Mt. Ida Chronicle. NASEBY, FRIDAY, JUNE 15, 1900.

Mount Ida Chronicle, Volume 31, Issue 9220, 15 June 1900, Page 2

Mt. Ida Chronicle. NASEBY, FRIDAY, JUNE 15, 1900.

Mr Hogg ia regarded in some quarters in Wellington as the coming Minister for Lands Sergeant O'Grady sent 12 young men from Oamaru to work on the Otago Central Railway on Thursday (7th). At Queenstowa on the 4th insfc., before Mr M'Carthy, S. M., an old age pensioner had his pension taken away from hiin, and was fined 5s and 7s costs for drunkenness. The sum of £250 has been authorised by the Cabinet for expenditure in connection with sending delegates from New Zealand Fire Brigades to Paris during the exhibition. Messrs Gilberd (Napier) and Smith (Christehurch) have been selected as delegates. You can depend on ridding your children of worms with Wade's Woim Figs, the wonderful Worm Worriers. Is.

. Very few plague cases have been reported in Sydney during the past week. The scourge seems to be abating.

Tj-ih Southland Tinifes understands that Mr S. E. McCarthy, S.M., will assume his magisterial duties in luvercargill on the Ist of next month.

The Palmerston Times says that it"is probable that the Hon. J. M'Kenzie will go to Wellington if he is able 'to b'ear the juurney, where bo eould'be personally co'iisulied as to matters affecting Ilia department, should he find himself not sufficiently strong to bear the strain of departmental worry. 1

A sample of what this district is capable of in the fruit-growing line is to be seen in the window of M rs Davidson's fruit shop, in the shape of a monster apple of the Lord iAObei-ts variety, which was grown at Rough Ridge by Mrs Jopson. It is a veritable giant of its kind and when picked turiied the stale at a pound and a half. Mr and Mrs Evans, of Naseby, hadtheniis fortune to lose their si'coud d-aughter.'Lily, a child of nearly eight years of age, who succumbcd_on Monday morning to an attack of inflammation and bronchitis. She was buried by the Rev. Mr Christian on Wednesday, a number of her playmates acting as coffinbearers.

The Eweburn reseV'voir is about finished. Mr I'erham, C.E., who has been in the district during _ thc;.rweek, approved of the manner in _ which the work haß been done it satisfactory, merely ordering a little dressing, &c., which will be'complcted by the end of the week. A final inspection will be made on Monday, It is pretty nearly full of water just now, and although it is supplying the i-acu with two heads of wat er night and day. it maintains its level, fully proving that the supply is abundant. During the week Mr I'erham visited the site of the proposed reservoir at Poolburn.

A gentleman requests us to warn travellers of the danger not only to themselves but to othsrs of furious and careless driving. He informs us that as Mr and Mrs Jas. Lory, juri., were coming into Naseby last Saturday afternoon at 4.30, another huggy driven at a furious pace collided with them on the hill vvhere the Ranfurly road branches off, the wheel of the last-named huggy getting broken in the collision. We would have thought that ill the light of recent events such a warning would be unnecessary. Common-sense should teach people, especially when driving round curves in die road, to proceed at a moderate pace as they cannot tell whether anyone is jllst coming round the opposite side or not.