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Cromwell Argus, Volume II, Issue 104, 7 November 1871, Page 4

In our last issue we recorded the fact that the Uev. Joslun ■Tones ha I visited Cromwell, an 1 stated <mr Ue'iet that he wou'il he “ warmly welcomed by his 00-religi.mUts.” O.ir <T/de coufcem-w>’.iry, in a spirit of captious criticisai and vulgar cynicism, obj sets to the terns in which our paragraph was conc’no 1, The mildest words may be misconstrued, and the plain sense of the most ordinary plums 3 bo perverted. We charge our contemporary wi hj having been guilty of this oiTence. Perhaps the wri-er of the ill- nannere 1 and intolennt lines in the Dmxlau Tiavu is not a “ co-ndig onist” of the Uev. Joshua Jones, .anil therefore—not having the c >ur ge to abuse that rovoren I genie nan openly—does the dirty work covertly by expen ling his bile noon us. “ U’o were un lor the -impression,’’ says our p Jitc eoiTempor iry. “that, in these onlightene I d.a rs, m > la 0/faith would 11 it p event the right ban I of fell iwship being extended to a minister of the Uospei by ill profess! ig Christa ms. ’’ Whatever the writer •nay mem by “un los of faith,” we do not envy him his obfuscated modes of thought, lie prates Pharisaic dly of “ professing Christi vns —the lev. J is'uii Jones knows well how to distinguish between blatant profess >rs and “doers of the Wor I.” The luv of Christian charity ould not lie more di'ruTly viol ate I by an/ one than by the quarrels one. ungenerous in dividual who lehberately wrote the paragraph which we hive reluctantly referred to. He calls these days " enhghtone 1” 1 fits light is darkness—“outer darkness.” There let him howl, and gnash his uu-l .'bristian tooth.

Tbursdiiy next, tlie 9fch insfc., is the anniversary of the Prince of Wales’s birthday. It i; usual to observe the day as a holiday in die Courts an 1 public odiess. Mr I‘yke, however, iuforan us tbit tin 'Jo irfcs will lie belt in Groin• well on Thu its lay m et, because a luge number of sum uoiises were issued f;» • that day, in f >rgetfaliess that it ns .a pub’i-e hdi lav. Tin SI.M. his mi this occasion consultel tin public convenience. Mr W. J. Birry will, on Thur.sliv mxt sell, at Logvitowii, Mr Bure's propertv kn urn as the Reefer t* Aran Hotel ( See advertise neat ) Tiiu Treusurer of the Cromwell Church Goal nittee desires to aekmwle 1 ;e the to joint of the follinvi’isubscriptions; Messrs J. M r-dia r, 1,. 1 Is; K. Ch unn, Ids; I'. Michel, lit o I ; G, .State, L 1 ; Kawaraii Gorge, per J, VV. Roberta on, 1../3. The rCsaort from the Trikas Dlstrict arrive I at !> >m veil on S vlur Ily afte ai iin, the •ih iast., in cuge of Seigemt Smith. The am miit of gil I brought from Qioju.sto.rn \na 3f.)o' ozs ,an I froiu Aavoivto vn, IdDozi. .Vfter receiving an a)co«i m of 1012 on. from the 3 mk here, the iSscort left for (.Hyde in charge of Inspector The. Southern-Mi ;orfc took do-,'m 443 d ounces of old. Total, 11,092 02s.

Tin! Uov. B. Drake will preach at the Bannockburn school-house at three o’clock on Sun lay afternoon next.

