CARDRONA.

Cromwell Argus, Volume I, Issue 12, 26 January 1870, Page 5

CARDRONA.

(Frmtx mtr Own Correspondent.) January 19, 1870. I am in a position to give a few more \ particulars regarding the fatal accident JL which occurred on L.ko Wanaka last week. 1 It appears that Smith went in a boat with Otwo men narawi Bayne and Keating, to 'board Mr Charles Hedditch'scutter, which w;h moored in a bay at the head of the lake. On their return to the- beach, close to the mouth of the Mararora river, a large wave struck and capsized the boat. Poor Smith could not swim, and was drowned bafore any assistance could be rendered to hi til Bayne and Keating had a narrow escape, as they had to swim to the cutter, I a distance of a mile, in a very rough sea. J Constable' Fleming, of this place, has been I away for the last four days, searching for I the body, assisted by Messrs Hedditchj | Bayne, Keating, Shrimpton, Cripson, | Bready, and Brown ; but I am sorry to i say no trace has been seen of the body. I I have been informed that this part of the !i lake abounds with eels, so that the chances are against finding the body. John Chinaman has been teaching one fof our storekeepers how to make gold. Mr Robert Patterson bought between four and J five ounces of, to all appearance, nice, ; ahotty gold from a Chinaman, last week. Mr Patterson has had great experience in : buying gold, and suspected at the time that f the gold was not all right, as it weighed J light for the quantity, but still he paid I John the full price. He kept the parcel ! separate, examined it the following day, found it to contain a large quantity of base metal. The imitation isextremolygood f>-very few could detect the fraud by the eve.

The School Committee held a meeting J at. Keppel's Hotel, this evening, there being present Messrs Patterson (in the chair) Austin, Torrie, M'Grath, Fleming, Cillaghan, Gibson, and Pearce. Several applications for the office of schoolmaster • were received, and, on the motion of -Mr Austin, seconded by Mr Torrie, it was agreed that Mr George Sydney Pope's application should be accepted, and that • iie should be instructed to commence his ' luties on the Ist of February. A motion ,/ to effect that Mr Swyer be asked to make two desks and forms, was carried unanimously. The hon. secretary was instructed to write to the Education Board slates, and maps. It was alsolgpiS that the Warden- (R. Bee- • tham, Esq.,) be requested to give his certificate, so that the Government may at jj pay to the treasurer the sum of £75, - for the purchase of the school-house. This concluded the business, and, after a vote lof thanks to the chairman, the meeting ad-