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Mount Ida Chronicle, Volume IX, Issue 496, 16 January 1879, Page 2

The Congregation of St. Andrew's Church, 1 Dunedin, have unanimously resolved to apply to the Presbytery of Duuedin to moderate iu a call to the Rev. 8.. Waddel of Prebleton. We notice by advertisement, in another column that the Member for the district, Mr. , de Lautour, will address his constituents at 1 Naseby on Thursday the 23rd, and at St. Bathans the following day. We have received a copy of Messrs. Mills, Dick, and Co's Almanac, [ for 1879. This . handy annual is replete with most valuable in - i formation suitable for reference by all classes. , The moderate price at which it is Bold should ; insure a ready sale. Mr. L. W. Busch of this town is agent. - A. fine rainfall commenced at St. Bathans on Monday last and continued for some hours. . It will prove very acceptable to miners and agriculturists in that locality. A ceNsiDERABiE quantity of rain fell on Monday and Tuesday last. Although somewhat late for the oat crop, which this year will be very light, through the extraordinary drought of the past three- months, yet great good from the downfall will be apparent in other crops. The inquest on the body of John Waldreon, who shot himself after attempting to shoot his wife, on the road to Blacks, was held at the latter place on Tuesday last. A verdict was returned that the deceased shot himself in the bowels when laboring under temporary insanity. Mrs Waldreon although progressing favorably at St. Bathans, was too ill to attend.

We undesstand that, his Worship the Mayor has received a reply from the Hon. the Minister of Public Works, to the memorial of certain residents m the district praying for an alteration of the 10,000 acres selected for settlement on Run No. 222 to a similiar area on a different part of the same Eun, to the effect that the memorial will be duly considered, and that Mr. Macandrew intends making a personal inspection of the land in question before the matter is finally settled.

■At a recent meeting of the Committee of Management of the Presbyterian Church, it was resolved that an effort should be made at this time to raise a sum of money towards reducing the debt which remains on the church. Cards were ordered to be printed, and distributed to collectors, who were also appointed In this extensive and progressing district, this fact has only to be made known, and we feel sure the efforts made by the collectors will be most cordially responded to. The fir:t meeting of the newly forme tf Mount Ida Trust will be held in the County Council Chambers on Monday next, 20th inst ; The members of the Trust are—Messrs. H. W. Sobfrjson (Government nominee), JohnEwng (County Chairman), Bobert Glenn (Mayor of Naseby), Samuel M'Cullough, and Walter Inder. The first duty of the Trust will probably' be a strong representation to the Government to extend the works, and that unless assisted by a grant for extension of race and other necessary works, and above cost of maint nance, the special object for which the Trust was created will notbe realised. The Trust should assume old age at once, and we have every reason to believe that a plain straightforward statement of the presont position of these public works, —the large area of new country their extension would open up, and the increase to revenue tnereby, as against the probable cost of construction of further extension of race,—would not only be listened to but acquiesced in by the Government.

We are glad to hear that Mrs. Waldreon, who was shot by. her husband last week at Blacks, as stated in last Saturday's issue, is progressing favorably towards recovery, under the care of Dr. Allan ; but she was, uo to the last'hour of our being-advised, unable to be moved to Blacks for the inquest from Mr. Kenny's hotel, St. Bathans, to which place she hau been removed. Dr. Allan hopes, we belive, to be able to save the arm, a portion of the flesh of which, between the elbow and the wrist, has been shot away. The unfortu nate woman bears up, considering the nature of the case, with considerable fortitude. In the Antonelli lawsuit the CouH has decided in favor of the brothers Antonelli.' The Countess Lamberti is required to give the name of her real mother.

At the last meeting of the Tuapeka County Council, Mr. Clayton sent in his resignation whioh was accepted.- It was resolved that no further works be undertaken unless arrangements are made for the extension of overdraft. The letting of the advertised contracts has been postponed. The Wellington 'Chronicle' thinks that the question re secular education should be made a party question next session. The Government are making careful enquiries regarding the feeling throughout the Colohv on this subject. They will support secularism, and the •Chronicle' thinks the Opposition will take up denominationalism. An improvement in the manufacture of horse collars has just been devised by a Philadelphia mechanic. The collar being: stuffed with elastic cork, is light iu weight, and adapts itself to the shape of the animal as readily as if it were moulded. It is highly elastic, does not chafe or gall the neck, and, the cork being a non conductor, injury from heat is prevented.

