Cromwell Argus, AND NORTHERN GOLD-FIELDS GAZETTE. TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 19, 1872.

Cromwell Argus, Volume IV, Issue 158, 19 November 1872, Page 4

Cromwell Argus, AND NORTHERN GOLD-FIELDS GAZETTE. TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 19, 1872.

The action taken recently by Mr Loughnan, manager of Mount* Pisa Station, in J the matter of impoimiling stock depasturing i upon that run, resulted in a public meeting i being held in the Town-hall on Thursday | evening last. We are pleased to be able to say that it was well and influential!y attended. It was only natural to expect jthis. Every inhabitant of the Cromwell i district is affected, to a more or less appreI ciable degree, by the arbitrary edict given forth, —that cattle are in future on no consideration to be allowed to remain on the run. In addition to the injustice and injury thus so universally dealt out by the manager of the Mount Pisa station, such individual instances of hardship as cattle having beeu driven forty miles to the ! pound, entailing u|*>» the owner a journey nf eighty miles for their release and return, and the lusty driving to Clyde of dairy cattle after only one day's notice by advertisement had been givrm that they were ■ [liable so to be driven, —such instances as I jthese have contributed to rouse the people I, to action, impelled by indignation to !«1 determined. But even these instances we El' have quoted arc fully equalled, if not ex- W celled, in injustice, by those we have hull related tons as having occurred upon iRi neighbouring station. An owner of twyß l head ot cattle, which we.ro yarded by thaßf man «gf'r with the purpose of being im-fl pounded, emid oiilyacx'ompiish their release B.

by bargaining tha* Ito would sti-xit tliHii.H', Another, whose m?lkf*i*s were driven off.oHhi tin.; pound it ('!;,-<! \ was put to theexpenseß n »f .t joiiruey thither an I ba«-k, with tih-Ep' 1 additional infliction of tin- 1 .ss of a iiuii)l<ei9|J of his nitric l»y t:ie way. Ami a third I) ißf '> oil C!) if Mie misiM-iM-/insi,'fH»nt price, of thir'vßjj .•ihilliiiga a head. We are f-viip 'I'M, witliHhe ili ' kno\Viedye before us of su hj rises ;isH Oll tin'si', to join in liit' opinion expressed :(■)' 1 "' 'D •"iiiij. t!i ,-( tin- itcu in of the sipi ittu'X ml has hem iui'(r:isi(|f>ratp, lusty, and lia.-sli.Hiw It is held by many that th•» outcry tii.nlftHj by the !ii ; nfrs agamsl tin l persecution ofB 1 ' (lie runholders has no foundation in T lint, ir is for ;Iu most par; an ebullition ofX lar ignorant c.-iivy or class-feeling. But | r 'eon! o.' ■ , Mr ,. n ,.,. s j,, ,; lls ,|ist„-uit ought toSms '"' -"i i't ■!<■"»r no'if tint, such a view is igW, serious!-, uiisi ('cm on-. However, it iX 1 " 3 no part of our [»v"s»nt. purposes to into this phase of the qu -stion ; noi\ i:;X, ar deed, into the question at all a* any lengtliHiU i I pan former occasions, wo have writtenX' e ' r almost ./ / ,)<•)!< -tin on t!ie matter. Tt isX A enough that the people have themselvesnHfem, ! 'n.r'i determined no longer to want tli'Xr, 1 ' essential adjunct to their welfare, —a conflj from the telegrams which appear iHjjfthi another par!;, in answer to those fonvinbH 0 " 1 " 1 to the Superintendent by the Mayor. itX)/ seems p-ohable that ere long the boon will be granted. It is a disgrace tHisnw the viovernment that this district Ims sH fte< i" 1011.3 ha<l to sue in vain for depasturing? privileges. The numberless reproscnt:itionHm oun mule to the authorities upon the snbjeMw m have produced nothing but promises,--*iHr7 Wi oi those we have had a, plentiful crop.&&Hol o .' they seem always to have been made ffiflHnd ri< a di'Yi berate intention to procrastinate.H ui ' te a with a sigh of relief, and a "Thank in von ! tint's over for a season," The peopH An themselves, too, are far from blameless the matter ; and their supineness is bringing forth fruit after its own kin<l.jX rs p| natural, but unprofitable enough, in conscience. As to the miserable made at obtaining justice for us in ''Hfeth direction by th" person who has so ~nfflX irgafs e thily sat for this district in the ProvincHomuy ! (Joint «il for the last eighteen months, it»j* *A I useless to sav much; upbraiding or n ' l i 'Hea<iin< cai be but" thrown away upon so flW'Hlionert' \i'csii an inilividml. The Kawarau elcctranns hr wore silly when they rlected so absnrHpartrae mi,it a representative j and they wi" X nr , se Jj 'criminal ti fhmr own interests if t" r . v ■Friday tint unitedly protest against him holiliras the | his scat tor another session. At the mf^ W£ sent juicutre, whers is he ? Ts he wnj*^™ [ ing wi.h his. constituents, by word or clw

