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Cromwell Argus, Volume III, Issue 128, 23 April 1872, Page 4

In connection with the Carrick lth Water Scheme, Ave wish to give special p: nence to the tact that the directors of the j pany are prepared to receive tenders for the struction of portions of the race, in larj small contracts—a proportion of payment made in cash, nnd the balance in paid-up sh From our personal knowledge and observa we can recommend the scheme as bona f<h practicable ; as a speculation, honest and 1 tive ; while for the district it is the chief that can be desired. At eight o'clock to-night (Tuesday) T. L. Shepherd, M. 11. It. for the Dunstan trict, will address bisconstituents at Kidd's I Cromwell. Mr Shepherd will meet the ( electors on Thursday, and on Friday he "speak a piece" at Alexandra. A public meeting convened with the jeet of appointing a local committee in connec with the District Hospital is to be held in Town Hall this (Tuesday evening). The result of the private investigal by the Resident Magistrate into the comp! | preferred against Sergeant Cassels by Mr T \ Mntton lias not yet been made public; bt will be satisfactory to Sergeant Cassels' fri to know that he has been reinstated as off in-chargc at Cromwell. Sergeant Cassels rived here yesterday, and Sergeant Mo leaves to-day for Clyde. We have to acknowledge receipt, fi the Secretary to the Otago Education Ho of a cony of the Relocation Will proposed t submitted to the General Assembly at its proaching session. We will embrace an e opportunity of examining its provisions and pressing our ideas in regard to its distincl ! features. We learn from good authority that il in contemplation to hold a regatta at Pcmbro Lake VVanaka, some time (luring next mm Owners of vessels plying on the Lake are aire making prep\rations for tho expected evi I -inch as providing gafF-topsails and other vac ; ing gear calculated to accelerate the speed a I improve the sailing qualities of the various en | We have no doubt that at this mild season im . Cromwell residents would visit the Lake to w i nc3s the re ;atta should it be dee'ded to hold o The road is in excellent condition. especially tweon Newcastle and Pembroke,—that port jof it having been greatly improved du-iii't | past summer ; and the hotel accommodation 1)3 met with at Pembroke can hardly be a passed in any part of the Province. The fact that ten tons of potatoes liai been dug out of a single acre of ground at Li gate Creek within the Inst few days, may mitl I unworthy of mention, especially when it isn | membercd that tho drought of the past suinaii is almost unparalleled in the history of the! lony. The crop above mentioned was groua! . Mr If. Maidman, of the Albion Hotel/ Sir T. George, formerly of tho Sura Oflice, Clyde, but now in business as a lit!: grapher and engraver in Dunedin, has sentus j copy of his recently-published Map of Otago as Southland. The map is very carefully got q and, from its minuteness of detail, must pr» of great utility to residents on the gold-fiel: I The price is only half-a-erown. Mr I. AVrigl ii! the \ ictoria Store, can supply copies atti : llgure quoted. The publication has already D ; with an extensive sale in other parts of theft ■ vince. From the Nevis we learn that a nni bcr of claims have recently been purchased fw Europeans by the Chinese in that locality. Tl I Celestial population numbers about 250, ami described as being orderly, and, as a rule, tin! . worthy. On several occasions when counlr I men of their own, of doubtful probity, have J] peared in thou 1 midst, they have taken the ttfl ble to put old residents and neighbours on t! ypri v'tre as to the expediency of looking aft I their ow ii. Johu should have the meed of crd ! he dencrves, liowcVer small that meed mayb The Chinese storekeepers obtain nearly all the j goods direct from Melbourne, and compd keenly for the local trade. Notwithstanding the example set by A I people of Naseby, the residents of the Nevis ha' | no intention of availing themselves of anyai | proffered by the General Government tow:* cutting a sludge channel to drain their partial : worked flat. They consider the interest uhaif excessive, and. the security required unreasfl : able. One thing- is evident,— Otago's s'wrci j the aid will represent but a small portion of tl amount that is her due. We are informed that the Staroffl Kast Company have put a gate and padlock) their tunnel, thus debarring inspection. \ I always understood that prospecting claims «| granted under certain conditions, one of wMj was that the claim should be open for insppctij and prospecting by the public,-and that all ''j s red information should be given regardingfl ! '"iiditlm jnd Icvclopnicnt of !ue mine. |