_ Tjie Kev. Henry Ward Beeclior, during his stay in San Francisco, was presented by a lady with, a box of delicious grapes and two bottles of wine, which was stated to have been made by "a good Presbyterian elder," and for " medicinal or communion purposes." Mr. Bescher, in a characteristic note acknowledging the present, says :—" A.s to the wine; I have taken temperance sips of it, and-find it rather too enticing for 'communion use.' It might lead people to too free and opeu communion. However, if made by 'a good Pres. byterian elder," the Calvinism may save it." "

Ax Eeefton; the people are no better off for meal than their neighbors, if one may judge by the following which appeared in' a late isa e of the ' luahgahua Herald' :—There has nob boor, a bif.o in Reofton for days past, and, hp wo hoard it expressed the other day, there is not h liooi'JVosn Oktuilo to WestporL Fnt

kine and-lean kine, and in fact every kind at kine, have been brought up and 'slaughtered, and Ihe cry is still they don't conic. Such a dearth of beef has never before been known on the West Coast, and the united lamentation of our butchers is that their occupation is gone." Cats, fowls, rats, dogs, and horses will be at a premium there shortly.

The failure of the wheat crop in some districts of Victoria is reported, and many selectors are in consequence unable to meet their pecuniary liabilities. The question will probably have to be dealt with by the Cabinet.

MR.Lnckie, editor of the 'Post,' has been offered and accepted the commissionership of G overm ent annuities at a salary of £BOO ayear.

The Duke of Buckingham, Governor of Mauritius, desires to come to Sydney as Governor. The other candidates for the post.are Sir J.. Henry Warde and Sir James Fergusson'.

Professor Ulrich, was greatly pleased with the appearance of the Marewhenua Goldfields. He says that if the field was in Victoria it would attract a large mining population. The great drawback is the want of water. '

Mrs Bravo's will, according to 'Vanity Fair,' has been proved by W. H. Campbell, the other executor (Mr. Orr) having declined to act. The will is dated February 20, 1874, and the property was sworn under £60,000. Mrs. Bravo bequeaths £IOO to each of the three -sons of Mrs. Cox, and £looe, free of legacy duty, to Florence Gully, the daughter of William Court Gully. The residue of the estate is left to le divided among the children of W. H. Campbell.

The Grey County Council is not in a very sound financial position. The Bank has impounded the Government remittances, and they have not the wherewithal to meet their present liabilities.

The Anti-Chinese Immigration Committee held a meeting in the City Chambers, "Wellington, last week. The Hon. Mi-, Gisborne gave particulars regarding two Acts against Chinese immigration which were passed by the Queensland Parliament and received the Royal assent. By one of these a penalty of £lO was imposed on every Cm arnan who landed, the captains or owners of ships having to pay the amounts. Vessels might be eatreal ed if the penalties were not paid. The other Act compelled the Chinese to pay £3 for a miner's right, and £lO for a business license: Mr. Gisborne suggested the Acts should be published, and a committee appointed to draw up a report on t,he subject. The police have arrested a large number of persons in the north-eastern distr'ct under the Outlawry Act, on suspicion of being bush telegraphs for the Kelly gang. Most of them are confined in the Beech worth Gaol, and a detachment of the Garrison Artillery has been sent up to protect the gaol againßt an attack Twenty of the Kelly's sympathisers have been remanded for a week by the Beechworth Bench. A late telegram dated Melbourne 141. h insfc. states that the Kelly's are. reported to have been' seen at the Lachlan Kiver. They had four fine horses and a pack hoi so with them. When noticed they broke camp, and rode rapidly away, abandoning the pack horse, which was knocked up. Two troopers and' three black trackers procured revolving rifles from a neighboring sfation, and pursued them on the Saturday following. They have not since been heard of. The Kelly's were well armed when seen, and the pack horse lefc by them was heavily laden.

The Hon. Mr. Stout(the Atto-ney-General) 'in his address fo his constituents in Duuedin the other evening thus alluded to several questions of interest. The Hon. gentleman was cordially received, and a unanimous -rote of confidence was passed. In regard to triennial parliaments he said: —That in this Co'ony, where our legislation is rapid, where putli'j questions are changing, and new ones continually arising, that there should be frequent appeals to the people, and he therefore belu-ved that tlnee years is quite long enough for any of our Parliaments to last. With reference to the Chinese Question we ought to pass, an Act similar to that which is faw in Queensland, restricting the arrival of Chinese to this Colony.— (Ciu-ew.) He believed that the whole of our civilisation might be interfered with if they we.e to come in unrestricted numbers to our shores. He was not in favor of altering the mode in which deferred payment land was obtained from auction -to ballot, beeause the ballot system had caused a great deal of discontent. We were offering a good deal of deferred payment land just now, and he did not think it would fei ch su«h prices rb lor instance it did in Shag Valley. A.t ballot a man who applied for twenty sections might not get one, while at auction he gave what he thought to be a reasonable,pnee for the land.