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Mount Ida Chronicle, Volume XII, Issue 645, 9 February 1882, Page 2

A chixamaw was killed in his claim at Surface Hill on Wednesday last by a fall of earth. The application of Guiteau's counsel for a new trial has been refused, and sentence has been passed. He will be hanoed on June 30.

An extremely destructive fire has occurred at Gisborne. Over £IOO,OOO worth of property has been destroyed. The insurances amount to £22.350.

An entertainment is to take place at Hyde on tlie 3rd of March, in aid of the Gunn family. The assistance of amateurs from a distance is desired Any contribution will be gladly received,. either in kind or in money.

Atcer all tbe trouble wa hare gone to, we have only been able to obtain two maps of the runs, and our agent in Dunedin writes- " The office state you mus' be'content with these, owing to the large demand and small supply."

Owing- to the pressure of other business, Mr Robinson's Courts wil> be adjourned as follows —Hyde, from February 15 to March 22; Hamilton, February 16 to March 23 The Macraes Court will be held on February 14, as advertised.

We have received sDme specimens of black oats—a variety which is, we believe, comparatively new to this district—from Mr Hall, which were g"own at his farm at Sowburn. The heads are ot immense size and weight. One of them is covered with oats for a length of over 13 inches.

The forthcoming cricket match between the Country and tbe Town, to be played at Naseby on Saturday, February 18th, is being looked forward to with a good deal of interest. In order to make the moat or tbe day, it is proposed'to commence play at 9.30 We hear it' is possible that the day will be wound up by a cricketers' concert, in a'd 0 F the Hospital. The handsome gold r j»hv gi* en to the club by Mr R. Strong is to' be awarded to the highest, scorer oa the Naseby side in this match.

A cricket match is to take place, on Saturday, on the .Recreation ground between (lie old and new members of the Club. A perusal of the list will show that the', sides ace toleribty equal. Old identities •- Asb, W. H., Broprne, Blair, Collett, lode", S., Jones, Mutbias, M'Hutcheson,' Kowlatt, Salmon, JSewinan, Webber. New members— .Asb, S. J.,Botting, Carlyon,lmHowes, Ferguson, Davis, G-arvey, Hos'king, Macintosh, Pope, Worsop (probacy claimable as an .'•' identity"), Woodhiii,

We regret to bear that Mr John Durward, waggoner, lost four valuable horses by a necultar accident on Wednesday. He was ciming along a piece of metalled road, between Pigroot and Kyeburo, when, on looking back the road, a little distance, he no •iced that he had dropped several of his hor> L'e tightened the break, tied the reins to it, and went back on foot. When he had goDe some distance, something startled the horses, and they d>shed off with the waggon. The shaft horses were thrown, and dragged, and the body hordes were also fearfully knocked about. The waggon • did not capsize. Tbe sbafters were killed outright, and the body bovs-'g since died. Out of a team of seven horses, four were killed.

Mb JaCesox Keddeix has been appointed Licensing Returning Officer for the Interior Otago Goldfields. Constable James Dorns has been appointed Clerk for the St. Bathan's District, Mr J. F. Garvey for Idaburn, Kyebum, Puketoi, and N\iseby Districts. As tbe boundaries of the district s are possibly not' known we will, instead .of recounting the different boundaries, state in what districts in this County the different hotels are situated. The hotels in the Borough of Naseby are in the Borough district. Kybum District:—Messent's, Archer's, and Maiseys hotels. Puketoi—donnelly's, LaverU's, Mrs Barber's, Mrs Tanaabill's, and Edmonds' hotels Idaburn—lnder's, Turner's, and Geoffrey's hotels. St. Italians—Mis Hanger's, Haurahen's, Beotty's, and Mis Milward's botelf. Persons who are in doubfshould enquire from tbe different clerks, named above. It lies with tbg Returning 00306'', MrKeddell, to say when the elections shall take place. Tbe Committees hold office for 12 V months -—commencing their duties as soon as elected.

Ok Sunday afternoon last ihere passed away, at Roslyn, Dunedin, a man who was well-known and highly respected in this district : a man who lived in it, we believe, for about sixteen years, and who, during that time, proved himself honest, industrious, good-heavtecl, and intelligent to no ordinary degiee. Such was Robert George Brown. Mr Brown spent most of the period referred to at Welshman's G-ally, now known as Cambrian. He was somewhat unfortunate as a miner, and like many a better mnn on the goldfields, whose claim has not turned out well, lie became heavily in debt. He struggled on, hoping for the best. Fortunately a"sirm of money was bequeathed to him., and on receipt of it he paid every penny be owed, and though, by doing this, he left himself without money, he had the proud satisfaction of knowing that, if he was poor, he was at least honest. Mr Brown always look a gi'eat deal of interest in useful public instil utions. His name is as inseparably connected with the Cambrian School Committee as that o f Mr W. "Williams. He also was of great assistance lo the Hospital, and other bodies. He was an enthusiastic supporter of out-door gimes ; of cricket especially. During the time of his residence in the locality a number of interesting matches took place, and though he frequently lamented his failing sight, and want of quickness in the Meld, he was always of use Jo his side, and occasionally showed glimpses of what he was when in his prime in Victoria. When the County Council was created M.\ Brown was elected the first Councillor to represent the Cambrian part of the St. Bathans Riding. he did very creditably. A year or two he removed to Dunedin. For some tune lie held aa office of trust under the B,oslyn Borough Council. Of late he had been, ailing, and visited severs! places to endeavor to obtain relief, but wii.hout success, as he died as mentioned at the early age of 50. He leaves a widow, but no family. , -'■-.

