Mt. Ida Chronicle NASEBY, SATURDAY, JAN. 13, 1894

Mount Ida Chronicle, Volume 24, Issue 1259, 13 January 1894, Page 2

Mt. Ida Chronicle NASEBY, SATURDAY, JAN. 13, 1894

Tint Tcwco jna3 w9t elosent Kastftn\4aV .'-- *> ;_ Tbk Colonial Treasurer hope* tote nil*;, -r--t» uaoance • norpla* of IJ.OMQO »*' 4nT --v." end of.the financuU jmt. 2 , '.^^ MbW: JiyieTSa» the Regriawar of Miiriun, ]fam aptf' . Deaths lor the District of. fill Art—. - . "A Xabgz r diamond hat been jMßet ••>-.. Moat Kingston(Sooth il —fislis)lis ■■>»■ *'_. who ww fossicking for gold. Itlbntrnn the tint IS yeOow. TheAeent-General for Heir Zmlaad, ]fe -< : Westby'Perceval, has beenkn%tttee\ ;nnel v has M« attached to nia nam* tfcclsttsfnrK.C.M.G. A msfatch from Hong Kong nays fcandltti'. attacked the Emperor of Chin* and n ennK cade in Pekip, and captnrecl jrwoal nail several of the court officials. '

A MEtBOCRXK telegratt of Jan. Ttfc amjm s -_, —Jones, the hangman," reeeiral a latta? from the assistant-hangman rtsting that ha declined to hang the. condemnsJT swm Koorr. Jones himself was sliifjj siisss to undertaking the operation, and thin apparently preytd on -his mind. Bo njih ' ceeded to his room in the gaol, and cammittied suicide by cutting his throat. -

Forty degrees of frost has been siyi enced in' many parts of Germany.. Tha'l weather is colder in London than Jnr-4DTn years- past. At Shornclifie, in Seat,' tk»"" : thermometer was at zero. Many neridtwiaV" are reported, and all traffic' is serioaaty jm. peded. The Thames is i rosea ' af"G«int Alenlow, Windsor, and Teddingtoav ~ J

A Mklbocbsk detective has faff investigation into the antecedents of ttawoman Knorr, who lies under sentence, of death for child murder. In detailed refmrte he statea that she is a woman of iawmsl character of a hardened nature, bathe fond. it impossible to traae, with any decree if* accuracy, the number been entrusted to her care. ,TBecondeamna*~ woman is now much'calmer and awn. resigned to her fate.

The nominations for a number' ef-.tha~ events'at the f-rthnminir summer mieians, of the Maniototo Jockey Club, aswpweianMn: in another column. They -are 'anussnU*'large, especially in the trotting iaeav«al -give promise of a good day's apertt^An. in connection nvnltins! •will be sold by Mr R: jf*' afternoon, and as there is premise ef asm* large" number of horses for the, tan crowd of sight seers -shouldl.ths W'sfljs** the average, therefore making tbes* ftiriV liges more valuable. We expect toasasssne very good prices given to-day.- ■.«■.-..;?-..,.. / Wb have received a copy of the TTstissssi issue of Night and Day, a pamnkkrt isinsil by Dr Barnardo containing an account ef Ik* working of his Homes in London forDasthntn Children. It contains 20pagmef fatefuslang matter, relating to the struggle that many thousands of children have for existence in some of-the large centres of populatioaiin the old country owing to. porerty, and gives a glimpse into the hardsb'ips and miserf anna oppress many of our little feUow-erentnme, almost inevitably driving them to erissana they grow. older.These homes.have been in existence for 28 years, and duringjhatttpn Dr Barnardo claims to have reecaed assay thousands from lives, of crime and sin. After going through a.course of tanning in the homes to Jt them for lives of naffajnefs. they are sent out to- Canada, soßsn..'eVnvTl already having been disposed of in thisn»y. At present there are nearly 5006 claMes~tn residence, and -aueb a number aseana n km expense, somethinglike £l5O alone, and Dr Barnardo, in his cjrsnmr, makes a strong appeal for help and syawataT in his humane enterprise. He states that ha has received help from various pkees--evan from these colonies—and request* all tfcesn who can afford to do so to help to raiaa these unfortunate children from' their fives ef degradation >and misery. TTafmlnnsleli. he adds the receipts to the Homos jjnv* fallen off during- the met year, while, the poverty and distress is increasing snjaf_ls the severe winter, hard tim«f [ ana onw.anasa another. Should any charitably disposed persons be inclined to forward their —H* to better the condition of these nnfortnnatn little waifs, the address is : Dr Thoa. J. Barnardo, 18 to 26, Stepney Canssway. London,'!}. - '--*■?..■ .- :;••

Is another column will be found a report of a meeting held at St. F-»fitnti for the purpose of forming a Mutual Lhpromurt .Society for that district. The society linlliwn named the. St. Bathans Litcrair,' HsKpl ing; and .Dramatic Society. '"The gdtfdfe'tMa been taken up with enthusiasm, mom* War 50 gentleman having promised their sappers to the movement. The intention of tbe'aseav bera is not. altogether to make the eadisty merely one. of study and mental'flaltare, but, aa will he seen by the name, ameaasof pastimcand amusement also. Thesdraatagea to he derived from a society'of thu kiaaia a small country town situated many ssiles from the larger centre* of populatwll wOl undoubtedly Le very large, that kv if Hie properly carried out. Every one who baa lived in any of the small up-country towns knows how hard it is to find profitable kinds of amusement and pastime for the evenings,,' and many young men arc driven to the hotels at night out of sheer «•*•£, thereby forming habits which are neither beneficial to body er mind; so that a society of this kind where they can meet and improve their minds, ought to be a rsal boon to the inhabitants—especially the young men—of SL Bathans and by constant intercourse and change of ideas they will be able to keep themselves well ap in the current topics of the day, as well as fiad amusement of a more mtellectnalcaacacter than roviug the streets- night after night. We think that it is a great pi y that a greater number .of people in the -rarioas country to^^,don't-Uke more tntarss* ia ht*rary societies, as they would than fiad the means of whiling away many an hoar, which at present hangs heavily an" their hands—not only during the time of meeting. but as they would start to read so as aot to be found backward during the debates, ftfe, they would acquire habits of study and a lore of books, which they would seen Cad to be by no means dull companions, aad they would thus be able to procure onnseaisl companions no matter where their Intta life might be cast. We have no doubt that ia forming such a society the inhabitant* of St Bathans have taken a step in the right direction, and have many pleasant boars ia' st/*"j for them.