that the Provinces are things of the past, and reconstruction has to begin ah initio. On this comforting hypothesis, keeping clear of all debateable ground such as distribution of revenue, hitherto considered sacred, &c, Mr. Pyke dishes up a very readable and complete little essay. The same j>ap.ir is also now publishing an excellent colonial railway timr table. Ah impression is prevalent among some of our miners that the Gold Duty Rebate Ordinance is in force, not being disallowed within the appointed time, but one day after, as pointed out by Mr. Vincent Pyke, M.H.R. We may say that an application was made|to the Government, on behalf of a mining company who held a large parcel of gold before Christmas, as to mode in which the rebate was to be made. The Government, however, refused to accept the inference that the Act Was law and simply replied that the Act not' being assented bo the money could not be found to comply with its provisions. Even if the irregularity of the disallowance; could now be established in of law the Go-» vernment could not be made to refund the money, ,or indeed to. make the distribution to get at the difficulty'ia Jto accept the total repeal of the duty, and nothing short of the repeal. It is high T: .time the miners, through the Associations, were deciding on taking public action in this direction, in view of the approaching session of the Assembly.

the hearing; of a case in the den's Court, Naseby, lon Monday .last, Mr Hertslett, for the defendants, Messrs. Grayson and Peterson, complained that the"6um mons's had not been served upon his clients until the Saturday previous to the trial, and that, in the face of the fact that the summons's had been issued a fortnight previously. In the course of the various explanatory statements made, it appeared • that_th« fees had not been all paid until a week" after th« issue of the summons's, and that the bailiff had explained he had had other work to do, and supposed so long as he served the defendants within the legal time required it was sufficient. .The Warden stated that he had intimated to the Bailiff in future to serve summons's at the earliest moment. possible. In this instance the Bailiff had been employed some time by his own instruction in the Court, assisting the clerk in work required for the General Government. Mr. Howlatt then drew the attention of the Warden to complaints alleged to have been made by Mr. Hertelet or his clients outside the Court that there had been collusion between the officers of the Court and his clients, Guffie and Inder, to the detriment of Grayson ?nd Peterson! The Warden said that if there was any ground for such public remarks he wished it would be brought forward in proper form before him, so that he might have the facts inquired into. He would be only too glad if tljero were any such ground to apply to have the fullest .enquiry made, in order that the Court might be jmrged if necessary. A local from the ' Mount Ida Chronicle' wa3 then pointed out by Mr. Eowlatt as bearing upon the question, at least as inferring thatGrayson Peterson had not l>ecn fairly dealt with on a previous occasion, when they -were nonsuited, because a summons was not served. The Warden said, as his attention had been drawn to the paragraph, he would ask the editor to give his authority for the statement, in order that it might be cleared. Injured innocence being thus relieved, harmony was restored, and the matter dropped.

Efforts are being made to obtain a large sum of money for expenditure on the Tuapeka road. No doubt the opening of the south railway has increased the traflto at the luapcka end, and that the money is much needed. What is not so satisfactory is the system of spoon milk administration apparently in vogue. Logrolling in Parliament is bad enough, but logrolling out of it is worse. Everybody who has a road or work of local importance to advocato now thunders at the Irovinciat Qreasury, which is impotent • then, m duo order of things, he pretends to or does,, take the huff, and telegraphs to the 1 romior. If he is a good boy, or-ii likely to bo useful, perhaps the unfortunate Provmoial. authorities are told to do the work If not, thoy at least are blamed. Whether blamed or not blamed, wo could wish that something wore being done in the matter of the improvements on the raw condition, bo Zt t?f "'i™ th ° T main road '«» Palmer" ston toWkirn In our last we reported that all men had been removed from this line of road Since then wo believe that the surface hands will be put on again. Aeon' sidorablo portmn of the road w\nts pitching ™tl mot ; lhn S' . If this is not done cartag rates m the spring wiU be very high, and what is worse still, goods will be dfffioultlo get up at any price.

