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Mount Ida Chronicle, Volume VII, Issue 378, 9 June 1876, Page 2

_ V7s understand that the Naseby Recreation reserve -will shortly be fenced in by- the Cricket Club. - ' ! - -. <

Parliament meets on the 15th. TEe'Otago members go North by tte Hawea on Tuesday, the 13th.

Mr. John Greightox is making great headway with the Channel. "The weather for the work, has been most favorable.

The pressure on our space obliges - us to postpone insertion of our report of the Naseby A-thenceum meeting, and other local newa. Thk new Court House at Naseby is makgood progress, and promises to be an or - namental addition, though a little lop-sided, to our buildings.

It is likely, from what we can gather, that the General Government will take steps to plaoc the Education Boards in possession of funds necessary for pressing requirements at an early date. ; •

Mr. Gason, of Naseby, is turning but an excellent spring cart for Mr. Yickery. : The workmanship is excellent. If well assisted in the iroa work necessary, Mr. Gason promises to run Dunedin hard.

St. Patrick's School will not be open next' week until Thursday morning, the 15th, as Mr. Kearney is leaving for Oamaru. Mr. D. Desmond, well known m Dunedin, will open the school, is usual, on Thursday. Nothing definite has as yet transpired as to the Naseby Public Works Management, Mr. M'Kellar passed through Naseby last Tuesday morning on Cobb's Coach, but nothing transpired as to the pendent incubation.

Sergeant Smith put his foot down "with a will at the Naseby Licensing Court on Tuesday. It is remarkable that no hotel worthy of the town, and it 3 now well-established prosperity, has been as yet projected. How would a Joint Stock Company succeed with a well-planned hotel, in stone or concrete. Our hotels are not busy, because the travellers to make them so avoid the line, -

The number of Chinamen engaged in mining the Kyeburn Diggings appears to be on the increase. The men. are mostly paddocking, at or below the level of the river. The work is laborious, and is conducted with that patience and systematic application of labor for which the Chinese are peculiar.

From a telegram received by contemporaries, we leara that the breach of'promise action—Miss Campbell v. J. Sband,'of Taieri—has been settled by the defendant pavine £3OO and all costs.

The ' Guardian' reports that--- " Mr. C. BMacnamara, who has been for some time in the Normal School, has been appointed to iho mastership cf the school at Mount Ida." We do hot understand this.

The Kev. J. Hobbes read himself in at St. George's Church, Naseby, on Sunday last; There was a large attendance at the Church, both morning and evening, when the rev. gentleman delivered excellent, addresses to the congregation. The musical services were well rendered by the organist and choir. At a meeting of the Northern Agricultural Association, on the motion of Mr. Young, seconded by Mr. Little, it was carried that prizes be. offered for sheep dog 3, it being generally thought that this addition would interest a good many in the Show, who at present are excluded from taking prizes. On Tuesday evening last the Committee of St. George's Church, presented Mr.. El Hartman (who is leaving the district) with a very neat souvenir, in the shape of® a gold locket, in recognition of his valuable services as leader of the Choir, in connection with the Church/

The Warden'made his usual visit to Maerewhenua ou May the 30th ult. There were no Court cases for hearing, and the application list was unusually small. We are happy to learn that the prospects of miners at Maere whenu a appear to be improving, and a more hopeful spirit prevails among them than has been exhibited for some time past There is no immediate prospect of an increase of the mining population, but those who own water rights and claims aro getting into a better way of working, and realising better returns than formerly. A Press Agency telegram states that " With reference to the election of Mr. Leonard Harper and Mr. Hislop, whose seats, it is thought may be imperilled by a possible interpretation of the Disqualification Act, inasmuch as both appointments are payable by fees, Hislop being Crown Prosecutor, and Harper .Revising Officer for the Friendly Societies, it is understood that the Government propose to introduce a measure providing that the holding of an appointment payable by fees only (and which, as in the cases referred to does not make the holder in any sense a civil servant) shall not be disqualified for election to the House ■of Representatives j but provision will be made that members elected previously to the bill, and to whom it applies, shall not take their seats until they have first resigned their appointments. The monthly meeting of School Committee was held in the schoolroom on Monday evening hist—present- : Messrs. Field, Glenn, J. Stewart, and Wilson (chair). —The minutes of last meeting were read and confirmed. The outward correspondence was read and approved.—-Letter read . from Acting-Secre-tary Education Board, stating that the application made by the Committee for assistancetoward cleaning the sclioolgrounds and repairing schoolmaster's residence, would be referred to the first meeting of the Board. Telegram read from Secretary- Education Board, that the sum of £2O had been granted, and that the voucher produced had been entered—Letter from Secretary St. George's Church, thanking the Committee for past use of school, on Sundays, arid stating that other arrangements had been made:—The schoolmaster's report was read and adopted, from which it 'appeared that the number of scholars in Attendance on Slay Ist on the roll was which ■number is likely to be the ordinary attendance.—lt was resolved that the Secretary arrange with the schoolmaster some satisfactory method <of payment and disbursements of school moneys, in accordance -with Section 23 of Education Ordinance, 186-i.—M'Gregor's account for £7 los., and Mossman's for £5 15s. for repairs and improvements on schoolmaster's residence and -school-grounds, : were-passed for payment.