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Mount Ida Chronicle, Volume IX, Issue 497, 23 January 1879, Page 2

THE.-.anriiial' meeting of tfie •Mount .Ida; Hos.pif.ai;- will _ he : held- in? the i^ a s eb y„ District, Schoolh' use:ion- : the-evening of Thursday, 30th ins!.,' for the appointment of.a.new -Committee -of-MurMgemeutsforithe ensuingryear, and qther'baaiuess.- ..-. :";---: f]y.

Thkctsrs are calle'd'-for* tlie*extension, ! bf the Head Race','-towardsßoach's Gt-f.lly. r ; ; A .special "-Meeting of/heiMount.lda District Hospital .CJmbii'ttee, .was" held on the evemng,of. Tuesday. la-,t. . Present—Messrs Inder (Chair), Stephens, Currie,, Johnstone, Lory,.Nichol_as, Jackson, Brown, and Gporge! The business was to receive aprlications for the situation of Wardsman,, and Matron. Four applications were received. After consideration, the Committee decided to appoint Mr. and Mrs. Dickson, fr.. m DuneJin. who were well recommended.

u E 5- e T- A " ?• Fitol, ett has been ordained by the Bishop of Melbourne. He is expect ed to arrive in Dunedin by the Kotorua,about the end of ths present week.

A young man, named O'Connell in company with three others. w a3 drowned m -the Kakanut River, on Monday last, near lescberaaker s. He waa in the ad. of bathing ma deep pool, when he was suddenly seized with cramp and sank.. One of his companions made : an unsuccessful effort to • save him and , then .gaTOMnforraatiou to the police *The river was dragged and-the body recover-d ; Deceased was. unmarried, and has no relatives , irvthe Colony, but had-only a short time ago : nominated two of his'brother* as'immigranLs. , ' Thebb is a'" new msli V. Laura River Victona, 300 Europeans are averaging half Venn vweights.■ ■■-•■' —' ' s ■~°* a ' - r . J ' The annual statutory , meefng.for a school committee, will take,place,on Monday evenine next,.at the several schoolfhouses throu°hout the district.-. .-', ~, _ , : '.."..,

. The ordinary meeting •of the ' Comity Counoil, will be/held "on Wednesday next 291 h mstaut. - ,'

I The annual distribution of priz s and gift books to the children attending the Naseby Presbyterian Church Sunday School was made by the Rev. J. M'Cosh Smith, on Suni day afternoon last. The occasion was taken , advantage of- by the delivery of a few appropriate remarks to the children, by the rev gentleman. ... ~ „ v . :_?^-- Bndd^'-'-Hnd "-'unexpected'- de atli of Michael Brookes, an old resident of;NasVby wilLbe a, source of surprise a;*! "regret to'ins* many friends. The 'deceased - was oneof t'heS" hrst arrivals on what was then known "W the * tfogburn, and.afterr varioW a'nd' extensive mining operations, commenced bu'sinessas a storekeeper in- Naseby.-- He was-iuliumtely connected, with all public matters 'eta ted in the town and neighborly-U. "He was eler-ted a member of tlur first Town- Council, and hasheld that office up to his death, and laborc-d ' earnestly and zealously in-the dulies attached to the position. Kind, genial, and generous,' ' he attached to himself a numerous circle of ' warm friends, who will deeply regret his sudden loss. -He died at his 'residence, on bundiy morning last, after a few days illness. lhe deceased was buried on Tuesday ufte--noon, the procession being headed by the members of the Independent Order of Oddfellows.the Hibernian Ausfmlasiuri Catholic Benefit .Society the Mayor, To.wn Councillor* and Clerk, the Indepehde-1 Order of O-'dfel- ■ lows; 1CD.1.00.F. - A" 1 renumber of rSi, dents-m tewn and neighborhood nthe rear, numbering in .all some. 300 person- ! -Mrs. BrooKes, for-whodi Ve-.t" sympathy; is felt, is left with a family of nine childrtn "" -'

We have teen.favored by the Treasurer ofthe Mount Ida Cenutery Trustees, with ih & following .—The total amount of revenue irom aH sources for the year ending 31st Dee ; 878 was £32.12s 6J., and the expenditure ■or the same period, £*s 0s 9d:, which with a balance of £3 3==. 3d , brought forward from last year leaves the -'1 rusfcees in' fun.ls to the amount of £l3 15s. The total number of burials was 17, made up of 7 adults ■ 9 children, and 1 still-born child " *

The survey of the line of railway from Palmerston to Waihemo, up the Sha* ValW was commenced on Wednesday last.° - - About 2 o'clock on Saturday last a Chinaman was observed by "two of our" townsmen m the neighborhood of the Dead' Level and Brookes' tail race. " Thinking he was there for no good: purpose they'watched' his movements and-for sonie-time "lie wasnoticed to walk down the middle of the JJead Level race, in which water was running in the Erection of where a box was situated in Brookes' race, On nearjng the box- he .was pounced.upon and secured, a,-d taken t« the camp. had made up ht mind to make the best use 6f his time, as ho was fuUy equipped with 4 um boots and oiU skin, -v Washing up the tailrace was W proceeded with the day previous, and SI 8 &c ' were hand™ M. though the Chinamen was not c.u«hrin thact of abstracting gold, the assumptioni yJ* strong that he was-there for the pi Only recently a Chinaman was Juwffid and sentenced to one month's imprisonment m Naseby gaol, for abstracting JolTfronf J miner's claim in the district Tlip £JH ™ ? evidence which led 1o the theft ST 11 *! to this particular Ol.inaman 8 «f P *? Ced of a half heel plate on the ground' whK corresponded exactly to that in the heel of his boot. The cunning of oJll- V exemplified in walking" f the wa ter « ' prints of his.boots at°all "iSSonW not give evidence against him. He pearance before the \la .Utrate Ti? ap ' day, charged with being 8 n the da mT felonious intent and wffi, v. • m Wltn visible-means of-support 'oTV" I™™ which day he W S landed !?*'• t0 senWd r to one month, wS

on the evening of F r j,y loT™" t Ti " ker *)> - M. Kelly and MDo Zn ln3U M ' 3S ' 3 t>i, • J •■ -uonnolly drew" thp *,\i. « Tho miming numbers wiMh . r„T i ■ tuke,spart of thia issue i;„ i ° Un,i ln *nof hep ti.4et taken £, f, £P{.H«ly.epou K h the fi, Bt : secured .hPbe ß rSize„^ ,B , Wnß •' ,nt wl which fell t ,. MI -S'J fortunate enough to ,e7 U p\» 1 " 8 W > w -* also. AHo-eflTcr tli^" B J' eCOnd l ,riM «o 10,., th P e Sr'r fTOm £7 10 - considerably above the ™, ' howe ™. bei nt? stated.- The w holeoft^TT m ' Vah,e IlP ™ sold. ThepJe'thci. >,S, - i6Uedwrro ™P«i.g off three.fifi.hg of ~,e ™ w ° f hanging over the Pre.bvterv IT h,ch * as - this is an extremely o £i?mm °' e , * ff rt Mrt be a source of L,h? We rt ' nih ' t M.i Walsh, the l , t -- lhe KtV certain testimony of iL lit a- V ra - , **»l- , andV J . J