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Cromwell Argus, Volume 2, Issue 96, 12 September 1871, Page 4

From a telegram which appears in another column, we learn that the Grand Jury have thrown out the indictment preferred against Thomas Carpenter for stealing amalgam from the Royal Standard Company's battery, Carrick Range. The accused has therefore been released from custody. Mr James Miller, President of the Arrow District Miners' Association, is at present on a visit to this distret, for the purpose of obtaining signatures to the Monster Auti-Chiueso Petition about to be laid before the General Assembly. We are requested to state that Mr Miller will be happy to afford any assistance in promoting the formation of a Miners’ Association here, A fc.v days ago, dysentery was reported to he prevalent in Auckland. The drinking of impure water was the alleged cause. We shall not be greatly surprised if some similar malady break out in Cromwell during the approaching summer. The almost putrid condition of the town-race, and the frequent stoppage of the water-supply .for days together, are matters of grave concern to every resident; yet there is no subject connected with town improvement regarding which sc much apathy is displayed by our Council. Lately, tha main race, whence the town supply comes, broke away, and wo were absolutely without any water for ten days. Wc are glad to see that the Town Council has at length begun to take some practical interest in the subject,—the Public Works Committee having been instructed at last meeting to bring up a report on the beat means of procuring an efficient water-supply. We have received from the Government Printing Office a large batch of Parliamentary Papers relating to Supply of Water on Goldfields, Construction of Roads and Railways, Public Accounts, Postal Services, and other matters of Colonial importance. A copy of the new Education Bill bus also reached ua from the same quarter.

The only business transacted in the Resident Magistrate's Court, Cromwell, last Thursday, was the granting of an application for transfer of the general license held by Mr William Rowe, for the Cornish Arms Hotel, to Mr Heron.

A rather ingenious mode of advertising has been adopted by a fancy goods dealer carrying on business at Clyde. In a prominent situation on the roadside between Cronjwoll and the Leaning Rock, may he seen artistically carved in the bank the following announcement “The talk of the Town ! A—Vs fancy Bazaar, Dunstan.”

A copy of the now Education Bill now before the General Assembly has boon: received at the Cromwell Public Library. . The report of the Select Committee appointed to Consider the Roman Catholic petitions relative to Education ■ibo lies on the table for perm'd.

Wc understand tuat the Elizabeth Quartz Mining Company have ordered a crushing-ma-chine from Dunedin, with the intention of erecting it on their claim at the Garrick Range; Several men were set to work to-day in clearing the site for the .machinery, which may be expected to arrive within three weeks from the present time.

Mr B. R. Baird, Receiver of Gold-fields Revenue at Cromwell, has been authorised by the .General Government to receive applications for, and deposits on account of, assisted passages from Great Britain to this Colony, Utgjer the Immigration Act of last session, arc authorised to state that fall information may he obtained by those desirous of bringing out their friends, on applying at the Receiver’s office.

A destructive whirlwind was experienced on the Dunstan Flat about It a.m. last Friday. It came sweeping down the gorge to the north of Monte Christo, and we regret to hear that Mr Feraud’s farm buildings suffered considerable damage from the invisible devastator. The large barn-i-40ft. by 20ft. was completely demo- ! lisbod, and some of the men’s huts were wrenched from their and carried (or some distance into the orchard. Large pieces of timber and iron, kerosene tins, and even stones were whirled up to a height of sixty or seventy feet in the air, and carried long distances across the flat. At Clyde, a lean-to adjoining Mr Johnson’s stable was unroofed, and the sheets of iron carried hundreds of yards in the direction of the Police Camp. At the Hospital, an empty dray was turned over and over by the force of the wind until it came in contact with some of tho out-buildings, which arrested its further progress. Dr Burrows’ stable was carried bodily into the river, and not a trace of the building remains. Some slight damage was caused to other premises in the neighborhood of the town, but not such as to involve any considerable outlay for reconstruction or repairs.

It will be seen by an advertisment in .another column that Mr A. I). Wilson intends following his profession of Surveyor and Mining Engineer in the Dunstan district. His olfioe is at Clyde, but communications left with Mr B. K. Baird, Cromwell, will receive attention.

