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Mount Ida Chronicle, Volume X, Issue 572, 28 August 1880, Page 2

" It is stated that Count Yoo-Moltke openly talks of coming, war. ;A London telegram announces the ap'pointment of Lord Gilford as Colonial(Secretary.of Adelaide. r "• It is announced that Mr Gladstone will proceed to or Madeira in ai fortnight's time, for a change of air. . . , There is* a good deal of suspicion-felt of the honesty and loyalty of the new. ruler of Afghanistan, Abdur Rhaman, who has been appointed by the British. •It is now stated that Major Brown, of Taranaki, is the " Commissioner" who telegraphed in Maori to Sir George Grey asking him to take up his case, and promising, in return to make startling revelations against the Government. : Lord Hartim;ton announced to the House of Commons that it was not the intention of the British Government to appoint a. British hesident it Cabul, but that arrangements s had been made with the Ameer to receive a native envoy who would represent the Viceroy.— • ' Dissensions have broken out amongst Ayoub Khan's army, which are likely to retard his movements. The Herati regiments bailing claimed their division of the spoil, became clamorous to be allowed to return home. Notwithstanding the efforts made by Ayoub to retain their services, they deserted in one body, and are now returning to Herat : The Baroness Burdett Coutts has notified to the Queen her intention to marry Mr Ellis Ashmead Bartlett, the Conservative member for Eye, who is aged 32. Her Majesty, and also rthe brother of Mr Bartlett, without objecting to the Baroness Burdett Coutts' intention, have disapproved of the proposed marriage, and iminsnse - pressure is being brought in the highest circles to dissuade her ladyship from a marriage by, which she would loose half her present income, i The Chinese residents in Dunedin are hav ing a good laugh at. the expense of the poiice or some of their emissaries. Within the last few days placards have been posted announcing the reward for the discovery of the perpetrators of the Kyeburn murder, and these placards are also printed in English and Chinese. In several cases the Chinese ones are posted upside down, and tbe Celestials are inclined to laugh to scorn tbe boasted'enlightenment of the "barbarian" Briton.— ' Time*,'

Russia has lately made fresh overtnres to France, which have been declined. Sir Hercules Robinson and family have booked by the John Elder, to sail on the 21st September. F. A Gbodbb, one of the Australian 1 is a New Zealander by birth. w is born in New Plymouth. - There are more thfin -1.000.000 horses _-jn Australia includin? N<»w Zeuland. Tue number of horned cattle is mr? than 7.259,i)0 », and of sbeep about 61,001,001. Two boys have"heeif "fineil in Sydney for stealing ginger-beer. Even the the cup which doesn't cheer and doesn't inebriate is dangerous. ~ lIE ' Dunstan Times' has reason to believe that the late Member for Waikaia w3§* a son of Admiral E en wick, and arrived in Melbourne in 1852, by tbe Great Britain. The trial in connection with the Wimbledon scandal has been commenced. The statements already made indicates that collusion has existed for',several 'jyears between the marker.and some of those engaged in shootiug. The Emperor *of Germanyjhas left lschl, and General Von Moltke has suddenly gone to lschl, via Vienna, to meet the representa tives of Austria, Rouaiania, and Servia. There are sensational rumors of new alliances arising out of the conferences 'Mr Horace Bastings (the late member) announces himself as a candidate for Waikaia; Captain Mackenzie will likely stand ; and a Mr William Morris, of Switzers, telegraphs that he.intends contesting the election. Mr Foster, the Chief Secretary for Ireland, has gone to the country with the object of enquiring whether coercive measures are necessary for the suppression of the disorder now prevalent "there. Wk clip the following from the 1 Mataura Ensigh ':—" Mr C. Maunsell, of Mataura, despatched a quantity "of oats to London through an Invercargill firm. He has received advice that they yielded in London 33s per quarter, or equal to 4s per bushel." Mb de Lautour censured'the Otago 'Members .for their absence,'stating that when the House rose at four on a late occasion there were only three Otago Mem'iers. present, namely .himself and and Jones. When the House rose at five this morning only four Otago, Members were jpresentt namely. Messrs de Lautour, Jones, Finn, arid Shrimski. Intelligence has been] received in Candahar which states that the cause of Ayoub Khau's inactivity, since his victory over General Burrow's brigade, was attributable to the fact that he was severely wounded during the encounter, and that since then considerable dissention exists amongst his army. This report, however, requires confirmation Dissensions have broken out amongst Ayoub Khan's army