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Cromwell Argus, Volume 2, Issue 89, 25 July 1871, Page 5

j The next outgoing European mail via pan Francisco will leave Dunodiu on Friday, 4th r lI Y"- , t -• the latest date for posting at CromMI is therefore Tuesday, the Ist, at three p.m. I Itewoulil ~uzzle one to discover how the |>m'f,!dings of the presiding olficers at the poll r. k /iiu. ln Kawaran and Bridge Wards are reeonpilemie with the Municipal Corporations UrdiMnco and the Municipal Empowering Act. Mr Marsh s vote, as a ratepayer, was tendered on pUe day of polling, and at first refused on the ji'ound that hia arrears of rates were not liquijlated. He, however, entered a protest against this riding, and his votes were ultimately accepted. Mr Iloid Robertson, whose name does pot appear on the Citizens' 1101 l for this year, ivaa also permitted to record his vote. This is ft« unvarnished statement of facts. We leave be explanation of it to the Returning Officer »ncl his brother Councillors.

r The Cromwell Kilwinning Lodge meets J in the usual place to-morrow evening. I rr M L I' Sl Pl ' iltfc ' ° f th 6 WoitouaUi c Herakl, has been re-elected Mayor of West - Hawksbnry, without opposition. f The distance between the cities of J)un--3 edin and Wellington his been ascertained, by i astronomical observation, to be exactly Vl miles. , ' » The stormy weather of last week caused I considerable damage to water-races, more es- , peomlly those running along the eastern slopes . of Mount Pisa, where the effects of the heavy ' rain were felt most severely. A meeting of members of the Cromwell ; Jockey Club is advertised to be held to-morrow ■ (Wednesday) evening, in the Town-hall, for the i purpose of electing office-bearers an 1 arranging . the preliminaries for the Spring Races. ° The Catholic Church Committee have . fortunately secured the services of a thoroughly , qualified lady teacher, (\lias Bonnev. late of , Dunedin) who arrived here on the 12th iust and who has since opened a day-schoorin the ' Chapel. Mr William Rowe has disposed of his property, the Cornish Anns Hotel, to Mr T ' Heron, late of the White Hart Hotel, Kawariu i Gorge. Mr Rowe has removed to the Oor« e ; with the view of devoting his attention solelvto mining pursuits. ' " Better late than never." On Tuesday the 18th the following resolution was moved by Mr Hiekey in the Provincial Council and , was earned :—" That an address be present to his Honor the Superintendent, requesting him to place the sum of £430 on tho Snrmle' mentary Estimates, for the erection of a Court House at Cromwell." It will be observed that this amount is £IOO less than that voted last session. A large number of proposals were re. ' ceiyed by Captain Baldwin during his recent I visit to Cromwell in connection with Covern I ment Life Insurance an I Annuities. The first payments are now falling duo, and considerable i dissatisfaction is espresso 1 in consequence of ; the: monies having to be remitted to Clyde I I instead of being paid through the Post-office ,nere. The Sub-Commissionar for Ota-m wool I ' | only be promoting the public oonveuioncu wore ha i j to recommend that our local Post:n gh „il I I Ibe invested with the necessary authority to re I j ceive payments on account of life insurance. | A correspondent writes :—Ass drunkards ! ULZ why should not the people who suoply ;iien witn liquor.-aud often very bad and adulterate 1 grog,_b e also punished ? Perhaps it would not suit the exigencies of the Revenue. So toH make a man drunk is lawful ; but to bo drunk is ' a punishable offence ! Truly, a ctarauno piece of legislative inconsistencv ! A law has V ee n passed in Ohio which makes the person who soul the liquor and the owner of the premises where •' lit was seized responsible for any injuries in-; | fitctcd by a drunken man on persons or property. Fresh discoveries of auriferous lenders still continue to be made on the Carrick Rau-'o Last Saturday, while Mr Scott, one of the shareholders in the Hear'of Oak reefitv claim' was clearing a site on which to erect his tent' he struck upon a very fine scam of quart/ from which several rich and promising specimens were readily obtained. We shall shilrtlv be in a position to give a general description of the reefs found and occupied in that neighbour- I hood. At present it may bo remarked that the snow upon the hills will preclude for some time tie prosecution of mining operations at any irreat altitude. A brisk stir, it is anticipated, o will take place on the Carrick Range on the breakup ot the winter season.

We have to acknowledge the receipt, of a lithographed plan of the new drerlge for the working of auriferous river-beds, invented and Should the expectation* of the patentee he reahsod-and of this there seems no reasonable doubt.-a fertile source of prosperity in connection with gold-mming will be opened'up • dred". ißg the river-bottoms for- gold dust will be rendered easy and remunerative to those tn'At; employment will be found f.»r a hrmdv increased mining population ; and the whole Colony will share in the consequent beneficial result. A aredge has recently been employed scouring the Molvneux a short distance below Cromwell, but owing to insufficient power it it has not been able profitably to contend with the heavy deposits of tailings—in many places hveor six feet in depth-in parts of the river that were known to be rich in the early days We intend to devote an article to this branch of mining at an early date, and therefore refrain from further comment at present.

