Cromwell Argus, AND NORTHERN GOLD-FIELDS GAZETTE TUESDAY, DECEMBER 31, 1872.

Cromwell Argus, Volume IV, Issue 164, 31 December 1872, Page 4

Cromwell Argus, AND NORTHERN GOLD-FIELDS GAZETTE TUESDAY, DECEMBER 31, 1872.

Throe of the Garrick Range quartz companies have cleaneil-up since our l ist publication, with the results as stated below, viz :- Elizabeth, Til) tons, 49ozs. ; Colleen Hawn, 81 tons, 123 ozs. ; Star of the Hast, 130 tons, 131 ounces. Wo have received from Messrs Letts, Son, and Co., the well-known stationers, of London, an illustrated catalogue of their manufactures and publications. The cover of the catalogue in question is printed by a new process, called “Rainbow Printing.” I»y this method, any number of different colours may be printed at one impression, and in any dc-ign, however fanciful or complex. The advantages of the new style of working arc, the great beauty of the colours, the rapidity of production, and its enm- ■ parative cheapness. The process is an invention 1 of Messrs Letts, and has been patented by them, ' It is assuredly calculated to occasion quite a rej volution in colour printing, which has hitherto | been accomplished only at great expense, and a ! sacrifice of time and labour. Messrs Letts deserve the thanks not only of the printing profession for their invention, but of all those in business, or in any way interested in the progress of art. It affords ns pleasure to hear testimony to the uniform excellence of the numerous productions of this world-renowned firm, although such testimony is hardly needed : their works are [ widely known, and speak for themselves. An invitation ball, under the auspices of the Prom well Kilwinning Lodge, takes place ‘ at the Kawarau Hotel to-night.

Mr A. R. Mackay, District Surveyor has kindly furnished for publication the follo» ing particulars of the finding of a moa's egg j the sandy ground on the north-west side of thii township :—" I found it on the 27th of Novea ber, partially imbedded in and completely filled With sand. It measures' seven and a half inch* in length, and five and a half inches in diameter, The shell is about an eighth of an inch thick, au is broken on the smaller end, where I think tin young moa must have escaped from its prison flii3 is the second moa's egg found in Cromwell and the sixth found in New Zealand." [Tb. foregoing was received too late for insertion ij on f'last issue. l The weekly mail service between Cron, I well and Nevis commences next Monday.