Cromwell Argus. AND NORTHERN GOLD-FIELDS GAZETTE. Cromwell : Tuesday, October 27, 1874.

Cromwell Argus, Volume V, Issue 265, 27 October 1874, Page 5

Cromwell Argus. AND NORTHERN GOLD-FIELDS GAZETTE. Cromwell : Tuesday, October 27, 1874.

"We have to remind our town readers that the meeting of the Town Council on Friday evening is that at which applications for the assessorsbip are to be sent in.

Tickets for the Oddfellows' Ball are going <off rapidly, and, from report, this year's affair is g'dng to be more successful than any previous anniversary celebration of the Lodge.

Notices, of the following appointments are c mtaiped in the New Zealand Gazette of the 15th inst.:—Thomas Dixon, to be Pos* master at Bannockburn ; C. E. Nicholas, Postmaster at Cromwell. .."••' •-),--,:

MrHallensteinisprogressingvery'slowly. We understand that the fracture is likelv to lead to a stiff joint" at the ankle. Muoh sympathy is expressed at this untoward -mishap.?— WukatAp Mail. ■"::■<

"Mr E. Lindsay has disposed of his Vmsipes!< as blacksmith in Cromwell to Mr R.Wishart, who has beeu in his employment for some time. We understand Mr Lindsay intends teproceed to Melbourne shortly. Attention is directed to the advertisement calling for tenders for £2OOO worth of seven per cent, debentures issued by the Town Council. Local investors should turn their attention to this investment..

A cake from the Star of the East chum was brought, into Cromwell on Saturday last. The number of tons crushed was 158, and the yield was 165 oz. 3 dwt. We are informed that a dividend of 4s. per share has been declared.

Eugene Beda, the one-legged gymnast •and dancer, gave a performance here last Wed aiesd vy evening. The performance consisted of singing and dancing, and open-air trapeze-feats. There was a very fair attendance, and the performer gave every satisfaction.

The Mayor requests the public, by advertisement, to observe the 4th of next month as a holiday. Great preparations are beiug made for the proper carrying oat of the ceremony of hying the foundation-stone of the Hospital on that 4ay, and no doubt the public will readily respond to the Mayor's request.

We heard last night that Mr E. Morrison, Town Clerk of Roxburgh, had committed suicide on Sunday evening. We did not hear the manner of the suicide, and it was stated to us that no cause could be assigned for the commission of it; so that we are unable to give anv information beyond the mere fact. We have received No. 1 of a new Dunedin publication, " Arthur's Budget; or Notes and Notions of Oolonus." It consists of four small pages, entirely of reading matter, and the price is sixpence. The articles, chiefly on political subjects, are passably written, although they are hardly smart enough to ensure great popularity for the periodical.

The Fire Brigade held a meeting last Wednesday evening, in the Town-hall. There was a very good attendance of members. The business was not of any great importance. No word had been received from the Corporation »s to a site for keeping the plant of the Brigade, and the Captain and Lieutenant were appointed a deputation to wait vpon the Council in reference to the matter. The Secretary reported that he had received very favourable and satisfactory replies from the local agents of Fire Insurance Companies in Cromwell, who were prepared to recommend their respective bead offices to deal liberally with the Brigade in the matter of subsidies. On the suggestion of Captain Starkev. the motto of " We Strive to Save" was adopted. Mr James Scott was appointed Foreman of the Hook and Ladder Company; and Mr Jolly, Foreman of the Hose Company. On the motion of Mr Fergus, seconded by Mr Pret-tch, it was agreed that the Brigade meet once a fortnight'for drill practice, first meeting to be held on November 11. The was asked to endeavour to get the rules printed in time to be distrUmtwdion th* next n%ht>i joteeting.

' IMiss, Isabella Carandini was married to Mr Cotterell the other (day in Syduoy. , * ',

1 At the sale of Mr G M. Bell's Herd of shorthorns, the> prices ranged from 50 to 325 gjifneas. Mr-Kitehittg, of Moa Plat, was the principal purchaser.

Measles oontimte to be very prevalent inTmnedin. The Daily Times hears that no leas than seven members of one family have been simultaneously attacked by the disease.

"Sinbad," one of the sporting contributors to the Ohristchurch papers, hears from Mr Prince, the well-known bookmaker, who has just returned from Victoria, that in the. Melbourne Cup Mr Watt has backed Lurline and Papapa to win him £SOOO, at 1000 to 40 against the mare, and 1000 to 35 against the colt. Queenstowri has been selected by Professor Peters,' of the American Transit of Venus Expedition, as the locality for the Otago observing party, and the instruments and equipments -are now on their way overland, being expected to reach their destination-on the 25th instant. There are 70 or SO boxes of instruments, weighing in all about 10 tons.

The meeting for the purpose of forming a Cricket Club was adjourned for a week, and an advertisement elsewhere calls one for Thursday evening. A Jockey Club Committee meeting was held last Friday evening, and this thinned the attendance of those who mi,'bt be expected to take a part in the formation of a Cricket Club. We believe there is every prospect of a successful meeting on Thursday. The Government have consented to the proposition made by Messrs Lancaster and Co., to construct a road on the east bank of the Molyneux from the Beaumont Ferry to the Island Block. The proposed road, which is proposed to cost £3OOO, is not only much shorter, but comparatively level, and to travellers between Tuapeka and Roxburgh and other places further up-country will, when completed, be a very great boon.

All applications for licenses or transfers, to-be heard at the December Court, of which twenty-one days' notice require to be given, with certifiates of householders enclosed, must be sent in on or before Monday, the 9th of November next, to the Clerk of the Licensing Court, Cromwell. Postmarks of that date will not be sufficient. Applications must be in the Clerk's hands by that date. Applicants who are at all doubtful should employ an agent.

With regard to the last English mail, via Suez, delivered by the Albion, the Daily Times says:—"The mail arrived in Melbourne six days before its due date, and it will be delivered, therefore, in Dunedin on the day on which the Post-office time-table makes it due at Hobson's Ray. It is worthy of remark that letters bearing the Hate of September 4th will be delivered in Dunedin to-day. No previous mail hns ever been delivered in so short a time as 47 da)'S from England."

I Lurline is re ported...to be ranch fancied for the Melbourne Cup. " Augur," writing recently in the Australasian, says:—"The best gallop on Tuesday morning was that of Lurline, who was sent a mile and a half with Rory O'Morc, with whom she did what she liked. It must not be forgotten, however, that the Irishman had quite as much weight as the mare had, and, therefore, the performance must not f>e regarded too favourably. Lurline is undoubtedly one of the best mires that ever trod an Australian course, and I look forward to a meeting between this New Zealander, Dagworth, and Goldsbrough with considerable interest. Her fore ac tiou is apparently a little tiring, but her magnificent hind action apparently counterbalances this defect, and no journey seems too long for her. Soon after the spin with Rory O'More, Cutts sent her for another round with Papapa, who had previously cantered a couple of miles, and the mare again acquitted herself well."