which are likely to retard his movements. . The Herati regiments having claimed their .division of the spoil, became clamorous to be allowed to retur' home. . Notwithstanding the effort made b D Ayoub to retain their services, they deserter in one.body, and are now returning to Hera^ Poktadown, a town in the north of Ireland, near Armagh, has been the scene of serious rioting, arising out of bitter feeling existing between the different religious sec - tions of the community. The police in the locality have been augmented, and as an additional precaution the military force in the district has been considerably reinforced. _ In consequence of the ,prevailing depression of trade and of the strikes amongst the engineers and ironworkers, many ironmasters in the west of Scotland have decided to close their establishments at the preseno time. Large' numbers of blasts have been exting lis-hid, and much distress exists among tbe working classes, who are thus deprived of employment. Kelly was formally committed to take his trial at the Beech worth Circuit Court, on October 15th, on charges of murdering Constables Lonigan and Scanlafl. Since his return from Beechworth he is much depiessed, and complains of the j.ains in his foot. The bullet was extracted on Friday; since when the --pain has been relieved. Constable M'lntyre, the principal witness in the Kelly case, is suffering from pleurisy, and has been obliged to go to the Hospital. . Every little while we read of some one who has stuck a rusty nail in his foot, or knee, or hand, or some other portion of bis body, and that lockjaw resulted therefrom, Of which the patient died. If every person was aware of the perfect remedy for all such wounds, and would apply it, then all such reports must cease. The remedy is simple, almost always on hand, and can be applied by any one, and what is better it is infallible. It is simply to smoke the wound, or any biuse or wound that is inflamed, with burning wool or woolen cloth. Twenty minutes in the smoke of wool will take the pain out of the worst wound ; repeated three times, it will ■ allay the worst cases of inflammation arising from a wound. "jE3LE3" in the 'Australian' say that when the pretty daughter of Mrs Brady, of the Eestdown Hotel, was going to be married (it was only the other day), amongst other preliminary arrangements was the drawing up of the matrimonial intimation. Mrs B. looked over the announcement in a file of the ' Argus,' and at last discovered a precedent" which quite accorded with her views. It ended with, " No cards" ; and as Mrs Brady explained, " They might dance, aud eat, and drink as much as they liked, but she wasn't going to have theharmony of the evening disturbed by gambling." At a banquet recently given to him, Mr Herbert Gladstone told the stoiy of a new Eaton boy, who, being unaccustomed to the Ways of the place, took his prayer book to chapel on the Saturday, and was kicked down the steps for a saint, whereupon, on the following day, profiting, as he thought, by experience, he left his prayer-book at home, and was kicked down the steps for an atheist. The company made very merry over this story, but they would have enjoyed the j<>ke a great deal more had they known that the j .venile hero of the story they had listened to was the speaker's father —the Premier of England. Sir Charles Clifford, speaking at a recent meeting in London, at which Mr A. T. Halcombe lectured on "The Resources of New Zealand," mentioned that when he went to New Zealand he took with him two servants, who had not the proverbial halfcrown. In thirteen [years' time, they were worth £40,000. Another gentlemau who went out at the same time with £150,000 died a pauper. Now they might ring tbe changes on that, and say that if any one had brains and money they would do better in New Zealand than in England ; but if they had neither brains nor money they had belter stay at home, where they would have the workhouse to fall oack upon. We understand that a number of farmers in tbe neighborhood of Kyeburn Junction are earnestly endeavouring to erec' a, flour mill in the immediate vicinity of Douw]&s' accommodation house. 1 be intention is, *ve I elidve, to erect a mill, aud let it, and it is possible by such means it might be made to pay. A carefully prepared sheet, We are informed, shows that within a radius of 4 miles 16,000 acres of land is taken np either as freehold, agricultural lease, or deferred payments. The townspeople of Hvde favor tys mill. On Monday, the 31st May feajs the ' Hong Rong Daily Press') a dreadful acci - dent, happened at Bangkok, which has plunged

