The Cromwell Argus, AND NORTHERN GOLD-FIELDS GAZETTE. Cromwell: Tuesday, October 28, 1873.

Cromwell Argus, Volume IV, Issue 207, 28 October 1873, Page 4

The Cromwell Argus, AND NORTHERN GOLD-FIELDS GAZETTE. Cromwell: Tuesday, October 28, 1873.

Clause No. 5 in the Public Works Committee's report, laid before the Town Coun-' cil at their meeting last Thursday, and which refers to the dust pestilence with which we are plagued, is about as ingenious a specimen of " how not to do it" as the citizens in the town have had the pleasure of seeing for some time. For fifteen months now, the question has been before the Council, and yet the committee " is unable to furnish a report upon the abatement of the dust nuisance." Why could they not be silent for another week or two till they were in a position to do so ? We might have survived for other fourteen days, without even the one grain of comfort that '' the matter was still under consideration." Under consideration, forsooth ! We defy the committee to let it out of their consideration for any one hour during the day. This is not all, however; the "how rpt to do it" system is not properly exeniplified yet. We are " urged" to take some decided steps in the matter, "otherwise it will be vrmiQssiWe to live in ih»t part of.

the tqwn, or even, in the vicinity." What* in the name of Lindley MußßAY.and-kll his successors, do the membersof the Piih|i6 Works Committee mean! ' v Whai clecise3 Bteps can be taken' in' a Matter which is still under consideration, and of which they report that they cannot yet report? Considering the extraordinary jumble into vhich their ideas have evidently got, we ould not have been surprised to learn Jit the " part of the town, or the vicinity ln vhich it will be impossible to live," was "Hmrt in which the committee met when report was concocted, there j s sc iething so delightfully cloudy about " er ktsly, however, we must caution the Counci. against receiving reports like the one above alluded to. It is a sham Wy 0 f doing business. It only passes the real question from one meeting to another, Hi some ti me or o ther it drops ont of memoy altogether. The committee is manfully, and honestlv grapple With he horrible pestilence which renders life in Cromwell for about six months in ever) year nearly unbearable, and which is yeu-ly growing more and more intolerable ; io r to as manfully and honestly confess to the Council that the problem is by the* insolvable. Other parties might then luve something to say to it.

In another place will be found Mr LoughNan's letter in reference to tlie subject of our last week's leader. If the letter is carefully considered, it will be seen that it by no means touches any part of the question which was raised by us,—namely, the necessity Which exists for some action heing taken to secure a commmonage for the district. Even if we admit the assumption upon which Mr Loughnas's letter is founded, that he, the runholder, possesses an absolute right to .every blade of grass upon the run, (an assumption which we totally deny,) .it would only go to strengthen our position ; so much more does the necessity exist to apply a remedy, and that quickly. Tf the runholder possesses such a right, it is one which the law jgave him, and it is oue which'the law can* take away, if it can be proved to press unjustly upon any section of the people. How much more, then, if it presses upon the great body of the people. * At an early date we shall return to the subject.