QUENSTOWN.

Cromwell Argus, Volume III, Issue 137, 25 June 1872, Page 6

QUENSTOWN.

(From our own Correspondent.) June 22, 1872. King Frost has been all potent here during the past and part of the preceding week. ■ l Silver Lake," otherwise known as " Huff's Lagoon," has been covered with skaters and others, morning, noon, and night; the scene, as viewed by moonlight, being extremely picturesque. On Thursday night, however, a thaw set in, and a mild rain fell, dissolving the remaining snow, and completely spoiling the surface of the ice so fatas skating and sliding were concerned. What description of weather we are to expect next week is a matter of much concern to many, —some prognosticating rain, some snow, and others a return of frost. If innumerable practices can make a successful concert, the forthcoming one ought to be an astonishingly brilliant affair. The directors, it is said, have settled the difficulty of paying the contractors, so the concert may really come off on the date fixed, the 27th i ust., —though successive postponements have made the people incredulous. Ou the following evening, there is to be a grand ball, —a description of recreation of which Queenstownites are very fond. The candidates for the Mayoralty this year are at present three, —Messrs Malaghan, Warren, and Manders. It is expected that the last-named will withdraw from the contest, on account of some peculiar facte brought to light at the last Council meeting. The frost has compelled the suspension of nearly all workings in the upper Sbotover district, whether in reefing or river-bed claims. The low state of the river will, it is hoped, enable the shareholders in the latter chums to reap a r ; ch winter harvest.