SAYURDAY NIGHT AT LOGANTOWN

Cromwell Argus, Volume I, Issue 19, 23 March 1870, Page 5

SAYURDAY NIGHT AT LOGANTOWN

tkfiJfditdr #:&«OiMm l wbi,i;v<A*gsl&w i Sir—The people of Logantown were enjdjjlfab; a quiet dance- List Saturday night, when tha %rii pirition of a policeman put a sudden st6p*qii> their enjoyment by commanding that fthey "should instantly stop. \k"'V Jp The command was of course complied witbJ; "bat as the proceeding seemed rather strange, Vi composed the following verses, which, if yc-ft think they are worth insertion in your paper, you may publish in your next.—l am, &c, i Wallaby, j .... Cease the music, stop the dancinc, Lay the fiddle down, ;•« fy. For King o—s—ls is advancing "Tf • Straight to Logantown. " f, '_■.-., ;' w f . So women now must ceasa to amile, 'i I SB And men forget to laugh ;

But sit in silence all the while [■) They their potations quaff. Lt>j And who can cause this fear so great ? Ah ! if you only knew ! tom An officer of Otago’s state, ,i~ | . Jl, o A Sergeant of the-blue. ! b* v ‘ . il ■tUu: From hence all mirth and music fled, -u:i 1 1 :j . And now all revelry must cease : |->jp | The town lays silent as the dead , |bsii! When comes the Sergeant of Police. ■ [VFe give insertion to our poetical correspond 4c • sapposeJfoln* stsa two views on the ®f| fvHrjT 3 * l •'daidgWifl. is ivf_ jffjK -Man- j • w<a m omissmi* i 1 * ■*k -saot-i*! odd -Uriiiff sJ Jfrw annln i WEDNESDAY, M »RGH 16, 1870. , (Before Vincent Pyks, Esj. , Warden.) Maidman and another v. Richmond. — This was a case of disputed partnership in a reef at Bendigo. Owing to the absence of a material witness for plaintiffs, the case was again adjourned. APPLICATIONS POR PROTECTION. Binge and others.—Fresh application to be made, anil applicants to appear in person. C. F. Johnson and others, No 2 west, Bendigo reef. 30 days granted. Randall and others, Adams’ Gully reef. 60 days granted. Dalziel and others, No. 9 east, Bendigo reef. 60 days granted. R. E. Dagg and others, Royal Standard reef. The hearing of the application was adjourned,

owing to a misunderstanding as to the prospecting claim, which it turned out had never been granted. Marshall and others, No. 2 east, Royal Standard reef. 30 days granted. ' Several applications for water-races, tail-races, 1 dams, &c., were considered and dealt with. Loo Ah Shing v. Charles Wilson and others.—’ This was an action charging defendants with unlawfully interfering with complainant’s water. The defendants pleaded a general denial. The case occupied the Court for a considerable time, owing to a di lioulty in getting the evidence of several Chinese witnesses in a satisfactory manner—some of the questions put through the interpreter who had been e igaged being answered in a manner which showed they were not properly understood. Mr Brough appeared for de-’ fondants, and Mr Badger acted as agent for the ■.plaintiffi.-• The >oase-was ultimately adjourned till next Court d*ty.