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Mount Ida Chronicle, Volume VI, Issue 323, 7 May 1875, Page 2

Owing to a pressure of matter our ItSourt news is crowded out. + i

The EnglisE mails, via, San Francisco, were delivered in Naseby on Tuesday! /morning last. .... _:V: ■' i

Me. G-eohge Dodson, of tEe Empire HoteE Dunedin, is said.to Eave a brood - mare, -and several otEer mares, from' Mi:.' Bedwood. . ■ _ ,--••• -•• • ■,, It is stated tEat two of the civil servants, at Nelson, gave .tEe Pope-.precedence ito ' tEe Queen in health-drmkingj have' been iallyinformed that tEe Grovernment does not sucE conduct. V ' v J It was resolved by thebrethren of tE Loyal Naseby Lodge, M.U.LO.aP.Vfo.cele:.brate their anniversary by a bail and supper, to be held on- tEe evening of tEe 24tE 1 May ..instant (Queen's BirtEday). 'FurtEer pdrticulars in advertisement. • ••'£-

r We. Eave received abetter signed' -?f,Enquirer.'? TEe writer complains tEat atradesj? Eis neigEborEood was put to lossin' a certain way.;. Our correspondents complaint A s y a S? e - Ee will f urnisE us with full 'particulars of tEe case to wEicE Ee.refers we sEan.Eaye no objection to publish tEem.,» I

" A private letter received from Home by j a •well known resident pointed out the mistakes made by Mr. Buckland in the shipment of salmon oya per Timaru, and expressed an opinion tliat the result must be a failure. There seems to have been some jealousy between Mr. . Prank Buckland and Mr, Youl, the famous acclimatxser, "who was set aside by Buckland, and thus valuable advice which Mr. Youl could have given was not available. Mr Youl's opinion upon the matter will probably be printed shortly in Wellington. The following district items were brought up at the last meeting of the Waste LandBoard, and disposed of" The Secretary of the Mount Ida Gold mining Association forwarded a resolution of. that body, recommending. that a practical miner should be appointed on the permanent committee.—Noted. John Meil, Secretaryto the Macrae's Progress Committee, requested that an officer may be instructed to pay, monthly visits to. Ma-jrae's .Flat, for the purpose of receiving applications' for land. The officer to be instructed to db SO. .

We have much pleasure of drawing the attention ;of our readers to an advertisement in another column, calling a meeting of those interested ; in ; the, formation of a company foir the purpose of testing the auriferous character of the main bottom. That gold, and good gold, existing on the main bottom- has been proved, and we have every confidence that, were a company formed, it would be a success. Those interested in the matter should attend the meeting at the Town Hall on Tuesday evening next. ■/.; i The Mount Benger correspondent* of the 'Star,' writing of the Q-ood —" They have a lodge here, but/owirig:'to the searcity of young'lady dearr r sfs- ; ters"—a good many youths who were at first enthusiastic are waxing faint in. their loyalty! Indeed, some have already bowed the knee at the shrine of their old deity, P:B. Perhaps the facts of the river falling and the usual consignment of barmaids being invoiced mav havesomethingtodowith.it." r .'. ? * At the re-hearing of the Queenstown horsewhipping case, on Saturday; last, against Powell by Manders, Mr. Beethani reversed his former verdict of 14 days' imprisonment, and fined Powell £lO, instead. Manders got a severe lecture from the Benchfor not beingiii a proper state to give evidence. The verdict was received with applause. A correspondent telegraphed to the ' Guardian' that the sentence does not give satisfaction. The public would like lo know how-Beetham came to revt rse his judgment c f the 29th ult. -; _ j We have been permitted to publish the following letter from Mr. Eeissler, a miner,' Sutherland's Beach,'and addressed to the hon.; the Secretary for G-oldiields. It will be gpen by it that the offer of a bonus for a gold-t-av-i ing apparatus has not been without avail "I have , to inform you that 1 fftfcend f'u apply for the. bonus offered by the .G-overnmPnt; for a gold-saving apparatus. I may eay (.lint it will answer > all the conditions required by

the G-overnment advertised notice, and ia moßfc suitable for the end of tail races, no matter how the volume of water. I have practically tested it, and am now about applying for a patent. My object is not to tax the miner, however, but rather to secure a title." "We may add that the plan shown to us is very simple, and the inventor has teted it with success, he informs Us.—' Wakatip Mail.'

Ok the Ist of June next the licensing Court will sit at tfaseby, and the latest date on which applications for licenses ean be reesiv6s is the 10th inst. The forthcoming meeting is the only one at which any new publicans or bottle licenses can be granted or renewals of licenses made. It is not necessary that publican applying'for renewals should personally Jections "have Been lodged, notice" oF which to the applicant by the Cl'erlr of Court.

' THE'tisual'monthly meeting of the Naseby School Committee was \lield on Monday even-ing-last. Present Wilson (chair), Stewart, M'lntosh, Hore, and Field. The schoolmaster;: Mr. Menzies was; also present. .The minutes of last meeting were read and confirmed. An account of £3, for cutting, carfcing, and interlacing the wires of the newlyerected fence with scrub, was passed for pay,ment. Permission was ..granted : the schoolmaster to remove the-Vdividing fence to a more convenient position. The Clerk read a ■ circular from tlxo Education Board requesting an expression of opinion in the matter of levying a tax on the rateable property in the district for school purposes. li'.esolved That the committee are of opinion, that it would be undesirable in the meantime that such a tax should be levied. Some of the' of the 'committee said they were quite satisfied with the Voluntary contribu j tions in aid. of the school hitherto received. ' This other "business was of tnffinig importance! " : '' .'' - . .

' ,-^ HB ™staliatioii-;.ef officers iH ODnnectioa witEi.tEe. Ark of Safety "Lodge, 1.0. G.T., Naseby, "took place on Monday - evening in the presence of a large, number of mem -sobers, considering- tEe. rough' nature of' the eveiiing._-Bro; Carr,' G. W.MTof tEe Grand Lodge, i/Maar specijil powera Ead been delegated-r*acted" as Lo.dge Deputy and installed tEe officers. TvitE"fEe "usual ceremonies/ ' IVbhi tEe ifeports ofHEe -rations officers read, tEe Lodge appeared' tobe in a l very ttoirrisEing-condition. ' TEe number of members is S4:. 33r0. iiaiVCH'was"Tecommended as- Lodge' Deputy. _ After- the usual congratulations, ; ; tEe' ffleetiiig broke up at a -late :(&our. o On.'Wednesday"feveiiing Bro. Carr, acting as Degree Templar, conferred tEe second and -third degrees- on - twenty-nine members, of tEe Lodge": ■-A hearty vote of tEanks to'Bro.Carr for tEe-trouble and ex- - pense. he- Ead Lincurred concluded-tEe last meeting of tEe first very: successful quarber of tEe Goo.d' Templar -Lodge in N&seby.