The Chinese Itnraigation question was discussed in the Provincial Council on the 18th inst. The following resolution, moved by Mr Hickey, and seconded by Mr Haughton, cave rise to the discussion :—"That in "the opinion of this Council the introduction of Chinese is detrimental to the interests of this province.*' The honorable member, in speaking to the motion, sairl that the Chinese brought nothing with them into the country ; but they took a great deal away. The Europeans could no; recognise them as colonists, and cjouM not associate with them in any way, their habits and national peculiarities being so opposed to Europen civilisation. It was not only the milling interest which would suffer from this Chinese immigration ; but the other interests of the country would he injuriously affected by the loss inflicted on the gold-fields.—After a debate, in the course of which several amendments were proposed and negatived or withdrawn, a division was taken on the motion with the following results : Ayes, 15 ; noes, IG. The motion was therefore lost.' The following is the division list:— : Messrs Allan, Armstrong-, Bathgate, B'aoklock Rradshaw, Brown .f. C, Browne (i, F. C. Can' trell, Daniel, Haughton (teller), Hutoheson, Mickey, Moryyn (tollei), Eeid and Shepherd! Noes : Messrs Barr, Barton, Basstian, Carol] (teller), Clark (teller), Driver, Oalhraith, Henderson, Holmes, Lurasdeu, Mollison, Revndds Shand, Smith, Jhomion, and debater.

3 The repairs rendered necessary by tlio recent landslip near Stuart's Kerry being how completed, wo aro requested to state that the J road is unco more available for dray tratfiu. An auction bazaar, comprising miscellaneous gifts contributed by residents in the - Du.i3i.an District, is to be bold at Clyde to- ' morrow (Wednesday) evening, for the boaeiit of 1 i the Hospital funds. A Government sale of land in the T,ow*r! I Hawea District is advertised to take place at . Clyde on the Kith proximo. Why not hold the j , Bale here, and thus save intending buyers the i - trouble and expense of thirtv miles unnecessary travel ? " ;

The nomination of candidates for the . vacancies in the Town Council caused by the , retirement of Councillors Whetter and Da.", .' I are appointed to be made at noon to-morrow (Wednesday); and the poll, if repaired, will be I taken on Tuesday, Ist August. The second Popular Entertainment under I ; the auspices of the Public Library Committee | | is announced to be given at Kidd's Hall next I , | Thursday evening. From the programme published elsewhere it will be seen that a number of novelties are iu preparation. We have no I ■ j doubt the performance will prove fully euiial to i | the first of the series. The following motion was, on the mo-j tion of Mr Mickey, passed in the Pravincial I Council last Wednesday. We presume it refers to the Commonage Petition :—•• That the He-' port No. IV. of the (iold-Hulds Administration I ; Committee, with the petition of certain residents of Cromwell, be referred to the Governi meat for their favourable consideration." The usual weekly sitting of the Resident i j Magistrate's and Warden's Courts was not held | , here last Thursday. The absence of Mr I'yke ! is explaine I, we believe, by his having had to' 1 pay an official visit to Blacks. A little incoii- ! I venience wis felt by parties who came from the I outlying districts to attend the Courts : this ' I might have been avoided had notice been made j•publw.thaMdmJJpuris wouid.not-be.iieid. J 17 A. Chinaman named Ah Han died all | Potter's Cully (on the west side of the Carrick j | Range) on .Saturday hist. The body was brought fj to Cromwell on a pack-horse by Mr John Hemic J lon Sunday. Dr Uorse, who examined the corpse ! || on ics arrival here, ascribes the death of c)e- j j ceased to inflammation of the lungs. Sergeant | Cassels informs us that before screwing down i j the coffin the body wis dressed in a complete I suit of new clothes ; and two extra "junipers"' I were laid beside it. A small gold nugget was J ! placed in each hand, and a Chinese fancy purse' I was attached to the leathern belt worn by the departed Celestial. Several of the deceased's' j countrymen left Cromwell for Tuapeka to-Uay Jin ehargejiLthe remains. In the Provincial Council on We3nWl

I day last the question of payment to membe s l j was warmly discussed. We have referred at i J greatei length to the question in our leadin" ! ; c.ilutnns. An amendment to the effect that the I rate of pay to country members be H:s 1 Id pc.- I I day, moved iu opposition t> Mr Duncan'* mo-; tion that Lw per day be the amou.it paid, was: carried on a division by 1.3 votes to S. The i • following is the division list :—Ayes : Messrs Armstrong, Birton (teller), Bastings (teller), j Bradshaw, Brown J. (J., Brown (}. F. 0., lien-1 I derson, hTickov, Kutoheson, Mcrvyn, M'lvenzie, I ! Reid, Shepherd, Smith, and Webster. Noes ; | Messrs Allan, Basstiau, Bl.icklock, Duncan I | (teller), Galbraith, Reynolds, Sli.and (teller), and ! i Sumpcer. There paired, for the amendment, I Mr Hanghton; against, Mr Mollison. Mr lieidj also moved aa an aiuendtrunt— " And members!. whosa usual place of residence is within a radius , of two miles from the Council Hall, Ids peri j diem." |

The WiUkjiouli cw.l Skij Valley Herald I of 19th inst., reports that "a large'black cow whale, mjasuriug upwards of sixty feet in length, ; and calculated to produce about eight tuns of'oil, ! was captured by Ellison an I pirty on the 11th j instant, abreast of the Waikouaiti Bay. In I towing tin monster to tha iSandspic 'it got aground on the 'oar, an I during Friday a iuuii- j bar of the townspeople and others visited the Suit and were taken out in a boat to inspect it. i We believe it is the largest whale that has as j yet been captured here, and will prove a handsome prize to its captures. The calf of the whale was also harp'joao.l, but it got away :m.\ sank, tt ia hoped that it will "ultimately be j recovered. The whale was cut up on Saturday I last. Several other whiles have bsen seen in ] the vicinity.—-Since the above was in type we! have boon informed that a whale has been ; washed ashore on the Ttiiiui beach, supposed to ! be the calf of the one killed by Ellison and! party on Thursday."