the Court of Siam in mourning. His Mtjnety - .• he King, some of the ladias "of the Palace, a d some of the royal children were on a pleasure tnp to the royil retreat at Koh Bangpain A containing the Q.'ieen and her infant, daughter, the Princefß Kuranrm, was cap=iz''d through the '■ops n'lacking it to the steam yacht giving way, anl all on board are supposed to he drownpd. The body of Her Royal Highness and thai of the young pr'-nr>p aa J n r>k° din fill arms of- hpr mr»p, hare been i ecoverfd. A royal prince and a high "ffi ;■ r T<>re tried by court mart'a' and sentenced to degradation. The gale -which raged here with grea* violence on-Thursday evening last, did not do much damage. With the exception of levelling a few fences, unrooting acbaffhouse on the Maniototo block, and the sudden disappearance of several chimneys, we have heard of no other losses Toe gale vai generally felt throughout the colony. Mlnino and farming operations are being busily proceeded with, and no suspension attributable to the weather, has, so far, this season, taken place in carrying on these industries. Water for mining purposes is still coming in plentifully, and the farmers are busy ploughing, and preparing the ground for seed. Th<? Key Mr Hobbs announced in the Church on Sunday evening last that as it was probable that he might soon be called upon to resign tbis cure he wis desirous to put the financial position of the chu'ch upon a satisfactory bisis ; a meeting of the congresation to consider tbe matter has been called for this evening The Counties Act Amendment which bas passed the Lower House, r the words " not being aliens " in the 44f.h section of the "Counties Act, 1876." This will p-rrrit Chinamen, holders of Miners Bights, to vote at the election of County Councillors. The Chinese vote in this County wou d go a lon® way to swamp an election. We hope the Legislative Council will amend the clause, and substitute the words " not bein» Chinese." ** This drawing of Strong's consultation took place in the Ifall on Sioodaj 6Tonit!jj last. There was a large number of subscribers present Five gentlemen were appointed by the subscribers to conduct the drawing, which was well arranged, and went off without a hitch, and to tho satisfaction of every - one. The prizes and blmks happened tocome out very well mii.-d. The first pr ze camej out tolerably early in evening, but the second was not drawn till nearly all the tickets had been disposed of. Mr Strong deserves credit for the trouble he took to arrange the drawing in a satisfactory ana fair way. Ho was eminently succes*ful in his object The first prize—a hause valued at £2OO, or cash for 90 p»r cent of its value was won by Mrs W. Guffi <, of Naseby. A cheque for £IBO was promptly handed over by Mr Strong. It is rumored that the second prize has also been won by a local resident, but as jet it has not been claiTied. Some of the prizes go to different parts of the colony, one a3 far as Taranaki. _ The Lauder Creek, on Saturday was high in flood, and stopped the traffic for about 21 hours. After an attempt by Mr Pope, the driver, to ford the stream on" horseback, in which he was unsuccessful, it was deemed prudent to return to the White Horse Hotel. He succeeded in reaching C.yde about one o clock on Sunday after having to travel with tbe coach over very rou-h and dangerous country, to enable him to cress the creek considerably higher up. It must be a matter of great regret that the financial circumstances of Vincent County are not sufficient to permit it, in conjunction with the County of Maniototo, to go on with the really necessary work of bridging the creek. We understand that the plan and specifications of the proposed bridge hive been prdpared, and had it not been for the action of tbe Council of Vincent, at its last meeting, tenders for the work would, by this time, have been called for. A few hundreds of pounds for the Lauder Creek might have been saved from the costly stiuctures which span the Clutha, all in the neighborhood of Clyde. A Sydney paper snys :—There is a clerk In one _ of the Banks of George street who i* sft lOJin in and only 'weighs Bix stones avoirdupois weight. He possesses -most extraordinary digestive powers, and can assimi late almost anything from Kidmans Cheese tc a Cambridge sausage. Queensland owns him. A novel feature in connection with the turf has been introduced to this Colony by the Editor of the 'Canterbury ' and it is the more worthy of conside ation in that it is of a very innocent character. The n ivelty consists of £oo for the correct placing of the first three horses in the O.J.C Handicap at the Metropolitan Spring Meeting The names of the horses have to be written oil & coupon published in tlio ' Canterbury Times," and the prize will be awarded to the first S3nd in the names of the p'aced horses in their or ier past the post. This offers a. very harmless method for the exercise of" ability in distinguishing the ralative merits of the horses, and for creai.ing a special interest ia the race itself. The rending in of coupons is to commence on Monday next,, and terminate on Nov. 1. The Irish in Glasgow are greatly