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Cromwell Argus, Volume II, Issue 103, 31 October 1871, Page 4

Mr Fyke, R. M. and Warden, being In(lis')'iSß'l oil Thursday last, the Courts hi Or.nn'.v.ali were not held, —the cases' sot down for hearing bein« adjourned till Thursday, next, .It will he seen by an advertisement in to-day's is3;ie that the annual general meeting of subscribers to tha Cromwell Public Li'irary will ho 1) )ld in the Town Hall on Thursday nest at 8.30 p.m. is now employed in crushing stone from the New linyal Standard claim; and by fie time that is tinuhelj a parcel from the Caledonian will Tje realy fjr crashing. The qimrtzcrushinc; machinery for the Eiizdicth Company is beiny; erected with all p-aciicab'e speed, and the fitting of it up will probably he completed this week, when a quantity of stone from the Sit of the East Company's claim will be crushed. We are glad to state th it the boy William Cassels, who was severely inju -cd vesteril iy week by falling over a pre jipice at 1 'lom ve'l Bri l<;e, is in a fair way towards recovery. Tha piiioub his been assiduously atfen led by Dr C >rso, t;i whose profession il skid his convalescence i 3 mainly attributable. We would remind our readers of the ; Anniversary Ball and Sapper in cinnbxinn with tha Lo'/al Cromwell Lodge of the M-Jiiehcater I Unity Independent Order of Oddfellows, to ha ; (uhlan. Mr Kid l's Concert Hall on Friday ne xt I Nove;nher the 3rd. The musical and other arrangements will doubtless ho such ns to onsuro .1 in xt pleas.uit aul saccsssful celobratiou. Our Alexandra correspondent complHins of fie dearth of news in that locality. Coil I i .'old is, however, being obtained in Conroy's, ah I I w.: hj do bst'er days are in store for the Maimj herikia district. Wo extract the following from I our corre3))oti lent's communication: —" Iveracu's 1 lle'.'i ompany, Convoy's Gully, have had nno'ther I cieaning-up. The f' rtnight'a crushing realuin" I DA ounces, tha quantity of stone being about 1)J tons. Crushiivr 1113 ho :i\ restimid ;an 1 (he j prospects-are looking mare favourable than ever. I The pnmos and timber for the Uexandra 1-icef, I Butcher's Gully, air'.vol from Danelin to'-day (Saturday). The contractors (Messrs Aitkin j and Ratcliffo), will commence erecting them at

The Wakatip District Races tiro announced to tiko place on Thurs lay and Friday, Uth and 12th January. An attempt is about to !>s niacin to ro organise the Cromwell Cricket Club. A mooting for tho purpose will be held' in the Town Hall this evening. It will he observed by reference to the advertisement, that the time for receiving ten-ders-from ncj-h)l lcr3 for the supply of water to the town, has been extended to November 6th.. .. The Rev. Joshua Jones, th* recentlyappointed Ormrch of England clergyman fir the Da'nUtau district, visited Cram .veil yesterday. Hq intends shoitly to hold service here on the Rihbita Da, r . Doubtless the rev. gentleman will be warmly welcomed by his co-religionists. The .Machinery for the Star of the East and Heart of Oak Companies, Carrick Range, arrive I from Dunedin in Cromwell on Monday* The plant includes a steam engine of 14 horse po,ver, and all the usual appliances for a quartz crushing establishment. Mr W. Wilson, uf the Otago Foundry, is the manufacturer. Messrs .Hayes and Germ in have taken up an extended claim at Suffice Hill, Kiwarau Gorge; and are constructing a tail-race, 12J'J yards in leugth, down to the K iwarau River. Income places, deep cut'.ings—From 50 to 10J feet— have to be ma le. The works will probably take.a year before they are completed. The ground is known to be rich ; and it i 3 believed the enterprising proprietors will be well rewarded. Mr Charles Jenour (brother of Mr Geo. Jenour, of this town,) has been elected an honorary member of the Gobden (Jlub, ia recognition of hio literary services in the cause of Free Trade in the Colony of Victoria. Mr C. Jenour resides at a place called Berlin in that Colony, and has written several able pamphlets exposing the fallacies of Protection, and the advantages of Free Trade. It must be gratifying to Mr C. Jeuour to rind his services so much appreciated. Work is being vigorously prosecuted in the Star of the East Co. 's ground, under the direction of Mr Samuel Tippet, who has recently been appointe I manager. A new cross drive is being put iu on the 4i) feet level, which will enable them to run the stuff out in trucks to tho mouth of the tunnel, instead of raising it through the shift. Last week's crushing, of 101J tons, yielded 217o«. olwts. of retorted gold. The prospects of the Company are regarded as goo.i. A fire-ball has arrived in Cromwell ; but of what use it can possibly be at p-e33nt is ona of those things which Town Councillors alone can explain. Without adequate water supply, without a lire brigade, an I without a tire engine, .it seems to us to be a useless expenditure to par. chase a fire-bell. We hopa, however, no occ ioi m will arise for its use. It may serve to creite an alarm, but the tintinabulatiou of this newly-im-ported bell would be, we fear, of small use should a tiro break out in the town. The work of driving a tunnel in the United Baunockbarn Company's claim—situate near the summit of the Carrick Range and within a short distance of the head of Adam's Guily —is being actively carried on. The contractors have undertaken to drive into the hili for a distance of 2Ji) feet, and the price agreed upon is I7s 61 per foot. Three men have betm engaged in the work for several and the drive is aire idy " in" 80 feet. The shareholders are sanguine as to the probability of a gold-bearing reef being struck in eke course of the drive.

