Untitled

Mount Ida Chronicle, Volume VII, Issue 399, 3 November 1876, Page 2

A DANCE will p take place in the Town Hall on the evening of the Prince of "Wales Birthday. In consequence of pressure upon our space, we are compelled to hold over our usual Court report, correspondence, &e., until tomorrow's issue. Thursday next, November 9th', being the Prince of Wales' Birthday, the banks will ba closed. The sum of £50,000 has been appropriated for the erection of school buildings throughout the Colony. Scabby sheep must be plentiful on the East Coast. The sum of £3OOO has been placed on.the Supplementary Estimates for boiling tup) down. Last week an animated discussion took place in the House on the allowance to Sir Julius Vogel for services in England, and the sum of £2750 was struck out by 29 against 21. The proposed bonuses of £SOO to the Colonial Architect, and £250 to ■Mr. Fitzgerald for drafting bills met a similar fate.

Tjsnders are called for the purchase of the property and plant of the Naseby Coal Mining Company. The Naseby School Committee meet on Friday evening to consider the appointment of a delegate to attend the Convention called by Ivlr. Macandrew for Wednesday next. A I/BCTtrKB is to be given at the Town Hall on. Saturday evening on behalf of the district Hospital. Mr. Armstrong is the lecturer, and no fixed charge for admission is to bo made. Mr. J. P. Armstrong will be in Naseby on Fridiy. We understand that, owing to the high pressuro of the political atmosphere in Dunedin, he will only be able to remain until the afternoon of Monday next. Through tho courtesy of the PostmasterGeneral we havo received specimen copies of the now post cards, which came into use in this Colony on the Ist inst. The cards can bo obtained at any post offico. If posted outside the Colony, an extra stamp must be affixed. A want which has been long and of ten Beverely felt in this district is now about to be supplied by M r. M 'Gregor, in the shape of galvanised iron tanks for the storage of water. These tanks are far superior to tho ordinary iron tanks, are a3 enendarable and less expensive, and the water etored in thom is entirely free from rust. The Premier announced that tho conference of both Houses on the Counties Bill would agree on the following basis:—" County chairman to bo elected by the Council, and not be disqualified from sitting in the House of Representatives. The ordinary loan clauses were struck out, and special loans were limited to four times the rateable property in the county, leaving an increasein overdraft, as provided by the Council. The District Coroner held an inquest at Edmund's Hotel, Serpentine, on view of the remains of a man which were last week reported aa having been discovered near the township. The verdict arrived at was simply, " Found dead," A rider was appended to the verdict, That although the evidence waa defective, the remains were probably those of a man known aa ' Tom ' who was lost some thirteen years ago, and has not since been heard of. _ A JST7MBF.R of gentlemen interested in getting up a race meeting in Naseby this season met in the Victoria Hotel on Wednesday evening last. After some preliminaries had •been discussed, it was resolved, That Messrs. Hall, George, Inder, Pinder, Poole, and Smith form a Committee to canvass the district, with the object of ascertaining what sum can be raised for the purpose of getting TIP a race meeting, on a date to bo hereafter fixed. Resolved, That lists be opened, and that meinbors of Committee meet and report on Wednesday next. We regret that, owing to an oversight, we last week omitted to report tho presentation made to Mr. J. S.- M'lntosh in Dunedin on behalf of tho residents of the Mount Ida district and his numerous friends everywhere. As is well known to our readers, Mr. M'lntosh has been for thirteen years connected w>th the Bank of New Zealand in this district. The ' Daily Times ' reports that the presentation took place at the Pier Hotel on the 19th ult., at which place a number of friends had assembled. The presiding Chairman, Mr. Robert Wilson, alluded to the friendly relation which existed between Mr. M'lntosh and the residents of the district, with which he had been so long connected. He said he had himself knownjthe gentleman for twelve or thirteen years and could bear witness to the goodwill which was entertained for him. He then read a complimentary address from the residents of the district, and, on their behalf, presented Mr. M'lntosh with a gold watch with guard and locket. Our contemporary adds, "Mr. M'lntosh replied in feeling terms, and his health being drunk in bumpers of champagne the meeting terminated. The address, which was very handsomely illuminated, was the work of Mr. T. George." .Our Hyde correspondent forwards us the following : —"The General Government Travelling Insurance Lecturer, Mr. Baker, accompanied by Dr. Whitton, Medical Examiner, visited Hyde last Wednesday. He held forth at Laverty's hotel to a number of townsfolk in an able and telling manner on the advantages of life insurance, and succeeded in getting some half dozen persons enrolled."— '' A half share in the Star of Otago Goldmining Company (deep sinking) changed hands this week for a goodly sum. This Company is still engaged carrying on the main tunnel, which had reached a distance ot more than 2000 feet."—" I am informed on the beat authority that 9 burglarious attempt to enter the premises of Mr: ClafFy, storekeeper, Macraes Flat, was made on the night of tho 14th October. The sash of a window was cut in two places, and a largo pane of glass broken, bo as to form a means of access to a safe placed within easy reach, and which contained gold and bank notes to the value of £3OO. Tho attempt was fortunately frustrated owing to tho vigilance of tho police, who on the night in question were particularly on the qui vive. It is not unlikely but that some clue to the would-be depredators will yet be found."