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Mount Ida Chronicle, Volume XI, Issue 612, 25 June 1881, Page 2

The Flour Mill Company was successful in its cases against prsrsons who had applied for shares, but who refused to pay the calls made. - .'

The Press Agency forwards the following :—Thomas C'ollerick,' telegraphist at Whangarba,- attempted suicide by taking chloral. He is in a very precarious state. The members of the Dunedin Bar presented Mr H.C. Brewer with a purse of sovereigns, in recognition of the courteous manner in which he had discharged the duties of deputy registrar of the Supreme Court there. At the usual half-yearly summoned meeting of the Loyal Naseby Lodge, M. U. I. O. O F. ths following officers were elected for the ensuing year, viz.—KG-., Bro.T. Ladd; V.G., P.G-. Brp. D. Stewart ;E.S., P.G.Bro. E. Webber. '■■■■- '■•■■•

We understand that a strong attempt will be made to reduce the fee in the country districts .for a. publican's license below £3O, which is the.minimum fee in the new Licensing Bill which, is at present going through Committee. •■>■'-■

In -1874 the New Zealand Cabinet was composed of nine Ministers, neither of whom held more than two portfolios. At the present time'ifris composed of five, two of whom (who are both Canterbury members) holdnnto t less than- nine. portfolios between them. •'/'■"

The letter, of instruction forwarded by the_Minister the Waste Land' Board, re thedisposal of the runs, to which reference was made in our last week's telegrams, is published, in full in, the columns of our contemporary the 'Witness.' propose': to refer to it in our next issue. ':«."•.•,

'.Wehear rumors' of sums varying 'from' .£12,000 to £2OOO havihg'beeri left to tHree-' different..persons iri 'this'-'district/ cannot say ; what truth there is in the reportjv AU.we can' say, and we say it with' sor--sow, is, that as far as anyone connected-with this office is concerned, the on dit is quite without foundation: We omitted to mention that we were' requested by Mr Greer to state that, in the discussion that ensued at a recent meeting of the Land, League, he did not say, as he was reported to'have done, that," he could not see that sending a committee round to look at the land would do any barm," but that he cohld not see that it would do ianv good, which is just the opposite of: our report; ' ; -.- ■■.■■■'■■■.:■.:■. ■!

We -must be grateful for. small favors, .whether conferred by Liberals, or Conservatives. The'present Government.has carried put the intentions, of its predecessor/in passing the Chinese ? Immigration Bill? which will come into - operation when the assent.of the Grown, to, it is notified. The poll tax ; is made absolute, arid" is not returnable, when the Chinaman leaves the country arid has proved his good behaviour as was proposed.

We have seen a letter from a gentleman who _ has had large experience of sheepfarming, and is well acquainted with the Interior, in which it is said :—•" I see that the Land Leaguers ate likely to make sad havoc with the poor squatters. Well, if they can get the runs properly laid off, and have them offered under equitable laws, there -will be far more , applicants for them than can be supplied." This opinion is worthy of regard, as the writer is a man of more than ordinary intelligence.

The days of •« consultations," it is hoped, are about to set. Government has announced its intention to bring down a Gambling and Lotteries Bill similar to the one which passed through the Upper House last session, but did not pass the Lower Chamber. The feeling of the House is strong in favor of some measure which will check the increasing gambling proclivities of the Colonial youth.

We hear that a petition ia being circulated for signature, praying for the removal of Mr Warden Robinson from the district. Wo have not been favored with a copy of it, and we believe that a great number ef people have not been asked to sign it. The movement appears to be carried on very secretly. The petition may or may not embody some complaint that might be worthy of consideration, but we can only assume that if it is unfit to be made public it is unfit to be signed by any respectable person.

We understand that Mr A. D. Harvey, Clerk of Courts at Naseby, has been appointed Deputy-Registrar of the Supreme Court, Punedin, in place of Mr Brewer, promoted. We congratulate Mr Harvey on his promotion in position, though we regret his departure from the district. During his short stay amongst us he has shown himself to be very obliging and prompt in the discharge of his duties. His unvarying courtesy has made it quite a pleasure to do business at his office. We believe Mr Garvey, of Switzers, comes to Naseby.

