Cromwell Argus, AND NORTHERN GOLD-FIELDS GAZETTE Cromwell.: Tuesday,..December. 15, 1874.

Cromwell Argus, Volume V, Issue 266, 15 December 1874, Page 5

Cromwell Argus, AND NORTHERN GOLD-FIELDS GAZETTE Cromwell.: Tuesday,.. December. 15, 1874.

The regular meeting of the Town Council was adjourned from Friday evening, in consequence l of < ■ the 'play, until ' to-night. CrTalboys will take his seat for the first time. Tlie 1 Joctcey Club not having received a decent offer for the grand stiidd,' booth, etc., on Thursday last, have determined to call for tenders for the purchase of those privileges; We direct,attention to an advertisement, elsewhere on the subject. By the courtesy of Inspector Moore, we are enabled to give ( the following statement of gold forwarded by Escort, from Clyde to Dunedin yesterday:— ~ . l ' ''.-''' bzs. dwts. Queenstown ; ,♦, > «?,.- - , :.924 Or.Cardrona ••" •" • • 360 Q Arrow' •*•" ,: V'-' .'■"•' :; :- 52d 6" Cromwell i' ; •, ~: - . 320i'15 Clyde ... •„ ■■•.,.- ;,,.;,--2y#. r, . Alexandra •'' -j 1 '". • J 215 6 Teviot, »-,.•, .;,• ;• 0 . Total•... ..,..., . ( , v . ,5735 15 Mr MacKellar has requested us to notify, for the information of applicants for agricultural leases,that the request made by a number of applicants to have the sur.yey-fees reduced by the number of mileage-fees, will receive due. consideration ; that in the meantime, however, the full amount of fees must be paid to the district surveyor. The cheques),• therefore, deposited with Mr MacKellar will be at once handed over to the surveyor.' : The celebrated ventriloquist, V"al Vose, whose name has.become,almost a "household word' through the colony, performed last night to a very good house mKidd's Hall, assisted by Miss Payne and one or. two other* performers. To give anything,like a ; criticism of Val Vose's performances in the ventriloquial line would be but to repeat what has been said of him by every, newspaper in every town-'in which he has appeared. His performances are simply wonderand his humprpus chats; with his., figures; and their replies, are' excessively amusing. He keeps the audience in laughter the "whole time. In the words of his advertisement; we can honestly counsel all who want to he merry to-night to go to Val Vose's entertainment.' It takes place in Kidd's Hall again, and will be his last appearance in Cromwell. ~ The Heart o| Oak Company) advertise for tenders for the completion of their big tunnel. The Chinese who'took the work in the first instance have been working at it.for-a month, and have only driven eight feet. Having only two men at work, whereas they contracted to have four, the company tOok advantage of this fact to take it out of their hands.' There was a sitting of the District Court yesterday at Clyde, when a jury case—the first of the kind in the Court—was to come on for hearing.

2m the lastjjmeetmg of the Waste Taiid Board; the following was ijhe only item of business relating to this district:—"Tlyj Board of Inquiry favourably reported' on 'Messrs Grant anoV Richards' amplication for 20 acres at Katyaf a'u Bridge. Referred to the Government!"' "! \ ' The water, case has been concluded in tjhe, Court'.ojE A,Rpeal t but .the Court intimated' probably aoji. be given tiU ' l ,\-. : \] ~..-.. f ' TheifiooivietioaofiDodd,second mate of tbe.OnecO; for the murder of the seaman Sharp, has been quashed by the/Appeol Court on the. want of • jurisdiction, i tihytstu (t)l% ■ A*late ! cablegram says one'thousand five hundred persons are sick with typhoid fever aV Darwin, Lancaster, being more than one sixteenth part of the population; ."•■'" ■■-' " ' i l ' The celebrated Ohihemnri block,..at'the [ Thames, is to be opened for mining at onpe. ; . We have, lf re,ceiv:ed. : Mills, Dick,, and Co.'s almanack; forlß7s< Its information lis more extended than even that of the same production issued last year, by the same firm, and this is saying a good deal; -while in addition it contains two exce"lent maps',—:pne of the North and the other of the South Island of New, Zealand. The directqries of the Provincial tow,ns, are very complete, apparently. ,It vs very neatly printed; also, which is another recommendation. The sale of the/i&urora; plant : 'ja to ta,ke place,,on,,Friday./ In the advertisement of last mention was made as to where, the sale was to beheld. This omission is now rectified, and "Cromwell appears in the advertisement,. Mr -Fache also holds a sale of Mr fiarrisOh's horses the same day in Cromwell. • We JiaveVbeen requested to draw the 'attention of the public, to the advertisement;in another column by the Corporation, in which they seek a loan for waterworks purposes! of. £2OOO, at seven per cent. It .will be seen that with the same class of security as other munci-| palities, the Corporation offers seven per cent. ,as against six offered by several others bidding for money in the open market. The tenders will be opened oniheSth of January,: 1875, when it js hoped the ■ amount required may be found t'o 'have been subscribed;; Numerouslenquir-'es have" beenjnade on.the subject,- but as th*s is the first. env»rt?bf prom well to follow the customs of larger /communities in the borrowing way, it is not surprising that .therfe .should exist a.want,of knowledge oh tbe subject." The Town .Clerk.is, however, prepared.-t'o (explain the. matter fully to''all'enquirers'.', J ' : ' : ' '/ . ■ . Mr,. Thomag : has .been appointed Ranger, pf the "Wakatip commonage, and will begin. his. duties.with the, now year. . / A much-esteem ed subscriber sends its' '■& twelvemonth's 1 subscription' (six months of. it "in advance), with the following note:— T " Dear Mr Editor,of Argus, Cromwell, Though ybur charge niay be high, the poper is done well, i Therefore, as T love my fireside and a:newspaper dearly,,! send \'& subscription—you will, find it a yearly. I, l|ad nearly forgotten, there's hajf a.year; due.; You've trusted me,six months, six months I'll trust you. Long may you be spared the paper to edit, And I to receive it with six months' credit; And to make things look more business-' manlike,' Say'. • we've received.'--And am.yours, good night!"'' 'Vfery good," Mr Subscriber. ! SuVs: are always • thankfully received and ; properly applied, whether sent in poetry or' prose. : '