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Mount Ida Chronicle, Volume V, Issue 303, 18 December 1874, Page 2

' English mails via San Francis-o are due at jSfaseby cm Saturday, the. 19th inst. The statutory education meeting will bo held early in January. ENGTiiSK lettors forward ed on Wednesday last by t.he'mid-weekly mail would catcli the steamer. - The St. Bathans race and also" some advertisements referring to the election, ■will be seen in our fourth page.

We are jad to learn that the Sh Bathans Medical Aid Club has been formed—Mr. "Bunny being appointed-Secretary and, Treasurer.

We are in receipt of Messrs. Mills "Dick and Co's almanack.for -1875- It is unusually well got up, clearly printed, and a good deal of order is manifestly shewn in the arrangement of contents.

From a special telegram received from his Worship the.Mayor we learn that his Honor the Superintendent had informed him that the survey of a line of railway—Palmerston to Clyde—should be undertaken early in. the year.

Thb postmaster at St Bathans has been appointed a Depositary of duty stamps (-whatever that may mean). In plain Englishstamps, promissory notes, acceptances, share transfers, &c., can now be obtained at the local telegraph office. The Naseby Dramatic Club entertainment, in aid of St. Patrick's Church, -was held in the Masonie Hall on Monday evening last. The attendance was not encouraging—considering ■which, the amateurs performed with considerable spirit. We regret the pressure on .our space unavoidably prevents us giving a more detailed account of the evening's performance. ,

The correct list of the stewards at the ensuing St.. Bathans race, meeting, the programme, for which: is printed elsewhere, is : Messrs. G. H. Smith, P. Kenny, E. de B. Campbell, S: Hanger, P. Hanrahan, W. M'Connochie, P. Mallon and W. Pyle. It will be' remembered the days fixed are the 26th and 28th inst., and good Bport is certain.

The following are the.nominations for the' Palmerston races :—Palmerston Handicap : Faugh-a-ballaugh, 4 yrs; Ringleader, 6 yrs;. King Phillip, 3 yrs ; Earl of Lynne,4yrs; Merrymaiij aged; Unknown, 6 yrs ; Sultana, aged. District Handicap: Eaugh-a-ballaughy - 4 yrs j'Ceiteuo, 5 yrs ; Nina, 5 yrs ; Mistle- '■'■■■ toe, aged; Sir William, 4 yra; Idle Girl, aged. Handicap Hurdle j'Eace : Cupi, aged; f -Mistletoe, aged; Bushman, aged ; Miss Tat-. Jon, nged. .... " . "_ We must apologise for the omission this •week of much news of local interest—being unwilling to deprive any of the candidates of their privilege of appealing, through our columns, to the'electors, or from benifitting by their friends>xertions. K it had not been that this was the last issue before the poll, we should have felt compelled to curtail the correspondence forwarded to us. Our Court reports also are kept out.

Mb. and Mrs. Arthur St. Vincent announce their .arrival in Naseby in our adver- . tising columns. Monday night is the only"" night of entertainment. Madame Montebello accompanies the troupe, and sings in charactei English, Irish, and Scotch melodies, fet. Bathans is to be visited on Tuesday night,' Drybread on "Wednesday, and Alexandra on Thursday. Our Oamaru contemporary speaks highly of the drawing room entertainment offered as "being very well worth seeing." The last political meetings take place on Saturday evening. Mr. Leary has made arrangements to secure the Oddfellow's Hall, where he will again address the electors. Mr. Ewing has also made, we believe, arrangements for a meeting at the Masonic Hall. . The poll is taken on Monday, between the hours ot 9 A.m. and 4 p.m. No doubt considerable excitement will gather towards the closing hour on Monday next. All the results will, excepting from Serpentine, be known in Naseby during the evening. The ' Guardian' is pleased to learn that the Provincial Government, acting on the vote passed last session of the Council on the motion of Mr. Reeves, have secured the services of Mr. Ullrich, from the Government School of Mines in Victoria, for the purpose of having this gentleman to visit our various mining centres, and report on the different working and geological features of our Goldfields. Mr. Ullrich arrived by the Claud Hamilton on Saturday, and he, in company with Mr. Mllerrow, Chief Surveyor, has started on his tour of inspection, his first visit en route being to the Shag Valley reefs, in the Palmerr stou district. We regret Mr. Ullrich's time .. is so limited (five weeks is all. we understand, he can spare), as we should have probably a more extended report, had he time at command ; but, from Mr. Ullrich's great ience in Victoria, we are confident his visit will result in much good to our mining interest, arid that after his inspection of some of our rich claims, such as the Cromwell Company's, he will take back with him to Victoria : a very favorable impression of the mineral wealth of our Province. Mr. Harvey, one of - the directors of the Shag Valley Mining Company, accompanies Messrs. Ullrich and M'Kerrow.