The Kumara paper gives currency report that Warden Stratford is to be temoved to another district. The brood racing mare Mermaid, the dam of Lurline, Lo Loup, Oaelaway, and other fine horses, has had to be destroyed. The dates of nomination and election of licensing commissioners for Tuapeka are advertised in the local paper. South Oamaru gives a call to the Rev, Dr M aefjregnr, Hampden to the Rev. Mr Campbell," and Upper Waitaki to Rev. Mr Hay. ..-••'■ The private hotel business in Rattray street, Dunedin, owned for the'past twentyone years by Mr ■R. K. -Murray, -has" changed hands, Mr Broadway is the purchaser. ' Qctken Victoria has just beeifbuying several large farms i.i Wiltshire, although land in England is unpromising as an investment at present. Gambling houses are-licensed in New Orleans, and the revenue from gamblers is used to sustain a poor-house which the system helps to nil. Jambs Nicol Fleming, one of the defaulting directors of the Glasgow Bauk, who absconded in 187S, has returned to Scotland, and has been arrested. It is not generally known (remarks the ' Melbourne Evening Mail') that Sir Julius Vogel, Sir P. A Jennings, and the Hon, Thomas M'llwraith, the preseut Premier of Queensland, were rejected' by Victorian constituencies ■, „'• ■' Count Lobanoff, the Russian ambassador declined to transmit a memorial which had been drawn up for presentation to the Czar, asking him to intercede on behalf of the persecuted Jews in Southern Russia, notwithstanding the fact that the memorial was signed by Baron Rothschild. The President of tho French Republic receives a salary of £40,000 per annum. The President of the American Republic receives a salary of £IO,OOO per annum. Her Majesty Queen Victoria receives annually £385,000 sterling, or £335,000 more than the combined salaries of the French and American Presidents. The Coroner's jury have returned a verdict of arson against Walderoao, re Queenstown fire. The jury censured Dixon for the manner in which he gave his evidence, and the insurance companies for over-insuring. Waldeman has been a resident of Queens town for a long time, and has occupied many prominent positions, including that of Church-warden. Otago has wen the cricket match against Canterbury. Otago has not won for many years, but has been regularly beaten. Canterbury's cup of bitlerness is flowing over. A year or two ago fifteen o\ ber players beat the Australian Eleven. This year the Englishmen gave a larger team a most awful drubbing ; and now, as a climax, it bas been defeated in the inierprovineial match. ; MEMassey applied to be reinstated as Town Clerk at Dunedin, having successfully taken his case, to vindicate his character, through the Supreme Court The Finance Committee reported that, as it had been found that the business could go on without. Mr Massey, he be informed that his services are no longer required, and that he be paid one month's salory, together with salary from the time of his suspension —in all, four months' salary. About 60 harvest bauds met in Scott's billiard-room, Arrowtown, on Saturday evening last to cousider what rate of wages should be demanded during the harvest. The chairman (Mr F. Costello) explained tbat farmers wanted to give only 7s to Ss per day, and some of those present had refused to work ab that price. After a good deal of talk it was. resolved to stand out foils per hour or 50s per week. DuRIMG Tawhiao's visit to Auckland, the natives were taken over the museum, and the nude statuary presented by Mr T. Russell was a great source of attraction. Patura te Tuhi, however, remarked that the pakehas were the most hypocritical people under the sun ; they were always turning up their eyes in holy horror at the scanty clothing of the Maoris, yet in their museum he could see nothing but nude figures." Jersey is but a small island; if it were square it would be just 6 J miles each way. Yet this little spot manages to support about 12,000 cattle, that is, rongbly speaking, one for every two acres of its surface (rocks, roads, and wastes, and house-room for 60,000 people included.) And it has done this /'or the last 20 years at least, for the census of 1861 gives the number of cattle iu Jersey 12,038. What is more remarkable, it exports ever) year 2000 head (the average export, by the Customs' returns, for the last IS years being 2049), nearly, one for every ton acres..- ■, -, .•■ .- :■•-.■ : ■-.;-■•-•

Mr Nicol, the Manager of the • local mill, has handed us the following excerpt with a request that we would publish jfc. We willingly do so, and commend it to the careful perusal of o-.ir farming readers :—" Whon is wheat fit to cut ? —(a question frequently asked). —As soon as the milk in the giMin h dried up and the giviu can with a little difficulty he bruised between the thumb and forefinger ; it is found to produce more floar and less bran when harvested in tin's state, thi'u if left till dead ripe, besides the loss caused by shedding in high, winds is not nearly so great, and the straw makes better fodder."