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Mount Ida Chronicle, Volume XII, Issue 645, 11 February 1882, Page 2

A chinaman was killed in his claim at Surface Hill on Wednesday last by a fall of earth.

The application of Guiteou's eounsrf for a new trial has been refused, and sentence has been passed. He will be hanged on Jane 30.

An extreme'y destructive fire has occurred at Gisborne. Over £IOO,OOO worth of property has been destroyed. The insurances amount to £22.380.

Ax entertainment is to take place at Hyde on the 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.

all tho trouble we have 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 will 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 some 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 Sowbarn. The heads are of 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 the Town, to be played at Naseby on Saturday, February 18fch, ib looked forward to with a good deal of interest. In order to make the most of the 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 the Town Hall. The handsome gold trophy gicen to the elub by Mr K Strong is to' be awarded to the highest scorer on the Naseby side in this match.

A crtcket match is to take place, on Saturday, on the Hecreation ground between the old and new members of the Club A perusal of the list will show that the' sides are tolerably equal. Oli identitiesAsh W. H., Browne, Blair, Coliett, Inder, S., Jones, M>)thias, M'Hutch eson, Rowlatt, Salmon, tfewman, Webber. New membere ' Angus, Ash, S. J., Botting, Carlyon,Falk>wes, Ferguson, Davis, Q-arvey, Hosking, Mucintosh, Pope, Worsop (probably claimable as an'' identity"), WoodhiU. .- We regret to hear that Mr John Durward, waggoner, lost four valuable horses by a peculiar accident on Wednesday. He was coming along a piece of metalled road, between Pigroot and Eyeburn, when, on looking back ihe road, a little distance, he no '■iced that he had dropped several of his horses' He tightened the break, tied the reins to it, and went baik on foot. When he had gone some distarce, something startled the horses, and they dashed off with the waggon. The shaft horses were thrown, and dragged, and the body hoives were also fearfully knocked about. The.waggon did not capsize. The shatters were killed outright, and the body horses hate since died. Out ot a team of seven horses, four were killed.

Ma Jackson Keddeii, has been appointed Licensing Returning Officer for the Interior Otago G-oldfields. Constable James Dorriß has beer, appointed Clerk for the St. Bafchan's District, Mr J. F. Garvey for Idaburn, Kyebum, Puketoi, and Niseby Districts. A* the boundaries of the districts are possibly not known we will, instead of recounting the different boundaries, state in what districts in this Gounly the different hotels are situated. The hotoia in the Borough of :S r aseby are in the Borough district. Ky-biirn District: —Messent's, Archer's, and Maiscy's hotels Y'ukotoi—Connelly's, Liyprtj 's, Mrs Barber's, Mrs T.innahill's, and Edmonds' hotels Idaburn—lnder's, Turner's, and Geoffrey's hotels. St. Bahans—Mrs Hanger's, Hunrahsn's, Beo tty's, and. Mrs M:lward's hotel?. Persons who are in doubt should enquire from the different clerks, named above. , It hes with the Returning Officer, Mr Keddell, to say when the eleotions shall take place. The Committees hold office for 12 months—commencing their duties as soon as elected. ,

On Sunday afternoon laEt there passed away, at Koslyn, Dunedin, a man who was well-known and highlj respected iu this district : a man who lived in it, wo believe, for about sixteen years, aid who, during that time, proved himself honest, industrious, good-hearted, and intelligent to no ordinary degree. Such was Robert George Brown. Mr Brown spent most of the period referred to at Welshman's Gaily, now known as Cambrian. He was somewhat unfortunate as a miner, and like many a better man on the goldfields, whose claim has not turoed out well, he became heavily in debt. He struggled on, hoping for the best. Fortunately a°sum of money was bequeathed to him, and on receipt of it he paid every penny he owed, and though, by doing this, he left himself without money, he had the proud satisfaction of knowing that, if he was poor, ho was at least honest.. Mr Brown always took a great deal of interest in useful public institutions. His name is as inseparably connected with the Cambrian School Committee as that o F Mr W. Williams. He also 'was of great assistance to the Hospital, and other bodies. He was an enthusiastic supporter of out-door gnmes ; 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 held, he was always of use to his side, and occasionally showed glimpses of what he was when in his prime in Victoria. When jibe Co'uhty Council was created Mi Brown was elected the first Councillor to represent the Cambrian part of the St. Batlmns Riding. This he did very creditably. A year or two ago he removed to-Dunedin. Fersome time he held, aa office of trust .under the lioslyn Borough Council. Of late, he had been ailing, and visited several places to endeavor to obtain relief, but without success, as he died as mentioned at the early age of 50. He leaves a widow, but no family. - j

TiiE Kurnara paper gives currency to a report that Warden Stratford is to be removed to another district.

Tnubrooi racing mare Mennuii?, the dnm of Lurline, La Lr-up, Castaway, and oilier fine horses, has had to be destroyed.

The dates of nomination and elec'-ion of licensing commissioners for Tuap.-ka are advertised in the lojal paper. South Oainani gives a call to the Rev. Dr Mac/reg'ir, Hampden to the Raw Mr Campbell, and Upper Waitaki to Rev. Mr Hay.

TiiE private hotel bimness in Rattray strcp.fc, llunedin, owned for th.j past twentyone years by Mr R. K. Murray, has changed hands, Mr Broadway is the purchaser.

Qlfsex Victoria his just been baying several large, farms in 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 fill. James Nicol Fleming, one of the defaulting directors of the Glasgow Bank, who ab sconded in 1878, 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 tlw 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 Waldeman, re Queenstown fire. The jury censured Dixon for the manner in which he gave his evidence, and the insurance companies for over-m-'uring. Waldeman has been a resident of Queeiis town for a long time, and has occupied many prominent positions, including that fi Church-warden.

Otago has wrn the cricket match against Canterbury. Ofcago has not won for many years, but has been regularly beabon. Canterbury's cup of bitlerness iB flowing over. A year or two ago fifteen ot her players beat the Australian Eleven. This year the Englishmen gave a larger team a most awful drubbing ; and now, as a climax, it has been defeated in the interprovinciai match.

MuMassey 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 salary, together with salary froni the time of his suspension —in all, four months' salary. About 60 harvest bands met in Scott's billiard-room, irrowtown, 011 Saturday evening last to consider what rate of w ages should be demanded during the harvest. The chairman (Mr P. Costello) explained that farmers wanted to give only 7s to Ss per day, and some of those present had refused to work at that price. After a good deal of talk it was resolved to stand out for Is per hour or 50s per week. During 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. Patara 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| miles each way. Yet this little spot manages to support, about 12,000 cattle, that is, roughly speaking, one for every two acres of its surface (rooks, roads, and waste?, and house-room for 60,000 people included.) And it has done this for the last 20 years at. least, for the cersus of 1861 gives the number of cattle in Jersey as 12,633. What is more remarkible, it exports ever-) year 2000 head (the average export, by the Customs' returns, for the last 18 yrars being 2049), nearly one for every ten acres.

Mr Nicol, the Manager of the local mill, has handed us the following excerpt with a request that we would publish it. We willingly do so, and commend it to the careful perusal of our farming readers :—" When is wheat fit to cut ?—(a question frequently asked). —As soon as the milk in the gnin is dried up and the grain can with a little difficulty be bruised between the thumb and forefinger : it is found to produce more flour and less bran when harvested in this state, than 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."