OUR CROMWELL LETTER.

Dunstan Times, Issue 884, 28 March 1879, Page 2

OUR CROMWELL LETTER.

—o — The cases of the Cromwell Corpm-.v ion v. C. Colclough, Mayor, and C. (Jolclough v. the Corporation, have furnished a little food for gossi > among t our citizens since I last wrote. In both cases the Corporation proved the victors, and probably the dawn of a settlement of the long-discussed encroachments question has at length begun. Having Ins' himself, it is hardly likely he will tolerate the other encroachers Whether they are right or not in th“ir various proceedings is a question ; but the prevailing opinion regarding our present town councillors is that they won’t stand so much humbug as some of their predecessors, and they are more of a go-ahead lot. Th -v are engaged at present in extending the Town H dl here, and also in making a large eftwnsion of the water supply. r The welcome news has been published that more agricultural land is to he thrown open in the Clutha Valley—some at An. erson’s, and some at the much talked of Lagoon Oully. Our cricketing friends, disappointed at not getting the Queenstown people to lick them, in company with their Dunslan brethren, challenged fifteen of Wanaka On Monday last the tame came off, and ended to the satisfaction of the (Jromweilites. They beat the Ffteen, though not to any large extent. I may add that the Wanaka people had provided most handsomely for their visitors, the day’s proceedings, terminating with a supper and bail. Your Mr itees’s letter in last issue has created some considerable amusement up here. Whilst

on the mu hand Mr Loudon perhaps deserved a little touching up, one can't he'p enjoying the state of excitement into which Mr Rees has worked himself about the “ Galloway ” allusion Although lam not a cricketer myself, 1 must say the provision which Mr Kees had made for tilling up the three Cromwell men’s places by three Galloway men is a little suggestive, and was enough to provoke a slight remark. We are so have an addition to our school buildings shortly, as the present room is too small for ‘he numbers attending. Bendigo also is to have a school Fresh tenders have been called for our school buildings, in consequence of our local tenderers being too anxious to make a fortune out of the Board anil tendering at, it is said, 150 per cent, over the architect’s estimate. The Board, in that case, very properly refused to accept any tender. The Bendigo people are very anxious to see the next County Council Meeting, as they are anticipating something definite to he done in the way of their road. The County Council has done good service in erecting the punt at the Lindis, but any one can understand it is only a stop-gap, and that something still better must be made. Opinions vary as to whether the road should be taken by a bridge across the Clutha at Headman’s Point, and the road constructed on the south side of the river via Bendigo, or whether some effort should be made to continue the road by the at present useless Rocky Point Bridge. Settlers ii]) the Clutha Valley, on both sides, are anxious to see communication established as near the middle of the district as pos- : sible, if it can be done at a reasonable cost i compared with the plan. There can be no doubt the Headman's Point scheme finds ; most favor when looked at from a purely I Cromwell and Quartz Reef Point of view. I Mr Hedditch, 1 hear, has completed the | punt at Albert town, forming connection with the Hawea side. The Wanaka dis--1 trict is just now making a start in the way I of progress—they are about erecting a School at Pembroke amongst other things. The Bannockburn bridge is all but completed, and very extensive repairs to the Cromwell bridge are also in a very forward state.

[ I’he above should have appeaed in our last week’s issue, but was not received until the morning after publication—Ed. D.T.]