The Cromwell Argus, AND NORTHERN GOLD-FIELDS GAZETTE. Cromwell: Tuesday, April 7, 1874.

Cromwell Argus, Volume V, Issue 230, 7 April 1874, Page 4

The Cromwell Argus, AND NORTHERN GOLD-FIELDS GAZETTE. Cromwell: Tuesday, April 7, 1874.

The water supply was stopped by the' storm which took place on Friday evening last. Yesterday, afternoon the 'watef-rAce!',was; stilj'■>. dry,—as fjOft Murray-street alj anyrate. ,We were under the impression that a.sufficient quantity of boxing and piping had been laid down under'the wpervision o£ the-Jaspecto**of'.Works* to guarantee the town against..such an occurrence, but it appears all the trouble and expense have been in vain. Even: if the race had been for. (say) a quarter of a' mile choked ,up with/ sand; .surely,it need.not have, taken more thaxjf an hour or two to put it to rights again.—To-day thei race is still stepped. .<:u fi«« v As may be seen by but* Bolides in another column, two more deaths.-have occurred during the week. ,Mr Scally, vve regret to say, has two other children lying so seriously ill that •but very little hopes-arerentertained of their:, recovery. Diphtheria,.complicated by symptoms, of a" typhoid nature, is said 'to be • the 1 from which they are suffering. . - ,;.v:u: We' hear it reported -that the-. tunnelbeing now driven, by the; limited' Quartz Mjimpg • Company., ad joining.the Caledonian quartz claim, -has.resulted in'draining' I 'the"shafts Slink in the' u latter'claim. If the repoW is correct, it-cer-u tainly looks as if there was a reef connection (or Some water conducting medium) between the two claims.' ■' ' : •' ■' ' •'■ ■■'' ''■'-■ ■' mK\ Some fresh oases of 4 typhoid fever are 1 * reported as-having takefr place in ! the township during the week. ..Ou.a rough.calculation aie twenty-two houses in which there are of ' have been cases of fever. About forty-five cases : in all have occurred in thetown. This bears a similar proportion to the population of Cromwell that 3000 cases would to that of Dunedin and its suburbs. • ■;> By the courtesy of Inspector Moore, we are enabled to give the following statement of gold forwarded by Escort from Clyde to Dunedin yesterday:— ' ' •* ''' •■'■■' ' i»f! ... .' ©jA 4#fct;'f Queenstown f! ■>■•■ ■mtao' < <J694t'.0'., 1 / Cardrona - - - ?m- f <j SMr J) ~ Arrow -, • - i ! ; 78i5 %. , Cromwell . • - ' i* J '1 Clyde .... 500 0 Alexandra ■ -S. . - 332 0 Teviot - - • • - 389 0 Total .... 6129 9

The ©rflihary I monthly j ing wf the Bannockburn and Carrick, Kango Minera' tjh& on V{«dne«dl<f B*' e >i aent Mo°Mt^ r !*ft# nt H (*)»»]. sore*),r Berpy .Menzies, B. Chilton, minutes, of .previous'' corajSpea meeting bewg read and. cifttirkned, the secretary was to 'classify, the ftules, in conformity with the adapted alterations, and get t\Vo hundred copies of same printed at office;; .Mr Humphries, tendered' hi* resignation, .'through Mr Hazlett, and it Was "resolved ■to elect Mr Griffiths! in his place. n Mr Hazlett also tendered his resignation, which wtfS duly accepted;: Mil Buchan; being «lecied, in the usual maimer, to fill the vaoancy.i

