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Mount Ida Chronicle, Volume VI, Issue 337, 20 August 1875, Page 3

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(From our own correspondent.) rj Aii'gust 14. I The ' Cromwell Argus' impugns my denies' that Cromwell had an epidemic (rather cool). "Whit a^eHhe^actiWhilst the epidemic was at its'- height, ' our hospitalWas full of Cromwell patients, at a cost, in the aggregate-'amounting to something like > i£500. ! Towards this only £7l was 'received from that portion of the district.' Cromweirsturt-Hl to erect an hospital of its own, arid colitcLed funds to build aiid maintaitr.it, but it was not opened;tilri'ong aftqc', the first fever-bout had : away. The Government subsidy, was obtained for it, but no steps were taken 'by them to recoup th&.eldetriinstitution, which, as . I slated, ■ had >to ; beat the brunt of it. Morally -they are indebted to the Dun-stan-Hospital,but, as they have not the honor to is..clearly.. th'e isuty of the to give" a special grant, fcefore stated,. I have no d.oubt tlje Provincial Council would hive vote4,,had,our member brought the matter forward, and, as president of the institution, should have .done.. . (/With these-facts the public can judge- of the veracity''of the *' CromweirArgus. ■ " •; • His Hon'of'JudgO Harvey sat ill t'ne District Court. There were two cases for hearing. One was a claim for £IOO, for wrongful dismissal. Plaintiff was a shepherd, employed on tlie Hawksburn Station. It resulted in a verdict for the defendant. The other,

Kutze v. Goodger, was a settlement of accounts after dissolution of partnership. A verdict was given for plaintiff for the amount paid into Court. In the Warden's Court (W. L. Simpson, Esq., Warden) the "Warden gave a decision in the case of Hastie, M'Nally, and liolt, application to cancel water right leading from the; ¥aKeri. The last time this right was applied for cancellation the Warden fined defendant Is. and costs. Plaintiff appealed to the District Court, and the matter was argued before Judge Grey, who desired to reserve some..points for the Supreme Court; but in the interim the. case was withdrawn. The Warden, in giving judgment, reserved the various points brought out in evidence, and concluded to fine defendant Is. and costs, preferring that a superior Court should decide so important a case, involving, as it did, many nice points of law. —Fisander v. Marie. This was an application for the cancellation of a water right on the Earnscleugh River, on the ground of non-use. The plaintiff' was nonsuited, with costs.

During the past fortnight we havehad splendid weather-—now and then sharp frosty nights aud mornings. We are beginning to think spring is near at hand, and preparations are being made accordingly by gardeners and cockatoos. The fruit trees are in a forward state. The almonds begin to show the color of bloom:- . The wreck of the pneumatic is still lying partly submerged. ?\To attempt is being made to recover it; and, no one to look after it, I suppose it would become a nice point of law if some one should haul it out and claim salvage. The most of the casting for what is called the saddles—that is, the arrangements for the wires to rest on on the top of the piers of the bridge—.arrived safely, and most of them are in position. The piers have been finished some time. The men are sinking, and preparing.for what is called the moorings. I understand that the wires are on the road up, and are expected to arrive in the course of next month. There is some talk of, a public meeting being held to consider teh Abolition Bill.