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Cromwell Argus, Volume III, Issue 132, 21 May 1872, Page 4

! "Quips and Quiddities by Molesla will appear next week. We learn on good authority that it probable a second nietlic.il practitioner will ti np his abode shortly, and practise his profess in Cromwell. Our Bendigo correspondent reports The Cromwell Company linlslie*l a crnshin| 240 tons fro n the Golden Link a few days a the yield of gold from the quantity nientW heing .">!-*> oxs. The Colclough reef is loi very well Hie necessity of securing the nieairS postal communication between Cromwell and! townships of Quartzville ami Carricktmi,] been repeatedly urged in thee columns. I are glad to hear tint petitions are in course signature asking the Postmaster-General to tablish a bi-weekly mail service between places named.. We trust every one interest will sign the petition, and that it will be snfflj fill in its object. Mr Wilson finished the survey of! | portion of the Carrick Water Race lie'was I ployed on on Wednesday last. He expra j great confidence in the undertaking. Pc: Jl I put in at every tivp chains, in all gullies, arid I the points of spurs ; so that any part "f' l eoime of this section of the nice can now seen, and contracted for. The. fall civen i*> to the mile ; and although the terminati"" the race is some 2oft. below the point ti&d by Mr Smythies, there are 35ft. of fall still j spare to carry the water over the saddle tofi [clay or other parts of the Range. '

The funeral of the late Miss Charlotte Edwards, who died at Nevis Ferry on Friday, took place yesterday, and was attended by not less than 150 persons. A meeting of the Cromwell Public Library Committee was held in the Town-hall on Tuesday evening, 14th iusb. Two applications f o r tbe office of librarian were opened and read, and the choice of the Committee fell upon Mr Tohn M. Kelly, who has since been installed as jlr Jeiiour's successor. Td> J. Oliver White, artist and photographer, has opened a temporary studio in Mel-more-terace. We have had an opportunity of effl uiining a number of his photographs and co-lour-work, and have uo hesitation in pronounc- • , t] ie m equal to anything of the kind we have ve t seen in this district. Mr White's charges for cartes are very moderate, and his services wjll no douot be largely availed of during his brief stay in Cromwell, by those who wish to "Secure the shadow ere the substance fade." Over twenty of the members of the Provincial Council went, on Saturday, May 11. to visit the Woollen Manufactory at Mosgiel. Mr Chaplin provided a coach and horses—eight l re ys; an 1 Ned Deviue, tha well-kn >wn whip, acted as driver. Mr A. J. Burns and Mr Smail received the visitors on arrival, and showed them over the works ; and the former gentleman afterwards invited them to a luncheon at the Mosgiel Hotel The visitors are said to have left the factory strongly impressed that the foundation had been laid of a successful colonial industry.

A fact of considerable importance to Reristered Mining Companies was mentioned in the garden's Court on Thursday, during the hearing of an application by the Robert Burns Quartz Mining Company, registered, for protection. The Warden asked the legal manager (Mr Colclough) whether the company was possessed of a miner's right. Mr Colclough replied in the negative, adding that the shareholders each held I miner's right, but he was not aware it was reiiisite for the company to have one. The harden observed that no registered company Bould come into Court without a miner's right. It was not necessary for each individual shareholder to have one. Mr Colclough thereupon applied for and obtained a miner's right for the company, and the protection certificate was granted.

