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Cromwell Argus, Volume III, Issue 121, 5 March 1872, Page 4

A fortnight's crushing from the Star the East claim was finished, at the Star and oi|| battery on the 27 th nit. One hundred an:f| eighty tons of quartz yielded 216 ozs. of retorttjl The Carrick Range Hotel, Quartzville jj changed hands during the past week, havinj| been purchased from Mr M'Cormick by wj Thomas Hazlett, formerly of Bendigo. Monday, the 25th March current, Lag been lixed by His Honor the Superintendent all the date of meeting for election of a Seh«.|| Committee at Cromwell. The meeting iirsfl convened lapsed, owing to the insufficient atteo 3 dance on that occasion. Mr Alfred Cook, professor of dandn; - announces through our advertising columns thail his juvenile class will meet every Thursdali afternoon, at live o'clock, in Smitham's Assejl bly-room. The quadrille assembly will mcjS the same evening, at eight o'clock. The monthly Escort from Q'tetmstowU and Arrowtown arrived on Saturday afternooiJß in charge of Sergeant Smith. The quantity ja gold sent from Queenstown was 19"!4 ozs. ; anfl from Arrowtown, 1252 ozi. The Escort left tak route for Dunedin the same day, in charge |» Sub-Inspector Moore. 12S0 ozs. of gold werjj transmitted by the Cromwell agency of the Bas'-a Of New South Wale?. The Elizabeth Company finished a crust J ing of 77 tons at their own battery on FriJa j last. The quantity of retorted gold obtained ij cleaning up was yoozs lodwts 12grs, representii: 1 a yield of 14'dwts per ton. Tile battery of ei r 'i M stamps was occupied for nine days and six tee Jj hours crushing the parcel of stone above me™ tinned. Tlie additional tubes recently insertt M in the boiler have not been found so eilieaeioimjl was expected ; and we believe the Company havjj decided to suspend work at the battery for 1 time, in order to enable them to procure a ne | boiler. Beports fioin the claim continue higlifjj favourable. The ground is very easily workec <} and requires but little timbering ; while tl J auriferous stone is abundant, and, as proved YM the yield above recorded, is fairly payable, is to be much regretted that the operations i I the Company should be so seriously retarded I ] reason of defective machinery. The following list of unclaimed letter J received at the Post-office, Cromwell, in Novel ber last, and remaining unclaimed on Februar c ; 29, 1872, has been handed to us by Mr BalLu t postmaster :—Simon Aitchison, Wm, (.'rail f Alex. Gray, Samuel Keating, William Murrai « William O'SuUivan, John Power, Jas. Y. Steel: James Robertson, Mr Thomson, B. Wallace. <• Mr B. Hallenstein, one of the canii: s dates for the representation of the Wakatip di trict in the General Assembly, addressed a wel attended meeting of electors at Cibbston c -, Thursday evening, 29th inst. Between thirt and forty persons were present ; and Mr Kinre was voted to the chair. At the conclusion' * Mr Hallenstein's address, —which was listen- £ to with sireat attention throughout,-—a vote I | confidence was moved by Mr Adam Aitkeu, s eonded by Mr Bobert Brodie, and was carrie i withnit a dissentient voice. The nominatii takes place on Saturday, the 9th, and the polls j on Wednesday, March 13. 1 Thomas Hueston, who is well if nt ' ■ favourably known in the Bannoekburn distrif was last week committed for trial at Quocustov. j i on a charge of stealing money, and was accon \ modated with a free ticket for Dunedin by tl | Escort van which passed through Cromwell f Saturday. It will be remembered that abot eighteen months ago this gentleman had narrow escape of being convicted for steals I sheep from the Hawksburn Station. His frieni will doubtless regret to learn that he is ag* ] I "in the hands of the Philistines." We are informed that a number : ' 1 peach-trees in Mr B. B. Baird's garden wei ! wantonly robbed of their fruit a few days a£ I Nothing short of utter maliciousness could lis' prompted such a dastardly action, as the ffl in it's, .-unripe stat?, c ."mid be-of no use to anyone

