QUEENSTOWN.

Cromwell Argus, Volume III, Issue 127, 16 April 1872, Page 6

QUEENSTOWN.

( From our own Correspondent.) April 13. j The long spell of dry weather we have j lately been enjoying has at length broken, s and rain has fallen heavily. The farmers j have eveiy reason to be thankful ; no better ( harvest weather could have been desired, and i the present rains will soften the ground sufficiently to make ploughing an easy task. ; Last week the show of the Wakatip Agri- 1 cultural and Pastoral Association was held ] on the farm of Mr Marshall, Lake Hayes. ; Unfortunately the day was wet, and conse- ] quently the attendance was limited. In the R.M.'s Court on Thursday last, Mr j Henry, proprietor of the present line of i coaches, was fined £lO for ringing the fire- i bell. This is the second time the full penalty has been inflicted, and there is some probability that persons will now refrain from indulging in so foolish, and, in this case, so expensive an amusement. For the two seats in the Provincial Council, (rendered vacant by the resignation of Messrs Haughton and Robertson,) we have any quantity of candidates. Mr Benciix Hallenstein will probably be returned for one ; who the other may be it is impossible to say, but rumour points to Mr limes, of , Arrowtuwn, who Avill be ably supported in that portion of the district. The residents in this district have been ' fondly imagining that the Arthur's Point j dray-bridge was shortly to be unfait accompli; but no tenders have been sent in, the reason alleged being that the design forwarded by the Government is of an unnecessarily expensive description, and could not be erected for the sum voted, viz., £2OOO. When it is considered th.it the site proposed has every natural advantage for the building of a wire suspension bridge, and the span is only somewhere about 100 feet, it would seem the present elaborate plan (on somewhat the same principle as the Cromwell bridge) has been designed purposely to render tendering impossible. The Town Hall is progressing rapidly. Already a large portion of the face of the j building has been cemented, and the interior is nearly completed.