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Cromwell Argus, Volume I, Issue 39, 10 August 1870, Page 2

|L'\yK p call the attention' of our rca"dcrs|F" j j what wo must regard as an oversigbt.;Vßp . ' occurred at a time when the electibn'^BSl J citenient was beginning. At that tißfe j all other subjects were put into the shallfe* \ One thing only seemed needful, and tin bsorbod all attention. Thi* is the orMP i , «xcuse that can be alleged for the neglqwl to which we allude. Sergeant Casselsdaßli ; been removed from Cromwell to Cafttrofflfff and we have no reason to be dissatisfifts j with his successor. But to allow such B*' 'efficient police officer to leave us withoßj marking in some suitable manner our seiSß , of the services lie has rendered to she fi«P ■ ferict, would be falling far short'-of 'isß duty as citizens. To say that he is a lirßp: • rate officer, an honest man, a respectafflH citizen, and a peaceable neighbor would'ffe j but doing him scanty justice. It woajß i fall short of his merits; and because it dciß so, we wish the new C amcil to give cffSfi . to a minute passed when it first bocaiHp ... known that Mr Cassels was to leave. BB , was decide 1 that a testimonial should SS prepared and pr.'seined to him. A suniW •' £4 was raised, or promised, to be suppHß • mented by an appeal to the district,,wh<|» ■ he stood high in It's profession. Otv- ; -KelH| ; took charge of tlu tes'iino:iid, with':» i understanding that he would cut/ qut tffl . suggestions of the Council ; hut it UasbesH lying perdu ever since. We may nojß ' properly b:thiu!c ours'ilves, and discharM • an obligation to a sergeant of police secoiH to none other in the force, in this pro viola . or anywhere else. We say this ad vised iffl and five hundred respectable settlers in tan . distinct will endorse our opinion. Wo t.JBj • upon ex-Councillor Kelly to redeemls ll ! | pledge to the Council. V