THE NASEBY-MAEREWHENUA MAIL SERVICE.

Mount Ida Chronicle, Volume IV, Issue 208, 21 February 1873, Page 5

THE NASEBY-MAEREWHENUA MAIL SERVICE.

The following is a copy of the memorial to the Postmaster-General-(now being extensively signed) for the establishment of a weekly mail from ISTaseby to the Maerewhenua,. through Dansy's Pass : To the Weedington : The Memorial of the undersigned Miners,. Eesidents, and others, oc Naseby, Kyeburn, and Maerewhenua: Humbly sheweth— That a great obstacle to the development of the important Goldfield of Maerewhenua is existing in the very defective mail arrangements at present established. That the formal technicalities connected with mining on this field must be all carried out through the Naseby Court house. That where time is of importance, and a week or more, necessary for the conveyance each way, of documents via Oamaru, cannotbe given up, a special messenger has to be sent through to Naseby. That with regard to a late important application for water out of the Kakanui river, some important documents sent by the Court had not, on the date of hearing, come to hand; a circumstance that would in many instances necessitate an adjournment of the Court, which would be a matter of great expense. That the mail at present running to the Kyeburn, on baturday mornings, could be easily and cheaply extended to the Maerewhenua. That the road through the Pass, cut fey money provided by the Provincial Govern-, ment, has now been proved to be an easy one. for horse traffic. Your memorialists, therefore, pray that tenders be called for the carrying out at once of a weekly horse mail from the Kyeburn ta Maerewhenua, such mail to be an extension of that already carried from !Naseby to Kyeburn Diggings. And your memorialists will ever pray, &c

After the sailing of the Nebraska, a very heavy train was drawn by one of Farlie's engines, on the Port Chalmers railway, to Dunedin, It was a mixed train, consisting of seven passenger car* riages, all filled, seventeen trucks with 120 tons of goods, and the guard's van. The train left the station at Port Chalmers, at 4. 7 p.m. About two miles from Port Chalmers, it was brought nearly to a. stand-still while rising an incline of 1 in 70 in order to allow one of the employes, to. reach his home, and, notwithstanding the adverse gradient, as soon as steam was turned on again, with perfect ease it recovered its velocity. An additional 100 tons may be safely added to the estimate of the load drawn by the engine for dead weight. The pressure gauge at starting, showed 1201bs to the inch, and on arrival at Diuiedin it was 1051bs» There is every reason to believe "*the engine capable of drawing double the weight with ease.

WhoopijSTG-Coitgb:.—-The diet and regimen of a child while passing through the stage of whooping cough is an item of no little consideration. A stimulating diet will cause an inordinate activity, and therefore an increased susceptibility of the whoJc system to slight exposures. The diet should be plain and nutritious. Lio-ht and easily digested food is the best. All spices and hot stimulating drinks should be strictly avoided. For a drink we may allow cold water, oatmeal-gruel, barleywater, rice-water, toast-water, &c. Exposure to cold will very much aggravate cough, and even reproduce all tile severe symptoms when the child is in a fair way of recovery. The dress should be so regulated as to guard against all sudden atmospheric changes, so as to keep the body at about an even temperature." -D.R. MINTON.