CORRESPONDENCE.

Cromwell Argus, Volume I, Issue 39, 10 August 1870, Page 5

CORRESPONDENCE.

[Wo do not hold ouraelves responsible for the opinions expressed by our correspondents. ] LOCAL WANTS. To the Editor ofthe Cromwell igus. Sir, —What are our public men doing ? \\ ay don't they wake up and get into harness ? There is any amount of work to do. Look at the delapidated state of the Cemetery : who are the custodians of it ? Whatever body has the management of it, the Cemetery is a disgrace to them. A sum of money was subscribed some time ago with the object of planting a hedge round it, and what has been done? Quicks have been put in, but not attended to : in many places they have not grow a, and instead of filling up those places \uth fresh plants, they are just allowed to take their course. The conditi >n of the gates, also, i 3 an> Jrng but creditable. If tUe Committee will not. act, and do their work properly, surely the Corporation mijht do something, for the Cemetery is within the town Ere long, Cromwell will occupy the most prominent place among the gold-fields towns, in spite of all our lethargy ; and it is our duty to look ahead and try and keep pace with the times. If any one is inclined to doubt our prosperity, let him look at our school-house, and see if it is not highTftne we had that building enlarged to make room for constant accessions to our juvenile population. Above all things, we must have a new school-house, and a creditable one : and the sooner tho matter is taken in hand the better. Wo want men who will work—not straggle for power and then rest on their oars, but be satisfied to occupy any public position which will enable them to advance the general good. It is by such conduct that we tost men's sincerity : husting's clap-trap won't do any longer. What we must have is working men. The time is drawing on when there will be an election for the Provincial Council, and it is our duty to chose a man whose interests are identical with our own. My impression is that the Municipal Council should be a good training-school for our representatives : members of our local governought to bo best posted up in our wants Bind requirements. Whoever may come before ■us as a candidate for our suffrages it is our duty ■to put them through their faciugs, and to see I that we get our just dues. More Anon. Cromwell, Bth August.