agitated in reference to tbe disturbed state of afftirs in Ireland. Several public mee ings have / been held at which 30,000 have attended; an*l resolutions were ad -pted expressive of sympathy with the peasantry who have been eveiled by their lanlord-, and whos* condition has been aggravated by the rejeo ion of the Tenants' Compensation Bill. It isrumoured that the Gladstone Government, impressed with the serious condition of Ireland. and yielding to the representation* mide to them, purpose having recourse to extreme measures in order to repress the disturbancei and agrarian outrages in the country. It is thought probable that the Peace Preservation Act of Ireland will be renewed with the view of effectually co-rcing the Fenian organisation. A postscript in t'le 'Star' says:—Mr Vincent Pyke - the account of whose peregrinations wi'h " a prima donna, a tinker and a glazier" has been affording such amusement to the House at the instance of Mr Wright, the member for Colderidge— has been diverting his leisure by roncocting an Education Bill. Not that the hon gentleman has the slightest idea that it will g. t beyond the first reading, but with a view of propitiating that rather .powerful element in his constituency whic i agrees in the principle with that enlightened Victorian patriot Sir John O bhannassey Mi Pyke, to put the matter briefly, would supersede tbe present State system of education by denominationalism pure and simple. He might as well attempt to stem the torrent of the Molyneux with, his pocket-handkerchief, or induce a quarts miner, with shares to sell, to speak the truth. A SE .TLEE named Williarr Bissell, residing at St Leonards, left fcl-at place on Friday afternoon, 20th instant, in a small dingy in search for a missing boat. He Arrived at Portobello about 4 pm, and, not filing the boat, determined to return home. He was advised not to do so by VI rs Latham, wife of a storekeeper th re, but in reply to 1-er, stated that he would go whether he sucoe ded in grttine home or not. Since that time nothing has been seen or heard of him since, and it is supposed that h© has been drowned. A late account, states that the boat in which Mr Bissell left was picked up on Sunday evening between the Quarantine Islands at Por? Ohalmeri, by two lads naired Larkins. It therefore to be feared that the unfortunate man hss loet hrs life. He leave* a wife Mid family.

Important alterations are in contempla • tion with respect to the yoliee quarters at Clyde. Th « K/eliuru rivor, :tfc \liMos h's, was in a flooded stata on Saturday last The w iter had washed awav a portion of t.ha bank, whlc'i rendered fording d.mxeroi.s. Cameron's conch was detained for some considerable time, before it was considered alvisable to make the attempt The Taieri was also very high but not dangerously »■>. In yiew of the in allowance to school convnWaesi the Tuiipeka High School Connrriitti>e h -vo empowered the Rector to lftvv Is. <wh per quarter on all children attending nphr»ol up to the first. standurd, and 2s ahove that standard towards assisting to defray school expeeues, coat, of pens, ink, &'■. The Nasrby Committee, ms would bo see i by the report of tire lust meeting held, ha 9 bren compiled to tnke a similar course. Cireu lurs have been iasued to parents. WIIVT of this in the waj of coincidence? Nearly twelve months ago (says the ' Thames Advertiser') the marriages were announced of two b'otl ers, on the snme day, by the !» ne clergyman, and 'o-diy is inserted the wnnouneement of the advent of two olive branches, the births being almost equally concurrent. Both children are ''iris, and the nutve nays "as like as two p-as." Further than this, it may be sai I, one doctor and one nurse had been engaged for both ; lut this arrang"HU'ut was upset ty the course of events. At Christ church on Monday, Mr Mellish, R.M., was called to decide whether Hindo■s'anee wns an improper language. A person of evidently respectable appearance, who answered to the name of Stephens, was ohurge I wiih using obscene lnngunge in one of the principel streets of Christeliurch. The arres' ing constable handed to the B mch a pnper ori which he had written the language alleged to have been used, and he swore positively that it wns obscene. Inspector •O'Donnell, who happened to be passing the i pliice at the time, wns equally positive. The defendant, indignantly denied the charge, iind declared that what the police had mistaken for foul lnngirigo wns Uindcstnnco, in which tongue he was conversing wth a friend. The latter, in tWe person of Mr Cfiieknell, swore that defendant, had boon speaking all the time in Hindostanee ; and that, no expression of an improper nature wns used by him. The Bench, in view of the conflicting nature of the evidence, gave the defendant the beuefit of the doubt and dismissed i ho raso. A correspondent of tho Bonalla pnper denies that Nod Kelly