j free them from the ojiprwion of this iipoun ling edict? Nay, such a course onld bring him into notice ; and this, we elieve, he is most anxious, to avoid. OW;urity until he may onoe more finger his oiind a day seems to he his chief wish and ope; and he will think himself highly irtunate if his scheming* he crowned with access. —A.s we hare said, the telegrams ■om Dunedin are satisfactory,—still, only the familiar matter of promises. But re feel sure that the Committee formed t the meeting will not be satisfied with romises from the Provincial Government. Ve believe that they will persevere un-

.. .1 -•" j :~ „ii..,:„„.i . „„,] ,„_ „„_ il t-iifir cuu m .iii/bmuwu , mm v.c can nly hope that the interval until th« conummation may not be long. If it be, and lie impounding be continued, then we are earful of the consequences,—consequences uch as we wish never to witness, and such swe should find no pleasure in foretelling. nevertheless, thair indication is clear.

Two correspondents' letters are printed n our third page. Tlie Rev. J. Jones will administer the floly Communion after Divine Service next SunJay morning.

Mr George S. Pope, formerly teacher at 'anlrona, has been appointed mister of the school itWangaloa, near Tokomairiro; We understand that the brethren of the 'romwell Kilwinning Lodge intend giving an iuitation hall at the Lodge-room, Kawarau Hotel, in New Year's Eve. . {v,e statement that Mr Vogel was going ft England to contract another loan, which was nvle by the Wellington Pout, has been stigmatise! as " a pure invention" by the Independent. The Colleen Bawn Q.M. Company, we ireinf >rmel, his accepted a tender from Sir T. to construct a road from the company's 'Him to Mr Logan's cuishiny-uiachine in Pipe •by (iully. [ We are informed that on Wednesday last a Chinaman named Ah ''hen committed sni[iiehy hanging himself in his tent at (Jardrona. [The jary, at the iuqieat, returned a verdict of letnpinry insanity. Al)out a dozen robust looking Maoris mm<\ through (Cromwell yesterday on hnrseliick, on their wiv to Y'.unka >tafcion. livery iwat this seas m they come from the coast to Lsis-. in the shee;>-shearing at the same station. A. Wellington telogram published in the 0.1% ThifH of Friday states: Iliedovernor and Lady iJowen leave for Uiiristhurch about Doc<' nber IG, to open the exhibi inn there. Afterwards they will proceed to hinedin. mi thence to bake VVakaMp an 1 the therlakes'on the'gold HM«Js, as well as to Mount L'onk. aid will return in the end of Fein nary." ! Yesterday, Mr Bond travelled on horse»ac!i fvoii* 'ardrona toOromwell, across the mounsins, in less than tive hours i'he journey by heorilinary route can 'i.ardly be accomplished in t'inble th it time. It is a great pitv that nothing \m yet been dune towards opening up regular nraimnieition *vith ('arlrona bv the shorter mute. No track exists across the mountains at I'twnt, and only thos3 well acquainted with the :•> .fry can undertake the journey without risk fllosing the way, /The recent additions to the number of juarz machines on the Warrick Range has had the effect of greatly reducing the charges for :mshiug. Formerly, the cost of crushing 100 t-»iis was 21s. per ton, whereas the rate now ['urged for a similar quantity is only 12s. a ton. Fhis circumstance affords reasonable ground for the expectation that a number of the claims hitherto deemed non-payable because of the heavy expense incurred in extracting the gol I, frill n >w recive a fresh start and a fair trial of their auriferous capabilities.

