THE Mount Ida Chronicle. FRIDAY, OCTOBER 22, 1869.

Mount Ida Chronicle, Volume I, Issue 38, 22 October 1869, Page 2

THE Mount Ida Chronicle. FRIDAY, OCTOBER 22, 1869.

To record and express our opinion upon passing events is at once our avocation and our duty. Sometimes, however, this duty is of a very painful and at other times of a most pleasureable character. It has, since our advent here, been frequently our task to animadvert strongly upon the Government for supineness and neglect, and at others for deliberate breach of faith towards this town and district.. We have never, shrunk from our dutv, however unpleasant, but have stated freely and boldly what we felt and what we thought—whether with effect or not others than ourselves must judge. It has also, on more than one occasion fallen to our lot to find fault with our fellow-townsmen, and to charge them with indifference to, and disregard of, their own interests, both collectively and individually. In doing so we have been actuated by no motive other than that of endeavoring to stir them to united action —too frequently, alas ! without success.

A more pleasurable task, and a more | pleasing duty, at the present moment | lies before us, and most heartily do we offer our congratulations to the residents of this town upon the prospective formation of a company for the supply of fresli and wholesome water for the use of the town, and also as a reductive in case of fire. The advantages to be derived from the formation of such a company are too self-evident to need particularisation here. these, however, we may reckon immunity from various diseases known to arise from the use of impure water — prevention against the destructive ele- i ment. fire—and its reduction should ! accidents unfortunately occur. Great as these considerations no doubt are, there is yet another and a very important advantage to be derived from a I constant and abundant supply of water, and one which, in a township composed as is this of extremely combustible materials, should not be lost sight of; we allude to the reduction which would immediately follow in the rate of premium for fire insurances. So soon as it becomes an established fact that a Water Works Company has been formed, is in good order, and the town - abundantly supplied with the liquid element, risks, which are at the present time either point blank declined by the insurance offices, or taken at ruinous premiums, would be eagerly sought after upon fair and equitable terms; and for any small amount therefore, which a resident might have to pay for the use of the Company's water he would receive not only the advantage of having that water pure and abundant, at all times and at all seasons of the year, but would also be enabled to protect himself by insurance against any and every loss which might result from accidents by fire. Thus in manifold ways would the residents of Naseby be benefitted by the establishment of a Water Works Company. Until after another meeting of the provisional directory it would be obviously impossible for us to hazard a conjecture as to the number of shares applied for. We have every reason, however, to believe that proper steps are being taken by the Secretary Mr. E. T. George, acting under instructions from the provisional directors, to obtain reliable information upon many essential points to be discussed at the next meeting, and until the receipt of such information no further meeting can be prudently convened. We have too much confidence in the gentlemen who compose the directory to imagine for a single moment that they will allow the spirit which they have themselves evoked to expire or subside! There is,

however, an old saying—« Strike « the iron is hot." While, thereM wishing every success and all to the "Naseby Water Works ComH we would take the liberty of that their next meeting should S place at the earliest possible date. V Again do we feel it our duty to M attention to the improper, suicidal action on the part of the H vincial Executive with regard to tising in all its phases. We have,B order that the interests of the pubM this district, whose organ and sqvM we are, should neither be prejud« nor tampered with, transferred grzM tously to our columns, on several ofl sions, local information which we 9 every reason to expect should V reached us as advertisements, and H paid for accordingly. In these ifl however, there has been shadow of a redeeming feature, arfl from the fact that the advcrtisenfl in question have appeared in Government are pleased to call H organ, the far-famed 'Advertising Sifl Another instance of the conduct H plained of, and one of a very serM nature, has again occurred, in vl an advertisement materially affectß the interests of the district has neill been forwarded to us, nor way into the usual channel chosen J the Government for disseminating pi lie local information of importance—l 'Advertising Sheet.' Were it notjjj our duty calls us to inspect the «| of the 'Provincial Government Ga2» we should not have been aware, j| consequently not in a position to f form the public, that the sale of Township of Naseby is appointed to* place on the 16th iNTov. prox., at Survey Office. Conduct such as pursued by our paternal Govern cannot be too highly censured ; ai the intention be to save a few pa shillings, or to do us injustice an< jury for our plain speaking,* we assure them that in both respects result will be the reverse of that an pated. The want of publicity*!! given to our auction s?»le mu<»t na rally have a tendency to .lessen roi tition, and thereby *o decrease tin turns, while no hostile attitude ass(l towards ourselves shall ever indu< to change our tone so lons as ah exist, and grievances remain un| tended to. Protesting surd—we had almost said dis'umS conduct of the Government in ■ matter, we have appended, freeH charge, the advertisement to whiclM have above referred; — V Notice is hkueby g-tvev that the allotments in block 1, N-i*eby, ttill he oflel for sale by public auction, n* the Surrey nifl Naseby, on Tuesday, the 16th day of Nova ber next, at 12 o'clock noon, at tV np*et pij of ss. per foot frontage to the principal strn as per plan : —Sections 70 and 71. havw frontage of 66 and 67 feet, the ing for improvements (if any) as valued tS Warden ; sections 7 to 14,~2S to 30, 39 tfl 68 to 79, 107, 109. 110, Hi, and U3.-M Thomson, Chief Commissioner. —Waste II Board, 13th October, 1869. 1