CROMWELL.

Dunstan Times, Issue 292, 29 November 1867, Page 2

CROMWELL.

(Feom Ocr Cv.v Coekeepokdest.) Nov. 2o;h. The nr.cient Cider of Foresters as an Institution is likely to become of much influence throughout tho Cromwell district. The C urt held at Mr. Richard's Bannockbiirn Hotel, Is a proof of the interest taken in the Or J jr. A Court will bo opened in threo weeks hence at Cromwell, at tho Kawarau Hotel. T.i? msn of Cromwell do not act in concert upon any question whatever, and hence spa >gsa retardation of nearly every step that ought to be taken towards further in™ iho improvement of the district. Some time ago the people here, were actually in what may be termed a state- of mental perspiration, in their anxiety to have a road opened from here to the Nevis, and it appears that they have succeeded in having | £M!0!) ] laced on the Estimates towards its : construction ; ho .ever no action lias bean taken, and the road from Mr .Stuart's BanI nockburn Ferry to Mr. Pared!"s Half Way I Hot 1 is in some place? ulteily impassab' o to any eonveyonce ; the lcrdhrg men <f I Cromwell would serve (he ] nblic by taking ; action to have the Government subsidy at i once placed in circulation, and ll.e ro; el I from here to the Half Way House, placed | in a condition for traffic Leiwecn here anil : the Nevis. Duffers Gulley promises to turn out well, Walsh and parry have discovered that tho chief deposit of gold is in dec',> ground, and that a different system of working the locality mint be adopted to secure its wealth. They have a'rei ly set to work to construct a monster tail race, that will enable them to work ground thirty feet deeper than any that has as yet been worked. In all ] reliability the hj cality will, like the C; idrora at the present time prove a " new old goldfield" At Ballarat, some fifteen years ago it could nut for a moment be supposed, that the district possessed auriferous deposits deeper than sixteen or seventeen feet but the discovery of the deep leads in that Metropolitan Goldfield, has proved that the liftcen-years-ago-notiiins of mining were at best at fault. Tho finding out that Cardrona and even Duffer's Gulley must be made deep sinking fields, to make them pro ductive of permanent yields, is a hint to other parts of the Province, and is a proof, positive, that the mining resources of the Cromwell district are calculated to become quite as far-famed as any in New Zealand. The visit of His Honor the Superintendent to this place is most airxiiusly locked forward to, and when he c. mes, a most we] come reception will be. given to him. It is intended here to invite His Honor Mr. Mo car drew to visit <vi Race meeting, The Post Master General has refused to grant the town a tri-weckly Mail although the coach passes through the plac every Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday ; the refusal, is a most shabby one, and a discredit to our Government, and Mr. Maeandrcw's appearance here, is generally desired, so that a representation of our Postal deficiency may be made to him. That Cromwefl should be without a. Telegraph Ofiice is \ fact that cannot be for a moment be deem) cd justio to the place, and Mr. Macandrew will be specially called upon to consider the wrong done towards tho district in this respect. Nov. 27th. To day, before the Resident Magistrate, H. W. Robinson Esq. Le Ah C'he'on was brought up on remand, charged with the wilful murder of Ah Hang at tho Kawarau Gorge on or about the 10th September last. Mr. Palgleish prosecuted on behalf of the Crown. —Mr. Latle-y appeared for the prisoner. Mr. Blewitt was sworn in as the j Government Interpreter, Mr. Chirg Chci acted as interpreter • n behalf of the pris I oner, or rather to watch Mr. Bkwitt. Thomas Tait. a miner, deposed.-—Fee ol 1 lerted the.'J.VhCet. last, vase n ,T.at d:,% v.ai, his i ate J.rorh Si.. I. r£<v :■' '■) < : Krwaran Goryo. In the fftn.er,, v.HM i:r.»w...-dctViYd "i hj jlr-.rf. n .■ <'■ m ■• cu:-clui-ii at Mc in-v r y. 1 i:.l , i, t:.o i.u

wood, we found a,' saw :. myself and "mate ' removed the fire-wood, when we discovered somithiuc buried lower down the river I banks ; part of a blue blanket appeare 1 a- I bovo the? ground ; my pate .drove ■■ his.; pickin, and drew out a human head ; we- found tliat a body was buried there, and obtained the assistance of other miners, we un over- I ed the bod . ISIr. Guilford assisted in clearing the gravel from tlie body, mv mate | Stocklv-idpe assisted. By the clothes on ; the body, 1 consider-d it as that of a tall Chinaman who lived in-the- jiis'riet, and . who camned on thefiverjliuVk: in fccmappny with another Chinama'. a short, man"; the ea np was near to where we found the bodv The two appeared to be mate*. The tall man was ahmit six. fe?t in. height, the sh<rt one was stouter-in : pereoii : witness districtl./ recormised the clothes nroduced in wT?*;t as those found around the bodv, also aVrhose worn by the +all Chinaman during" life; could swear positively that, the prisoner wa3 thp mate of the tall Chinaman, whose bodv was found. Bv Mr, Bailev—would] not swear- as to the identity of the body, but could swear to the clothes as those beionernsr to the tall Cimaman—never saw at the Kawarnu Gorce a similar shirt to the one worn by the till man : know *-he shirt, by a white pitch it lias on the elhow,—Know the- prisoner will, because spoken to him manv times : will swear that lie was the itu's of the tall Chinaman : s w him the last time about the laH r end of Anils'-. Bv *ho Court-.—The last time witness sew the tall Chinaman, it was in company wi f h the accused. George Guilford, miner, sworn.—+he ovidonce "f tv "'s witnos corroborated with that riven bv Tait a-d §t already pub lis'iod in i<-sne of the 22nd. Robert, KillsaH deposed,—am a storcman recollect a tall Chinaman cmtiin* + o Mr. Porrinms store in company with a short «iw the tall man used to <-ell gold to mo, had larrre no'-es from mo freouentlv in exchange for sm-dl oii"s. He carried his fold in a brass hoy, like a watch in sh">nr,, the one nrO'l'i"o 1 is to the be,?i of myVlief the samp—Ah Hanc carried his monev in a drab leather nort-mo-'iaie, wi L h brass clasp and red limn?, the one now produced, is the sa^p.—Cm i""o'misp one T »ii pound noto nai'l to Ah Fano- for cold :it was marked A. W. a-'d the njvmber of it wis a low one, and heliovfi the o"» "iw produced is + hn name. Knew the tall Chinaman well and identify thecoraforter, and two sbr-ts no-- r.ro/lnced, as bavin? been worn bv him To thebest pf v-'hipst-n-, vpnnlVeHon in the early part of September, ho saw the tall chin">mnn olive, subsequent to that, he saw the short CKinamnn. - On account of th" lateness o c the I>»nr this renort cam" to hand. w-> are compelled to hold over the conclusion till our next issue.