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Mount Ida Chronicle, Volume VII, Issue 377, 2 June 1876, Page 2

A telegraph station" is now open at Ca-~ versham, and also at Abhotsf ord. The contract at the head race tunnel has been obtained by Messrs. George Currie and Sons.

The Atlientenm annual meeting is to be held on the evening of the 6th, at the institution. All subscribei-3 should attend.

The Warden has issued the usual protection order for miners working at Clarke's*; from the Ist June to the Ist October. , The Licensing Court is fixed for Wednesday, the 6th. The Good Templars, and others, have lodged an objection to the grant ef any new licenses whatever.

A Civil List pension of £IOO a year.for Ii" terary eminence has ' been allotted to DrV" John Brown, the author of "Horse Subsecivte," " Rab and his Friends," and other delightful books.

Two-thirds of a valuable coal mine at Kyeburn Diggings are offered for sale. This pit has been the mosb constant source of supply at Naseby for many years. The coals are unequalled in quality anywhere north of Shag point.

The pastoral tenants are week of troubled mind. Mr. Preston, of Longlands, is robbed of his turkeys; Mr. Allen, of Hawkdun, finds his sheep harassed by dogs. Precautions are taken to put a stop to the evils complained of.

It appears that unscrupulous persons are counterfeiting Slesinger's rheumatic balsam-, with intent to defraud the ingenious inventor and the suffering public. £IOO reward is offered for the conviction of the person or .persons. • ..

: Eight sections 'in the Kyeburn Hundred, being sectiona.jreserved in blocks 2 and 3, Kyeburn district, as of special value, will be offered for sale by public auction at Naseby on Monday, the sth of June, comprising in. all about ISOO acres. For particulars see advertisement in another column.

: ■ Thjj, District Court was opened by bis jHohor Judge. Harvey on the 2Uth.> The only business M'as the calling < for hearing of the jappeal case, ,G-rayson and Petersen,.v. Guflle land dnder. The case; Had, however, been. j withdrawn. - r . Costs were allowed to. the dejfendant—£2 2s. for professional attendance, Sand £1 ls.iot one witness, tbe defendant in [the suit; .to be deducted from £lO 10s. depo- '• sited," in'compliance with the regulations.

.Some splendid samples of turnips have been forwarded to us by Mr. Laverty, of Hyde, as an additional sample of mountain top produce." AVe have much pleasure in placing .these also atithe disposal of the Waste Lands' Board. As ,the box is not likely to be closed for;a few weekssamples of produce. iti forrVlespatch.;at any time.

The Sues mail tniiy bo expected ou Tuesday morning. A man named M'Master was brought in early tbis week to the Hospital from St. Bathans, suffering from typhoid fever. One other case, Mr. Wilkes', is under treatment locally at St. Bathans. While Naseby may congratulate its luck in so far having escaped this fever, the curse of disregard of sanitary laws, yet that is no reason why the Sanitary Committee should refuse to carry out the work so well begun by the late Inspector of Nuisances, our ally Mr. Murdoch. We as yet see no sign of the removal of the pig- „ etyes, whieh have pioved so offensive in times past.

TnK concert and readings which camo off on Friday evening, tho 2(sth ult, is described generally as having been one of the most successful amateur efforts of the kind given in Naseby. Mr. H. W. Robinson occupied tho chair in his usual kindly and effective style. Mr. B. Gordon, who was the master spirit of the enterprise, delighted tho audience by his recital of Shakespeare's celebrated "To be, or not to be." Of the singera we need only say all were known to fame, except Mr. Bosevearc, 'who had kindly come from Hamilton to aid in so good a cause, and received » vote of thanks for his kindness and excellent sinking- The music given by Messrs: Hartman, vickcry, and W. H. ColJett was well selected, and, we are glad to add, well appreciated. The recitations need no comment, except that each vied with each in the pleasant path of excellence. About £5 was cleared by Wie performance, which, subsidised by Government, will go far to pay for the •■enclosure of the fever ward. A mketixcf of those interested in cricket was held in th 0 Masonic Hall on Saturday 'eveninn- last, l\'r. Barron in the chair. There was a good attendance. The minutes of last ■meeting were re. ad and confirmed. It was 'explained, in answer to Mr. Newman, that the Municipal Council, it was thought, would refund the coat of. a fence in say eighteen months or two yejirs, did the fence erected meet with their approval—the Cricket Club finding the money rn the meantime. Proposed by Mr. M'Hu.tcheson, and seconded by Mr. Gordon—"That the fencing be left in the hands of a sub-committee, who shall represent the Club, and negotiate with the Town Council for the purpose of obtaining the Council's guarantee of the refund of the cost of such fencing; and, in the event of their obtaining such guarantee, they be empowered to borrow money for that purpose." Carried. Proposed by Mr. "W. H. Ash, and seconded by Mr. Inder—"That Mr. do Lautour and Mr. M'Hutchesou be tho sub-corn-

mittee to negotiate with the Town Council in reference to the foregoing resolution." .Carr ried. The Secretary stated. that Messrs. Robinson, Inder, and. Busch had kindly consented to act as presiding officers of the Club. The meeting then adjourned, with a vote of thanks to the chair. A PiTßLic trial of a tiam car locomotive, which not only possesses the rcierit of beiag ■noiseless, but also of consuming its smoko and steam, took place (says the 'Pall Mall •Gazette') on the lirto of tramway, 3at Leicester, in the presence of a laige number of scientific gentlemen. Thi3 engine .occupies a :Bpace of 10ft. by 6ft., pnd the appearance of steam is prevented by the 1130 of a patent ■condenser. The engine, which works independently of the tram car, may be ah out four tons and a half, and is capable of rm ming a distance of six miles without a further supply of cold water for condensation. It has the appearance of an ordinary ti am car, bo prevent the possibility of its f righti niing norses, the whole of the boilers and mac bin ery being enclosed in a case, with glasa all round, and cab top. Tha driver sits in the •centre. The engine is of 20-horse power, a rid while capable of running at the rate of twet ve miles an hour, may be stopped while goin g at the rate of six mile an hour in tho short space of four and a half yards. At a «heon given after the experiments, Mr. Pendred, editor of the 'Engineer,' expressed his toelief that in the trial the company had witnessed thoy had got the solution of working tram cars by steam, as the engine they had seen was capable of taking a load of thirty -tons up a gradient of one in sixty, while the tram cars only carried about two tons.