">•: | The successful tenderer for the building 1 ■ of the Cromwell Court-house is Mr W. Grant. r ai 1 The mortal remains of Mr Robert Patft'erson, of Cardrona, (whose somewhat sudden n demise we announced last week,) were interred ue in the Cromwell Cemetery on Wednesday last. Q| i A number of gentlemen—friends and neighbours St of deceased— accompanied on horseback the f ba mT y containing the coffin, and the cortege art rived at the Lowburn about five o'clock in the pj afternoon, after a journey of ten hours from the ej Oardrona. At Mr Perriam's, the mournful 111 cavalcade received a large accession to its numUI bers and the Cemetery was reached an hour , later. The burial Service was impressively per- *' formed by the Rev. J. Jones, of Clyde. The * deceased was 46 years of age. An elderly man named Henry Potts, for , e some years resident at Alexandra, died on Friday morning. The deceased, who was a brother " of the late Mr Matthew Potts, of Lawrence, had . lon<* been afflicted with a bronchial affection, I hut the immediate cause of his death is said to ' have been a severe attack of dysentery. a T Mr George Bell, formerly manager for a- the Rough Ridge Quartz Mining Company, has j been engaged in the same capacity by the shareSkiers in the Butchers Reef, Butchers Gully. I <y Over £SOO have already been expended on this j claim, and although the present prospects are j 'not over brilliant, the shareholders are deter-! mined on giving the reef a further trial. We! Hist the attempt will prove successful. e lversen's Reef, Conroys, is at present in I n a state of quiescence, the workmen having been I \[, all paid off. We hear that it is likely an effort j will be made by the shareholders to recommence | operations at an early date. Several hundred ! tons of stone from the reef yielded an average! 81 of about an ounce to the ton, but latterly the ! IU returns have not been equal to the payment of ,;i: working expenses. Mr John Sperry, of the Provincial I Treasury, has been appointed Secretary to the j f Education Board, in the room of Mr llislop, re- j 15 signed. The latter gentleman will in future \ a ' devote his whole attention to the inspection of ' "' schools and examination of teachers. The programms of an Autumn Race; Meetuu, to take place near the Mount Pisa; ' Hotel, on Monday, 18th March, has been issued, '"' urnler the auspices of a committee of gentlemen ! 0 whose names are sufficient guarantee that the j n arrangements will lie well carried out. The mi-j c dernientioned events will constitute the attrae- ! ( tions of the day:—Maiden Plate, Mount Pisa! ■ r Han licap, Handicap Trotting Roce. Hurry' " : Scurry, and Consolation Pace. For full particu-' lars, see j^osters. "'' The Inyercargill Races took place near a Wallacetown on the 23rd ult. The results of * the several events are subjoined : Maiden Plate —Sixty-one, 1 ; Ben Nevis, 2 ; Rockaway, .'!, ' Town Plate—Slander, 1; Maniototo, 2. Ladies' Purse—Slander, 1 ; Maniototo, 2. District !1, Handievp—Firetail, 1; Stackpole, 2; Ballet 1 Dancer, 3. The Oauiaru Jockey Club Races are an- . nounced to come off on Tuesday and Wednesday, ( ... 12th and loth inst. il; The body of Isaac Samuel, who met his - death in Otago Harbour on the 6th February, l ; through being knocked overboard by the towty warp of the Geelong, has been recovered. A draft for £IOO has been forwarded to , Greymouth by the Mayor of Dunedin, to aid in ' relieving distress consequent on the recent floods. From a late Daily Time*, we learn that the 11 total sum collected in Dunedin for this purpose 1 was £2OO ; and that a telegram had been rer ceived from the Mayor of Greymouth stating that n that sum, together with what had been received it from other parts of the Colony, would be sutfitv cient for the requirements of the sufferers. The " through" fare from Dunedin to Invercargill by Cobb's coaches is only thirty-five ' : shillings. J It is now definitely settled that the 1 next session of the General Assembly shall be ' held in Wellington. Tinned barracouta is likely to become a , favourite article of diet in Dunedin. The " pre- , servation" of the " Old Identity" in this manner probably never occurred to the "inimitable" S i Thatcher at the time his celebrated song was j Written. 1 Mr Henry Campbell, Wanaka Station, r - and Mr Walter Miller, Oven Hill Station, have been appointed honorary inspectors of sheep for c the Province of Otago. ; ' Mr Henry MTntosh, a compositor em--1 ployed on the Grey Hirer Aryus, was acciden--1 tally drowned at Greymouth on the 2<Jth ult. C U The Ta.panui Races are advertised to be j feld on Wednesday, 13th inst. ; the Switzers ; Races on Thursday, the 14th ; and the Beaur, mont Races on Tuesday, 19th inst. Mr Frederick Heskett, surveyor, was & l|uiid drowned in a small waterhole at Auckland on the 24th ult. He was subject to fits, r »d it is supposed that when seized by one he : - Wo observe among the latest items of '.American news that clover tea, taken both ininfernally and externally, has been successfully r feed a* a cure for oncer in Georgia.

