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Cromwell Argus, Volume 1, Issue 43, 7 September 1870, Page 4

The sale of Mr Lancaster’s cattle takes place at the sale-yards to-day. We are informed that a finer mob has never been seen in the district. Tt is hardly necessary to remind our readers that the Bannockburn Entertainment takes place to-morrow night. We understand i that a very large number of tickets havo been disposed of, and a numerous audience may therefore be reckoned on with certainty. The calendar of prisoners for trial before his Honor Mr Justice Chapman at the Criminal Sessions of the Supreme Court, which commenced on Monday last, is as follows :—David Storey, stealing a watch, chain, &c., at Switzers ; John Alexander M'Dermutt, stealing a watch at Dunedin ; Frederick Lange, embezzlement at Lawrence ; Samuel Taylor, forgery and uttering at Oamaru ; John Paterson, burglary at Kyeburn ; Joseph Gibbs, obtaining goods by false pretences at Bendigo Gully ; John Gough, horse-stealing and cheque-stealing at Switzers ; George Rennie, burglary at Clyde Police Station; Malcolm M’Lennan, aiding and abetting burglary at' Clyde Police Station. an the; dßws, wore in the Dunedin G.mWjfc Wednesday last, having been cscorijeff, to'Dunedin in company with the gold which they abstracted. On the preceding evening, although the northern coach did not arrivo till 10 o’clock, a general rush was made to |he coach offiqL.jn Manse-street, about aSjhiidred people c<jngt^^^«have a look "However, lid not arrive r ao the eager crowd IVerA,disappointed in the treat ’of feasting their eyes on the audacious couplcf "* v 1 We understand that during the past ten days the dredges on the river between Clyde and Alexandra have been worked with but poor success, except in the case of the Galatea, which struck a good patch and netted about 55ozsfor the week’s work. The owners of the Clyde dredge, who did so woll last winter, have this season a heavy deposit of tailings to contend with. “ Tom’s Dream,” referred to in our St. Bathans correspondent’s letter, will appear next week. A Clyde correspondent informs us that on Sunday last four mon working on the ranges near Bannockburn, were apprehended and taken to the Clyde Police Camp by Sergeant Cassela on a charge of sheep-stealing. One of the men named Fellows was formerly a resident at Clyde, T he case was to have come ort for-hearing yesterday, but was adjourned till TU ( , next. The Cromwell Hack Spring Meeting is fixed to take place on Friday, the 23rd inst.,—a week after the Dunstan Spring Meeting. A telegram was received last night from Dunedin, stating that Joseph Gibb, who was committed by the Resident Magistrate here for obtaining goods under false pretences at Bendigo Gully, was yesterday sentenced to eighteen months’ imprisonment with hard labour. A beautifully-illuminated address has been prepared by Mr George, of Clyde, for presentation to Mr D. L, Simpson, Esq., late District Engineer.

The contractor (Mr F, Foote) has completed the ra-construction of the town-race moat satisfactorily, and the water now runs constantly in the main and branch races. If it ware only a little purer, the residents would not have much to complain of. A complimentary address to Sergeant John Cassels has been numerously signed during the past few days, and the work of engrossing it has been entrusted to Mr T.' George, of Clyde. In the Resident Magistrate’s Court, I Clyde, yesterday, William Welsh was brought up on remand, charged with assaulting Miss Mary Ann Clifford, near Alexandra, on the 23rd August, prisoner was sentenced to six months’ imprjsoLftt in Dunedin gaol. The Bench expressed ts«H' regret that the Act under which he was charged gave them no power to inflict a more severe sentence. Henceforth New Zealand is to have a mail steam service of its own, via San Francisco, with Port Chalmeis for its terminus at this end of the line. % A Dunedin correspondent informs us that a smart shock of earthquake was felt in the city on the evening of Wednesday last. The direction, as judged from the oscillation of some water in a basin, appeared to befrom north-east to south-west. The bell attached to the large clock in what is known as the new post-office building I began to toll, and two of the juvenile members of our correspondent’s family who were in bed in an up-stairs room, jumped up, and ran downstairs in great alarm, stating that “ the bed was shaking about, and would break.” From telegrams in our Dunedin files we observe that the shock had been severe enough at Lyttelon to shake down chimneys, and do other damage. At the weekly meeting of the Waste Laud Board, held at Dunedin on Wednesday last, Mr Lewis Grant applied for a lease of three acres occupied by him on M‘Lean’s run, near Bendigo. The board had no power to grant the application. I The Otago Hundreds Regulation Act Amendment Bill, and the New Zealand University Kill, have been passed by both Houses of Parliament, and onlv await the Governor’s assent before becoming law. We are requested to acknowledge a donation of £.i 3i from Mr B. R. Kurd to the |! Duns tan Hospital Fund.