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Mount Ida Chronicle, Volume VII, Issue 386, 4 August 1876, Page 2

_. Tire ' Bruce He;-ald' plant and premises in Milton are for sale by tender. The District Court, iNaseby, was opened, pro forma, on Tuesday. There were no cases.

A preliminary noticb of a concert to be given by the Juvenile Templars on the 15th, will be found in our advertising columns. Ths. Political League at Clyde have carried a resolutionin favor of Financial Separation. What next ? Tows' sections in JS'aseby will be sold by public auction by R. B. Martin, Esq., the Government Auctioneer, at the Court House here, on Monday, August 28. A concert of sacred music in aid of the Presbyterian- Sunday School Library Fund, is to come off in.the Presbyterian Church in about a month. -.<■-. The 'New Zealand Gazette' of the 28th. ult notifies the Queen's permission for Mr. W. H. Reynolds to retain the title of Honorable within the Colony of JSTew' Zealand We understand that this year an effort *is to be made by the Postinaster-General for the mail coaches to run through from Dunedia to "Naseby in one day. This will mean estabhshihg-their terminus at Cromwell.. , Mr. H. J. Cope, the Manager of the Maryborough reef at Macetown, has, we understand, purchased the batteries and plant of the late Perseverance Company, at Valley. This speaks well for the future of the Macetown reefs. : A correspondent from Sowbum informs us that "A very interesting lecture .was delivered in the school room here last Saturday on the 'Favorite Pursuits of Great: Men." The lecturer, Mr.. H. Horne, introduced, anecdote and recitation from the favorite poets. The audience 'delighted.'>■ The Bishopric of Waiapu has become vacant through the resignation of the Eev. William Williams, D.C.L:, and the 'Times' learnsthat the leading clerical and lay members of : the. diocese have requested ;the Eev. E. L. Stanford, of All Saints, Dunedin, to allow himself to be nominated for the o3iee. Mr. John Creighton, the energetic contractor for the-Sludge Channel, .posted a no» tice at the Court House yesterday morning offering employment at the works to all the unemployed. A large number of claimholders. will "probably take advantage of thiaopportunity, while the frost continues. A: considerable-sum has been collected; for the forthcoming ploughing match,-which will enable the Committee to give handsome prizes. We understand a large number of ploughs will turn out on the'occasion, and tne competition promises- to be-teen. We have, not-yet heard, when and where the. match is to take place. _ The 'Guardian' states that a writ, at the instance of Mr. Thomas Birch,! J.P., has been Se - r .l ed^° n iam : -Hooper, •in connection with the Good Templar periodical.- The grounds of the action are stated to be, that in said publication, the Magistrate, by implication, had been charged with the grave offence of tippling at the bare of various public houses m the City. ;-. vi lR - \ W - Boscn haa onsale »number of hthographs'of clergymen well known in Utpgo. These pictures have been lithographed by Mr. S. Lister, of Dunedin and are m our opinion (with, one exception) truthful and. correct likenesses, and the workmanship and finish, are tasteful and creditable to the artist. .In Mr. Busch's collection we observed the Rev. J. M 'Cosh Smith, and. the Eev. E. Eoyer, also the Eevs. DrS. Stuart and Burns.. <-■> TH a edutainment in. aid. of the funds of tne Athenaeum takes place this'(Fridav) evening. The programme is attractive, as .veil as novel, consisting of a series of panoramic views of local subjects and celebrities, songs and readings, & c . As the expense attaching to this entertainment is considerable, and altogether borne by Dr. Whitton, we are sure that a crowded house will reward ins efforts to pecuniarly assist one of our most deserving institutions. The people of Macraes are determined not to be behind other townships in the district, m their to get a block of laud thrown open in their vicinity. It was agreed to, at a of the Progress Committee, held, late.y, that the Deputy-Superintendent be 7™!". *°» rec l u esting him to cause a block of 10,000 acres to be thrown open for settlement on Deep Dell run, known as Moonlight - bl ?> '»»*» the deferred payment and a°Tv cultural leasa

