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Mount Ida Chronicle, Volume VIII, Issue 422, 17 May 1877, Page 2

The banks will be closed on Wbitmonday and Queen's Birthday, 21st and 24th inst. Mb H. Yubnb has sold King Philip to Mr. O'Eane of Mosgiel, for £3CO, for stud purposes. Telegrams concerning tho war, dated 16th, will he found in another column. Jf ews from London one day old is not bad work. We understand that it ia the intention of Mr. Hislop, _ to the Education Board, to visit the district on an early date. The Revising Officer will hold a Court for the revision of the list of voters of the district of Mount Ida at the Court House, Naseby, on Friday, May 25th. Thb following alterations hare been made in the hours of closing mails at Nasebv : Mondays and Fridays, 2.30 p.m., instead of 1:30 p.m.; Tuesdayfland Saturdays, 9 a.m., instead of 5.30 a.m.; Thursdays, 5.45 a.m., instead of 8.30 a.m: Mr.Pyke, as Chairman of the VincentCouncil, has taken the initiative towards holding a conference in Dunedin at an early date of the Chairmen of Counties in this Provincial district, with the view of considering in what respects it will be advisable to solicit Amendments to the Counties Act.

We would remind onr readers that tho s>ul >'.:•! mooting to consider tho matter ot the Central Inttrior Railway takes place on Mo.:day evening noxt, 21st inst/ A public /nc(;i;in;';, with tho aamo object in view, was held aii Oamam on Wednesday, the result of which will be found in our telegrams. A rur.T.Tc meeting, called by tho Mayor of F'.ihucrston, 19 to tako place on Friday evenin;.', 'Sth inst., to further the construction of n t'almerston-Naseby railway. Sir Francis Dillon Bell, Mr. 0. A. do Lautour, M.H.R., tad othera, ore expected to address the meeting. Thb severe weather which prevailed on Monday last prevented the Dunodin coach reaching Naacby until Tuesday evening. Dovlne was un»blo to cross the Shag River until Tuesday: In tho uppor part of tho district snow fell to a depth of several inches, •Ithoaga none lodged in Nasebv. The weather aiacG hati been clear and frosty. Through.some misunderstanding on tho ~ part of tho police here, the u dual escort from this placo and St. Bathans did not, leave this month. "Wo understand that arrangements aro made that, in future, tho banks, and not the police, will escort tho gold from TTaseby. At last there ia a prospect of tho Mount Ida Prblic Works being completed at no very didtaut date. Ihe ontiro length of the race in now almost finished, and in good order. On Tuesday last about thirty heads of water were running in the race, this quantity being put through the tunnel for tho fi rut time, which stood tho test admirably. Fifty-live miles is now open, and an abundant and permanent supply of water will aoon be introduced. Wo understand that the fuU quantity, forty heads, could bo brought in, if necessary, without tapping the source. . It almost looks na if Mr. G. M'Lean was deceiving tho Maniototo Council in leading them to beliovo that nothing could be done with tho roads in their County if they refused to constitute, because there were no road board districts. Clauso 91 of tho Public Works Act i 3 clear : —" In any pr.rt of the •Colony which is not included ia a road district, ?,11 tho roads shall be deemed to bo County roads ; and if in ench part tho whole of ' The Counties Act, 1875," is not brought into force therein, the roads therein shall be deemed to bo Government roads." Very evidently provision was made for tho caso of Counties which were one outlying district. Shobtly after 3 o'clock on Saturday afternoon (snys the ' Daily Timoi') a ballast train unfortunately ran ofjf tho railway lino near Mosgiel, and tho conwqiisncee were of a very serious character, no law then six :nen receir* ing injuries therefrom. They were conveyed to the Duncdin Hospital. Tho following aro their ncmes, with th» injuries reeoivod : Charles Falconer, 0110 of the small bones of the ankle broken; Fredrick Dodd, dislocation of tho right shoulder; John Oscraft,-com-pound fi'Acturo of tho right leg and dislocation of tho loft hip; William Jones, fracture of tho left log ; John Fleming, compound fracture of tho right leg ; and David Henderson, compound fractures of tho left leg. Tho last named unfortunate had to have hi 3 leg amputated immediately after he was admitted into tho Hospital.—Tho operation was performed by Dr. Hocken and Dr. Brown.