Cromwell Argus, AND NORTHERN GOLD-FIELDS GAZETTE. TUESDAY, OCTOBER 1, 1872.

Cromwell Argus, Volume III, Issue 151, 1 October 1872, Page 4

Cromwell Argus, AND NORTHERN GOLD-FIELDS GAZETTE. TUESDAY, OCTOBER 1, 1872.

In accordance with a resolution adopted at a meeting of the Public Library' Committee held on 3rd September, the. Committee invited the occupiers of land at the Lower Flat to he present in the Town-hall last T.iesday evening, with the'vie,w of explaining to them the steps about to be taken to obtain a graat of .'and as an •endowment for the Public Library, and also with the object of securing the concurrence of the occupiers in the proposed application. Mean Tett, Johnston, Kidd, and G-odger respomltti to the invitation,—Mr Perriam being the only absentee. Mr Preshaw, chairman of the Library Committee, pointed, out to the gentleman abovementioned the utter hopelessness of their ever being enabled to acquire for themselves a t.tlto the land occupied by them ; the insecurity of their present tenure, an 1 the advantage that would result to them through lxc miing tk tenants, at a nominal rental, of the Library Committee, who would be enabled—in the event i f obtaining the endowment —to give the occupiers a secure and substantial title to the land. Several others of the Committee also expressed themselves upon the subject. Messrs Kidd, Johnson, and Tett stated their willingness to pay a moderate rental for the land provided they were guaranteed a secure title. Mr Goodger considered the action of Committee in the light of an attempt to encroach upon private rights, but stated his willingness to negotiate with the Library Committee if that body would agree to allow compensation (to be fixed by arbitrates) for improvements already effected on the piece of land taken np by him. The Chairman, in reply, said Mr Goodger had never acquired any right to occupy the land, and. therefore his view oc the matter cou'.d not be entertained for a moment. Mr Goodger stated his intention to oppose the Committee's ■>>---' "- ind to endeavour' to pure. . o STALLED STABLE ' Government. Aftewsi. . >%* vote of thanks was accorded to Messrs Jonnstoi, Tett, Goodger,-and Kidd for their attendance; I and the mee.ing then broke up. A telegram received yesterday afternoon by Mr William Mac Nab, sharebroker, from his Dnnedin agent, contains the following particulars regarding the state of the share-market :- Quotations : Star of the East, £5 10s. ; Heart of Oak, £6 to £7 ; Elizabeth, £3 2s. 6d. In other shaves, no business done. Sales effected: Star of the East, at £5 2s. Gd. ; Heart of Oak, at £G ; Elisabeth, at £3. The following is a list of letters received I at the Cromwell post-office during June last ana I remaining unclaimed on the 30tli September.-* Isaac Brown, John Campbell, Thos. Dickson,& !A. Dooley, James Gibson, Daniel Goodman, ; David Hanton, Peter Harrington, Peter Mail, H. M'Gregor, Alex. M 'Laien, Daniel Ross, W» ! Wood (2). The House of Representatives hasfinaHy awarded Mr Smythics, sen., compensation to the ' amount of £IOOO, for be'.ng unjustly deprived of I his right to practise as a solicitor by reason « ! the retrospective operation of the LawPractJ' 1 tinners' Act, IS6G. The case of Mr H. W;&P thies will probably be decided by the Ho* I to-dav.

