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Cromwell Argus, Volume V, Issue 264, 1 December 1874, Page 5

We are reluctantly compelled to hold over publication of a quantity of local matter, some correspondenc, and other things. A run on our advertising space compels us to do this. The election of a Councillor for Bridge Ward in room of Or Shanly, retired, took place last Saturday. There was no stir. The numbers polled were.:—Talboys, 17 ; Murrklt,, 7. The Mayor therefore declared the former duly elected. .The assessors for the town have now performed their duty, and their assessment was handed in to the Council at last meeting. Elsewhere an advertisement appears in connection with the subject. Saturday, the 12th instant, we may state, is the last day on which appeals may be lodged. . . . , Mr T. Gilmour, the contractor for the Cardrona mail, advertises elsewhere that he intends running a coach during his term of contract. Besides one to Cardrona, a weekly one to Clyde and back on Saturday evenings will be hailed as a great convenience. On Sunday last, the Church of England was opened by two services, one in the morning and the other in the evening. The Bishop of Dunedin preached in the morning, and the Rev. Mr Dewe in the evening. Both services attracted good congregations, that ot the morning numbering perhaps 150. The choir of the Clyde Church drove up to be present at morning ser< vice, and gave their aid in the singing. The collections amounted in all to L.25. L 730 is the total cost of the building, of which L. 300 is yet unpaid ; an I in the conrse of his sermon the Bishop urged strongly that efforts be made to clear this off, when the consecration will take place. Tt is calculated that the Church will seat 160 nersons. The building is hardly completed, but is expected to be so in a week ot ten days. Mr G-. M. Barr, engineer" for the proposed Corporation waterworks, arrived in Cromwell last Wednesday morning, and has since been engaged day by day in surveying) taking all necessary levels, etc. An Echo reacheth Us. It cometh JDunedinwafd. Our friend Tubman, dear boy, semleth it hitherward. He growls, dear bov, and the Echo reacheth us. Our friend Tubman had saved a thousand pence ; no matter how. And he wanted to invest ;to sink it "Deep, 5 ' dear boy ; and to'do his " Level" bdst to encourage the development of the reefing resources of this district, deaf boy. The " Penny-a-irionth" Mining Company was his opening. But, no matter how, his enterprising spirit, dear boy, was checked ; his thousand pence were not wanted, and all his aspirations about "encouraging, etc., ): were doomed to sivlden strangulation. Mis application for a thousand shares in the " Pcnny-a-Month" was treated disdainfully ; and now Tubman is virtuously wroth, dear boy. and his wrath finds vent in " Peany-a Lining. '

The' Star of the East, cleaned up on Saturday last, with a result of 1734 ounces from J4O tons of stone. Cromwell ftnfl had a clerical invasion, [n conitectiou \Vith the Church of England, the BtshOp of Dunwlin and Mr Dewe have been amongst us ; and yesterday Messrs. Waters and Bannerman, of the Presbyterian Church, arrived, and held service last evening. We believe they intend to preach again in Cronivvidl next Sunday evening', on their return journey. Councillor Arndt took his seat at last meeting of the Council. The meeting lasted until one a.m., and the V new blood" sat it out manfully. .(This, is more than can be said for the . ''old, blood. I 'for first Cr Hayes and then Cr Taylor thought lit U leave. The meeting was rather excited at times, the proper plan toi be pursued ift reference to giving public notice of the allowance of the assessment, —the rock.on which the Corporation split in their recent action 'against ; : Mr 'John' Marsh-,—being a subject of i warm discussion. '' '• ' ' ' 'A" special meeting of the members of the Bannookburn Miners' Association is called for to-morrow evening. • Another mining accident occurred ail; Bendigd last week, in. the Cromwell Company's claim. A miner named. Mitchell was the sufferer. He was. preparing to go dottm one of the shafts, —a "whip" shaft'; and putting his foot in the rope before the horse was hooked on, he fell from top to bottom, a distance of, no less than 170 feet. Having hold of the rope kept hint perpendicular, and in this position he descended the : -whole of the way at a tremendous speed. There was a collection of tools at the bottom of the i