ARROWTOWN.

Dunstan Times, Issue 732, 28 April 1876, Page 2

ARROWTOWN.

—o—(KKOM OUR CORBKai’ONDEST.) Tho members of tho Golden Arrow Lodge, 1.0. G.T., held their third anniversary fes’tival at tho Library Hall on Thursday evening last, and no gathering could have been more successful, in fact, 1 must own that upon all occasions of any public entertainment tho Good Templars are at the top of the tree. The Hall was very tastefully decorated with flower= and evergreens, while appropriate and skilful’y designed mottoes were hung around the walls in conspicuous places. The tables groaned with the good things _ provided, and which were dono ample justice to by the great crowd of persons assembled. Afterwards followed a concert and dramatic performance, which passed off as well as could reasonably be expected from amateurs who had not paid much attention to drilling. However, the ball which followed made ample amends for any shortcomings on account of the concert, and the numerous dancers tripped it merrily until 3 a.m. next morning, when the musicians were ..quite tired out. During the interval of the dancing a Mr G. Romans and a Mr Anderson enlivened the waiting period with some capital singing, which threw every previous vocal performer completelv, into the shade. Mr Romans especially possesses a fine rich baritone voice, and sings with considerable taste and jnd ment. While wending her way home to Mr Alex. Brown’s farm at the Shotover, a young lady named Annie Thornhill was fairly ridden down by two hoys who passed her at full speed on horseback, near the English Church. The unfortunate girl received irreparable injuries, consisting of concussion of tho brain and spinal cord. Dr Scott was sent for immediately, and was quickly in attendance, but he gives no hopes of the sufferer, who remains sensible, but unable to exercise any of her other senses except muttering a few words. Such an unfortunate occurrence, as maybe expected, has cast quite a gloom over the place. On Saturday the two young rascals, White and Robinson, were brought up before tho Resident Magistrate, H. A Stratford, Esq., on a charge of furious riding, when, after being severely admonished they were fined 10s and 5s respectively, and, costs. It was a great pity the Magistrate could not order them a good sound flogging, which would have answered the purposes of their case much better and given very considerable satisfaction to the public. Furious riding at the Arrow is so much indulged that people scarcely know when they are guilty of it, and the matter should bo more looked after by the police. Every young larrikin that can, mounts a horse and stock-whip in hand, rides along at racing speed, not caring tho least about the consequences. Tho Arrow United Company have again been enabled to set their pumping ma dnnery in motion. The case of the Company v. Mulvihill again came on for bearing in the Warden’s Court on Tuesday last, in tho form of a claim for damages for preventing the flow of water to their race which supplies the turbine wheel. When the last hearing of the case was disposed of by Mr Warden Stratford he gave a a r erdict in favor of the Company, but the Company could not obtain the water, Mulvihill threatening force. Upon the present occasion, when the certificate for Mulvihill’s two-acra claim avas examined, it was clearly shown that bis right was only entitled to possession so long as he did not interfere with any previous rights. He claims that two heads of water shall be allowed to pass down tba creek, which question may, after all, prove very difficult to solve. The gist of the dispute appears to be that Mulvihill was pressed by a storekeeper to sell his water right in payment of an old acoouct. and ha did so for some L7O, the storekeeper promising that the water should be used for tho town and what remained Mulvihill was to use. Mr Storekeeper, however, hearing of the starting of tho Arrow United Company, ignores the town, and disposes of the water right to the Company for L 250, thus throwing Mulvihill completelv overboard. Disputes between Mulvihill and the manager followed, hence a very great, deal of the present difficulty as a natural consequence. The news from the reefs continue very satisfactory, but owing to the frightful state of the weather and the badness of the roads crushing operations have b°en brought to a stand-still Tho Homeward Bound Company are now laying down a double tramway so as to insure themselves against further interruptions. They will be ready to resume crushing again in a week. The stone they are engaged raising looks first-class. The All Nations have struck another run of splendid stone, making in from the foot wall, and the reef is widening fast. The Maryborough Company are road making, so as to bring down a few tons as a trial crushing The stone in the Gari h aldi and Victor Emanuel Companies’ claims look very well, and there exists little douht but that both of the claims will prove highly remunerative. The Victor Emanuel Company is a Joint Stock, and they intend erecting a public crushing machine at Bush Creek, the best central position with tho best supply of water on the Twelve-mile. We had a visit last week from some of your Dunstnn miners and I believe they were astonished at the splendid prospects of the mines here. The Twelve-Mile Creek was one of tho richest diggings ever opened iu the Wakatip, while the gold was all quartz gold, and no end of specimens were picked up. Every little terrace and flat place, even many feet up the sides of the high ranges has been literally gutted and cleaned down to the bare rock, so you have only to ask yourselves whether or not rich reefs must exist here.