fhe Elizabeth Company cleaned up 6r\ ;jft#iy> hut we are unable to obtain any reiible particulars" as to the amount of gold oh e d. The Company-will benefit nothing bf .Jjin| their returns secret.-■■ * V. '■ * We understand that the cutting of the Range water-race is being energetically joceeded with by a party of men under the imnediate direction of Mr Marshall, the working [jjiger. It is very probable that within a week roiu the present time, tenders will be called for jjftro extent of cutting in addition to that now a progress. So far as he has yet proceeded, the finds that the cost of construction will * considerably less than was at first anticipated. The latest issue of the Illustrated New ifxdand Herald contains an interesting view of me of the great glaciers of Mount Cook ; also, a ijgir of Mount Egmont arid New Plymouth; B «ral other illustrations of New Zealand scenes, md an unusually attractive selection of Aus* rattan views aud incidents. The Cromwell Popular Entertainment Committee have upwards of £l5O in hand—the ittcleus of a fund for building an Athenaeum jail, Some time ago it was resolved to form a oint-stock company for the purpose of building lull, and provisional directors were appointed 0 arrange preliminaries ; but as yet no meeting (the provisional directors has ever been held, id the whole matter has relapsed into a state 1 quiescence. Last week we omitted to mention that ie information given in our Reefing Report reacting the Cromwell, Golden Link, Star of the list, Aurora, Royal Standard, and Colleen Bawn Lpanies, was supplied by Mr W. Mac Nab, irebroker, of this town. The Star of the East Company finished crashing of 160 tons at the United Company's attery on Wednesday last. The quantity of ,11 obtained was 121 ozs 2 dvvts. We understand the members of the* oyal Cromwell Lodge of Odd-Fellows purpose iving a ball on the Bth November, in celebraion of the second anniversary of the iiw-meinhers will be admitted by invitation :i!y. By warrant dated 16th September, and by the Colonial Secretary, Dr James '.irseis appointed a Coroner for the Colony. The m gentle man's name has also been placed upon ie Commission of the Peace. We hive receive! by post from Mr J. lilhr, F.S. A., C. E., a revised copy of his " Reurto!) the Otago Great Central Trunk Railway," id shall take an early opportunity of expresiiij our opinions regarding it. Tb monthly Escort left Clyde yesterday Monday) morning for Duneuin. Sub-Inspector Iftwe Ins kindly forwarded to us for publication v. following statement of the quantities of gold srnsmitted : Qieen«town - - . 197s 13 Anwtown - - - 14:15 7 (bttmnM. - - - - 1712 17 V 'l.vde .... 550 0 {Aifn.lra. - - - i>7l IS Teviot - - - . 615 15 Total - - - . 0995 10 A. boy about twelve years of age, a epliew of Mr T. Coope, telegraphic lineman, ill from a horse while riding from the EaceHjja to Cromwell on Friday evening. It apart that the saddle-girths had become slack, lithe saddle slipping round while the horse M going at a rapid pace, the boy lost his bainceand was thrown on to the rial, where he iv, unable to move, until picked up by a pasng conveyance and brought on to the White art Hotel, where he subsequently received wy necessary attention at the hands of Dr ike. We are glad to hear that the little fellow 'now in a fair way to recovery. The Mount Ida Spring Race Meeting ■announced for the 17th of October current. Jj programme includes four events, viz.: the jiden Plate of 15 ' . a „t, T da Plate, of ;Hvs. ; Selling tUv„, . W.; and a Hack wee, of £lO. An Auckland.telegram says:—Mr »elderly gentlemau from Melbourne, who had | *ty settled here, and who, had lost £3OOO ■Wgh the Green Harp swindle, poisoned himMt with strychnine while in a state of tempo"J msanity. He leaves a wife and family. ™ was much respected in Melbourne. Besides lls death, tlio Green Harp affair has already lft nthe cause of three men levanting.—A verjjjf/efo (fe.se has been returned at the inquest, « has given rise to great indignation. A subOption has been raised for his wife and family. Wellington telegrams we learn «» the Assembly Sir David Monro desired a I J*ndtM of the Otago Waste Lands Bill, for | /purpose of introducing clauses providing for J /institution of commonages throughout the i *** Mr T. L. Shepherd also wished to BUI recommitted, in order to introduce "*a preventing any land from being opened ' "election until a week's public notice had •"given, and making other alterations caleu- * the sale of large blocks of land ■«■ Reid and Stafford opposed the proposals, '»e ground that any delay would endan-r ;• Passing of the Bill this session. The House to recommit the Bill at all, and it was £I "-ead a third time.

MjMr ! W. A. Tolmis has rejign'ed his poai tion as Deputy'Snperintendenfc, and Mr G TurnbnU,'M.P.C. for Dunedin, has boea ap pointed. From the Daily Times of the 26th ult.. we learn that there is some foundation for tht rumour propagated by the WeU'mg'tori Independent that His Honor the Superintendent contemplated taking summary measures to remove Mr Donald Reid from the Provincial Executive Since Mr Macandrew returned from Wellington, we believe that an endeavour has been made, with His Honor's knowledge, to effect a re-n instruction of the Executive, leaving out Mr Reid. Should the negotiations which have been set on foot prove successful, it is not improbable that Mr W. A. Tolmie will be the leader o{ the Government, and that Mr J. "W. Thompson, the member for the Clutha, will be Provincial Secretary. Surface Hill (says the Mount Ida Chronicle) has again made itself notorious, and another addition to the already long list of accidents which have taken place there occurred on the afternoon of the 25th. The sufferer in this case is one George Murphy, who, in making a drive, was overtaken by a large fall of earth, receiving therefrom some contusions on the left shoulder and side. At the time of the accident, Murphy's mate was working at some distance from him. So large were the portions of earth which fell upon Murphy that some of them had V broken before they could be removed. Ho\#„J at once taken to the Hospital, and the latest reports apeak of him as progressing favourably. This occurred in the same claim in which Erasmus Lorsen some time since met with the acci dent which caused his death.