8 f A meeting of the 'members of the Mount Ida Curling Club was held, as notified by advertisement, on Tuesday June 14. President Inder occupied the chair. There was little for the Secretary and Treasurer to report, as there had been no curling last winter, through there having been no ice. As the officers elected last year had had but little work to perform, in consequence, it was decided to re-elected them, which was accordingly done. This was the principal business, trans'cted, '•

Mb, Jacob Lory has resigned his position aB County Councillor for Mount Ida Riding. The Rev. W. Morris, who was in charge of Mount Ida during the absence of the Rev. Mr Smith, in Scotland, has arrived in Naseby, on his way to take charge of the Lauder District. '

It will be seen, by reference to an advertisement on our fourth page, that Mr George Prescott is now offering iron piping at reduced rates, and he is willing to arrange to send piping to all parts of the country.

A notice from the Agent of the Wonderful Wertheim Sewing Machine Company appears elsewhere. It is now aekuowledsied that one of the first principles of domestic economy is the necessity of every maternal head of a family having*cbritrbl'of ione'of these useful inventions.

Theke have been one qj; two sharp frosts lately but none very severe." ~ So' far from the season following that experienced in England and America, the wiritnr promises to be even finer than that of last year; Whether the Gulf Stream or the Canal be the case, it is certain that the weather, is unusually mild.

Among, the, new insolvents appears the name of Mr.;R*J R* Cjinjeron/ lately proprie : tor of the Jiiieof from Palmerston to Naseby, via. Hyde and Macraes^" The liabilities are put down at .£293 ISs ; assets, £367 2s. We regret' Mr Cameron's misfdr-' tune, as he was a man who, from his energy, and obliging naturg, deserved to succeed.

The « Mount Benger Mail'' states tha* the offer of a Chinese party to purchase the Rise and Shine claim; Pomahaka, for £IOOO, was refused.

The final returns for the Grey Valley election give "Weston" 995, Fitzgerald 919, and Morris 79. Mr Weston is therefore elected by a majority of 76. The ' Tablet' says that a letter from Bishop Moran, posted in Honolulu, has been received in Dunedin. Dr Moran wrote in good health and spirits, and looked forward to hastening his journey through America as much as it would be possible for him,, so as to return all. the sooner to Dunedin.

A meeting of the creditors in the estate of Mr Samuel Clayton (Gibbs and Clayton), Dunedin, was held on Monday last. The total claims preferred amount to over £25,000. The New Zealand Woodware Company, are the largest, with over £13,000; National Bank, £500; Bank of New South Wales, £4OO. Mr Clayton is at present in Sydney. After considerable discussion Messrs. Leary and Conyers agreed to act as Trustees at 1 per cent.

Further disturbances between' citizens and the Italian residents have taken place at Marseilles. Serious riots occurred at the landing of another detachment of troops from the Tunisian territory, who on their march through the town ,were insulted and maltreated by the Italians. The townspeople retaliated, and arms were freely used, and many people were killed and wounded before order could be restored.

if Clause 33 of the new Licensing Bill reads as follows :—"A billiard table license shall authorise the licensee to keep and maintain billiard or bagatelle tables on the premises therein specified, and to allow such tables to be used between the hours of ten in the morning and ten at night: provided that any person holding a publican's license, or a family hotel license, or a club license, shall be entitled to keep and maintain billiard or bagatelle tables on his licensed premises without obtaining a billiard table license."

Accohding to the Dunedin "Star," a meeting of those interested in pushing forward the Otago Central Railway is stated to have been held in- Mr John Bathgate's office last week, when the following resolution jWas adopted-:-;-" That the persons present form themselves into a Provisional Committee to watch over the proceedings in Par-' liament relating to the. Otago Central Railway, and to meet from -time to advise'and confer as to the expenditure and necessity of taking action - for the: advancement and promotion.therebf,-with power to add to their)number.", : ".