Owisc to the Easier holidays, and the pressure of business in the mining applications lodged for hearing at Naseby will be taken on the 29th. At last De Mnrska's departure from Melbourne for this Colony is definitely fixed. On Saturday, the ' Star' reports Mr. Medcalf a cablegram advising him that Madame and her company, which includes Signore 3 Eosnati, Susini, and Giamonna (flautist), leave Melbourne by the .Albion tomorrow, which is due at the Bluff on .Friday.

Wb have received from Mr. E. T. Wheeler, Dunedin, the first number of the * Mercantile Gazette.' It will be of great interest to all those of morbid tendency, .who vould nock for instance to a puUic execution. W« predict a long life to the periodical.

.. C *" Al!r Eraser, Goldfields Warden at the a Thames, has spoken strongly asainst the admiDisb-ation of the Native Department. He ii as Ms stand, foi'the Thames in Parliament at an earlr date. J

£»* Canterbury Marble Company areieportedSto. have opened up a magnificent lot of marble in their quarry. The following is the result of an analysis fey Professor RicEecton : ' The sample of marble wae found to contaani9B.s3 per cent, of carbonate of lime, with an insoluble* residue, consisting of sihcia, alumina, and manganese, the coloring matter being due to the later constituents It is a very tine sample of marble, the refuse from which will make excellent lime." Thb *Palmerston Timeß' regrets to hear that Mr. J. Jordan, of Shag Valley, lost two hay Btaeks on Sunday last by fire. Mr. -Jordan, it seems, nad five stacks in all„ which werefinsured in the National for £3OO. |Those that succumbed, occupied a central position, and despite the great quantity of rain that fell were, we understand, totally destroyed. The mystery h to how the fire ocenrred^has l not been solvsd. Farmers would?do well'to insnreTtheir stacks. "

Thb Warden's Court wa3 taken wpTfcbe whole of yeiterday afternoon in a case arking at Clarke's between Grayson and Peterson and Inder. The complaint was only partially gone into, when the Court ad« journed until the 28th. The applications set down for hearing, were not dealt withj all stand adjourned until the 29th. Applicants inoat;heartily wish the Clarke's people! wonld settle their difficulties on'the hilL

CEiCiiSTEHa will do well to remember that a match 1b to be played to-day (Good Friday) on the Bereation Reserve* the use of which has been granted by his Worship the Mayor. Play will commence, if possible, at 12.39 sharp, in order that the youngsters may h»V© plenty of time to digest the licking which the married men Intend giving them. Volunteers withfcspades, to be placed under the experienced* guidance of a retired grave-dig. ger,i are required in the J morning'to - clear the ground *of smalFtufts.* ,e *Th'e*Bands" will be in attendance.

Oub Dnnedin" correspondent on Thqnday evening last fsent usginfonnation 'Evening JSews' would cease publication on Saturday. We are .glad to say the statement was unfounded, as we have our contemporary's broad-sheet of Monday last, as spirited and acceptable as everj As the same report was sentj North by the Press Agency probably it was circulated byl wish bred the thought. Being aware that the proprietors were about to launch out into a larger newspaper Bphere in Dunedin we importance §to Sthe telegram.

Thb GenerallGovernment Commissioners waited upon Mr. Macandrew en Monday last. The interview was private It is nnderstood that Mr. Macandrew received hs visitors most courteously, and offered to show them the Lunatic Asylum, the Hospital, and other charitable institutions of the Province. There is, we believe, to be no official recognition of the Commission, so that their visit will be a barren one, demoted to courtesy onlv, unless Mr. Livingstone can give the information they seek. Mr. Gisborne is a superannuated clerk, who lately contested a seat m Parliament for Wellington, but was beaten; Mr. ?*ed a Under-Secretary at the Customs •, Mr. Knowles, who is particularly everybody's veryjhumble servant, is in th» Public Works Office.