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Cromwell Argus, Volume 2, Issue 88, 18 July 1871, Page 4

Copies of the Citizens' Roll for the Town of Cromwell may be had—price sixpence each— on application to the Town Clerk.

Mr Barlow's clearing sale of watches, clocks, jewellery, &c. &c, takoa place at Kidd's Hotel ou Thursday, the 20th inst.-

Tne funeral of Mr Patrick Kelly, which took place on Wednesday last, was very numerously attended, friends from far and near having come to pay the last tribute to the memory of our lamented fellow-townsman. The Rev. Father Larkin, who travelled a distance of ninety miles in ordor to be present at the funeral, performed the burial service. The procession was headed by the members of the Loyal Cromwell to which body the deceased belonged. An open Court for the Revision of the Citizens' Roll was held in the Council Chamber on Saturday last, there being present :—Tlie Mayor (Mr rfmithaui), and Councillors Whetter, Dagg, and Brown. There were no objections to any name on the Roll, and there were only five applicants to have their names placed on it, viz. :—Johi) Edwards, John Towan. H w' Smythies, Charles Colclough, and Wi!l : am Colclough. Messrs To wan and Edwards' names were ordered to be inserted in the list, but in consequence of the property occupied by the three las'; named applican s not having been assessed this year, their names were Sot inserted.

A landslip of considerable magnitude occurred about ten days ago on the Cromwell mile of the Kawarau, on the road to Stuart's Ivrry. The slip took place immediately over the site of Nicholas' old lignite pit, thousands of tons of earth and gravel having gradually slipped, down from the top of the terrace to the level of the river beach. This disaster, whether proceeding from natural and unavoidable causes or from want of taking proper care to secure the groun 1 a-s the coal has been taken out, entails considerable expense upon Mr Stua t, as it has rendered the route impassable untill the necessary repairs are effected. The old road to the punt, however, being open, only a slight detour has to bo made. It cannot be too strongly impressed upon the minds of the public, that wherever coal-pits are worked couticuc>U3 to highways, the greatest degree of safety- should be sought to be attained by proper methods of timbering, & c . Lignite beds are valuable, portions of tbe public estate, and must not be carelossly and destructively worked. Not alone the present, but the future, has to be considered in connection with the preservation of these storehouses of fuel.

A rumour having obtained currency in town to the effnets that Mr Smitham intends, if re-elected as Mayor, to retain office only for a short period, and afterwards resign in favour of another, we have been requested to rive an emphatic contradiction to the statement \\ bother re-elected or not, it is Mr Smitham's tuil intention to remain permanently in Uroinwell; and under any circumstance ho will con. aider it his duty to devoDe his best energies to the advancement of the interests of the town and district.

Mr F. Shambrook ami other minors who have taken up quartz claims on the Royal Stan(lard lino of reef, (Jarrick Range, will be necessitated, by the depth of snow now lying on the ground, to suspend working opeiaiin's un tii (v advent of more gonial weather.

Court Star of Cromwell, A.0.F., held a summoned meeting in the Schoolhduse on Wednesday evening, July 12. There was a large attendance, and the following members were elected office-bearers for the ensuing six months • —P.O.R. Bro. M. Fraer, C.R. ; Bro. T. Tait, S.C.U. ; P.C.R Bro. D. Mackellar, Secretary P.C.R. Bro. J. Marah, Treasurer; Bro. 0. Pierce S.W. ; Bro. J. Mitchell, J.W. ; Bro. J. W Robertson, S. B ; Bro. H. Thomas, J. B. The retiring C.R., Bro. R. Brown, inducted Bro!vraer into the chair, after which the uewly-elelbd Uhief Kauger installed the new officers into th|ir various offices. A vote of thanks to the retirJk' officers was unanimously given, and a Neck Ribbon was voted to Bro. Brown. The Secretary stated that arrangements had been made with Dr Corse to act as Court Surgeon at a reduced rate, and that the Court was in a very satisfactory state, both as regards members and funds.—Court Royal Oak of Kawarau, A.0.F., also held a summoned meeting, at Richards's Bannockburn Hotel, on Saturday evening, Ist July. The following officers were elected for the ensuing six mouths :—Bro. H. Behrens C.R. ; Bro. R. Barnes, S.C.R. ; Bro. W. Goldsmith, Secretary ; Bro. J. Richards, Treasurer • Bro. R. Scott, S.W.; Brother C. Chilton, J.W. • Bro. G-. Stoy, S.B. ; Bro James Richards, J.B,' The officers elected were then duly installed by the retiring C.K., Bro. F. Shambrook. P.C.li. Bro. Marshall proposed a vote of thanks to the retiring officers, which was responded to bv P.C.R. Bro. J. Moore.