A correspondent of the Hawlces Bay Herald contributes the following hints, which pe trust may prove valuable to some of our readers at the present season :— ■' I offer the art bf swimming in one lesson, gratuitously. On bin" into the water, breast high, raise the feet pffthe ground gradually and lean forward, then commence paddling in quick succession with lands and feet open. Any man, woman, or child who acts in strict obedience to the above accomplishes that noble art, not only of saving his own life, but that of others. When about fifteen years of age, 1 did this near the edge of a canal. On finding my body did not sink,°l felt, as everyone will, as if I had found a large amount of money. I was very eager to go into the water again, and tried the stroke swimming, and was successful. My next ambition was to swim across a canal, which was out of my depth TO feet in the midd'e ; this I also accomplished. and never forgot how to swim since. It was 'lU'te accidental, being onlv through a desire to i'lay in the water that I found the secret."

An adjmmed meeting of the Popular Entertainments Committee was held in the Iwn-hall on Tuesday evening, the 12th inst. ,nere was an unusnallv full attendance of mem,rs present. Mr B. R. Bnrd occupied the !!!"' , Was resolve ' l that the entertainment ZT* ] y agreed npon for the benefit of the CromveiSchaol should take place on Thursday, the '™mst. ; on 1 Mr Jolly having consented to ? rgaise a company of amateurs for ano; her perorma C e of " Bombastes Furioso," the CommiteeiMljiy a proposition that the entertainment 3 nmt of vocal ' wl instrumental music, aamg. an ,i t | le p () p U i ar burlesmie above men2!!T I f ' was stltel t,,;lt Mr Whetter and sons BWmmW to assist in the musical dekm»M 'l nd that a y° un « ,a,i .V amateur of acennmtiSVl ," y aS an - el " cutionist h »d also Fri,,v !1\ take P art m the entertainment. toy was rem\ ted to write fc , BdVtirai , H fc S elSSft"! aS V ,C ' llis;s " Mr *• was elected a S mber of comrnitteei

Through an inadvortenw. «-« list week nm'fctel to make mention of the Odd -Fellows' second Anniversary Invitati >n Ball, which took place in Kidl's II ill, on Fiddly evening, Nov. 8. We have the greater occas ; on to re ;rV, this omission, inasmuch as the hill is on all hands admittei to have been one of the mist enjoyable and successful ever held in Uromwell. There were between twenty and thirtv courdes present, and we are happy to say that the eff irts' of the stewards, the M.0., and Mr and Mrs Kid I to carry out all the arrangements and particulars in connection with the atioir in a manner pleasing and satisfactory to all, were eminently successful. Dancing was continued until nearly five in the morning, and the company dispersed with high praises of the enjoyment experienced at the Odd-Fellows' ball of 1872.

The Southern Crass of the 25th ult. givfis the following account of the action taken by Mr Brogden's navvies, who are on strike:—"The whole of the navvies on strike for the eight-hour system and seven shillings per day assembled yesterday morning in front of the Drill-shed, for the purpose of considering what steps should be taken for the furtherance of their object. As there was no chair to take, it was considered unnecessary to appoint a chairman, but, in answer to an invitation to address the meeting, a ' sou of toil' mounted a large stone and held forth for nearly half an hour. He said the best thing to do would be to send word along the line about the strike, and request the men stitl at work to join them. If these men did not choose to do so, then they must be compelled. A number of persons spoke, all adopting the same strain. It was then arranged that the mob (numbering 125) should proceed to Newmarket en masxe, and force the quarry men at work there to knock off. The assemblage accordingly proceeded thither, and, on arrival, the proposer of this feature of the programme had deserted them. However, a corpulent individual, who was evidently stimulated for the occasion, took charge, and p-oceeded to the brink :>f the quarry, and demanded that the men working there (about a dozen) should stop work and join the strikers This they refused to do, ind the whole mob went into the quarry and threatened to pull down the crane if the men did not cease work. Hut this was of no avail. The mob then otfrred an armistice of half an hour, but the men at work refused this also in terms more forcible than polite. After this the former ringleaders of the strikers disappeared, and others proposed to jro to the Mechanic's Biy end of the line to make the men leave work there ; but the crowd was so divided in its %cntiraents as to further movements that when Detective Jeffrey an 1 a constable w«re scon ap. proaching, most jf the men qu'etly slinked off, and when Detective Jeffrey pulled out a piece of paper t,o take down the leaders' names a general I disier.uon took rdaee. leaving the two detective* masiers of the situation."