In the course* of the evening,- the matter; of' the" bridge -petition was again hrought \up;-i the rdjscußsu>n f being' tinged" throughout with; sbmeidis" satisfaction at the* delayuoccasioned^in'Certain quartets in the accomplishment of ithe desideratum. Ultimately, it waa agreed to matter for a short time longer, before taking hV. depeiidea<'*elFiftn.''!''- ,! ''' : fc i: i v '' «t«m mm ««!«> |i; i washed; ,apa *ff-/4w Wta of mm^SmAM%M Of rpZ.;,an4 : highly %&fi& a &* ratejof yield whichfYriU . ,tp rQomjjaijywhifih 'ieoond io none, ih'iperaeverance through lAsted,^tMft>k? e Ka.^~ l|j.. .reported on] ,gobd authority3hat the< Peart of. Oak has struck- the' reef-,uTthe jQo,fees ,ley.e).' Mr Scott,: says he is,pj,opiQipn p that,it'is 'the'.main ree|,which v has.beepstruck. Star/is. again crushing, though the stone is,, "being raised at some disadvantage, jon' account. of the lower tunnel not. being completed., Tenders' are called for driving,that j tuP'?)el a further distance.—The ! Young Australian,-. \s crushing atf-Jjir" rL'ogan's battery. From 150 to 20p'tons will, be,put through before washed up last week,, about 64 tons. The yield •was 354 ounces, or at' the,, rate of nearly 64 ounces to Reliance is stilt upon, the ~-w,hfeh hw, now. split into two tjhin veins,, with a bar of mullock between". ',.'.',,!' f

Tli'e shoqtirig *ss&s opened oh" Wednesday lM^lj^'."isf. a yeryapprpprfate 1 ■day, it provedtoo, aa figf, as bur district rw&a cbiicerned'. number, pfehthusiasiic sportsmen didgojput triumphantly wi^lx'"their guns upon their jShpuMers'''p'UYtbel'day'Weiitiorled, but We* believe they carae/bagk Svith' them pn the ''trail," andwith empty Several guns we believe are for sale since; ' We have heard a good, deal lately about the quantity : of gold which was being turned out frQin the Nevis', but we did' not kiioW that such : good finds had. been made as. we are K now informedi on good authority-have been. One party above 1 the Nevis township; we hear, is realising aooUt' £2fea' weelk per 'man, there being four sharehbiSrs;' and they have been doing that for about, twelve months past. ' Another party have Been doing still better, we understand, and have been for a still' longur period. From all accounts wehave heard, we draw the conclusion l that'there is every'prospect of the Nevis being proved to contain many such claims, but that it will only pay men who have 'some capital to invest m preliminary works, arid that it is not a '' poor, niairs diggings," "as that phrase is generally The dividends declared by the.Cromwell Quartz Company during the year 1573 amounted, we al£ informed by.one bf the sharehqldprs, to very-close upon £8000... It will be remembered that'a break-dowri took place in the crushing apparatus in; the beginning of that period, and that erUshing was .suspended consequently for several mouths, hj : : ~' ,-./ j uu; ~,;.> ... A gonsiderkble number, of miners this district .leftiap.fc.w;ee,k route ior the P.-ilmer go. We cahribt pretend 'to*' know" individually

all who are going ,pr.,haye but some of them •we jcgow must'.rhaye great faith M the Pakner prospects, when they have left the claims, upon whjch- they \f ere, employed here. A few have prudently .wages men on in their place here, jf ,th(? ,'Palmer' should .turn out bad' they maybe able to return, also leaving some one staying behind sell out for them in the event of the rush turning out well! . One or two o£ the Banhockbiirn " Rushians"' have promised, when they, reach ihe new gold-field, to write a report for the benefit of their old ac- 1 quaintanees, the report to be published.in our columns.'. Those,, therefore, who were thinking to go at the eudof winter, perhaps,' will probably' hay> the result of the experiences of well-known miners. ■ '' .V' , .' • ■ ■' ! jWe have been Tetjuested to call attention'to the extraordinary number of curs—it is! impossible to, 1 with any truthfu'lriess/calb themdogs— -with which Cromwell is at present in-, fested, and to ask the Inspector.to consult his registration file. Some of , those people who i ty.haVe had -.occasion' to'' ; siff up 'at'night watching sick beds ' can : bear painful testimony 1 td'<:the annoyance which" is caused by them. Some of ourmcal shootists might advantageously cleaotheiriguns with one.or two of then*.