Cromwell Argus, AND NORTHERN GOLD-FIELDS GAZETTE. CROMWELL: TUESDAY, JUNE 25, 1872.

Cromwell Argus, Volume III, Issue 137, 25 June 1872, Page 4

Cromwell Argus, AND NORTHERN GOLD-FIELDS GAZETTE. CROMWELL: TUESDAY, JUNE 25, 1872.

The arnafconr entertainment in aid of the Paanockburn School fund takes place in the Schoolroom this evening A varied and attrac. live programme (advertised in last week's Anew has been arranged for the occasion ; and we have reuson to believe that the entertainment will prove much superior to anything of the kind hoberto given in the same locality. The new Court-house, situate on the j Upper Terrace, and in a line with the Catholi Chapel, is rapidly approaching completion. Tie j mason-work was finished by Mr Pitchie about ten days ago, and Mr Grant (the contractor) ha now completed the roofing. There is still good deal of work to be done—such as fitting doors and windows ceiling, and plastering—be- ■ fore the building can be occupied ; but we 1* lievcMr Grant will have no difficulty in cm, j pleting his contract within the stipulated time. The approiiehiug Mayoral election for this Municipality is already exciting consider, able interest among the ratepayers. As will \t seen by an advertisement in another column,! requisition, bearing thirty-three signatures, hai been presented to .Mr M. Fraer, requesting bin to become a candidate. We have not heard whether Mr Taylor, the present Mayor, intern seeking re-election ; but it is extremely improbible that Mr Fraer wid have a walk-ova The nomination takes place on the 17ih of next month, and the election on the 22nd. We are informed that two pounds wei»lil of gold, of the value of £<)o sterling, was obtained a few days ago by two men working in oneot the tunnel claims at Pipeclay Cully. This was the result of threa weeks' wok; but it is only right to add that a considerable amount of deadwork had to be accomplished before the auriferous lode was struck. Tire j arty alluded to have now a fair pnspectof obtaining good re turns for a length of time to come. The programme of the Second Popular Entertainment under the auspices of the Mbenteum Hall Committee appears in another part of our present issue. Combining, as it does,i number of excellent songs by favourite singers, interspersed with readings—both grave andgaj —and instrumental pieces by able musicians, and winding up with a varied performance by tie Kawarau Nightingales, the bill is certainly J most attractive one, and cannot fail, despite the present disagreeable weather, to draw a crowded audience to Kidd's Hall on Thursday eveninj The Education Board will hold its halfyearly meeting in Dunedin on the 10th July proximo. The attention of those interested in racing matters is directed to the amended advertisement, which appears in another column, relative to entries and acceptances for the forthcoming Cromweli Derby. Mr Frederick Shambrook, miner, of Doctor's Flat. Bannockburn, is about tr> leave this neighbourhood for Port Darwin, Western Australia. Mr Shambrook has been several years in this district, and has earned the respect and esteem of a numerous circle ot acquaintance?. The Star of the East Company had a cleaning-up during the week, but we have beet unable to ascertain the precise result. We observe from the latest Provincial Gazette that applications are invited frH authorised surveyors for the Surveyor and Land Officer for the Clyde Wj trict. The salary is £IOO per annum with fees and applications require to be sent in by Friday, the 28th inst.

ty e observe that a dividend of seven ■m n (rs in the pound has been made payable at office of Provisional Trustee, to creditors in J estate of Mr W. Shanly. The next Criminal Sittings of the Same Court at Dunedin commence on Monday, t July.

T) r M'Cambridge, of .Naseby, died on i rs( iay last, from the effects of a fall from [ jj orse . The Mount Ida Chronicle thus exL 3 the circumstance :—" On Sunday night kDr M 'Cambridge was called upon to attend Long humanity at Hyde, and with that I era ] kindheartedness for which the deceased ttlemau was celebrated, went upon his errand aer cy, notwithstanding the heavy fall of snow i the severe frost which covered the ground. Lyeen Naseby and the Kyeburn Hotel (near Lt is known as Sanders' gate) through some [tap U P *° * ne P Prese t time unexplained, the L 0 r was thrown from his horse, the fall reItin" in the breaking of several ribs, and the friction of several outside as well as internal Lries, to the effects of which he succumbed on Lsday afternoon."

