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Mount Ida Chronicle, Volume I, Issue 44, 3 December 1869, Page 3

The Wardens of the various G-oldfields in the Province-are, -wejiave been informed, to meet in "conference' ai" Clyde on the :3:3th instant. We have been informed that, in the action Duffy y. Mathewson, it is not the intention of the Victoria Company r td*take a special.case to the Supreme Court, as formerly contemplated;- - ; ; 'l '■>:■: -'■"■ i;:-->;v. -1 On - the 2>th ultimo a meeting of the members of the Mount-Ida Jockey Club took place at the Victoria Hotel, when the stewards were appointed.aTid, tlie. the next': meeting was arranged—3ee advertisement. programme ;of; the Mount Ida Jockey Club will be found in another column. The prizes are numerous and valuable, amounting to £450. We doubt not that the meeting.vnll: be a great.' success, and. that many first-rate horses wdl beeompetitbrs for the stakes. Ax inquest was he'd on the 25th ultimo, at the residence of D.F. f Main; Esq., Hyde, on view of the body of Daniel Connell, who had fallen from the pole of his dray.and the wheel of which had passed over his head, fracturing his skull.,-.; A verdfct; of ■ accidental death was recorded.

We have-been informed: that, in reply /to an application made by'the Committee to Mr. H. A. Stratford-of.-.St.--Bfitliansj- that gentleman has kindly consented to deliver a lecture at Naseby, in, aid of the Sus.tentation Fund.- The : date of the delivery and the subject of the lecture will be ;didy ; advertised. . -r Ws hear that several gentlemen have consented to give a series of amateur dramatic entertainments for benevolent purposes.' The' fi will;be : at an early date, and is to be for the benefit of W- J. Flynn, -who, it will be remembered, was severely frostbitten some months back, and is still incapable of working for his livelihood. We would again call attention to the auc-

tion of cattle and horses advertised by Messi-3. Inder and G-'coi-ge to take place to-morrow. - Two one-sixth shares in the Surprise Water Rice and Sluicing Company (limited) are likewise advertised, by the same gentlemen, to be sold at the Victoria Hall on the following Saturday, at six o'clock p.m. Mb. Warden Robijtsox, accompanied by Mi\ James Ashcroft, M.P.C., left JNaseby on Monday afternoon for the new diggings at Maerewhenua, where a Warden's Court was appointed to be held; on the 30th ult. This will be the second Court held in that locality. We trust in our next issue to be in a position . to give a report of the business transacted. The St. Bat-ban's Race' Meeting lias been _J3.xed to take place on the 27fch and 28th of the present month. The programme, which will be found in another column, is a very attractive one, arid, considering the amount of population, the St. Bathanites' have shown, bv the liberality of the prizes to be coniested for, that they are loi'ers of the noble sport of horse racing. A mitt Eft has, we have been given to understand, been, received -by the" Clerk to the School Committee from the Secretary of the Education Board, intimatjng,..that the-sum of £2 sterling has been appropriated for the purchase of prizes.for the, Naseby'District School. It is, however, stipulated that the above sum will be available only provided that an equal amount shall be" raised in the district towards the same object. ; : .-... We are glad tofbe able'to state that at leastone .good effect has xvsnltetUfrom the recent visit of his Honor the Superintendent to this We allude to the i;ec_eipt, 'by the Cemetery Trustees of the sum of £sl, beuig~the" amount due from the, Grovernment at the* rate .9f.¥?.l° j^K.'!!s is,.we.understa.nd, " the~-intention of the Trustees to proceed immediately with of the road. Macraes we learn that the Duke of Edinburgh;.. Quartz iCrushing Company are . vigorous y pushing forward the erection of . their jnew>; machinery, "and ; appeal- .to be inhigh "spirits at the prospect of the result be such as there is every reason.-to hope and expect, another large reefing district, extending nearly to. Pjalmerston, wilfbe open to the energy- and industry of the mining community. The,small crushing machine erected by the Macraes Quartz Crushing Company has, we hear, lately changed hands. We have not heard "either the name [of the purchaser or the; price obtained. -^..■;..; : ££;. At a meeting of ;the'jSustentation Committee, held in the Union C 1 i urcli on Thursday i , last, it was unanimously resolved 5 that! ; certain gentlemen should be requested-to deliver lee-, tures in aid of. the fund: As will be seen by a notice in another paragraph, Mr. H. A. Stratford, of Str. Bathaiis,' has already kindly responded to .the invitatipn... It was further re? solved that those persons whose promised con- • i ; tributipns; were in;. arrear; be written ""'to,' "requesting them "to pay theirSjrespectiveamounts. The name of Mr. H. C.'Tlertslet was also added to'the Committee, and we believe that,gentleman lias consented to act: ". - ■ AS accident'which might havebeeh attended

with fatal resa ts, bub from which we believe there, is now. no reason to apprehend evil consequences, occurred on Monday last to Joseph Kealey.a niineiv well known in this district. ?It

'appears that = Neale 'was working in phis' tail race -near -' Green's■• claim, Enterprise^ -Gailly, when one side of the race gave way, completely ovei;whelming and burying beneath the debris.' There could not have been less .than several tons of earth-fall, and tlie only.wonder is that iseale escaped with his life, v \ It is solely attributable .to.-the cut in which; he was wm-king being so narrow that, byjdie. earth -falling against the opposite bahlr, he was saved from being crushed to death.

:; A r POPr-T,AB ; REM)iNG- took-place- at tire- Masonic Ilali. evening last, inaid of tke funds of the l)lstricC School. .The Rev. Mr. ; Rurchett;Oceupied the chair,* andopened the meeting with a short and appropriate address. The Rev. Father Norris was. also present,, and read more than once -during 1 the evening. Several other gentlemen gave their assistance in- the ■ gbo'd ; cause, either by reading selections jfrpm ;Tvell known authors, or by:singing favorite, airs. The Naseby TJrass Band was in attendance,'and frequentiy enlivened the entertainment with their agreeable strains." The hall was *Vell filled, and-the proceeds amounted to £7 7s.- - s •,;" i- .... On. Sunday, evening last the rain,commenced * to continued so to do until daylight, on Monday morning. The water thusobtained has been very seasonable, and will* keep the '-races., iri full supply for some we trust, enable the 'Mount Ida_disfrict to retain her place of honor at the head-of the poll-as a gold-producing district. In addition, moreover,- to the supply of water-obtained ■-from' the rain, the mountains have been-again covered with snow; which,, unusual 'at this- ; seasbn ; of the year, will-render, mining.;operations permanent, at least for a considerable period. .. '", "- It becomes olu v - duty- to chronicle another accident of a very serious nature, which, during the.past -week' befell- RiclWd Runner, miner and storekeeper, of this town. Runner -was | undermining a fall- in Iris claim, in Spec G-ully, ! on the; afternoon of Tuesday last, when his mate (John Jepso'n), whoVVras woi'king on the ; same face, gave him notice that the middle of the fall was slipping. Runner made every ■effort to get-hirus'elf clear-, but was= overtaken by the tail of the fall, knocked down, and tially buried by the debris. While on the ground, a large boulder stone, which had become disengaged from nearly the surface, fell clown, resting upon the lower part of his ; abdoraen. The weight ,of the . stoue may be 'imagined, • wheii we state that it tequired all the force of two powerful men to v turn it over from the it: had -taken up upon his body.: ,; Runner has, .the accident, been under the care ; of Dr. who, though "not able to give a very encouraging report, still informs us that yesterday morning his patient.was slightly impi'oving.