f The Nil Desperandum and Robert Bums Quartz Mining Companies have made an rangements with Mr T. Logan, of Bendigo, for the supply of a first-class battery of ten stampers, similar m all respects to the Cromwell Company's machine. The mill will be driven by a steam-engine of 14-horse power, attached to one of Ewbank's patent tubular boilers. The Star Comique Troupe performed at Kidd's Hall last night to a well-filled house, The company comprises Mr B. Clarke, a very excellent tenor ; Mr Harry Kelly, who appears as a "cullud pusson," sings nigger songs admirably, and dances hornpipes, jigs, and breakdowns with extraordinary neatness and aotivity ; Mr Barry O'Neil, who is not—as his name would seem to indicate—an Irish comedian, but a London comique of the Hilton class ; and Professor Saunders, a pianist and harp-player of uncommon ability, whose harp solo last night was a rare treat. The performances as a whole constitute a most enjoyable evening's amusement, and as the troupe intend appearing again tonight, the last opportunity of hearing them in Cromwell should not be neglected. Walker, of the Thames, has accepted Christie's challenge to lire in Otago for £IOOO. Cyrus Haley, the Auckland incendiary, has been committed for trial on ten charges of arson. Frederick Morgan, butcher, has been committed for trial on a charge of violently assaulting a Chinaman at Tinker's Gully. A few days ago, a fire broke out on the farm of Mr Dickson, Saddle Hill, which resulted in the destruction of thirty tons of hay, 250 bushels of oats, a new cart, a quantity of bags, harness, and farming implements, together with the barn, stables, cow-house, sheds, &c. Mr Dickson's loss is estimated at £3oo—uninsured. At a meeting of the Waste Land Board held in Dunedin on Wednesday last, Mr Howorth, for Mr John Richards, applied to purchase an acre of land at Bannockburn, on which his house and premises are situate. The application wl3 agreed to ; price, £5 ; the land to be surveyed at applicant's expense. By the courtesy of Mr F. S. Canning, of the Bruce Herald, we are enabled to furnish the particulars of the Invercargill Races (second day), which were run at Wallacetown on the 24th ult. For the Handicap Hurdle of 35 sovs. theVe were three entries Don Pedro, Charlie, and Blackbird. The last mentioned, however, unfortunately fell and broke his back the day before the race ; and Charlie being scratched, the Don walked over for the stakes. The Invercargill Handicap of 40 sovs. brought forth only two starters Lyndon and Firetail, who linishel first and second. Slander and Yatteriua were scratched. Foi the Hack Hurdle Kacj of 20 sovs. there were three entries, ths result being— Chance, 1 ; New Chum, 2 ; Pope, 3. The Consolation Handicap of 15 sovs. was won by Maniototo, beating Stackpole and two others. Hurry Scurry of live sovs. (live entries) —Flora, 1 ; Anonymo, 2 ; Cameron, 3.