Cromwell Argus AND NORTHERN GOLDFIELDS GAZETTE Tuesday, December 8,1872.

Cromwell Argus, Volume III, Issue 152, 8 October 1872, Page 4

Cromwell Argus AND NORTHERN GOLDFIELDS GAZETTE Tuesday, December 8,1872.

, t>!U\ has no v.- fairly begun in conncetioMf , with tin? Carrick Rae\ A number of tuiJft.. are employed upon its construction, anV' the reports from time to time furnished IJ| the working manager are eminently satiS factory. These allow] every reason fortjtbelief that a supply of water will shortK be available \\w the reef and other workiimti , upon the Carrick as well as f.>r tlSfci auriferous ground throughout the whole S< greater part of the B-mnockburn districts —that is to say. such water will be avaK" : alone; 11*. o hue of race wuinn six or ei;'flL, may !>;■ eoniidontlv leekoned noon fmiß during the coininn summer. The revenfl to be derived from such utilisation will M itself tie very considerable ; and it is hopjßne tha'. wit!) sue!) revenue coming in. \ Coimvmy will be enaiiled to carry on I further operations without being i tated to snake the full uumber of calls upflatit ■jtlie shareholders during the progress of i work,—or, nt any rate, that the amount ■?* : the calls will lie considerably lessened upMtes | the redisition of the auxiliary income vthe :i ivo alluded to. There is good reason wßpie. ;en(ert.;ining the belief that the eompletiS?* ,of the entire works will be [at a cost considerably less than the ainoi»m ol 1 of the Company's nominal capital : and»for course, in thai case, the shareholders ujH ln g reap a much greater proportionate bemdMj 1 The Directors are determine.:! to push dH the work as rapidly as possible, and wM J that view have invited tenders for the iS\f 6 mediate construction of three miles of t»a f a So far, this undertaking lias not bS supported by the residents of the (ns -j»fe ■ to an extent, commensurate with its iinpßj . tant bearing on their future prospers Of the causes of such backwardness, Hg , can hardiy form an opi.iion. There su! jSltert; cannot- remain any room for doubt asflthe the possibility of bringing in the wat«j a gen ; ample evidence has been given upon t|B score. And. with the water-once ta ll( j| ; on the Range, an.! rv.uly for use. no s f| Un

ihan can doubt that it will command a 'ready sale, and will yield handsome profits to the Company. Further than this, thp benefit that will accrue to the Bannockburn district upon its disposal and as a fruit of its use, cannot fail to be great: in fact, the. one necessity to thp> successful development of the auriferous workings there has long been admittedytb be this very water-supply. And the good which Lill result directly to the Bannockbnrn iand Carriek Range portions of the district. Swill extend, directly and indirectly, much Hfurther. The whole of the Kawarau district will feel it in no slight degree, and thk entire Province; also, to an appreciable |e&Vn& But all this is simply travelling jover old ground : everyone must admit its Itriith. And we hold that it is the duty—|of which the certain favourable character lof the monetary results to the shareholders •should stimulate the prompt performance—lof everyone who has an interest in the 'district's future, and who at the same time possessed of the means, to aid, by taking ■shaves in the Company, the inhringing of ■this race. Many, we are glad to say, have Ipractically exhibited a recognition of their ilduty in this mattvr ; but there is yet {ample scope for further investment. And in this direction there is no time like the present. The Company want mouey for the further prosecution of the work, and present investment will therefore suit their hooks; while, as we have shown, there is [a sure prospect of a speedy and bountiful [return to shareholders upon capital invested. I We may add that the Company's scrip is now being issued.

or | Last week, upon receipt of the amended J • Ireport by Mr Millar, F.S.A., upon the! | u otago Grout Central Trunk Railway,"! we promised at an early date to express a-i opinion regarding it. But we find that j to some extent, such a promise was ineonsilerate and hasty. There is really, we | le tiiiuk, but little to express an opinion upon, a: or to criticise, in the report. Now that K- rd'ie I Jovernment arc pledged to the con- ; V. jstruction of the line to Tuapeka, we pre-j s snme there can be no occasion for the earhying out of Mr Millar's plan of a rail-1 y hv-tv from Wuipahi, n\t Tapauui, to the ma ■ Teviot : any line to the latter place will; an L" in all likelihood ho simply an extension or; v ' a continuation of that to Lawrence. Asj !5 r, : «wirds toe second and third sections of ■ Mr Millar's report, —viz., upon a railway ~, from the Teviot. to Cromwell, and upon; A) "iir.iuchlets"—first to St. Bathans, Naseby. it,\. s°cond from (Cromwell to Lakes Hawea ;and Wanaka, and third from Cromwell to -Qieenstown, —we are perfectly convinced >of the feasibility of their construction, but of their payable n dure, when constructed. 10D we have grave doubts. They are in adiell v:inc3 of the ag a , and, si far as we can see, me not likely to be undertaken for a very / Jong time. Mr Millar, it is evident, has "■ I .ot traversed the whole of the ground, nor ie .visited all the localities, of which his report ■ • treats. His geography is faulty. For innf stance, he speaks of the Nevis as one of tlie the " townships to be embraced'' by his f ot ■" branchlet" from Cromwell to Qneenslc ' town. To" anyone wdio knows tue dis- .' u ' Strict, this is an absurdity. There are other ins ;mistakes of a like nature ; but perliap" l^' 11 |«ieh errors of fact are in Mr Millar's 10 "' estimation of little moment in a report rc upon so gigantic a scheme as this.