On Thursday last Mr James Hazlett was for the fourth time elected Mayor of Clyde. The nomination was made by Messrs Cambridge and Grindley, and no other candidate being proposed, Mr Hazlett was declared duly elected,—a result which we believe gives general satisfaction to the ratepayers. For the two vacancies in the Town Council, it is expected there will be a spirited contest.

At the weekly meeting of the Waste Land Board on Wednesday last, Mr Jesse Alley applied for a coal leasj at the forks of the Bannoekbum, near Crom .veil. It was resolved that on a survey being furnished by the district surveyor, a lease should be granted on the usual terms.

W> are desired to draw public attention to the fact that the gentlemen who have been appointed to collect subscriptions in aid of the Dunsfcan District Hospital, purpose making a canvassing tour throughout this district in°the course of the present month. It is scarcelynecessary to mention that, owing to the Council having decided to reduce the grant-in-aid to half the former amount, very great necessity exists for increased liberality on the part of the general public.

The usual fortnightly meeting of the Town Council was held in the Town Hall on Tuesday evening last, the Mayor (Mr Smithaml and Councillors Whetter, Dagg, and Dawkina being present. After the minutes of the vruVious meeting had been read and confirmed, ''the applications for the Town Clerkship were opened and read. There were only two applicants viz. :—Mr H. W. Smythies, and Mr Gcor«e Jenour. Cousiderable surprise was expressed by several members of the Council on the second application being read, and (Jr. Whetter was of opinion that it should b; consigned to the ilames without being considered. On the motion of Cr. Dagr, se,o ided by On Whetter, the appointment was conferred on Mr Smythies. An application from Mr R. Dagg for leave to coi. struct a culvert from his premises to the bank of the Kawarau River, for the purpose of carrying away waste water, was, on the motion of Cr. Dawkinß, granted. The plan of the ground appUe 1 for by Messrs Nicholas and Co. was again laid before the Council, with the District Enginser's Be sort thereon, stating that the working of the g ound would not atfect the road. There not bang a full Council piesent, it was resolved to hold over the application until next meeting. Cr. Dagg was appointed presiding officer at the nomination of Mayor • Crs. Dawluns and D igg presiding officers at the election of Mayor, for Bridge and Kawarau Wards respectively ; Cr. Whetter, returning officer at the election of Mayor ; and Crs. Dawkins and Brown, presiding officers at the nomination of Councillors. Accounts to the amount ot £37 Gs were passed for payment. Cr. Da^ 2 moved, and Cr. \viietter seconded,— " That tho Town Clerk be instructed to write to Mr rlickey. M. P. 0., thanking him for the interest he has evinced in the alfairs of the district.*' After a vote of thanks to the Chair, the Council adjourned.

We congratulate the residents of Quartz Reef Point upon the successful issue of the petition forwarded by them some time ago in reference to the formation of a bridle-track from Cromwell Bridge to that place. In the Provincial Council, on Wednesday last, Mr vShepherd (in the absence of Mr Hickey,) moved, •'That an address be presented to his Honor the Superintendent, requesting him to causo to be placed on the Supplementary Estimates tho sum of £3OO for the fornntion-of a bridle-track from Cromwell Bridge to Quartz Reaf Point; such work to be paid for in land, under clause 51 of the 'Otago Waste Lands Act.'" The motion was carried.

11l hi 3 place in the Council, on Thursday, the 13th inst., Mr Haughton moved,— "That this Council, in accordance with Pait 111. of the Immigration and Public Works Act, 1870, desires to recommend, under the provi'sums of the said Act, that the following work?, without delay, be initiated for water the Ooldfiplds, with a view to their consult tion under subsidy, or by guarantee of interest on the money expended :1. Head-race from u>al Creek to Bannockburn Ranges, Dunstan district. 2. Head-race from the little Kyebnm ti the workings about Naseby, to be liaed .is flushing water. Mount Ida district. 3. Reservoir in the Tuapeka basin, Tuapeka district. 4. An.l such other works as the Governinei t may deem advisable. That a respectful address be presented to his Honor the Superintendent re nKsting him to forward the foregoing resolution tj the Oenenl Govemment." Carried

The rate of- Government subsidy to country Hospitals and Benovolont Tnslilutio">« has hocn pincod to £1 for every ponnd cm": tnbutsd from olkcr sources.

