CROMWELL.

Dunstan Times, Issue 258, 5 April 1867, Page 3

CROMWELL.

(FROM OU?. OWS COSKESrOSDCIST.) On Tuesday the children attending the Day and Sunday School, were, treated to r a Pic Nje by the members of the Commit- v. tee and their friends. A very convenient i and well grassed slope at the base of the Mount Pisa ranges, about three jniles t from Cromwell was selected for the al fresco a fete, and thither the .youngsters shortly a after noon were conveyed in all manner of I available vehicles, accompanied by their s teachers! '1 he children were a real happy c party, a' d cheered lustily as they went a- ? long, waiving a number of bright coloured ~ fligs .which had been prepared apparently t for the occasion by their senior female ac- ' quaintances. At a later period in the aft terncoi'j and after the juveniles had been < enjoying themselves to their hearts con- 1 .tout, a considerable addition to the happy : group was m<ule by a number of the more i mature portion of the community putting c in an appearance, when dancing on the ' green enlivened by Mr Wlicttcrs Band i was gone through in the most spirited I manner, 'i here were done in capltahttyle Sir Roger do (. overly, The First f'et, A i Country Dance, ai d Polkas and Schpt- i tisehes innumerable ; the old fashioned but i still favorite game of Kiss in the Ring was r.ot ireg'ecteci, and it would be useless to ■ s*ay ai ything to the contrary, but- that''the fairer porliba of society enjoyed it amazingly." >uek a real happy day has never before been spent in Cromwell, and in jm,tiee to the promoters of the entertainment and those who provided the good things, .of which, everyone was welcome, J maj* nay compelled to indulge in unsparingly, that their gocd-o'UUX's will long remain in ■xha memory of those who had the good for tune to be prcsent-upon one of the most, jdcusantl., passed days of m:al!oyed pleasure, that mortals could with to .enjoy. A t sunset, and after the 1 and Lad performed the National Anthctn, the children were marshalled under the direction of the lc iioimiscr, Mr il-iCellar, and being quhk y . eat j.': in the vehicles provided tor them, left on their way. home rejoicing. In the evening a considerable party, with a i umber of friends from the Gorge, met at the .- chcol-room, end to the stiai s of i\! r V better's Hand, the members of which volunteered their ter.yice.3, upon .the occasion, enjoyed themselves amazingly, tripping it on the light fantastic toe till the wee hours of morning had long since passed. Mr Richard Owens the co tractor for the unfinished portion of the Qucenstown I;oad, is making great efforts to complete this important work, and in a month from the present time the works will be so far ■finished that with merely the slight inconvenience of boating across the Kawarau, communication by wheeled traffic will be opened the Qucenstown, light traps such as spring carts and buggies will be conveyed across bodily ii a boat provided for that purpose, pending the-completion of the ptint which will be in working order before the end of June nest. A glance at the progress made here in so short a time especially when compared at what has been previously done under the old Provincial System of i: day labor " is sufficiently convincing even to the most sceptical, that if we want our public works economically rapidly, and efficiently executed, the principle of small coi.tracts is the only true one to adopt.. The road to the Nevis, via f tcwart's Ferry is to-be completed by. the Government; it it; reported that the Superintend dent has communicated v;ith His Worship • the Mayer, respecting the desirability of the work being dene under the direction of the Town Council. Mr Pecsley, the Coipcration Engineer has made immense improvements in Meknore Street, such a metamorphosis iusoshort a space of time i 3 F.earcely crediUle, ajul.there can be no gain aaying the fact that Sir Bcesley stands A 1. in his profession, and the mere he bocotuija known, the mere will hi 3 abilities be appreciated. I Wasi shown the other day by Mr V , fj rent of the New Zealand and American

Timber Yard, a most ingenious contrivance to be used m the road works at the L:"n lis ■ Pass, for the removal of heavy blocks of l stone, it consists of a sort of truck about four feet.square, mounted on two wooden l rollers bound with iron, and so firmly * placed that no ordinary weight could dam- * age the machine, yet with the greatest A ease ponderous blocks of stone can be han- I dily conveyed some considerable distance. - Mining matters are as brisk as they can s be, considering the protracted drought, * fall of weather is however indispensiblo to * increased activity in mining matters. *