)nfle next sitting of the 'District Court at ]J| jg fixed for Monday, 13th May. iriSL 1872 Session of the Otago tTnivertitSpehs at Dunedin on the Ist May proximo. 3 °«e appointment of Sergeant Edward 1 l ta, n as Inspector of Slaughter-houses at ■* Swell is notified in the Provincial Gazette of i Both inst. Constable George Comyn is apeel Inspector at Cardrona. | 0 000 acres of land in the Wellington J nee have been sold for ss. ah acre. ( r H"^ l M'Dermid has been returned e provincial Council for Port Chalmers. 1 ie following pugnacious advertisement ; irs in a late issue of the Liana ah ua Herald : ' f the individual who ' took' from the Star 1 a new frying-pan, will be kind enough to icaln, he will receive a beefsteak —for his he Half-ftolulay fflovemont in Inver- . ill the News states, has collapsed, employers bour being unable to agree whether the h'df[ay should be observed on Wednesday or relay. 'he Tapanui correspondent of the Ditihj ■es chronicles the fact that a man named -rre flauan, aged 27, hung himself at WaiI' He had attired himself in woman's inc— stockings, chemise, stays, petticoats, c. over all being a good black silk dress and jacket. He had also neatly folded a thick ! between his neck and the rope. <>ove 900 shares, on which theapplicaee has been paid, are taken tip in the No,i Gold Mining Company, which has been ;ered under the Limited Liability Act. Company will start under favourable cirtances. as water can be obtained for driving sel with about 40 chains of cutting. The itifr can be rented from ; its present owners for i nominal cost of £1 per month,—or phrtsed for £3OO ;so that all the appliances nesarV for making a speedy start may be obned out'of hand. The ground is above 100 t deep, and when last worked yielded 4 ozs. the set of timber. This Company, it is to be j ned will retrieve the character and increase i number of the Nokomai population. They ve there established a weekly manuscript wspaper. No exchanges have, however, yet t in an appearance. A letter in the Daili/ Times of the th inst. suggests that the Highlands of Scot--11 present an exceedingly attractive field for r i ftuiigrat'ioh agents. It gives the following nerienceS of a gentleman who recently visited lotland for a short period : :~" In some parts Inverness-shire, which he visited, many have ver heard of the Colony, and others associated with Maori cannibalism. One day last sinner, the gentleman in question entered a respectile house in the County of Ross, in which he mud an aged couple with grown-up sons and nivhters, in complete idleness, and very poor, icir whole worldly possessions consisting of a iw articles of furniture and a solitary cat. Acjpting of their hospitality for a night, he reuesteil the neighbours to be codected, that he ii»ht give them information about this Province ml the Colony in general. They were greatly urprised when told of the climate, the price of anil, and the comforts enjoyed by the poorest iere, and declared with one accord that they vouldghidly emigrate as assisted but vere totally at a lo_s how to obtain the nccesiary instruction. Mahy thousands arc in the same position, r'nd my informant recommends hat the Agents be supplied with Gaelic tracts 'or distribution among the people of northern counties. The Greymouth Star of a recent date, :ias the fodowing :—" An ur ; nvitcd assistant in ;hc service appeared last evening at the Weseyan Chapel. The Rev. W. Taylor was giv'ng nut a hymn, when a light kitten, that had by some means or other found its way to church, suddenly jumped ou the book, to his extreme discomposure, and the scarcely suppressed titterings of the congregation." Probably this kitten shad a strong tendency to Piwykm'.