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Mount Ida Chronicle, Volume VIII, Issue 427, 14 June 1877, Page 3

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(i'rom a correspondent.) June J2'b. As Dot.liiu't of Late Jias.appeared,from tliis place, it may be ibought .we aie asleep and <npl taking thc.snm" iq public mailers as ire were p'icc Tamed for, bill'-sneli' is nr>t the case we av<? as busy as ever, and milking pi eji;ir:>liohs for the future welfareof Ibe uisii ici ; [Railways, public roads, bridges, aud land for se(llemcitf sue tlie lopic* of ioleresi. aitd discussion boreal ,1 tie. present time. With regardjo the lnaiu-ceulrnl railway we are deeply interested- .. A - public meelinji was Jie!«l al lite 'Coinine'Tia) Hotel ou Friday evening. Isi ,T<uie. Air. liaveWy^ras'cai led to i lie ehniv. md i !«r»l getitieinan.CQmirieneed by explabtiiu;- io the meeting the purpose for which ihey were Vailed logclhoy and said be was sor'-y to inform tbe that thei--iiienibor, Nr. do La'utour, .was unable (o attend, as lie knew it-was (lie wish ol' a .£or>d number that be should have becu present J-bat evening. The Chairman explained (bal; vl the request ol' some qentlenven present, be bad inicm'viewed Mr. deLautonr, who expressed bis (bal be could not altcnd, as lie cj".iu■agreed- W'lb tlieir views—namely, ib.it Ijie St.rsithlaieri was the -most practicable route . for a ; central line of railway. The Chairman then weal. on. to explain the advantages that would be derived from a line of railway through {lie Stra'ihtaieri to Abe Inierior, both oy t be C-overuiuc]i : ! and (Vie public generally. 3To then com'p:>' - ed main feature* of (be ib>-ee proposed Jincs. If a surrey were made by any , practical man there could be no -second-opinion !o which would be tbe best:anc! mo>(- easily constructed. Mr. C. M'Lean spoke at some as to ibe importance of (be movement, and said thai- be was in a position lo sta.e that tlie On I ram County Council were sironuly in favor of this .line of railway hein-,>' [constructed, and only warded tbe co-operal ion of liyde and ISase'oy to make ibis line a success against any other, they be«.i« a strong and iull.uewlial body. Tbe following resolution was p, by :\ Tin manic, seconded by Mr. At 1 Lean, and carried " That in the opinion of this mealing ifc is absolutely lliat a lino of railway be made into ibo Interior from Outram lo iXasebr, "via SlratlUaieri and Hyde, and tbac ibis is tbe best route., as such line would open up more eoiuv'ry lhau any oilier, tlie part beinc; Ciwn lands, through which the line could t>6 leaeily toons true t©d that in the

event of any railway being made to the Interior the one from Outrank to JSTaseby should be the first, as it is the most natural outlet." It was proposed by M . C. M'Lean and seconded by Mr. Laug'nton—"That a Committee be appointed to hold meetings and to confer with the Oil tram and .Naseby Committees ; said Committee to consist ot the following gentlemen : Messrs. Laverty, Mam ant, Annett, Price, Peter and John Laughton, Jleid, M'Hay, Bruhns, Santh sonj Mathcwson, and the mover." This was also carried. Messrs. M'Kay, Ramsey, Price, and Boyd spoke as to the superiority of tho St'-alht'aieri line to any other of the proposed route*. The block of land applied for on Mr. Main's ran under deferred payments is not yet granted by tho Waste Lands Board, tho District Land Officer's report being required. It is expected he wiU visit the land during this week, when a strong deputation intends to wait imo» him and accompany him to the ground, and will show so far as thev know ;he desirability of a favourable report'. Mr. Main still continues his impounding raid with a vengeance. It was thought that when he lost his faithful Friday (General Stanley) the cattle would find rest for a short time afc least. But no; he soon found a substitute in the person of a man named Morgan, famed for his adventures in more ways ilia a impounding poor meu's milch cows. L' is now said that Stanley was though!, bad, but he was a gentleman compared to Ids successor.

The crops in this neighbourhood are very abundant. Oafs yielded as much a* fifty-five bushels to the acre; oilier crops, sueh as potatoes, turnips, in proportion.

A stack of straw, the property of Mr. Alexander M'Kny of this place, was s?l fire to od Saturday night and b"rned to ihe ground, as also a steam thrashing mill, which had thrashed it a few day? before, belonging to Mr. Walsh, of Palmerston. This was also reduced to ashes. The mill is .-aid to be insured, bui to yt'tu extent is not known. The origin of the lire is not yet kuown, bu.-i-; thought io '■»e the act of some malicious person or persons.

Mining i, in full swing, water being plentiful. The fencing of the sections on il.e deferred payment block is all coniplefcd. except on those sections supposed to be taken up by Mr. Main's diu.iiuies ; as io thi*, time will tell.