Air W. A. Bews, District Engineer, has been removed from Cromwell to Invercargill, where it appears there is a large amount of work for him to superintend. During the time Mr Bews resided in this town he made many friends, an I was instrumentalin improving many portions of the roads which before his arrival were dangerous to man an I beast. We believe he will still exercise supervision over the roads of this district; but the greater part of his time •will be fully occupied in Southland, where we have uo doubt his professional skill and high personal character will be as fully appreciated as they were in this locality. At a meeting of the Cromwell Jockey Club, held in the Town Hall on Monday evening, Mr J. Taylor iu the chair, a letter was read by the Secretiry from the Dunstan Jockey Club, in refereuce t > the alteration of the dates for holding the respective Race Meetings. After discussion, it was resolved, on the motion of Mr Jolly, seconded by Mr.T. A. Matthews, tint the Cromwell Annual Races for 1871 be hell on Friday and Saturday, 23th and 30:h December. Another meeting of the Cromwell Jockey Club will be held on Saturday, 4th November. Mr Charles Colelough and Mr F. Sansocn were unanimously elected members of the Club. A new dredge was successfully launched, on Saturday last, in the Kawarau River, a-: the Welshman's Beach, about 12 miles from Cromwell, in the direction of Q'lesastown. It was built, by Mr Samuel Cameron, for Messrs (Jemmill Brothers, and party. It is 42ft. Gin. Ion;; extreme bread hj, 14ft. 3in ; depth of hoi.l, Hit. Gin. Mrs Wm .\nder3ou (wife of one of the shareholders) performed the ceremony of "christening'' the dredge, naming it "The Pioneer." After the launch, the party adjourned to Mr An lersou's, where refreshments were provided, an I the usual loists given a>l duly hmourel. The dre Ige will be realyfor work in about three weeks' time,— starting on the Welshman's Beach. We wish its owners much success. Considerable dissatisfaction is, we ars informed, felt by residents at the Bannock bum, with regard to the existing postal arrangements, winch only give them a direct service from Duncdin\uco a fortnight. It is suggested, aul the i lea sterns to us a reasonable one, that the messenger at the Cromwell Post Olhce, if provided with a horse, might deliver the mail at tho I'.anliockburn three times a-week. This would not in any way inteifere with the messenger's other duties ; an 1 the cost of keeping a horse might be almost fully recouped by charge* made for the delivery of telegrams, kc, -in various parts of the d strict. Wo commend this matter to ths consideration of the Town Council ; and liope tbey will take the matter in hand. Every business man feels the existing state of things to bo highly inconvenient.

