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Mount Ida Chronicle, Volume V, Issue 306, 9 January 1875, Page 2

THE-.C&nstinas washing-up of the Cromwell' Quartz 'Mining Company was' 818ozs. from about ! 200 tons of stuff. "' r - ;;

Maim ; ,t-jat San Francisco, . : .will, : be patched Naseby.; Post Office on Monday, 11th 'inst;, at.V1.30.p.m..'. i v ..'-' W Thb EngHsh mail, -via SariiFrancisoo;'•'! may be expected at the District Pdit ■ Offices on Saturday thel6th-inßt. ■■•-. -in ; - r AA^i

Messes. Maclean Bbothkks report the sale to Joseph Preston; -Esq., of the Waitnak Hill Estatey Wyndham^-Mataura,consiatingof 16i6 acres."-; ,r;.*- :'■-■ -'.'"■■•y'i'-,zv\\^~„' p~,rr-,r- ■ -

Mes<r?. Cobb and Co. have again secured the mid-weekly mail from Dunedin, via Macraes and Hyde. : . : They began to run the this week.

;. We hear that a carrier, .named Adam 'M'Leod,,..was. killed by '"falling-oyer a., precipicein the "Taieri district whiledriving to Dunedin to"attend the Caledonian "sports.'Star.' ■ ,' :'-,„::Ui

The fixed sittings of the 'District Court for the ' Otago Goldfields_. — jNaseby, second Wednesday in February.: Monday, l'sth; Queenstowni Mondayj 22nd; Lawrence, Tuesday, March 9. ; The late ,'Province -of ";Southland hat furjnished £129,010 2s. 4d. in laud revenue (diirect sales) for the half y/ear,endiuj» Slut September, 1874 the whole auiouut realised jthroughput.*. the United '.'2 _„..

I The valuable mining iproperiy known as the Band of Hope water race is for sale, and appears to be judiciously lotted out bo as to ; offer good investments to capitalists or working shareholders...-The, sale is fixed for Sattufday,"9th F January* ri '■'-■ y .''•■ J --■-■■

Since our leading ;&.type we ilearh i that:-^MrrWuUam l^rthur,- I C;E.V iformerly an officer; of the Survey /Department of this Province, has been appointed.ProyinMr? p. li." Siinpson; transit- : ' **■'<■.;

S George Hayes,-' carrier;'died from the" effects of injuries received ithrough his.: dray: (falling over hinvon t the QueensLown road, rm Ithe 25th'ulfc He was'xinder the influence of jliquor at the time, .deceased was single, 157 years of age, and a native UnjfM

• .The-Mount Ida programme" will be seen in our advertising columns. £320 is offered in prizes. two principle handicaps are for £6O and £65. Tim money throughout is evenly distribnted, and the programme should craw good fields of horses. The races are fixed for the 4th and Stb March.

' Amongst the passengers by the ship Janet : €owW "were the Rev. .Fathers Coleman* Keogh, and Carolan, and the following religious sistera:—M. M'Grathy Agaes Owen, Fitzsunmong, and Mary Coleman. Doubtlew many Catholic friends, will rejoiee at the return" of the esteemed Ticar-General the Rev. Father Coleman.

A post office was opened at Welshman's Gully on the Ist of January;- under the charge of Mr. J. R. Jones, storekeeper. The name of Welshman'* Gully has been changed to Cambrian-—an euphonious name, .suggestive of the Welsh origin of the place. The change was rendered necessary owing to the continued, miscarriage of letters to Welshman's Gully near Switzers. A Provincial 'Gazette' notice advises the householders in the following districts Where schools have been established or authorised to meet in their respective schoolhouses —or buildings used as schools—for the purpose of electing committees for the ensuing year,, at 7 p.m., on Monday the lltb insf:— Hamilton, Sowburay St.- Bathans, Macraes, Biaeks,.Hyde, Drybread and Tinker's (Thomson's}, .Upper: Kyeburm Lower Kyeburn} Blackstone Hill; Maerewhenua,and Ida Valley- '.:'■''..''.'■■■'.

.THKeiTit cases-ia ; tUe Supreme Court, tobe heard at the ; present'sitting. promise to br more than usually interesting. First on- the' li*t stands.:—Blakely t, Handyside, which is" a case arrising out of the late trial of for cattle stealing, on which, it will be re-: membered, he was acquitted. Next is a caseof defamation of character, or alleged libel, a Queenstovrn case, Malaghan V. Wenkueim. Among the special jury cusea we find Turnbull v. Mack .y and another. Tui*is virtually a case of alleged libel against s the ' Bruce Herald'; and another case broughtfoylSfakely' .v. Holland, arising out of similar eireumstances f as Blakely t. Handyside. Sou's time ago "it was decided to alter "the. guage of the Bluff Railway, so as to bring it into working harmony with other portions ol the Main Trunk Line. Consequent upott" this decision it became necessary to dispose of the present rolling-stock; but the difficulty was, where to find a purchaser. .We' are glad to learn that this difficulty has been surmounted. Mr. Horace Bastings M.P.C. r having been duly commissioned for the purpose, proceeded to Australia on this errand, and succeeded in concluding terms with the Government of New South Wales for the sale of the entire rolling stock. Mr. Bastings is known to be a shrewd business-man,, and he certainly has not belied his reputation in this transaction.—' Guardian^'

