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Cromwell Argus, Volume III, Issue 116, 30 January 1872, Page 5

Information was brought to the officer charge of the Cromwell Station (Sergeant Oasis) yesterday afternoon, to the effect that a Sinaman named Sin Ken had been accidentally I lied in the vicinity of the Fraser River on nday last. The sergeant was unable to ascerin anything beyond the fact that the deceased, >ng v>'ith his four mates, had been engaged in thering scrub on tbe face of a steep bank or ff, and that by some means a large stone heme detached and rolled down the declivity, •iking the unfortunate Chinaman on the head, d inflicting such injuries as to cause death, ■wrceant Cassels proceeded yesterday evening to He scene of the occurrence, which i 3 believed to m about seven miles from Clyde. llt is announced in our advertising columns that Divine Service will be performed ■xt Thursday evening, in the Schoolhouse, by life Rev. J. Jones. IWe are requested to state that in consequence of one or two of the lists sent to the )§trying districts not having been returned to g|e Committee of the Luscombe Aid Fund, the Ablicatiou of the names of contributors to the Fun 1 is postpone 1 till next week. :■ One of the most important features of the amended Gold-fields Regulations is the j|ause relating to applications for water-races. [f future, every sluice-head applied for will entail the payment of five shillings per annum, in Hdition to the usual feo for registration. There ire other alterations in the Regulations which HP will enumerate in our next issue. I Our Mount Ida contemporary gives cur■ncy to a rumour to the effect that "the Gottrninent have decided on removing the headiiarters of their officers, both judicial and poEe, from Clyde to Cromwell." Although we Njlly concur with our contemporary in the opinion " that such an event must naturally follow the rapid growth and development o£ CromleJl," we are unable to find any confirmation of Hie truth of the report alluded to ; on the contrary, we are in a position to state that within the past fortnight a letter was received by the local Municipal Council from the Provincial Secretary, in reply to a comimmication from the Council on this subject, in which it was meniiat " the Government saw no necessity for interfering with existing arrangements at present" [or worls to that effect). So, in the meantime, tfaere seems but little chance of any change ia Hie direction indicated. I The Rev. J. Jones (Church of England) bicld Divine Service in the Schoolroom on Thursiay evening last, and was listened to by a large slid attentive congregation. We understand aideavours are to be made to secure Mr Jones's ministration in Cromwell every alternate Sunjay, an I if such an arrangement were settled ■Kin, it is expected that he would be enabled Eeasionally to visit the outlying districts. We ijelieve M r Fraer will be able to give informaJon regarding the plan proposed to be adopted S>r the furtherance of the object in view. The following are the results of the races at Tuapeka on Thursday .-—Maiden Plate, 133 sovs., distance li mile : Mr Prince's KilJare, 1 ; Mr Scbluter's Salamander Sam, 2 ; Mr Smith's May Queen, 3. Time, 3 min. 1£ sec.— Lawrence Handicap, of GO sovs., with sweepstake of a guinea, the second horse to receive the amount accruing from the sweep, distance 1} 2 iiile: Mr Robinson's Lyndon, 1; Mr Walter's Siander, 2 ; Mr Pritchard's Foretop, 3. Time, I min. 45 sec.—Handicap Trotting Race, of 25 Jbvs., distance three miles : Mr Williams's Ranker, 1 ; Mr Macpherson's Joe Cope, 2 ; Mr Robinson's Modesty, 3. Handicap Hurdle Race, of 50 sovs., heats, over four flights of hurdles pft. high, one mile and a distance : Mr Schlutefc's Honest John, 1.0.1 ; Mr Prince's Sir TatI))., 2.3.0; Mr Williams's Don Pedro, 3.2.2; Mr Grant's Pretender, 0.1.0. The weather was splendid, and the attendance large, there being 2000 persons present. Particulars of the second day's racing will be found under the heading " Telegraphic news." If sufficient inducement should offer, we believe it ia the intention of Mr MacKellar to open an evening school at an early date. A numerously signed requisition has been presented to Mr B. Hallenstein of Queens - town asking him to become a candidate for the Beat in the General Assembly vacated by Mr Haughton. Mr Hallenstein's reply is as foljbws :—''Gentlemen, —Being anxious to promote the welfare of our District, and feeling that, in the position of a member of the House of Representatives, 1 may be enabled to do some good, I have decided to comply with your honoure I rc|uc3t. It has ever been to me a work of pleaSure to assist in developing the resources of this district. I have unbounded faith in them ; I had faith in them when everything looked gloomy. I also had a firm conviction that hore file industry of gold-mining is only in its in»ncy ; that time and honest legislation will greatly expand it ; and as it expands, so will agriculture and commerce flourish. I feel, then, Bare that, in promoting the welfare of the miners, I am promoting the interests of the agriculturists, and of those engaged in trade and Commerce. 1 regret that this is not more fully Understood ; I regret that, generally, the representatives of the strictly agricultural districts, ind of tiie large commercial towns, seem, to a Very great extent, to ignore the mining interest. The fact that the mining population of to-day las become a settled community, yielding—independent of special taxation—more revenue to the State than any other class, does not seem to j)e known. It is no empty phrase, when I say |t shall be my duty to impress upon the Legislature the importance of an industry which, more than any other, has acc2lerated the progress of I*ew Zealand."