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Mount Ida Chronicle, Volume VIII, Issue 422, 10 May 1877, Page 2

The Tuapeka County Council have voted their Chairman £250.

The Mr-niototo County Council will meet for the despatch of business on/the 16thInst.

The Mining on Private Property. Bill is to be again introduced into the Victorian Parliament by tho M'Gulloch Ministry. ! The Victorian revenue for the year is estimated at £-1,385,716, of which the-Customs duties contribute £1,097,050. '•. • - The ' Illustrated' New Zealand Herald keeps improving, although it s still far from being a local paper. As-support increases this point will no doubt be attended to. • Tils 'New Zealand Churchman ' is an excellent religious periodical, - and well lepays the large sliare.of.support it. is "already, receiving. Its pages for the young are, we venture to think, its stronghold. Under the supervision of the Interim-In-spector, Mr. M'Nab, parties-of roadmen are trying to get the County roads of Maniototo into order.

The mild attempt to get to windward of. Messrs. Bastings and Green in the proceedings of the Waste Lands Board by instituting a bi-weekly meeting, is a little likely to fall through—a previous dodge in depriving Mr. Bastings of all payment or allowance for travelling expanses' unfortunately succeeded. It is not generally known that Mr. Bastings has to attend every meeting of the Board at his own expanse, while all the other members receive SI a sitting and travelling expenses. The bi-weekly meeting would have put nn extra £SO a-year into the pockets of all the Commissioners except Mr. Bastings. He for bis extra emolument would receive double the inconvenience previously incurred The ' Daily Times ' thinks this last attempt will hardly do.

A considibable number of small debt cases have been before the local Justices E A- Chapman and L. W. Busch, Esqrs., but in most instances have been postponed or adjourned to the 10th. Judgment obtained for £0 Gs id and costs, 235, against George Murphy, at the instance of J. Alexande & r Cases adjeurned—Aitken v. Geo. Murphy' £8 5s 9d ; Aitken v. A. Costelloe, £4O 10sAitken v. 1-1. Russell, £33 7s sd.—Philio Ryan, charged with lunacy, was brought up for the. second time on May 7th, and discharged.—A case for breach'of licensing laws brought by the police against G. A. "chapman, of Naseby, was adjourned to the 10th. —Police v. G. A. Smith, breach of Town and Country Police Ordinance, was also adjourned.

The ißth.inst. is the last clay for lodging applications" for renewals and new licenses for.the annual,, meeting of the Licensing Court." W'-_.'--,. "%■

Ihe police cases against 6. A. Chapman and G. A Smith were disposed of on Thursday at the Nascby Court. Both charges were dismissed. James Cain was fined ss, and 5s Od costs, for breach of Town and Country Police Ordinance. The debt cases were further adjourned to tbe 17th.

■ A iiittGE and influential public meeting was." held at Cardrona on Saturday night, when it was decided unanimously to sever connection .with the Lake County and go in with Cromwell division for""a new" county'" Delegates from Cromwell were present, and the meeting was most unanimous.

At the election on for the >T eT ; a Riding,of Vincent County, Mr. W. VV. Musters was 'returned, he polling forty-two votes more than Mn James Taylor, the. Cromwell candidate. _ A largo party ..went from Clyde to vote for Mr."Masters, but the Seturning "officer re_fu.se.d_. ■ except from residents of the riding.

Tite wedding 0 f Mr. Vincent A. Pyke, of the -National Bank, of "this town, with the fourth daughter of L. M'Gillivray, Esq., took place a't'St. Mary's Church on Saturday last, the Kev/I.'E/Ash officiating. A full choir was present, aqd the Church was filled to overflowing.' " "Great interest was felt in the proceedings/as the bride had passed her girlhood in the neighbourhood, and the bridegroom is deservedly popular. Melbourne, to which place the happy pair have}proceeded, has .been fixed' "Upon for the honeymoon.' We wish them " God speed," a safe return, and a happy future.—' Western Star. 5