'The Cromwell Jockey Club held a meet* in,' on S vtnrday evening, in the T.ivv.i-hall, Mr Dawkins, Vice-Predulo.it,' in the chair. Thera was a fall attendance. So.ne discussion arose aa to a minute fixing the l is t Thursday had Friday in December astae days for this year’s races ( .ml in’future) not having been rescinded. The minutes of two meetings prior to the last on'a were confirmed. Mr j. Marsh moved, and Mr Wm. Sfcanly. seconded, - -That the minutes of the last meeting bo not confirmed. Mr Wrights m moved and Mr Jolly seconded,—That tie minutes of last meeting be confirmed. This ameL ’’pent was carried by five votes against two; on hich Messrs Marsh and Shanly retired. Messrs Jaa. Taylor, Pierce; and Jolly were appointed to collect funds in the town ; Messrs Wrightson ail Campion for the Gorge ; Mr Werner for the L iwburn ; Messrs -otaart and Richards for Bannockburn ; Mr Uagg (i resident) for the Garrick Range ;anl Mr Logan for Bendigo. Messrs I. Loughnan an I John Wrightson were appointed handle vppers. Full particulars of the Races—so be hel lon Friday and Saturday, Decsnber -Deli and 31th, will be found in our advertising columns.

The Elizabeth Quartz Mining Company’s newlv-erected machinery will start crushing on st me from its own claim, an I not upon quartz from au a Ijacent claim, as erroneously stated in oar last issue.

Gold to the amount of 221,304 ounces, ■iml valued at £833,507 was exported from the several Provinces of New Zealand during the I carter ended 30th September last. Of the liiantity mentioned, 123,223 oza.— more than f inr tines the export from 0;ag) and Southland —are ere lited to the Province of Auckland. I I he aggregate value of the gold exporte I from the Colon v np to 30th September is estimated at £23.753,681. ’

Owners of brood mares will do well to observe that the imported thorough-bred horse “ iilswick" is now in this district ; heisacknowla 1 god t) have raanv line points, and his pedigree is first-class. “ Young Chorister” is also to travel in this district. . For particnl irs as to these horses we refer our readers to the advertisements.

Three mouths ago au agitation was initiate! in the Cro mvell Town Council by the ex-Mayor, and later by Councillor Fraer, having for its object certain most necessary alterations in the mail service,—affecting Naseby, • Clyde, Cro nwel ,an I Quoeustown. Most unanswerable arguments were ad luced to show that Cromwell should be sabsti ute I for Clyde as the Mail Terminus. Our frien Is at Naseby were’ intereste I in the matter, and cordially co-operated with us iu endeavouring to bring about the desired change. The existing contract, however, —and the unwillingness of the Covernraenc to incur any pecuniary obligation which they can possibly poitpon ;or shirk, —stands in the way. The 'toant Ida Ohrmic’e of die 3rd inst,. has an artie'e on the subject, which we Would gladly reprint dil our space permit. The following is the conc’u.ling paragraph : —“ Though so far a failure, the matter must not be al owed to drop, hut must, on’ the contrary, be more than ever and more strongly than ever agitated. We ask for hut little, hub to that little we feel that we ire fully entitled, and that little we should be determined to hive by the exercise of every lawful power at our command. When tnousauds, tens of thousands, an I hundreds of thousands of pounds are being expended upon railways nadii.ting in Dunedin, for which, in any case, we shall have our share of the piper to pay, wo have a perfect right to demand that somej thing should be done towards improving inland communication. No (bivernuient can be honest or upright which will expen 1 the whole if its consider,ition and means to exalt one or more pi ices at the expense and to the injury of : the whol .”

The annual mealing of subscribers to the Cminwell Public Library,.announced for list I' mrsd ly evening, was a failure : it didn’t; came ori. The public were wholly unrepresented on the otcisiou. hand the Committee (of wh >m only live were present) resolved to hand in their annual report for publication in to-day’s ARG r J3, an I to convene an adjourned mee 1 ing of the subscribers for to-morrow night. We deprecate the vp.at'iy displayed by the subscribers. A large (.mount of valuable pr.nerty has been accuiunI ite I by the exertions of the (Vmmirtee, an I the iln’.nciil position and prospects of the institution are of the mot choiring description (as will bn sain fro m th report), an I it seams probable that only a shirt period will elapse before the Co n n tfcce w ll he enab ud to commence the proo 'sc I new A then.eu u Bail ling. We trust the subscribers will muster in force to-morrow night, and testify by their presence that thedismte-re-tcl an 1 successful elforts of the Committee arc in s >.n ; degree appreciated.—[l’ressnre on our space compels us to hj d 1 over the report and balance-sheet. —So. A Rons. ] The General Assembly will probably be prorogue I about the middle of this month. A meeting took place in the Town-hall, on Tues lay evening last, for the purpose of reorganising the Cromwell Cricket Club, The attendance. although not so numerous as it should have been was su licieut to prove that last seas m’s practice, an I the pleasant recreation it a Tor la I to th isc who share I in the exhilarating pistrm, had not been forgotten. Mr Maokellar was olectel Chairman. After same discussion, it wis agreed to p istiiono the election o f a comm’ttoi mril this evening, in order to allow timl for obt lining accession: to the list of mimlx '-‘A Messrs M ickellar an I San tom undertook canvass for subscribers ; and the subscript P}J/ for the year was li ve 1 at five shillings etch member. The material procure 1 last year was re-