A Dnnedin correspondent informs ns that on Fri lay, 11th inst., a deputation, consist-1' :iu»of .Messrs Shepherd and Armstrong, M.P.C.'s, 1 Mr Thomas Login, and Mr 11. W. Smythies, i waited upon His Honor the Superintendent, and s brought under his notice the following matters j iilfeuthig the Dunstan and Cromwell districts, | viz :-Road from Wakefield to Logan's lleef ; j mads from Quartzville to the Carrick Reefs ; the .; short track from Cromwell toCardronaover Mount ' I'isa; commonages for Cr unwell and Alexandra; ' roil from Butcher's Gaily to Alexandra ; road to Drvbread ; widening of road between Clyde and Cromwell ; and the desirability of vesting : the Uroinwell public reserves in the hands of the ; (.'oporation. His Honor gave careful attention '■ to the various requests urged by the deputa- < tion, and promised to assist in givng effect to their wishes [ft is a singular fact that the | name of Mr Christopher Hickey, M.P.C. for Kawarau district, does not appear in connection with the deputation above referred to.] The probability of inducing the Government to increase the amount placed on the Estimates last session for the construction of a horsetrack between Oromwcll Bridge and Quartz lleef Point is suTieient'.y remote to warrant us in recommending that the proposal :o cut a track should be abandoned, and that application should at once be made for a vote sufficient to defray the cost of a bridge over the Clutha at Dead Man's Bo int. There is not a more eligible site for a bridge on any part of the river, and we believe that the work could be done for a very moderate sum. By adopting this plan, there would he no necessity for any rock cutting, save perhaps a chain or two on the east side of the river. A bridge capable of carrying dray traffic would he of immense benefit, not only to the residents B'of Quartz Reef Point, but to those of Bendigo also,—as it, would have the effect of dispensing with the three ferries now in existence between tlvjdatter place and Cromwell. If anv effort is j to i\e made in the direction wc have pointed out, the .natter must be set about at once, as the pre- j sent session will soon draw to a e'ose. [A ques- j tion put by Mr Hickey in reference to the track, I together with Mr Bradshaw's answer, will be] seen in our report of the Council proceedings.] j I The Foresters of Bannock burn celebrated: the fifth anniversary of Court Royal Oak of Kawarau on Friday, the 17th inst. Although the ball and supper were not so numerously at- j teiule 1 as on a similar occasion last year, the' affair passed off most successfully, the utmost harmony and good order prevailing throughout, | and all the arrangements made by the stewards I being most complete and satisf ictory. The ball : opened about 9 p. in , when between twenty and j , thirty couples took the floor, and kept possession ! of it, with little intermission, until supper-time : arrived. The room and tables were decorated I [■' in very tasteful style with evergreens and floral p devices, and the viands were all that the most | epicurean taste could desire. The refreshments B having been disposed of (we don't mean to say hj they were all consumed), P.C.I!, Bro. Fraer, of jjj <-'uurt Star of Cromwell, who occupied the chair, 11 proposal "The Health of Her Majesty the | ; Queen;' a toast which was duly honoured 'by all | present. Then followed "Court Royal Oak," j proposed by the Chairman, and responded to in | «f'"jup.nt terms by 0. It, Bro. Joseph Moore. ; ' hmdred Societies," also given from the chair, ; wa s fittingly acknowledged by P.O. H. Bro. p ;,,,, * ( ( -' ourt of Cromwell)', and \.O. Bro. I I'Uboys, (Loyal CromwcU Lodge, M.U. 1.0.0. F.) k Wie Chairman then proposed In succession the : remaining toasts-" The Press," "The Ladies," I an I" fhe Host and Hostess," which were se- | responded to by Mr Matthews, Mr W. | wnes, and Mr Richards. Dancing was shortly g forwards resumed, and was kept up with uu- |. energy until five a. m. on Saturday Mr I wok, assisted by Mr J. M. Kelly, played the | eqmsite dance-music in a style that save com- | pietesatisfaction. Mr and Mrs Richards were I *F^f° m P I,ia ented for the excellent manner in | wmen the supper wa3 prepared and served.

Mr James Smith, the spiritualistic lecturer, was presented in Dunediu, on the 15th inst., with a purse containing 59 sovereigns.

The degree of Doctor of Divinity has been conferred on the Rev. 1). M. Stuart, of Knox Church, Dunedin, by the University of St. Andrews.

During the sitting of the Warden's Court on Thursday last, Mr Carew stated that in future all applicants for extended claims, water-races, protection certificates, &c, must either attend personally at the Court on the day of hearin;, or send an agent duly authorised in writing to appear on their behalf. A disastrous lire occurred in Tiraaru on Monday, the 13th inst. The tire broke out at .'J.3O a.m. in the Ship Hotel, and extending right and left, destroyed, in addition to the hotel, the following premises:—K. Taylor's restaurant; the Thmru ami Gladstone Gazette office; P. W. Mutton's grocery ; Sheen and Co.'s, sailmakers ; and Coekroft's, watchmaker. The further progress of the flames was arrested by the exertions of the Fire Brigade. The printing plant in the Gazette office was removed before the tire gained access to it; and the bulk of Mr Mutton's stock, as well as Mr Coekroft's, was save I. We g'ean the foregoing from a Ttmira Herald Extra published o.i the day of the occurrence.

At the weekly meeting of the Waste Land Board held in Dunedin last Wednesday, Messrs Macassey and Holmes, instructed by Mr G. B. Barton, of Queenstown, made application on behalf of Mr Kerin, for a depasturing lease of about '24 square miles of country on the northern branch of the Matitapu, about thirty miles from Cardrona. It was chimed that Mr Kerin had discovere 1 this tract. It was resolved that a sketch should be forwarded by him, and three mouths were given him to do so, and that his application be considered iirst of any others that might be sent in. The area ap plied for was, it was stated, capable of carrying about'2l)l)o sheep. [lt would sjem, if the estimate of its sheep-carrying capability be correctly stated, that the country applied for cannot be of much account for depasturing purposes, nearly eight acres being allotted for every sheep. J