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Mount Ida Chronicle, Volume VII, Issue 393, 22 September 1876, Page 2

Tenders for Hospital supplies are called for in our advertising columns. A twenty-eight ounce nugget has been unearthed in a sluicing claim at Hindon. • Private advices received in Wellington state that good alluvial gold has been struck at Mokau.The outward Suez mail closes at Naseby this day (Friday). It will be remembered that letters by this route must be specially addressed, "Via Suez." Tenders are called, in our advertising co" lumns, for the conveyance of the mails for a period of two years between the' places advertised. Tenders will be received up till Saturday, 7th October. It i 3 understood that, on the completion of a short operatic season at Christchurch, Mdlle. de Murska will again appear in Dunedin. The excitement over the Kumara rush is not confined to Otago, but has spread to Wellington. It is reported that a good many are leaving that Province for the new Goldfield. The first of a series of essays to be delivered in the Ark of Safety Lodge, 1.0. G.T., was given by Bro the Rev. J. Hobbs on Monday evening Jast, on the subject—" The Nature of our Obligation." About Bixty members were present, and the essay was well received. At the annual general meeting of the Shearers' Union, held at Oamaru on Saturday last, it was resolved to maintain the price at £1 per 100 3heep. A meeting held at Paimerjton, previous to the above, came to a similar decision.

The electors of the Peninsula have requi-' sitioned Mr. W. J. M. Larnacb, to represent their district in the Provincial Council. Mr Larnach has consented to do so. An extraordinary general meeting of the shareholders of the Mount Ida Pastoral Company will be held on Saturday evening, 23rd instant, at the Company's offices, Naseby. A Complimentary entertainment will be given by the members of the Naseby Fire Brigade on Friday evening, 22nd instant, in the Town Hall, to their late Captain George Stephens, who has resigned the position which he has so long and so ably held, and in which he has given great satisfaction. The quickest' 1000-np match at billiards ever played in the world was witnessed by a large attendance at the Temperance Hall on Saturday evening last, when Mr: J. Robertson., gave Mr. W. Weston 550 points out of 1000, and beat him by 346 points. Mr. Roberts scored 1000 in lhr. 2min., which, beats the best time on record by 12min. His principal breaks were 376, 69, 225, and 176; —'Star.' The ' Auckland Herald' is responsible for the following :—"A Maori chief, residing at Otago Heads, who is said to be worth £20,000, has lately ordered a very costly Highland dress from Mr. M'Dougall, of the Clan Tartan Warehouse, Inverness, Scotland. Mr. M'DougalTs establishment is the best in Scotland for the production of Highland dresses, and is consequently largely patronised. The late Emperor of the French, the Crown Prince of Prussia, and the late Prince Albert have had their Highland garbs made at the Clan Tartan Warehouse." We are informed that a memorial is being circulated in Na3eby, having for its object to induce his Honor the Superintendent to suspend the operations of the clause in the Goldfields Rules and Regulations which renders the working of ground within a given date compulsory . We understand that the suspension is intended, to apply only to tlie "protected" claims down the Main Gully. This report is given for what it zmy be worth, but it would seem that the subject is one intowhich the miners should carefully and cautiously enquire. On dit that signatures are being sought tobe obtained to a memorial to the Minister of Justice, asking that Mr. Warden Robinson may be removed to some other Goldfield. We, after diligent enquiry and search, have been unable either to see it or gain reliable information as to this document's contents. One would be incliued to draw a deduction, from the secret manner in which this document is carried about, tnat it must be somewhat of the hole-and-corner character, and not fitted to meet the light of day, or bear the comment of honest men. There are, we are aware, few men without their enemies, but we should have thought, from what we have known of Mr. Warden Robinson for some years past, .few men deserved less of them. If there be charges of a substantial character against ; that gentleman, there should be no secrecy, no hole-and-cornerism in the matter, but they | should be boldly and fairly made, and main* [ tained. Such has not been the case in this matter, and we are sure that the miners of the district will not allow themselves to be entrapped into subscribing their names to a document of the description to which we have alluded without having fully satisfied themselves that they really understand *liTr g its contents and intention. It will be observed from,an advertisement in another column that Messrs. Hart and Campbell, photographers, intend to leave Naseby for Hamilton and St. Bathans in about a couple of weeks. The large number of residents who have patronised them during their prolonged stay in .Naseby, and the truthfulness and excellence of their productions, are sufficient guarantees of their capabilities. Messrs. Hart and Campbell are, without exception, the foremost in their fession who have travelled in the interior districts, and tiiose who may favor them with their patronage will not regret having done so. We have been favored with the view of an excellent panorama of Naseby, 24 x 6 inches, which includes the entire town, and the whole of the buildings down towards the Ballarat Hotel. As a work of art it could not be surpassed, and will make a handsome present for friends at Home, or in the Colonies. Messrs. Hart and Campbell have also introduced, we believe for the first time, an autograph carte. The peculiarity of these photographs is that a fac-simile of of the signature of the subject appears at the bottom of the likeness. This style of picture will, we have no doubt, become very popular in course of time, and should well repay the originators of the idea. While other portions of the Province are teeming with unemployed labor, we are glad to say that in Naseby there is not a single sample of that class. The manager of the works on the Head Race was put to his wit's end in trying to procure labor the other day, but his efforts were unavailing. How people can work for a few paltry shillings per day in the neighborhood of our large towns, while neglecting such splendid opportunities up-country, is to us an enigma. The concert in the Presbyterian Church on Wednesday evening last for the benefit of the Sunday School library fund was a success, financially and otherwise. A great attraction was Mr. Rolland's harmonium playing, the interest in it being enhanced by the fact that this was the first occasion on which a musical instrument had invaded the sacred precincts of the church. The harmonium used was one which has been procured for the Naseby Presbyterian Congregation, in anticipation of the sanctioning of the use of instru- { mental music in churches by the Synod. ▼ From the manner in which Mr. Rolland's } performances were applauded, the audience appeared to have had their expectations of both player and instrument agreeably fulfilled The pieces in which the children sang, with the Choir joining in the choruses, were especially well received. The recitations also appeared to be above the average. During the evening addresses were delivered by the Chairman (the Rev. J. M'Cosh Smith) and the il" r , the conclusion, the rec U n i»T 0: JJ c ° llecfcion was announced as £7l7b. bd., but the rectification of an error and the addition of some small after contributions, brings the total up to £9 4a. 3d —a very handsome one indeed. The disputes and litigation so long existing between Christian and party, at Kyeburn, and the claimholders at Mount Burster, and which, were last week endeavored to be settled by arbitration, have now been amicably arranged. We have already mentioned that the arbitrators appointed were unable to arrive at a dehad referred the matter to Mr; William Newman, the umpire selected for final arrangement. - The umpire's report is elaborate and comprehensive, dealing with the points m dispute m apparently a fair and impartial spirit M e intend giving the umpire's report i£ full next week, and regret that our space m this issue will only afford room for the decision arrived at by Mr. Newnun-wbich in kyebuvn party are entitled to ±>Lo3 10s. per annum.