The.St. ilithans..\nntul'Ra<jes*».vo to-be hoi 1 on 'l uo3.lay'anl'We.l.idS.lay, tfim and 27sh' December. . We have to acknowledge the receipt of a copy of the "Vobns an I Proceedings' of-.the Otigo Provincial' Council," Session X:£[X., 1371. ' ; A Progress Committee, consisting of nine members with Mr George Starkoy as Chairman, and Mr Peter M'Arfchur a3 Mccreary, Ins boon formsd at the Vevis. At Mount Id:i, a movement is on foot with the obj-iit of getting up a p iblic tcitim >- uial to Mr Warden Carew, la;o itecaiver of Revenue and Clerk to District Court at Naseby. The Legislative Council has altered the j Juries Bill, by requiring a verdict ot five-sixths j instead of two-thirds of a jury, and rdso that no- [ tiling except a unanimous verdict shall bo taken ! until after the jury have bean in consultation for six hours without hope of agreomsnt. The little bind of settlers who first landc I on the shores of Otago are rapidly disappearing from cur midst; the present year having witno3se I tho dece-ise of three of the most prominent of the early colonists— the iicv. L»r Burn 3, Mr John GiLLie 3, It. M., ani Mrs Cargill. A return has been laid before the General Assembly of the expenses of Mr Vogal's trip | to England. The i-ams ire as follows : L'ravel- I ling allowance, £2 :2i Ids ; do. ti Secretary, £2lO 10s; Parages, £2ld ; Tolagrmis, £I3J ; is I 6I ; Odieial Rooms, Stationer 1 ,', au ! Incidental i Expenses, £324 Ids lid ; total, £3l3j 103 U.l. We learn that the Dnneclinites are pro-: mised a treat during the ensuing summer months, which cannot fail to be duly appreciated, .vrrangements have been made for the Battalion Rand to play in the Botanical (Tar lens every Saturday afternoon. Tae Gardens are alreidy a favorite place of resort, and wish this exbiM attraction will no doubt present a scene of uaasa il gaiety on the days in question. A young nun mms;l Georgo I. Walls committed suicide by taking poison at the Pier Hotel, Dunedin, on Wednesday week. A letter, found in the room in which In die I, c >atala-e.l the following passage:—"My worldly prospects are all blighted, and the 1033 of money an 1 position weigh so heavily on my mi.i I that death is preferable to an existence of misery." Ha had boen unsuccessful in procuring omplnymant. £he jury returned a verdict that decease I hvl committed suicide while in a state of temporary insanity. The IVwtratad Nsio Zydrtivl hhrrM iov this month is scarcely up t > the ami! standard of excellence. The view of Q lean --town is 3i::> >iv ridiculous.— i gross lih-d upon the thriving ;i.n ! pretty "City of the I/ikuj." The le.tar-press description of the engraving e >ntai:i3 the following absurdly ludicrous passage:—" There is no mining within some £.-.;• miles (of Q lecnstown.) so that the inconveniences more or less unavoidable in ordinary townships do not u.cisc A man 'on the spree' bain.; aim at as rare an object in the streets 03 a living moa !" What will Mr Eichardt aly to this ? The writer must have visits I the place at a"period of great pecuniary embarrassment—possibly on a Sunday, or the ".Scotch Fast Diy." It would lie well if the proprietors of the Illustrate I 11.-r.i'd would occasionally supply new engravings of scenes of j interest in this Colour, instead of presenting I their readers with ol I blocks.

On Octobar 25th, in ths General Assembly, Mr Vogel mivoltiie Nous.! into Committee to consider the Broaden contracts, fid spoke for upwards of an hour, re/iswing the whole of the negotiiti >ns which lad fci the c,mtracts, and defending the aeti >a of the Cove-n----nient. A long discussion ensued, in which Mr •Staff ir-.1, in opposing the contracts, siiil ha o'ojeetel to swallow any si-nplv baeuise che Government ha I mile it. Mr Fox elulleagedthe Opposition, if they wished to reject the contracts, to txble a vrwi of conn lunee motion, 01 the gnua I thai Mr Vogel hvl exes-lad his powers. The de'nte was alj mrned.—[ L'he Fox-Cttm-Vagel Ministry are w.mde-fully r.?;n.cious of 0.-fici.il life ; a-i! the Hon. Julius Voyel his so deeply involve J the c-edlt of the Colony that no jirditicil pp.rfcy can he fonn 1 posicssei of sufficient au luity to tike upon iself the responsibilities so improperly create I by the clique who now hold "olhoo" as Ministers of the Crown.]