Mr. Ullrich, in company with the Goldfield is expected shortly.to vist the district, to report upon the probabilities of "further successful goldmining development in this part of the Province.; The chief locsalitie* to which attention should be drawn appear to be the St. Bathans deep lead in" connection >rith the runs No. 3"; therich alluvial quartz drift at'Clark* and Garibaldi; the Naseby false bottom, and locality where the rock bottom, was followed till lost; and the indications of rich quartz reefs shown At Rough Ridge, and some localities in the Mount Ida range. The local association would confer a benefit upon, the inspect- • irig officer himself and the district by organisa connected scheme, and gathering such evidences as may still be available. ~" ,It has come (says the ' Guardian') to. our knowledge that several consighment&pf old pawnbrokers' pledges —have been shipped out to,' and in sbiffingsworthsj - by. auction in Dunedin llately. These, consignments, are from-the lowest and most disease-infected' districts of East London, and every stinking package bears with it the germs of .disease;.and as the purchasers here are of the lowest elass, the opportunities for diseminating and propagating disease are extremely favorable. \lhis may account for the extraordinary outbreak of measles which has been ravaging the city of late. "WV think it is incumbent on. the authorities. to look to this at: once. "Ships, passengers, and, passengers' luggage. ..are fumigated; but the filthy cast-off garments. of St. Giles's are admitted in all their' original impurity.- ....'■/•'•''.=:-,'"■:' Cambrian ('Welshman's Gully) has -this week lost two of its oldest and most respected residents—Mr. Edward Morgan; /who is returning to the old country, and Mr. W. Smart, who is about to take up Ms; abode near Cromwell,. having purchased a-mining property in that neighborhood. The depar- . tnre of these gentlemen from the GullyrHr where they- have resided; for the last ten. years—leaves a gap in this small community that, will not readily be filled up. They cany with them the hearty-good wishes of the people of Welshman's and'St: Bathans. M*. Morgan left on Monday morning,-and was escorted, as far as Blackstpne Hill by a large. number of his friends.

The annual statutory meeting of householders and others at the school?, house, Naseby, at 7 p.m." on Monday; the 11th of January, for the purpose of electing a Committee for the ensuing year. The School Committees do their work quietly,.but there is no more important work to be done thafrwhat they have to do. If a Committee; works^well, the master works wellj and tlU> children learn well. If confusion and neglect is the rule on the Committee, the same reßults may be - looked for among the chill' dren. As a rule, the Naseby Committee has worked well, but this cannot be expected to continue if the public show no interest in the annual elections—being content to let thematter drift along as well as it can. the Hospital annual meeting last week there, were barely enough to form a- quorum of tenj*' ■ those present being forced to vote for their own nominations. It is to be hoped that the little time needed will be given up by, ..at allevents, parents on Monday evening to pay a suitable compliment to the retiring Commits, tee, and see to it that their successors are. deliberately and well chosen for. the .impor*. tant duties they have before them for. the ensuing year. '.:''.' ..o"l ;' .'■•-'.■■•'] y'i'f'j

The Sf«w Year was ushered in at iSfc'Ba" thans with more than usual r r Pre." - eisely at twelve o'clock >the school bell sent" 5 forth a merry peal, and was : soon thronged with a crowd of pleasure-seekers, .■The business of wishing each other a happy in'ew "year was carried on %igbrously.for. some jtime—accompanied, ; of course, with a'drink. ;to their mutual health and prosperity.: A; band, consisting of a concertina,' drum, and, itriangle,' accompanied by a large crowdV Paraded the street for some time, stopping'inr front of every house, drinking the health of the.: ;Occupants, and cheering them lustily. ■ 3 Thi: fun was kept up till daylight. ; lix the afternoon ; there was a large gathering to witness iha athletic sports, which took place in the. road opposite the.police camp. ' There -were about twelve events, and thei competition was keen/ :every one. going in to win. ' Want of space prevents us from giving a detailed account of the meeting. 'The days' proceedings were -wound up with a ball in the schoolroom, ■which was a most successful affair—the ro'ohv being crowded. The attendance of the; fair sex was unusually large. Refreshments ■were provided in profusion—that department ibeing under the charge of Mr. Gerkins. Mr. ;J. .Cormick acted as M.C., and thainusic was furnished by ' Mr. Deaker, assisted ihj■Messrs. Campbell and Melvin. ' ;cbjnmenoed at and ;waa : kept-np ■with unflagging spjrii tiU;«fte»d»^J3^lii :f -