A telegram was received in Cromwell on Sunday, stating that Mr Michael Conrtain, a farmer residing in the Arrow district, had been hilled by a fall from his horse. The decease I, who is a brother of Mrs Thomas Johnstone, ' Lower Flat, was very generally respected, and f his untimely end will be mourned by many I friends.

The teachers of the Cromwell Sabbath School arc desirous of conveying their sense •■£ obligation to all those who contributed to the success of the Children's Treat recently held in the School-house. The sumptuous entertainment, so freely and abundantly furnished, will not soon be forgotten. The incidental expense?, wo are informed, were under £7 ; and the proceeds of the “treat,” with a small balance of last year’s account, amounted to £2O 11s 7d. Reward-books, Bibles, and catechisms have been secured for the encouragement and use of the school, at a cost of nearly £ll. .A a nail balance remains to the credit of the teachers. The school long languished from lack of efficient help. Mrs Drake and Miss Marsh held on with little staid support till Mr Howe kindly tendered assistance, and lately Mr Nancarrow has been added to the stall of helpers in the good work. Under the able and unpaid management of these two gentlemen the school has at last taken its proper place among the hopeful institutions of the town. To give them further encouragement, it is in contemplation at no Distant date to give a picnic to the children, of which due notice will be given by the teachers.

At a recent meeting of the Queenstown Municipal Council a resolution was passed, ou the motion of Cr Bridge, expressing the concurrence of the Council with the action taken by the Cromwell Council in endeavouring to Lave that town made the mail terminus.

Here is a fact to winch we are sure the protectionists of these colonies will be grateful to us for drawing their attention. IVe have it upon the authority of the gentlemen whose name we subjoin. Mr Hoe, of Now’York, is knowu wherever British or American newspapers penetrate, as the inventor au.l manufacturer of some of the best printing-presses in existence, That upon which the Aiulra'wtian is printed was made by him. Ilis mechanical skill, his enterprise, bis extensive business, and his large {sundry, were matters of which his fellowcountrymen spoke with just pride. Well, Mr Hoe has been protected—out of A merica. Fiscal fondling was too njnuh for .him. The “native industry” which ho was carrying on threatened to give up the ghost, it was so assiduously fostered and cherished by the Legislature. He has accordingly transferred his capital, his enterprise, his invealiya shill, and his foundry, to London, and ha now announces to his customers in all parts of the world that ha is enabled to “upply'W*'printing-machines at from 20 to 25 per cent, less than he was -able to tuiunfactnre them at in New York, - Once upon a time the ory was “ Westward ho!” It is now “ East--aid, Hoc

A foot-raco of 100 yards, for £lO a-side, Came off at Clyde on Saturday morning, between ■ Harry liodsul—a professional runner—and Mr James Tennant; baker, of Nevis township. The race was well contested, and the match terminated in favour of Hod son, who won by less than a yard. -r-Later in the day, a race of 200 yards, over fire flights pf hurdles, took place on the Duns tan KaCe-course, between Harry Goodman, the jockey,' ail'd Hodson, tho winner of the race above mentioned.The match was said to be for £5 a side, but the result had very much the ap- . <t«acanoe of a M soil.” The men kept wall toge \jher for abont 103’yards, clearing Jt ho, first three; hurdles abreast; but Hodson then gave, up, and allowed Goodman to win atf he pleased. • The Queenstown Athenaeum and Town Hall Company promises to be a success. . Nearly the whole of the required capital has been sub; scribed, and a resident architect, Mr F. W» Harwell, is at present engaged in drawing out a design for the building. The Rev. Father Larkin, of Tuapeka,. • left Cromwell this morning, having nailer his cars a number of boys on their way to Lawrence and Dunedin to attend tho Catholic schools. Moat of the boys come from tho Wakatip district; where Father Larkin has been on a pastoral visit for several weeks. The appointment of Mr E. H. Oarew as Resident Magistrate for the district of Blacks has been officially notified by the General Government. Tho miners in the neighbourhood of Arthur’s Point were astounded, last Monday, at seeing the Shotover River fall suddenly, until it was almost completely dry. The cause of this extraordinary occurrence proved to bo a very extensive slip of rocks and mullock at Campbell's Terrace, some ten miles up. The river was blocked up for nearly a mile and a-quartor, the Alabama Claim being swamped out, and many other claims were seriously damaged. — Advocate.