An exchange of politeness :—"MrThomp. son presents his compliments to Mr Simpson and begs to request .that he will keep his pjggs from trespassing on: his. grounds." "Mr Simpson presents his compliments to Mr Thompson, and begs to suggest that in the future he will not spell pigs with two 'gees.'" "Mr Thompson's respects to Mr Simpson and will feel obliged if he will add the letter <e' to the.'last;word ;inV the note just received; so represent;Mr Simpson' and lady.?,',, "Mr- Simpson'returns Mr letter unopened, the- impertinence it contains being only; equalled by its vulgarity." " ~ ~

Telegrams' are to hand' from-Marseilles ;announcing /an extraordinary disturbance. Several regiriierits of French troops just returned from.Tunis'.;were marching through the town, and on passing abuildirig occupied by an Italian Club' they were"" hissed from the window by some of the people. There was'a large number;of people on. the street at the time, and the action of the Italians greatly incensed them. They angrily demanded that the Italian escutcheon should be removed from the Club, and a great scene of disorder ensued. The Prefect arrived on thescene and endeavored to calm the mob, '■ protesting against any violence, but despite the protest the Deputy-Mayor of the town, who was present, took the lead of the crowd and ascending a ladder tore down the escutcheon with his own hands. Order, was then restored. The news of the occurrence has caused much excitement.

A Christchukch contemporary reports a rather distressing occurrence in connection with the late storm which took place on the property of Mr A. C. Knight, Tikau Bay, Akaroa. An employee of Mr Knight was living with his wife in a small house near the creek, which jt seems had been blocked up with a landslip, thereby causing a stoppage and allowing a large pool of water to get together. The heavy rain of Friday night swelled the creek into a raging torrent, and, the dam giving way, carried the house down the gully, breaking it to pieces with all its contents, tbeoccupants barely escaping with their lives. The poor man not only lost all his clothes and furniture, but £lB in money, which was in his purse. While searching among the debris for his money he discovered his watch; wbich...he. had left on a nail in the house, hanging on* the branch of a.tree, and, strange to say, the watch was going. The Hawera "Star" has obtained from Captain Wilson, J.P., the enumerator of the Maori census from Oeo to Waitotara, a statement of the actual numbers of the Ngatiruanui, Aakakohi, and Ngatiawa tribes. The figures show a decrease in the numbers of more than one-fourth during the past three years, and this is attributed by the enumerator to constant travelling to and from Parihaka during the last three years, and through the natives being exposed to severe weather in winter, the women and children suffering the most. The enumerator further states that barely one-fourth of the women are child-be i ring ; this tending to the rapid decrease of the race. Comparative fiijiires are given of the district between the Waingongora and Waitotara for years 1871 and ISBI, which, allowing for any possible discrepancies, shows that there has been a decrease of about one-fourth of the Maori population iu three years in the district referred to. The falling off among the young feople is equal to about 40 per cent, and among the women ?.8 per cent. ■*»-•■

Late cablegrams state that the stat=* of the English wheat crop is very favorable, and so also are the prospects of the French crops.

Sir Francis Dillon Bell, speaking at a meeting in London, considered that it would not pajr squatters in New Zealand to send their beef and mutton to England at so low a price as 4id or 5d per lb.

Recent intelligence from" Treland' repirts that diorder in .that country has somewhat abated, rioting between the peasantry and police have greatly subsided. The authorities, however, continue to take steps to prohibit all assemblies of people on occasion of sales, and at scenes of the eviction of tsuants.- i . * - , ~, J^OTwrrnsyANpTNO,the, large number of gentlemen residing ' in' Doriedm who are on the Commission of the Peace, the ' Star' .complains that only the services of half-a-dozen can be reTiell-tfir " The- other day the business of ths 'lity Court was ile'ayeci an hour and a-half for tho want of two justices to sit on the bench.

MEAs;ussua,rer going the round. Quoenstown," Cromwell. ' iPaliijerston, Dunedin, Oamaru, and other places have 'been visited —necessitating the closing of the Pchools, r p ai f Si 10 * c] mh lla # h «J, to be closed for a we>k: ficent altitudes " hai proved too this little ill which, all juvenile flesh is heir to; ' 1 •*■• * s .i..\ k *.• -.,

A TABLE prepared-by.tho, ' Sydney Mor mpg Herald' shows ihat the actual time' occupied in" the ti-ansif of mails By the Orient liners from Adelaide (via London, from, January ] 7 1880, to April 14, 1881, days. 1 . "The, Orient is . oredited with the fastest trips, two of thirty-two days each, and one of thirty-three; while the Cotopaxi Also, did it in thirty-two days once, and twice in thirty-three days". The Ouzoo's time, forty-two days, was the longest. A large number of unemployed are still located in our centres of population. It is very probable that the Government,will either open an additional section of the Otago Central, or the Windsor-Livingston lines to give employment, or that steps will hn taken to distribute them over the Colony so tbat.they might be enabled to obtain work, Free passages to Taranaki, and a twelvemonths ~ engagement on the breakwater, , would not be too much to expect from the present Government.