The sum of £250 has been granted by the Provincial Council for the establishment of a Hospital at Naseby.

The Wakatip District of late seems to be quite an attraction for the representatives of mercantile linns in Dunedin and Invercargill. Scarcely a week passes now without our having some fresh travellers soliciting orders from our merchants and storekeepers. The consumption of-general merchandise must be fast increasing the district, or else competition is so great in I(he chief towns of the province, that the wholesale merchants have to be more vigorous in •pushing their business in the interior.— Arrow Advocate.

From a Greymouth telegram published in the Times of Friday last, we learn that Mr Vogel was still in London when the mail left, endeavouring to negotiate with Mr Brogden for the consiiuction of railways in New Zealand. He was presented at a levee to the Prince of Wales, and Mrs Vogel was presented at a draw-ing-room to the Queen. Mr Vogel has been elected an honorary member of the Reform Club.

Messrs T. Birch, H. S. Fish, jun., and L. Thoneman were nominated for the Mayoralty of Dunedin on Thursday last.

Among the infinity of subjects that have come before the Provincial Council during its present session, the honorarium question has not been lost sight of. On Wednesday night (a3 we learn from the Times,) "when the Bill for fixing future payments to members was before the House, an amendment, moved by Mr J. 0. Brown, was oarried by a large majority, and the old rate of payment (twenty shillings per diem) has been re-established, with the addition of an allowance of ten shillings a day to members resident in town." The Times is very severe in its criticism of the conduct of those honourable members who voted for the "extra five shilling a day." For the information of our readers we give the division list :—Ayes : Messrs Brown (teller), G. P. C. Browne, Green, Henderson, Hiokcy, • Hutcheson, M-Glashan, Mervyn, M'Arfchur, M'Kenzie, Smith, Robertson, Shepherd, and Webster (teller). Noe3 : Messrs Allan, Cargill (teller), Cutten, Daniel, Duncan, Galbraith, Holmes (teller), Lumsden. Pairs: For the amendment, Armstrong; against, Bradshaw. For, Bastings ; against, Reynolds. For, Barton; against, "On looking at the list of members who voted for the amendment, (continues the Times) we are immsiliately struck with the fact that it is full of the names of the more obscure members of the Council, those vho are never heard of as workers, either in the Council or on Select Committees —ime drones of the House—men, moreover, who were for the mist part utterly unkuown to the public until their constituencies dragged them from the obscurity they adorned, to strut for a brief period on a stage on which they certainly cut but sorry figures."

We have perused with much pleasure the published account in the Arrow Adronte. of the lecture given by Mr M'Doagall, on "The Wakatip District as a Field for Settlement." It is instructive, entertaining, and comprehensive ; cmtaiusa fund of useful inform ition; and shows evidence of Mr M'D-mjail's intimate acmaintancaship with the subject under consideration. We are sorry our limited spaci precludes us from giving a more lengthened notice of what is really an interesting lecture.

The Report of the Select Committee appointed to consider the petition of the Roman Catholic inhabitants of the Province (expressing disapproval of the elucational system of the Province), was brought up by Mr Uargill on Thurs lay. The gist of the report is expressed in its concluding paragraph : " Your Committee are unable to recommend compliancs with the prayer of the petitioners in the granting of separate support to Catholic denominational schools, the effect of which would be to increase the cost of the establishments, impair to some extent the efficiency of the schools, and open the door to the introduction of the denominational system, in subversion of that which has hitherto existed to the satisfaction' and benefit of the country at large."

of the country at large." We have to record the melancholy loss of two of Mr Hyam's children, at Macetown. They seem to have been seized with some kind of epidemic, which carried them off after an illness of only a few hours. Last week one of Mr Oroad's children also appears to have fallen ft victim to the prevailing disorder. Every care should be taken by parents to sec that their children are not exposed to tha severity of the weather, which of late has been so very changeable—more particularly now that we have but too much proof that sickness of so fatal a naturo exists in the district.'— Arroio Advocate.