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Cromwell Argus, Volume II, Issue 101, 17 October 1871, Page 5

The Committee of the Cromwell Jockey Club meets on Friday evening, in the Town Hall.

The fourth Papular Entertainment takes place at Kidd's Hall, Cromwell, on Thursday evening.

The charge for remitting money by telegraph has been reduced from one shilling to sixpence for every pound or fraction thereof, and one shilling for the message. The Cromwell Quartz Mining Company (Bendigo) had a cleaning-up on Saturday. The precise result has not transpired, but we hear it was fully equal to the average.

The pure-bred Clydesdale horse " Earl of Carrick " has been purchased by Mr Charles Hair, of Poison Creek. " Earl of Carrick "is a valuable addition to the draught stock of this district.

It will be seen from an advertisement in our present issue that the people of Bendigo have resolved to hold a local race-taeeting on Boxing Day (25th December), and to have Caledonian Sports on the day following. The boisterous nature of the weather during a portion of last week caused a partial cessation of mining operations throughout the district, and more particularly in newly-opened quartz claims on the Carrick Bange. There was no meeting of the Cromwell Jockey Club Committee _pn Thursday evening, in consequence of sev¥rj»l. prominent members being absent at the-Alberto wn Baces. The meeting has been postponed till Friday evening.

The Molyneux River is navigable for a distance of fifty-nine miles from.it 3 mouth. It discharges into the sea a greater quantity of water than the Nile, six time 3 more than the Tay, and sixteen times more than the Thames. Mr Steward's motion for the abolition of the Grand Jury system was lost on a division by 34 to 24. The Otago members who voted for the motion were Messrs Brown, Calder, Cantrell, Macandrew, M'Gillivray, Murray, Beid, Reynolds, Shepherd, Steward, Webster, and Wood. Messrs Bradshaw, Haughton, and Thomson voted with the Noes.

The following telegram regarding the proposed change in the mail service between Dunedin and Cromwell was received from his Honor the Superintendent by Mr Fraer to-day : "The Contractor [Chaplin] demands £OOO a year extra to break his present contract, which has two years to run. There is little hope of getting the Government to agree to this in the present state of the finances."

We are requested to draw the attention of horse-breeders and others to the fact that the thorough-bred stallion " Elswick"willbcon view at the Kawarau Hotel atable3, Cromwell, on Saturday, the 21st inst. For " blood, bone, and beauty," we may safely say " Elswick" is unsurpassed ; his stock are well known throughout the district, as possessing speed, strength, and substance. Should sufficient inducement offer, "Elswick" will be stabled at the Lowburn during the season.

An interesting geological specimen was brought to our office a fevv days siiv.o by Mr Samuel Potter. It consists of an irregularlyshaped concrete mass, weighing about fourteen pounds, the principal component being carbonate of lime. The lime is intersected throughout by petritied vegetable substances, such as grass, roots and fragments of shrubs, &c. The specimen was picked up in the neighborhood of the Kirtleburn, and has evidently been formed by the action of running water strongly impregnated with lime. We are informed that specimens similar to the above-mentioned are by no means uncommon in this part of the Province.

" Diuna ye hear ifc 1" was tho exclamation of more than one ot our Celtic friends yesterday afternoon, when the stirring strains of the Highland bagpipes "came floating on the air," perhaps for the first time within the memory of the oldest resident in Cromwell. Some Highlaud shepherds—newarrivalsnnmistakably, for they wore Glengarry bonnets and heather tweed suits—passed through the town along with a waggon, and one being possessed of a bagpipe, played a succession of old Scottish airs in a manner which called up in tae minds of at least some of his auditors, pleasant reminiscences of their former homes in the Highlands. Cats seldom overcome their instinctive antipathy to the rat species, and still more rarely Jig do th«y exhibit any inclination to show kindto their natural prey. But there are exceptions to every rule, and a circumstance which occurred here a few days ago serves to illustrate the fact, and may not be deemed unworthy of record. A cat belonging to a neighbour of ours had five kittens, three of which were destroyed—regardless of a fceliri (feline) appeal on the part of the mother--by the ordinary cold-water process, within a few hours of their birth. The old cat was. for a time disconsolate, but soon found means to replace the missing members of her little family ; for she was found, very shortly afterwards, with three young rats comfortably disposed side by side with the two remaining kitten 3! Who will Venture to asicrt that this cat is ignorant of Mithstf+ic f

A meat-preserving establishment is about to be started at Winton, the northern terminus of tho Southland Railway. A District Court will shortly bo established at Oamaro, and a District Judge appointed for that place and Timaru.

Southland exported during September 3351 cases of preserved meat, representing a dead weight of about ISO tons. The estimated cost of the Invercargill and Mataura Railway— including rolling stock—is close upon £93,005. The length of the line will be forty miles.

At Invercargill, a Mr Sayers has been fined £5, with costs, for drawing up and filing a certain bill of sale, he not being a solicitor of the Supremo Court,

The ship James Nicol Fleming arrived at Port Chalmers from Glasgow on the4thinst., after a good passage of 88 days. She brought four cabin, and 100 steerage passengers,—a portion of the latter being assisted immigrants.

The celebrated Clydesdale horse, " Heather Jock," is announced to visit Cromwell every fortnight during the season. " Heather Jock" was imported from Victoria, where on various occasions he distinguished himself as a prizetaker. Owners of draught brood mares in this district will have an opportunity of seeing this fine animal on Friday and Saturday next, when he will be on view at Cromwell.

A boy of ten or eleven years of a»e the eldest son of Mr John Marsh—met with a severe accident a few days ago. When passing along the road beyond the Cromwell Bridge, with one or two companions, his attention was directed towards a quantity of blasting powder which had been carelessly left exposed°by some quarrymen. Being, like most other boys, of an experimental turn of mind, the two resolved to try the explosive properties of the powder. Mr Marsh's son deposited a handful or two in a hollow stone, and applied a match—the result being that he was very badly burned about the face, and his eyebrows and eyelashes were blown completely away. The youthful sufferer was confined to his bed for several days afterwards, but we are glad to hear that lie is now fast recovering from the effects of the accident.