Cromwell Argus, AND NORTHERN GOLD-FIELDS GAZETTE. Cromwell: Tuesday, September 22, 1874.

Cromwell Argus, Volume V, Issue 260, 22 September 1874, Page 4

Cromwell Argus, AND NORTHERN GOLD-FIELDS GAZETTE. Cromwell: Tuesday, September 22, 1874.

The Town Council adjourned their regular meeting from Friday evening, in consequence of the Good Templar’s concert, until last night. The late hour at which they finished business precludes us from giving any report in the present issue. We are informed by the Secretary that the Cromwell Hospital Committee contemplate a demonstration upon the occasion of laying the foundation stone of the Hospital building. The preliminary arrangements will be decided by the Committee at a meeting to be held to-morrow evening, convened for that purpose. The sale of privileges in connection with the forthcoming Spring Meeting is to take place to-morrow, at noon, at the White Hart Hotel, Mr M ; Cormick advertises the rates of fares at the Nevis Ferry in to-day’s issue. We believe the Government have given Mr Owens a subsidy of £IOO a year, in consequence of the reduction of fares. Mr Warden Simpson has requested us to intimate that next Friday there will be no Courts held in Cromwell. Mr Simpson holds the position of Judge at the Dunstan Spring Meeting, so that his presence at Clyde is necessary on that day. On the Friday of the Cromwell Meeting, Court will be held as usual. Last Thursday, Mr Thomas Logan brought in a cake of close upon 1170 ounces, the proceeds of a crushing for the Cromwell Company, Bendigo. The number of tons is n6t known, no register being now kept. Some of the stuff was poor, but a considerable quantity of it, taken from the rich portion of the claim, is reckoned to have gone over four ounces to the ton. The poorer stuff was that which had to be taken out in order to get at the richer stone. The weights for the Handicaps at the Dunstan Spring Meeting will be found in our advertising columns. It is expected that the meeting will be a very successful one, and the large number of entries afford a guarantee that this expectation will be fulfilled. The last Hansard gives us information respecting the throwing out of the Clyde Waterworks Bill in the Legislative Council. Captain Fraser brought it up, and moved the second reading. We quote from Hansard : “ The Hon, Mr Waterhouse moved that the second reading be made an order of the day for that week. He did so because there had not been sufficient time to consider the matter. Ho observed that the Bill only passed its third reading in the other branch of the Legislature on the previous day, and there was nothing to show that the ratepayers were parties to the Bill. They might, therefore, be giving the municipality a power to expend this money in a way the ratepayers would be opposed to. Under these circumstances they 1 ought not to proceed with the Bill. He would therefore move that it be read a second time that day week.—Amendment agreed to.” Parliament was prorogued within a week, so that the Bill was practically thrown out.

Shortly, we understand, the work of repairing the Cromwell Bridge, for which the i money was voted at the last meeting of Provincial Council, will be begun. While the work is in progress, some inconvenience will be felt through the stoppage of traffic over the bridge ; but this is a necessary evil, which must be borne* . Drays and waggons will have to reach Cromwell by the way of Fraser’s Station, and across the Bannockburn bridge. We have' received a bound copy of the Votes and Proceedings of the Provincial Council at its last session, for which we have to return thanks. The Good Templars propose opening a branch of their lodge at Bannockburn shortly, and a meeting is advertised to be held for that purpose. At Clyde, Brother Peach opened a lodge one day last week, but with small success, only eight members, we believe, coming forward. However, better things are hoped for and expected at Bannockburn. We draw attention to an advertisement elsewhere regarding Messrs Eeith and Wilkie’s art union, for which tickets are to be obtained at this office. The accident to Mr Thomas Logan was not serious enough to have warranted any mention in onr columns, had such mention not been rendered necessary in consequence of the reports which have literally flown over the country concerning that gentleman. The accident was a very simple one, and occurred in this way. Mr Logan was on his road home to Bendigo in his buggy, sometime about midnight. Going along the road he was smoking, and unfortunately he allowed the pipe to fall from his mouth out of the buggy. He got down to recover it, and while getting in again, the horse started off. Mr Logan was caught by some portion of the buggy, being thrown to the ground before he could stop the horse, and was dragged some dis-tance-along the road, his face sustaining rather serious damage before he got clear. The horse proceeded on its way with the buggy, and being found at the ferry in the morning, anxiety of course was felt as to Mr Logan’s whereabouts ; but he turned up, —safe, though hardly sound, —at Mr Thomas Marsh’s farm during the day. Although the circumstances as related above certainly gave reason for a supposition that Mr Logan was injured, perhaps even fatally, spots cf blood about the buggy giving colour to it, .there was not the slightest foundation for any belief that he had been murdered:; and it is very much to be regretted that reports to that effect were circulated down country; A contemporary, we are informed, positively published ah “extra,” with the heading, “Horrible Tragedy.” Sevet-al Cromwell residents were surprised (iu Saturday morning to receive enquiries by telegram from Mr Logan’s friends in Dunedi ‘ and elsewhere, as to the circumstances of his murder. The report in Dunedin appears to have been, npt only that he was murdered, but that the Cromwell Company’s cake was also missing. Mr Logan and his friends must be indignant, and justly so, that so serious a report was raised out of such a non-serious and simple accident. At the Sydney races, the Derby was won easily by Sir H. Robinson’s Kingsborough, Mr Tait’s Melbourne being second, and Sir 11. Robinson’s Heredale third. The Metropolitan was won by Sterling, with Goldsborough second, and Maid of Avenel third. For the last mentioned race, nineteen started, and the time was 3 minutes 36 seconds. The betting was 100 to ■2O against Horatio, 100 to 15 against Goldsborough, 100 to 13 against the Arrow, 100 to 8 against Sterling, 100 to 8 against Dagworth, and 100 to 5 against Maid of Avenel. Sterling’s performance in this race is a really first-class one. The time was faster, considering the weight, than Don Juan’s for the Melbourne Cup, last year. Sterling carried, for the Metropolitan, 7st 61b. He is not entered for the Melbourne Gup, and Goldsborough’s performance of running second has made him a greater favourite than ever for that event. Odds, it is said, are now laid on him. A mirier named Carr was killed at "Wetherstones the other day by a fall of earth. He was an old resident. We are pleased to hear that the Mayor of Clyde (Mr B. Naylor), and Mr James Hazlett, M. P.C., have succeeded in raising the necessary funds for the erection by the Clyde Corporation of a bridge across the Molyneux at that township, connecting the east and west banks of the river. We understand that the Government have facilitated this financial operation by agreeing to extend the boundaries of the municipality, so as to include the proposed bridge and approaches. This work will be a great boon to carriers and the travelling public when completed. — Guardian.