shaft, : and one of the picks raft right through his foot. His ankle was very miich bruised, but was too greatly swollen to enable Dr Stirling, who examined him in Cromwell, to say what in- ■ jury he bad sustained. The Doctor advised his • removal to the Dunstan Hospital, and thither he was taken. It is feared that his injuries are serious, but we have heard nothing definite. Cromwell has been fortunate enough as yet to escape a Visitation of the measles'; but, seeing that the disease has arrived at Clyde, perhaps it is too much to expect that we shall go scot free. It has been suggested to us that, while the town is free, it would be a gOod plan to close the school. The holidays are just at hand, and a slight anticipation of the annual closing time could do no harm. The experience of down-country towns suggests this coUrse. Let one case break out in a school, and the certainty appears to be that the disease becomes general. In OamarU, we believe something like 250 scholars at the Grammar School were attacked ; and at Lawrence, Tokoinairiro. the Clutha, and other places, the schools, if hot • necessarily shut up altogether, were greatly thinned in attendance. A lesson from such experiences might, therefore,' be taken with advantage as regards the Cromwell School. A St. Batharis telegram in the Mount Ida Chronicle says the Bank of New South Wales there has raised the price of gold to £3 16s per ounce. The following are the weights for the Dunedin Cup :—Tambourini, 9st'7lbs ; Castaway, Sst lOlbs ; Traitor and Plying Dutchman, Bst 71bs ; Templeton, Sst 51b ; Yatteriua, Sst 21bs ; Atlas and Mabel, Sst; Pertrobe, 7st 131bs ; Right Bower, 7st lOlbs ; Spritsnil, 7st 91bs ; Tripoli and Wainui, 7st 71bs ; Ngaro, Kangi, and Guy Fawkes, 7st 51bs ; Somnambula and Hercules, 7st 3lbs ; Belle, 7st 21 bs ; Earl of' Lynne and Tui, Gst 12 bs ; Boomerang, Bothwell, Ada gelding, and Medicus, Gst lOlbs ; Kathleen and Spray filly, fist 91bs ; Seabird, 6st 71bs ; Bobby Burns, Gst Gibs ; Merryman, 6st i Captain Cook, sstl2lbs. The Alexandra • Annual Race-meeting takes place on New. Year's Day. Constable Morkane, well-known in the Cromwell district, has been promoted to the rank of second-class sergeant He is nOw sta* tioned at Pahiierston. _ To-day is the day fixed for the installation of officers in connection with the Clyde Masonic Lodge. An invitation ball takes place in the evening. The presentations to Mr Christophers take place to-day also. The successful tenderer for the bridge .across Spottis ("reck, Clyde and Blacks road, we understand to be Mr William Grant, of CrOnvwell, the price being £449. The building of this bridge, as also the one across the Manuherikia, just below the present Crossing to Blacks, will convert wllat has hitherto been a most dangerous road to equestrians And foot passengers into a perfectly! safe one. We have, therefore, to congratulate the district, artd residents of Blacks especially. —Dilnilan Times. The Camndiriis have been in the Clarence River district, N.S.W., and a communication to the Ofaftoi Observer says •—" On the departure Of Madame Carandini and her company) by the Helen M'Gregor yesterday morning, a number of the leading youths of Grafton waited on that lady and presented her with a purse of twenty sovereigns, as a mark of their deVOtloil and esteem." We have liCeh given to understand that Mr Thomas Logan, of Bcndlgo. has succeeded in collecting tie large 'sum of L.130 in Dunedin Inwards the funds of the newly established hospital at CromWell. Mr Logan's appeal to soihe of onr leadingfirms met with a very ready response. SoVeral names occur on the list with ten and live guineas set against tlieni.— Daily Times. The Qujoristown and Arrow papers contn in long rejUrts of theinterviews of public bodies with Mr MacKollar, the Goklfields Secretary, who those districts last week. Tho A mm) Obsn-vr says :-'• Mr MacKellar, while cautious not to commit himself or colleagues, spoke plainly—promising support where 5 lie tli >(l<rbt it vas deserved, and freely giving an adverse opinita where he differed. ' We ale sure those who 'interviewed' the new Co'tlrtelds Secretary loft With the impression that what he promised hdmeaut to perform as far as lay in his power, and hat he was not actuated, as some of his predecessors turned out to be, by n desire to gain popularity at the expense of his political integrity." '