iXfol to by in serviceable cnu liti'.m, wit.lt the c’ccon inn of two or three bass which were a cob d nita ly broken. It was resolved to order two lints an I two b I’s from Dine Hn ; these, it was believed, were all the new materials that would herepi'.rel for the seas in's play, (t was,, .pippmed that the opening match: should take piano * on the Pi'ine.e of VVa’es' birth lay 0 hj hist.,) ami Messrs Ballard,.«3Ssa<tk€y-Wilns. and Jo dims on wore appointed a committee to arrange the preliminaries/ There was a fair muster practice ou Wednesday evening.

Mr Smythlcs, son., will again practise hil- [i • (faniip is/a barrister an I s ilieibor ; d of Hous {' ■The several immvtant ; amh bnents. One of the most ImaK't uW reitdrbs at the' measure is the d'isoourageiivmtGw'.iich it gives to the dishonest practice of .Tju noin \”• claims, 1 thing not uaknoiyu;in thU district,, Clauses 33 to 55 will cone immediately into operation.—The Otago Land Bill has also passed! The entefprming firm of I. Hallensceifi anlCo. are about to-erect.a large and substantial gr”“ and produce store in. Cromwell, alongsi le \^.r‘present extensive premises. The building WV be of stone, 9J ft. in depth, 21 ft. frontage, walls 12 ft. high. The Luke Wakatip District Races, to be hell on January 11th and 12th, will be somewhat exc'usive in-their character, the entries being restricted to “district” or “ provincial ” horses, —thus excluding the Canterbury steeds, A wedding of rather an unusual character took place in Dunedin on Wednesday last, an enterprising Chinese vegetable vendor having taken linto himself a fair European wife. The damsel is possessed of more than average personal‘attractions, and her husband is well-known to thrifty housewives as a ’cute trader in the vegetable line. In a recent debate in the House of representatives, Mr Mervyn behaved in such an unparliamentary and outrageous manner that the Chairman of Committees left the chair, and reporte I him to the Speaker. On the following day the matter was brought before ,tbe House* and considered with closed doors, the result being that Mr Mervyn had to “eat humble pie” and apologise. The.Victorian Government appears determined to stop the introduction of our vagrants, &c., into that colony. Messrs M'Meckan, Blackwood & On. have been compelled, under terms of a bond entered into by them, to pay for ths..main.tenanc3 of an imbecile person taken to Victoria by one o f tbeir steamers, and who had become an inmate or Yarra Bend Asylum. The right of the press to criticise public men and their savings and doings is undoubted ; but when free criticism is indulged in, it sometimes p-oves ton much for the sensitive min Is of the persons criticised. Such appears to have been the case recently in Auckland. With reference to the recent cases of assault committed on members of the Press in Auckland, the Southern Cross states that the charge preferred by Mr Utting against Mr Samuel Morrin has been withdrawn, a very humble apology having been accepted ; and that the right "to thrash members of the Press in satisfaction for anv obnoxious criticism w ill, be tested in the case Brett v. Walker in the Police Court. The largest and must varied stock of drapery and clothing that has ever been in the Cromwell district is now opened by T. Tdallenstein and Co. The whole has been carefully selected and bought for cash in Melbourne, thus enabling the above firm to dispose of the goods at Pan cheaper prices than have hitherto been ruling in Cromwell.— Advt.