caused th" death of Cherry, the platelayer. His account of it is this : —" When the police arrived at Glenrowan they eommencod to fire into the dwelling f rom all directions. The bulletn came thick and fast like showers o e hail. Kaoli of us endeavoured to protect ourselves as well a* we could, some under beds, others on tho floor. I took refuge among some bags of grain. I could occasionally hear bullets strike and bury themselves in the biig* of grain behind which I was sheltered. As the bullets cm" inued to pour in among us, I heard Bom>> person cry out ' For God sake come here ; lam shot..' I recognised Martin Cherry's voice. I immediately ran to his assistance, and I found him bleeding from ■n wound he had received in tho groin. I pulled a sheet from off a bed and did my best to stop the bleedirg by tying the sheet •over tho wound. I had scarcely co.nplet.ed the rough dressing when a bullet grazod the back of my head, so, finding I was in ex treme danger of being shot myself I lifted a mattress off a bed and placed it over Cherry to protect him as much tie possible from further dnriger, and then rushed back to my previous p'.uce of shelter, where I remained •until about 10 o'clock m the morning, when the police gave us all permission to leavo the house. I wish to stato that Martin Cherry was lying on the fl ior when the shot thaicaused his death st.ru 'k him, and the said shot wiib fired from outside the house. Ned Kelly was not in the lioiibo at. the time, and had not been for some hours previous to Cherry being shot; which statement can be confirmed by all that were in the house at the time In conelu-ion I wi'h t,« observe that some members of tho police force have visited me since the Glenrovvnn tragedy, and have implied by indirect threats to keep mv mouth shut respecting how Cherry came by lus death. But thinking it best to let tho public know the truth is my excuse for trespassing on your space." Kldkk George B.itt, the Mormon apostle, ■sifter a brief residence in Dunedin, has returned to Timnrn disgusted. In a few duys lie proceeds to Auckland, having, it, is stated, received a nvtMiigo from four families there, who puid his p.-issiige-money, and are anxious 1o receive Mention bap'ism at It is hands Tho 4 North Otago limes ' says that some of Mr Bait's converts in South Oarnaru have begun to wax cold in faith, and have decided not, to set out, for Utah An Am-rican lady, who hiiß recently visited Utah, gives it as the result of her observation that the female portion of the community there seems cowed and degraded, and maint»ins that the old en. are obliged to go far afield for converts '.."•came the eyes of the Untied States people have been ope* to realise thejillogical humbug of Latter Day Saintism.—' Times.' W • Last nights 'Ago' published an account of the interview or" its reporter with Kelly in Beech worth Gaol. It subsequently transpired that the reporter was Mr I). Gaunson, •tho prisoner's solicitor. 'I he ' Argus ' published a sub leader severely commenting oil the conduct of Gaunson, which, it said, was .calculated to prejudice the public 'mind against the witnesses for the prosecution. Mr Gaunson wrote declaring that the 'Argus' had rendered itaclf liable to a criminal information for printing matter calculated to prevent a fair trial. Ihe 'Argus' thereupon republished its former remarks on the sul. ject, in onler to enable Mr Gaunson to move in •tho matter if he desires. Tiir 'Pioneeer' says:—"Perhnps one of tho most curious episodes of tho occupation of Cabul by our troops, afier well-nigh forty years' absence is that a well-known major in one of our Goorkha battalions finds himself again in Cabul, his birthplace in the days of the old occupation. Born in C bul, he wns eurried by his mother, the wife of a staff officer of tho army, through all the horrors of the dreadful retreat, was borne into captivity, released by Shakespeare's cavalry, and grew up to bear H r Majes'y's commission, and again to enter Cabul. Stranger still, the gaoler of his mother has •come to Cabul and visited his prisoner of ibygone days." The THinedin 'Echo' thus puts, in "a nutshell," one effect of the Property Assessment Act, 1879 : —" We suppose it would not flbo out of place to give those owners of land who denounced the Land Tax, a gentle reminder as to what the Property Tax really means. Let us take the case of a man who has his property taxed flow much per £1 on the gross -rental will he have to pay the ta x gatherer? Wo reply Is 2d. The matter is easily tested. Lot us suppose the rental is JlIOv) per year. According to th ll Propirty Assessment Act, the value of the land is 14 times tho gross rental, that would be .1214 (10. At a penny in tho p >und that, is iSS llis Bd. So long as a landlord lias to pay Is 2d in the pound on the gross rental, besides his other burde. s. he must feel hap- y. Equitably property lux! "