A meeting of gentlemen who for shares in the Bendigq Deep Lend QU.tU Wining Company was held yesterday jit the New Zealand Insurance Company's offices, k;i,tray street. The Directors and shareholders at Cromwell refused to allot the shares subscribed for by the Dunediu shareholders, having allotted the whole amongst themselves, beoause th«j claim! has great prospeeta of turning out highly successful. It was unanimously resolved that the* Directors be informed that the Dunelin share--' holders Will insist upon their right to the shares, and take what legal steps are necessary to fenforce their claims. —Daily Timet. <• Sir James Fer'gusson has left the Colony very quietly. Instructions were received* per the Mikado, that Sir, James Fergusson must, leave the Cidony before. his successor's arrival! This caused great surprise. The Governor 'in* tended to go yachting until the Marquis of Nof* mariby's arrival, then come ashore-, take part hi ■ ■the demonstrations hi his honour* arid- in that. of the ikew GoWfriof.' Thereafter it was thought the most dignified editrse would be to detain the Mikado, and go home md San Francisco, which was done, and the Mikado sailed oh., Friday evening last. Owing to the shortness,of the notice the attendance wad iiot large but Auckland p'it on her holiday gaffy And bade h'm God speed Very heartily. Our lady friends Ihay be Interested to read the Australnsian report of the display of toilettes On the Cup day. tfOuie of the ladies, it is said, positively ordered their '' rig-outs" from Worth, the Paris man-milliner. The following is the. description The display of toilettes was of course the main feature of the lawn* Some of these were really superb. The prevailing coloUrs were blue and violet, the material mostly of silk or moire, made 'en irdhl. the absence of lighter descriptions of attire was Attributable, proßably, to the gloomy aspect Of the weather in the earlier part Of the dity. Mrs, St. John, 'laughter of truly Bobinson, ware a very striking dress of violet corded silk, with puffed skirt, richly tri-umed with gold coloured satin ; boriuet and parasol to match. Amongst the most conspicuous toilettes might be mentioned a bright blue silk with overskirt and sash of the brightest canary colour ; a dresß of pale apple green silk, richly trimmed with black Velvet ribbon, arid trained skirt Was also. Very effective. For style, perhaps, a pale blue iU Mage satin, trimmed with silk-, Was unequalled. Perhaps the handsomest dress on the lawn was worn by a young lady, and 'consisted of a rich blue silk, trimmed with bands of the palest blue satin-, edged with Maltese lace. Another remarkable toilette, attd One that was 'evidently admired, Was a rose-coloured silk, the front covered with White muslin puffings, and profusely trimmed with black velvet ribbon." Commenting vipon the statistics for 1873 just issued-, the Nem Zealand flm< s points out that the Government paid passages') Wholly of in part, of 8754 Immigrant's Without Colonial ktjterfenc'e-, 1509 of Whom were children, during 1873 ; bltt that fdr the same period 4/C1 persons" a large pfrtportioft being experienced Colonists, left the Colony. It attributes this result partly to bad lahd and mining laws, it is estimated that the European population Oh December 31, 1873, was 295,04&. The fancy bazaar and gift auction held at Naseby in a.id of the Roman Catholic Church on November \S, 19, and 20,.is reported to have been a very brilliant affair. The amount realised was L.240. * The Auckland Herald complains that the immigration agents at Home are not acting with strict impartiality to the Provinces. For instance, while only one organ-grinder has been sent to Auckland, two have been forwarded to Wellington by the Douglas. Otago has been furnished with six professional pickpockets,. while, as a set-off by way of compensation, Auckland hag only feci i'ved four F'fWn'ch dance-girls. Chrtstchnrch can show tWostreet acrobats, while at the late "atnering at th° Agricultural Show and Caledonian Sports, Auckland was only able to produce among its immigrant new nrrivnls one enterprising man with an "Aunt Sally," and even this was hut ah indifferent specimen. Our contemporary suggests that the Department should novy turn its attention to sending out a supply of Italian hoys with white mice, a few Whitechnpel coStermongers, some Aval king-stilt girls, and ail assortment of.Derhy and Doncaster racecourse gentry, who will tej'ch the Colonial youth something new in '.' under and over seven." " three throws a penny," and " ringing the i eg."