The Exhibition in Dunedin has been a great success. On Saturday last no less than 3100 persons visited the building. The hall was so crowded that tho doors had to be closed in the evening, and hundreds refused' admittance. Should a sufficient number of members of Parliament, now sitting in Wellington, feel inclined to visit the Exhibition the Government has promised the services of the Hinemoa to take them south. This is a most favorable opportunity for Northern members particularly, which we hope to see taken advantage of.

_ A TEERiBLB disease has. broke out among S le . fi Ch i n M nen ; em Ployed on the Canada -racinc Railroad works in "British Columbia, lne caso.of a Chinese cook will serve to the, phases of this strange malady. He sat down, apparently perfectly ' well to eat his dinner. His feet began to swell, and the swelling extended itself up his legs and body, reaching a vital part in about ten minutes, causing his abdomen and chest to expandinampst unnatural manner, and he tumbled down dead, all in less than fifteen minutes from the time the disease attacked nun. In this way these people are dying in

A barman, named Alfred Cottrell committed suicide oh Sunday last % throwing himself from the Rat'ray Street wharf, Dunedin into the water.— - When recovered life was found to be extinct. Just prior to taking the fatal leap,.Cottrell had placed his coat, vest, and hat, ■on a stack of potatoes, and • the clothes were identified by his brother. Deceased was parried, and leaves a wife'drid family t'o mourn his untimely end.. He was a'comparitively young man. On one of the leaves of his pocketbook • was smne- writing, including the following lines :—I cannot live. Everybody has been' kind to us all. Mr Low has discharged me to night for no fault of mine, I live at Mrs Walker's, Leitll street. My name' is Alfred Cottrell.'" ' :; .... The farmers at the Taieri and Waikouaifci seem to be in great trouble at present, the former with green linnets and thje latter with , sparrows. 1 On the Taieri., Plain'.#ie number of linnets seem to.bei increasing ..every day, A' farmer in Waikouaiti', found' i n eight chains of hedging, no Jess 'than'.Bo nests. Another reason,<and ViuYpprtant one 'for' agriculturalists, sufficiency ,of : moisture, iscausiug an exodus among the " Carterbury' i armors,} .■ >at ' present, and _ Goro- seems to be the favored locality? -A • papep 'states that a large number of Canterbury' farmers axe] shifting from .that Province to tile district of' Gore, The reason ,'assigried for their removal is'that,the,land is not"'fp,vorabl« to -agricultural pursuits, owing to : the insufficient'supply o'fraini'the ground at the present time being much parched. The 'llangitikei Advocate' is not very complimentary to the Conference of TMe«ii.t.<B from Local Government Bodies, convened by I the Manawatu Council which sent circulars to 63 county councils, 65 borough councils, 293 highway boards, and 21 local boards—that is to say, 442 in all; 63 declined to send delegates, and 22 agreed to send delegates ; no answer whatevpr was received from the remaining'; 357. Th»s it will be seen that 442 circulars were sent out, 85 replies were received, and only 22 of these were favoriVable, ■:■' We have all heard of three tailors of | looley street, who gravely said. 'We the people of England.' Well, the action of MrMacarthurs 'conference' is not i whit less ludicrous than that of, the immortal tailors. Even supposing that the whole 22 delegates who promised to attend actually did put in an appearance, would they have the impudence to pretend that in any representations made to Parliament they expressed the opinions of the four hundred and forty-two local bodies of New Zealand? There have been conferences in the Colony before, but Mr Macarthur's 'conference ' is the sorriest farce that has ever yet been perpetrated in the name of the local bodies of New Zealand. Wo have no doubt that those bodies, generally, will represent the whole proceedings as being calculated to bringour local institutions into contempt in the eyes of all- men of common sense, ,Xp -thought the .Council of'the County of Maniototo when they decided that the Conference was ah attempt to " usurp the functions of Parliament,"