Tni! Government lino nn unusual number of nice things at its disposal just now. First of all there is the Agent-Generalship, and then no lew than three Comraisaioncrships oi Grown Lauds, this olfieo being vaeant in Otago, Canterbury, and Hawkes Bay. There are orio or two other offices worth some £SOO a year each, also vacant. Very rarely indeed has any Government in this Colony, had so iriiich vaiiiablo patronage in its Lunds at one time.—' Wellington Argus.' Youn member, Mandors, is rapidly acquiring tho position of the butt of the House. Ho talks in so excited and incoherent a manner, usually, that whenever he speaks ho is greeted with laughter, To-day lie exprossed his indignation at Stout for always laughing at him, and assured tho House ho would not submit to being laughed at. The announcement was greeted with peels of laughter from all sides of the House. It will be no easy matter for Manders to resist the tendency to laughter.— «Star.'

Tarn following says the 'liorth Otago Times' are the members pledged for Separation, as nearly as ean be obtained : —Baigent, Bastings, .T. C. Brown, Burns, do Laulour, 3)ignan, Fitzrcy, Grey, Hislop, Hoclgkinitoii, Lumsdcn, Lusk, Maeandrow, Murray, O'Rorke, Recs, Seutoti, Sheehnn, Stout, Tole, TliOfiison, Whitaker, R. Wood, L. Harper, Kennedy, Montgomery, IToani Nabi, Shrimski. Cox, Hamlin, Joyeo, Larnach, Reynolds, Kollcston, Rowo, Swansou, Wason, W. Wood. The result i* considered doubtful. This following rule has been gazetted under the Eegulte Cenerales of the Supreme Court of New Zealand, to come into force on and after the Ist of August next :—" Whenever, by any rulo of this Court, the practice of the Courts of Equity, or of "any of the superior Courts in £ngland, is adopted, or mav he followed, the same shall be deemed

to be the practice which existed in England 4 immediately before the Supreme Court of Judicature Act, 1573, camo into force. Thk election of a Councillor for South Ward took place on Tuesday last. The aspirants for Municipal honors were Mr. G-. F. Newmarch (who represented the ward previously), and Mr. Robert (Strong. The polling passed quietly, there being an entire absence of anything like excitement. The numbers polled respectively show the little interest, the ratepayers in the ward felt in the election. At the close of the poll the Returning Officer read the result as follow : —Newmarch, l."> ; Strong, 11. The former was declared elected. The boundaries of the proposed Counties for Otago, appear to be causing a good deal of dissatisfaction. Every little township is anxious to be the County town. All the influence at command is worked for this purpose. An obscure Road Board, nomewhere in the neighborhood of Hampden, arc moving that tho boundaries may be so altered as will give them a large slice of Goldfields territory. Of course thi3 should to be done at once, because they sec the necessity for such alteration. It is very doubtful if ever the Counties Bill will become law. One thing is pretty certain, that the boundaries, so far as •this district is cenoerned, will require material alteration before giving general satisfaction. Tho name is decidedly objectionable, • even should there be "nothing in '' it.

The animal report of Iho goldfields of tho Colony, ordc.-tsd in the House in 1809, have just been laid upon the table. Tho results aro very re assuring, and indicate that tho worst tunes are past, and lliat reactionary improvement may bo locked for. The valuo of the gold exported during 1870 was £1,407,7 "0, and during (be quarter ending March 1876 tho valuo was £330,523. Tho total revenuo derived from tho goldfields of the colony in 1875 was £88,518, and during the quarter ending March 1870, £20,164. There baa been a decrcaeo in tho gold returns for 1875, 09 compared with tho two previous years, yet, notwithstanding this, tho returns show an increase in the revenue of £4973 as compared with 1874, and of £9OO for the quarter ending March last Upon that collected during the sumo period last year. Tho increase has not been uniform upon all sources of revenue. There has been a decrease upon business licenses, gold duty, &e., while goldmiuing leases, minor.-*' rights, depasturing leases, &c., have considerably increased. The paper gives tables, showing tho increase and decrease of each eoiirco of revenue upon the vnrious goldfields for 1875, containing most valuable information. An appendix is also attached, containing reports by tho Wardens upon the districts under their charge, and statistical tables.—' Argus.'