The ship Ironsides, from Gravesend,with elve passengers and a full cargo, arrived at r t Chalmers on the 18th inst.

JWith reference to the appointment of a arden. at the Arrow, the Mount Ida Chronicle 14he 21st inst. says:—News to haud leaves le if auy doubt of the fact that Mr Stratford 1 receive the appointment. While congratuinc Mr Stratford on his prospective promojn we cannot but feel that socially the disL will lose an able and useful member. There Le, indeed, been no movements affecting the Ll and social progression of Naseby in which \ Stratford has not taken an able and promipt part. We trust that a tardy act of justice to be done, and we have no doubt that, tether at the Arrow or elsewhere, Mr StratH cannot fail to make for himself a host of lends. We sincerely wish him success.

The following list of prize sheep taken mthe catalogue of the Smithtield Club Cattle ow, held in December 1871, will be interestr to settlers as showing to what perfection the jeding of sheep has been brought in England : Leicester W., 20 m., bred by Lord Berners, e weight 719 lbs ; Costwold W., 20 m., bred Wheeler and Son. live weight 859 lbs ; Cots,ld E., - Cillett, Oxon, 8(59 lbs ; icolu W., 21 m., T. Kirkham's stock, 928 lbs ; icoln E., 45 m., J. Byron Ssalford, 1038 lbs ; unney Marsh W., 20 m . J. Newport Ashford, libs; Romney Marsh W., 2i) ra., W. Buroh, 5 lbs; Lincoln and Leicester W. , 20 m., Sir . de Capel Broke, 755 lbs ; Hampshire Down |, 224 m., R. and J. Russell, 807 H>s ; ShropIreW., 32 m., Lord Ohesham, 1051 lbs ; OxIlshireE., 59 m., Duke of Marlborough, 877 ; Cotswoldand Ox ord W., 21 m., N. Sutgoe, libs.

As a warning to gamblers, we give pub-1 ity to the following report, condensed from a media paper, of a case heard before Mr Strode tew days ago:—"A man named Prince sued jnther man (Gallagher) in the Resident Magisjte's Court for £lO, being, as was said, for cash J It. The money was proved in evidence to j ivebeen lent whilst the men were gambling! a public-house. At the conclusion of the b, the following dialogue is reported to have ken place between the Resident Magistrate, |rStrode), and the plaintiff :—The Magistrate : lis matter requires no consideration whatever. lis perfectly evident that the money was lent I | the purpose of gambling, and therefore the! Sitractwas illegal, and the money is not reby law. These proceedings are, to g'the least, most disgraceful, and most dis. editable to all parties concerned, and I say lit if the plaintiff lost his money it serves him tat, and I wish he had lost fifty times more. 1 111 not favour any such devilish doings. I helve there is a set of harpies in this town who ft pigeons into those places night after night, |1 1 believe you [addressing plaintiff] are one I them. Prince : I don't belong to the town. le Magistrate : They get pigeons and pluck fern most thoroughly. Prince : 1 think I have |en plucked. You are not a pigeon to be lucked. They hire rooms at 17s. for the pur|se of plucking their pigeons. It is most disiweful and disreputable conduct, and I will it it down. This infernal gambling is rife in is town. It is the ruin of numbers of young id old men. I only wish I could get at them ; fould give gamblers the full extent of the law. 1 is the ruin of half the tradesmen in this ace. Now go about your business, and lose «w money, and Pin very glad of it. Mr [ 'Keay (solicitor for Gallagher): Will your fonWp allow costs ? The Magistrate : No ; 5e is as had as the other.

The Taranaki Herald thus indignantly Tites:_"yve really wish the owners of those s «ulbut stubborn animals, the donkeys, would »t bring them so near our office. We were Nttingly insulted, yesterday, by ' our <levil' pgh one. An ass was left at a blacksmith's FP close by, to be shod, an 1 whilst waiting, F forth one of its unearthly brays. ImmeF«y afterwards there was a knock at our !Mm door, and our imp, putting in his head, li > 'bid you call, sir?' The ink-bottle is la fne<l, and the office door, near where the *«head appeared, is disfigured."