mue I°' The Cromwell School Committee heM a jped meeting last uighfc to consider as to the anpointtlie "lent of a teacher in room of Mr 1). MaoKullar, L e j t resigned. The whole of the members—uainel v, j . Messrs Marsh, (chairman), Wright, I'rediaw, | essl * Whetter, Jolly, and Matthews—wera present. ' i}»on and Mr MacKellar, the aot'ng lion, secretary. ' the was also in attendance. Fifteen applications s j. 0 { ill been receive.l, one of which wa3 afterwards ; withdrawn by telegram. Files of certificates and! '1 testimonials we:e attached to the majority of] S we the applications ; and the perusal of these <>ccui for pieJ the Committee for nearly two hours. After ' ,£- o ii careful deliberation, the choice fell upon- Mr j 1 p(i av Todd, the present master of Ba'.clutha : * Main School, who was appointed by the unanionnt mous vote 0 f t i le Committee. Mr Todd has hen j id of for seven years teacher at Balclutha, and, ju dg\vill ln = u '°m his credentials, appears to be eminently *» qualified for the important position to which he ") ' is now appointed. ih on V I •fa A miner named John Clode, wliile at j i im- n? r k n ''* s at Adam's Gnlly on i e ] Wednesday last, had one of his legs fractured by j f the a { a ]i 0 f ear th f rom the "face." The sufferer hainS was removed to the Dunstan Hospital on Thnrs-1 «ay, and is now progressing favourably towards been reeove^ strW Mr Henry Driver has been elected for' npO r f Ka " without opposition, in the room of Mr '. «. Macassey. We observe that the Bannockhnrn mrtll ™ lo ['l Committee have announced another en- ' ' • attainment consisting of a concert and ball, f..r as ti the benefit of the institution under their manrater agement. The date fixed upon is the 18th inst., i tha programme will appeal in our next issue. andfl The Albertown Race programme will be , sail f( "Jnd in our third page.

The owners of Kawarau and Mount Pisa Stations notify by advertisements that all persons having horses depasturing on those runs will require to register their brands mil descriprions with the respective inana jura at i«v<3. Non-com-pliance with this reasonable requirement will cause needless trouble and to those concerned; </ m • ~i,, * On Friday last his Worship the Mayor {who was then in Dunedin) snnt us the subj ined telegram fo* public information : -" The rn-di to Ohartora Towers (Qaeeudm i) is a complete failuw, anl the mius'-s who wont t'jjre are returning distasted. The Victorian Government •his he?n asked to provi !e return passages for those who left chat Colony for Charters Towers." The rider attached to the verdict of the jury at the inquest on the rem tins of Thomas Hufcton, very properly suj/e-ts than stringent reflations should be tram -1 and enforced for the management an I regulations of ferry punts. It appears that there is an Act of rhe General Assembly,—" The Bridges and Ferries Act, 1853." an I Amendment Act, 1839,—which 3au be brought into operation in anv Province or i district by proclamation, and that p.iwer is therein given to make regulations for the m uia;e I ment of punts. The fact that at one of oir i principal ferries, within a few mouths, two vakI able lives have been sacrifice 1 t »r want of ordinary precaution, should he a sufficient argument I in favour of the Government carrying out the | suggestion referred to.

In a late Thames paper, we noticed that the result of the Heart of Oak crushing was falsely telec;raphel as having been (57 ounces from 212 tons of stone. The truth of the matter is th it the amount of gold was 237 ounces. This

mistake was bad enough in all conscience ; bur the distance the message had to traverse perhaps relieves the blunder of great censure. Hut we confess to a, feeling of astonishment and annoyance when we read in the Timaru Herald a telegram from Dunedin that " the crushing of the Star of the East was 32 ounces from IG') tons," —while, as our readers know, 121 ounces was the result in reality. Considering that Timaru is hut just on the confines of the Province, surely such an.egregious falsity as this is deserving of serious reprehension. It would be well that greater care were evinced by the telegraph clerks. —who, we presume, must be to blame in the nutter.

It will be noticed by advertisement that a sale of Klswick cults, the property of H. Campbell, Esq., is to be held by Mr Gorge F.iche upon the second day of the Albertown Races, at Wanaka Station. It is seldom such an opportunity is offered of securing that scarce commodity, a sound, serviceable, and well-bred horse.

Telegrams to Dunedin papers state: 83 tons of stone from the Little Wonder claim at Lyell yielded S3 tons of incite 1 gol i. The trial crushing of stone from the [nglewood claim. Inangahua, yielded 53 ounces of gold from 27 tons of stone. The second crushing of the United Band of Hope claim, also at inangihua, yielded 41 oxs. 15 dwts. of gold from .'!U tons of stone.

At the last meeting of the Waste Land | Board in Duiiodin, the following matters were brought up for consideration :Mr Junes M. Brown applied for leave to survey a quarter of an acre of lan I around his house, near block Xil, Cromwell. The decision on the application was postponed, an I it was resolved to recommend the Government to lay uif the whole of the tow.iohip on a plan.—The Secretary of the Sell > >1 Committee at Bannockbnrn applied for a grant of t.vo aces as a reserve for suh »ol purposes, a id enclose i the sane ion of the runholder. Pile application was referred to the Education Board. For the seat in the House of Representatives for K rmont. rendered vacant hy the resin, im of Mr Gisoor ic. Major Atkinson has r? f -urne I. having received -to votes, while his opponent, Mr M.) >rh >use, receive I 17. The former is a supporter of the Stafford party. T!v thoroughbred entire hors.a Bedouin is to travel this season in this neighbourhood, and towards Hlacks an I St. Ihthans. His hi '!>- eliss rie ligree is a guarantee that he is a decided ac piliition co the blood sires of the district.